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Performing arts: April 21-27

PERFORMING ARTS: What's on stage

MANATEE

DANCE

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

SCF Student Dance Recital, 5:30 p.m. April 26; no charge. Information: 941-792-8274.

THEATER

Island Players: 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria

"Boeing Boeing," May 19-29. Tickets: $20. Box office: 941-778-5755.

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

Stone Hall: "Phantom," April 21-May 8; $30. "Menopause, the Musical," June 7-19; $37. Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater: "To Kill a Mockingbird," through May 1; $26 and up. Information: 941-748-5875 or manateeplayers.com.

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

"Five Women Wearing The Same Dress," 8 p.m. April 22-23 and 2 p.m. April 24; $6-$12. Information: 941-792-8274.

SARASOTA

DANCE

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

"Evolving/Revolving," 7:30 p.m. June 2-4 and 2 p.m. June 5; $46.Information: 941-359-0099.

Sarasota Ballet: Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.

Wheedon and Ashton: "The American," "Jazz Calendar," and "A Wedding Bouquet," April 29-30; $35 and up. Information: 941-359-0099.

THEATER

Florida Studio Theatre: 1241 N. Palm Ave.

Keating Theatre: Annual Richard and Betty Burdick New Play Reading Series: 2 p.m. April 30, 2 p.m. May 7 and 14; $10-$25. Stage III series: "Alabama Story," through April 27; $26 and up. John C. Court Cabaret: "Laughing Matters," through 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.

FSU Center for Performing Arts: 5555 N. Tamiami Trail

Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training: "Nora," through May 1; $12.50 and up. Asolo Repertory Theatre: "Disgraced," through April 24; $17 and up. "Josephine," April 27-May 29; $15.50 and up. Information: 941-351-8000 or asolorep.org.

The Players Theatre: 838 N. Tamiami Trail

Backstage at the Players: "Doubt: A Parable," through April 24; $18. "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

"The Drowning Girls," April 22-May 22; $24. Information: 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.

The Starlite Room: 1001 Cocoanut Ave., Sarasota

Starlite Players: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," 7:30 p.m. April 21-23, and 6:30 p.m. April 24; $17.50. Information: 941-587-8290.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: 777 N. Tamiami Trail

Cirque Mechanics Pedal Pink, 8 p.m. April 22; $20 and up. Brian Regan, 8 p.m. April 23; $55. Billy Gardell, 8 p.m. April 29; $15-$55. Maks & Val, Live on Tour: Our Way, 8 p.m. June 16; $40 and up. Box office: 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe: 1646 10th Way

"Driving Miss Daisy," through May 28; $22-$36. Information: 941-366-1505 or wbttroupe.org.

ST. PETERSBURG

THEATER

American Stage in the Park: Corner of First Avenue South and Bayshore Boulevard S.E.

Monty Python's "Spamalot," through May 8; $16 and up. Information: 727-823-7529.

Mahaffey Theater: 400 First St. S.

"A Night With Janis Joplin," 8 p.m. April 22; $39 and up. "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live," 3 p.m., May 15; $22.50 and up. "Weird Al" Yankovic, 8 p.m. June 3; $37.50 and up. Information: 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.

TAMPA

on ice

Amalie Arena: 401 Channelside Drive

Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic, 7 p.m. May 12-13, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 7 p.m. May 14, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. May 15; $18 and up. Information: 813-301-6500 or amaliearena.com.

COMEDY

The Tampa Improv: 1600 Eighth Ave. E., Suite C-112

Pablo Francisco, April 21-24; $20. Information: 813-864-4000 or improvtampa.com.

Tampa Theatre: 711 N. Franklin St.

Marlon Wayans, 8 p.m. May 21; $42.50 and up. Information: 813-274-8981.

THEATER

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

Habana Compas Dance, 8 p.m. April 22; $30-$55. An evening with David Sedaris, 7:30 p.m. April 22; $30-$55. Junie B's Essential Survival Guide to School, 2 p.m. April 23; $12.50. Garrison Keillor, 7:30 p.m. April 24; $35.50-$55.50. "Beautiful," the Carol King Musical, April 26-May 1; $45-$100. "Antony and Cleopatra," April 22-27; $28. "Murder For Two," through May 1; $40 and up. Sandi Silver Puppet Show, 11 a.m. May 14; $7.50 and up. National Theatre Live: "Hamlet," 2 p.m. May 15; $21.50 and up. "If/Then," May 17-22; $40 and up. "The Realish Housewives of South Tampa," a parody, May 31-June 5; $30 and up. "Jersey Boys," June 1-5; $38.50 and up. Information: 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.

This story was originally published April 20, 2016 at 11:20 AM with the headline "Performing arts: April 21-27 ."

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