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Performing arts: Feb. 11-17

PERFORMING ARTS: What's on stage

MANATEE

DANCE

Neel Performing Arts Center: 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton

Information: 941-792-8274.

THEATER

Island Players: 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria

"Almost, Maine," through Feb. 14. "Lettice and Lovage," March 24-April 10. Tickets: $20. Box office: 941-778-5755.

Manatee Performing Arts Center: 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton

Stone Hall: "Chess," Feb. 11-28; $26 and up. "Bye Bye Birdie," March 17-April 3; $30 and up. Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater: "Yank! A WWII Love Story," Feb. 18-March 6; $26 and up. "To Kill a Mockingbird," April 14-May 1; $26 and up. Information: 941-748-5875 or manateeplayers.com.

Neel Performing Arts Center: 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton

Music Theatre Ensemble Showcase, 8 p.m. April 18; no charge. Information: 941-792-8274.

SARASOTA

CIRCUS

Red and White Big Top, The Mall at UTC, 1540 University Town Center Drive

Circus Sarasota "Red, White & Bello!" Feb. 12-28; $15 and up. Information: 941-355-9805 or circusarts.org.

DANCE

Sarasota Contemporary Dance: FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail

"Retrospect," March 17-20; $46. Information: 941-359-0099.

Historic Asolo Theater: 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota

New Stages Series: Kate Weare Company, "Unstruck," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12-13. "I Understand Everything Better," 7:30 p.m. March 11-12; $22.50. Information: 941-360-7399 or ringling.org.

Sarasota Ballet: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail

Ashton and Balanchine: Enigma Variations and Stars and Stripes, April 8-9; $35 and up. Information: 941-359-009 or sarasotaballet.org.

OPERA

Sarasota Opera: 61 N. Pineapple Ave.

"Cosi fan tutte," through March 12; $19 and up. "Aida," through March 19; $19 and up. "Fidelio," Feb. 13-March 11; $19 and up. "The Battle of Legnano," Feb. 27-March 18; $19 and up. Information: 941-366-8450 or sarasotaopera.org.

THEATER

Florida Studio Theatre: 1241 N. Palm Ave.

Gompertz Theatre: "Outside Mullingar," through March 27; $25 and up. Keating Theatre: "Butler," through March 5; $36 and up. "Alabama Story," April 8-27; $25 and up. John C. Court Cabaret: "Laughing Matters," Feb. 19-June 12; $30 and up. Goldstein Cabaret: "Yesterday," through May 8; $30 and up. "Kids Comedy Lab," a show for kids of all ages, 2 p.m., doors open at 1 p.m. Saturdays; $6, free to children ages 5 and younger. Information: 941-366-9000 or floridastudiotheatre.org.

Glenridge Performing Arts Center: 7333 Scotland Way

"The Lady With All The Answers," one-woman show, 8 p.m. Feb. 17; $17.50 and up. Box office: 941-552-5325 or theglenridge.com.

FSU Center for Performing Arts: 5555 N Tamiami Trail

Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, "The Liar," through Jan. 17; $28 and up. "Macbeth," Feb. 23-March 13; $14.50 and up. "A Doll's House," April 12-May 1; $12.50 and up. Asolo Repertory Theatre: "Living On Love," through Feb. 25; $24 and up. "All The Way," through April 9; $12 and up. "Ah, Wilderness," through April 10; $24 and up. Information: 941-351-8000 or asolorep.org.

The Players Theatre: 838 N. Tamiami Trail

Backstage at the Players: "Doubt: A Parable," April 14-24; $10. "Friday Night Live," 8 p.m. Fridays; $18. Unless otherwise noted all tickets are $25-$30. Box office: 941-365-2494 or theplayers.org.

Urbanite Theatre: 1487 Second St., Sarasota

"Stupid (Expletive) Bird," Feb. 18-March 13; $24. Guest performance: Moving Ethos Dance Company "To Have And Uphold," March 22-27; $25. Information: 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.

