Weekend

Performing Arts: Dec. 1-7

The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School presents “The Nutcracker,” Friday at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple, Sarasota. Tickets are $35 and $50. 941-328-1300, tickets.sarasotaopera.org
The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School presents “The Nutcracker,” Friday at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple, Sarasota. Tickets are $35 and $50. 941-328-1300, tickets.sarasotaopera.org PROVIDED PHOTO

Manatee

Theater

Island Players

“Moon Over The Brewery,” Jan. 12-29. All tickets are $20. 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria, 941-778-5755.

Manatee Performing Arts Center

Kiwanis Theater: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Dec. 1-18; $26. Stone Hall: “Beauty and the Beast,” Dec. 1-18; $27-$37. 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton, 941-748-5875 or manateeplayers.com.

Sarasota

Dance

Sarasota Contemporary Dance

Voices of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Dec. 1-4. All tickets are $46. sarasotacontemporarydance.org. FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-359-0099.

Sarasota Ballet

Graziano and Tuckett: mixed repertoire, Jan. 27-30; $35. FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-359-0099, ext. 101 or sarasotaballet.org.

Sarasota Opera House

The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School: “The Nutcracker,” 7 p.m. Dec. 2; $35 and up. 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, 941-328-1300 or sarasotaopera.org.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Sarasota Ballet: George Balanchine’s “Jewels,” Dec. 16-17; $35 and up. Moscow’s Ballet: The Great Russian Nutcracker,” 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 29; $35.96 and up. “Riverdance,” 8 p.m. Jan. 24-26; $56 and up. 777 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.

Opera

Sarasota Opera

Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly,” Feb. 11-March 25; $19-$125. 61 N. Pineapple Ave., 941-366-8450 or sarasotaopera.org.

Theater

Asolo Repertory Theatre

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training: “Guys and Dolls,” through Jan. 1; $32 and up. “The Great Society,” Jan. 11-April 2; $26 and up. “The Originalist,” Jan. 18-March 7; $26. 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, 941-351-9010 or asolorep.org.

Florida Studio Theatre

John C. Court Cabaret: Winter Cabaret “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” through Jan. 29; $36 and up. Gompertz Theatre: “Million Dollar Quartet,” through Jan. 1; $29 and up. “brownsville song (b-side for tray),” Jan. 27-March 26; $25 and up. Goldstein Cabaret: “Piano Men,” through March 31; $30-$36. Keating Theatre: “Clever Little Lies, Dec. 14-March 4; $29 and up. Children’s Theatre Series: “Deck The Halls!” Dec. 10-17, “Alice With a Twist,” Jan. 21 and 28; all tickets are $10. Bowne’s Lab: Stage III series: “Stalking the Bogeyman,” Jan. 4-15; $34 and up. “Gidion’s Knot,” Feb. 15-26; $34 and up. “Grounded,” March 22-April 2; $37 and up. “The “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. 1241 N. Palm Ave. 941-366-9000 or floridastudiotheatre.org.

Beatrice Friedman Theater

“The Mitzvah Project,” 7 p.m. Dec. 12; $10. 580 McIntosh Road, 866-465-3995 or jfedsrq.org.

The Players Centre for Performing Arts

“A Calyp-soul Christmas,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2; $20. “Friday Night Live,” 8 p.m. Fridays; $18. Unless otherwise noted all tickets are $25-$30. 838 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-365-2494 or theplayers.org.