The Starlite Room: 1001 Cocoanut Ave., Sarasota

Starlite Players: "Free Spirits: Thanks For The Memories, Breaking Harvard, We're Having A Baby, Confessions A Deux," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18-20, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21. Tickets: $17.50. Information: 941-587-8290.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: 777 N. Tamiami Trail

"The Book of Mormon," through Feb. 14; $80 and up. Moscow Festival Ballet: "Cinderella," 8 p.m. Feb. 24; $15-$55. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," 8 p.m. March 3-4; $15-$80. Joffrey Ballet, 8 p.m., March 10; $35 and up. "Saturday Night Fever," 3 p.m. or 8 p.m. March 16; $35-$75. Peking Acrobats, 7 p.m. March 20; $15-$45. "Bullets Over Broadway," 8 p.m., March 21: $55. Stomp, 8 p.m. March 22; $50-$70. Million Dollar Quartet, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. March 26; $50-$75. An evening with Sophia Loren, 8 p.m., March 31; $35 and up. Paula Poundstone, 7 p.m., April 17; $17 and up. "Mamma Mia," 8 p.m. April 19-20; $35 and up. Cirque Mechanics Pedal Pink, 8 p.m. April 22; $20 and up. Box office: 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe: 1646 10th Way

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," through Feb. 20; $27-$38. Information: 941-366-1505 or wbttroupe.org.

ST. PETERSBURG

THEATER

American Stage: 163 Third St. N.

August Wilson's "Jitney," various times through Feb. 28. Tickets: $29-$49. Information: 727-823-7529.

Mahaffey Theater: 400 First St. S.

Wild Kratts Live!, 7 p.m. Feb. 19; $22.50 and up. "Girls Night," 7:30 p.m. March 2; $35.50 and up. Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood-Two Man Group, 8 p.m. March 19; $37.50 and up. Rhythm in the Night: The Irish Dance Spectacular, 8 p.m. April 1; $25-$45. Information: 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.

Raymond James Theatre: 163 Third St. N.

American Stage: "Jitney," through Feb. 21; $39 and up. Information: 727-823-7529 or americanstage.org.

TAMPA

CIRCUS

Amalie Arena: 401 Channelside Drive

Cirque du Soleil "TORUK-the First Flight," March 17-20; $30 and up. Information: 813-301-6500 or amaliearena.com.

COMEDY

Amalie Arena: 401 Channelside Drive

Jeff Dunham "Perfectly Unbalanced," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24; $46.25. "Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie's Doorway to Magic," 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Feb. 27; $16 and up. Jeff Dunham, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24; $46.25. Information: 813-301-6500.

USF Sun Dome: 4202 E. Fowler Ave.

Mike Epps "Don't Take It Personal" Tour, 8 p.m. March 19; 50.75 and up. Information: 800-745-3000 or sundomearena.com.

OPERA

David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts: 1010 N. MacInnes Place

Opera Tampa, "Cosi Fan Tutte," Feb. 19 and 21: $69.50. "La Traviata," 8 p.m. March 11, 2 p.m. March 13; $49.50 and up. "Don Giovanni," 8 p.m. April 8, 2 p.m. April 10; $49.50-$99.50. Information: 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.

THEATER

David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts: 1010 N. MacInnes Place

Disney's "The Lion King," through Feb. 14; $35 and up. "PostSecret, The Show," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13; $25-$45. Katie Adams: The Enchanted Kingdom Fairy Tales, 11 a.m. Feb. 20; $7.50. "An evening with Chris Mann," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20; $30 and up. National Geographic Live: "Stranger in a strange land" with Jodi Cobb, photographer, 7 p.m., Feb. 23; $25. "Matilda, the Musical," Feb. 23-28; $45 and up. Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Feb. 24-March 20; $28. "Murder for Two," March 1-May 1; $40 and up. Behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live: An evening with Laraine Newman, Carol Leifer and Rosie Shuster, 7:30 p.m. March 12; $40 and up. National Geographic Live! Exploring Mars: The Next Generation, 7 p.m. March 22; $25. Luis Bravo's "Forever Tango," 7 p.m. April 8; $45-$55. David Cross, 8 p.m. April 15; $28 and up. "The Lightning Thief," 2 p.m. April 17; $12.50. Information: 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.

Raymond James Stadium: 4201 N. Dale Mabry Hwy.

UniverSoul Circus, Feb. 17-21; $15 and up. Information: universoulcircus.com.

Tampa Theatre: 711 N. Franklin St.

"The Karate Kid," with special guest Ralph Macchio, 7:30 p.m. April 9; $46.50. Information: 813-274-8981 or tampatheatre.org.

This story was originally published February 10, 2016 at 1:15 PM with the headline "Performing arts: Feb. 11-17 ."

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