Urbanite Theatre

“Ideation,” Jan. 27-March 12; $60 and up. 1487 Second St., Sarasota, $24. 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

“Fame - The Musical,” 7 p.m. Dec. 7-8; $46 and up. Garrison Keillor, 8 p.m. Dec. 13; $46 and up. “A Christmas Carol,” 8 p.m. Dec. 21; $36 and up. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” 7 p.m. Dec. 27-28; $36 and up. “42nd Street,” 8 p.m. Dec. 30; $66 and up. “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, And I’m In Therapy,” 8 p.m. Jan. 5; $16 and up. “Dirty Dancing,” Jan. 10-11; $36 and up. Matthew Morrison with Seth Rudetsky, 8 p.m. Jan. 12; $21 and up. Jay Leno, 8 p.m. Jan. 13; SOLD OUT. “Riverdance,” 8 p.m. Jan. 24-26; $36 and up. Adam Trent: The Futurist, 7 p.m. Jan. 22; $16 and up. Billy Crystal, 8 p.m. Jan. 26; $116 and up. 777 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

“Black Nativity,” through Dec. 23; $42 adults/$30 students and active military with valid ID. 2016-2017 Young Artist Program: Victoria Byrd, Jan. 2; $25. “The Piano Lesson,” Jan. 11-Feb. 18; $22-$39. 1646 10th Way, 941-366-1505 or wbttroupe.org.

St. Petersburg

Theater

American Stage

“Joe Turner’s Come And Gone,” Jan. 18-Feb. 19; $15 and up. American Stage Improv: Hawk and Wayne, 6 p.m. first Sundays through August 2017. House Teams Live! 6 p.m. third Sundays through August 2017; all Improv tickets are $12. 163 Third St. N., 727-823-7529.

Mahaffey Theater

Moscow’s Ballet: “The Great Russian Nutcracker,” 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 26 and 7 p.m. Dec. 27; $32 and up. Michael Carbonaro, magician, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29; $29 and up. State Ballet of Russia: “Swan Lake,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 30; $32.50 and up. Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11; $29.50. Billy Gardell, 8 p.m. Jan. 13: $35.50 and up. Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live, 3 p.m. Jan. 22; $29.50 and up. Terry Fator: “It Starts Tonight,” 7 p.m. Jan. 29; $49.50 and up. 400 First St. S., 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.

Tampa

Theater

Amalie Arena

World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2; $20 and up. “The Comic Get Down,” 8 p.m. Jan. 20; $46.50 and up. Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey “Circus Xtrme,” Jan. 25-29; $5-$85. 401 Channelside Dr., 813-301-2500 or amaliearena.com.

David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts

“Into the Woods,” through Dec. 4; $27.50 and up. Shanghai Nights: Shanghai Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3; $35 and up. Bridget Everett - Pound It! 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9; $30 and up. Kim Russo, The Happy Medium, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10; $39 and up. Hasan Minhaj, “Homecoming King,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11; $35 and up. “Here Comes the Funny Tour”: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Nick Swardson, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11; $95 and up. National Theatre Live: “One Man, Two Guvnors,” 2 p.m. Dec. 11; $21.50 and up. “One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16; $25 and up. Next Generation Ballet: “The Nutcracker,” Dec. 17-18; $30 and up. “An American in Paris,” Dec. 20-25; $39 and up. “A Drag Queen Christmas,” 8 p.m. Dec. 27; $24.90 and up. Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow, 8 p.m. Jan. 7; $35 and up. “Forbidden Broadway,” Jan. 10-March 12; $40 and up. William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” Jan. 11-Feb. 5; $28 and up. “Capitol Steps,” 8 p.m. Jan. 12; $35 and up. National Theatre Live “Treasure Island,” 2 p.m. Jan. 15; $21.50 and up. National Geographic Live! Ocean Wild: The Lights Beneath the Seas, 7 p.m. Jan. 17; $25 and up. Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Jan. 20 and 22; $66.50 and up. “Cabaret,” Jan. 24-29; $27.50 and up. 1010 N. MacInnes Place, 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.

Tampa Theatre

Golden Dragon Acrobats, 3 p.m. Jan. 14; $17.50 and up. 711 N. Franklin St., 813-274-8981 or tampatheatre.org.

This story was originally published November 30, 2016 at 5:31 PM with the headline "Performing Arts: Dec. 1-7."

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