Weekend

Performing Arts: Feb. 2-8

Manatee

Theater

Island Players

“Play On,” March 9-26. All tickets are $20. 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria, 941-778-5755.

Sarasota

Dance

Sarasota Contemporary Dance

Dance Makers-11th Annual Concert, Feb. 9-11; $46. FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-359-0099.

Sarasota Ballet

Sarasota Ballet: Paul Taylor Dance Company, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25-26; $35 and up. FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-359-0099, ext. 101 or sarasotaballet.org.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Twyla Tharp, 8 p.m. Feb. 15; $46 and up. Alvin AIley American Dance Theater, 8 p.m. Feb. 21; $66 and up. Russian National Ballet: “Swan Lake,” 8 p.m. Feb. 28; $36 and up. Sarasota Ballet: “A Tribute to Ashton,” 7:30 p.m. March 10-11 and 2 p.m. March 11; $30 and up; for tickets visit sarasotaballet.org. “Shadowland” by Pilobolus, 8 p.m. March 23; $46 and up. Momix: Opus Cactus, 8 p.m. March 28; $16 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. Rossini’s “The Italian Girl in Algiers,” Feb. 18-March 25; $19-$125. Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” March 4-24; $19 and up. “The Love of Three Kings,” March 11-26; $19 and up. 61 N. Pineapple Ave., 941-366-8450 or sarasotaopera.org.

Theater

Asolo Repertory Theatre

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training: “The Great Society,” through April 2; $26 and up. “The Drunken City,” Feb. 21-March 12; $28 and up. “The Originalist,” through March 7; $26. “Born Yesterday,” Feb. 10-April 15; $26 and up. “The Little Foxes,” March 15-April 15; $26. 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, 941-351-9010 or asolorep.org.

Crocker Memorial Church

SaraSolo Festival 2017, Feb. 4-5; $10-$15. 1260 12th St., Sarasota. sarasolo.com.

Florida Studio Theatre

Gompertz Theatre: “brownsville song (b-side for tray),” through March 26; $25 and up. “Rich Girl,” April 7-May 26; $39. Goldstein Cabaret: “Piano Men,” through March 31; $30-$36. Keating Theatre: “Clever Little Lies, through March 4; $29 and up. Children’s Theatre Series: “Alice With a Twist,” Feb. 11; all tickets are $10. Bowne’s Lab: Stage III series: “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.

Ringling Museum of Art

Ringling New Stages Series: “Seesaw,” 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 17-18; $18 and up. Courtyard at The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, 941-359-5700 or ringling.org.

The Players Centre for Performing Arts

“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,” through March 12; $60 and up. “Bo-nita,” March 31-April 30; $40 and up. 1487 Second St., Sarasota, $24. 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

“Sex Tips For Straight Women From A Gay Guy,” 8 p.m. Feb. 6; $26 and up. Lily Tomlin, 8 p.m. Feb. 8: $36 and up. Dave Chappelle, 7 p.m. Feb. 11; $69.20. “Pippin,” 8 p.m. Feb. 17 and 2 and 8 p.m. Feb. 18; $36 and up. Taj Express, 8 p.m. March 7; $36 and up. “Bridges of Madison County,” 8 p.m. March 15; $36 and up. “Annie,” 7 p.m. March 15; $36 and up. “Once,” 2 and 8 p.m. March 17; $51. “Chicago,” 8 p.m. March 24-26; $36 and up. “Menopause, the Musical,” 8 p.m. April 4; $31 and up. 777 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

“The Piano Lesson,” through Feb. 18; $22-$39. “Girl Groups: The 60s Explosion,” March 1-April 8; $22 and up. Voices Program: Brenda Watty, “Life as a Marvelette,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5-6; no charge, reservations are required. Young Artist Showcase: Michael Mendez, 7:30 p.m. March 20 and April 3; $25. 1646 10th Way, 941-366-1505 or wbttroupe.org.

St. Petersburg

Theater

American Stage

“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” through Feb. 19; $39 and up. “Informed Consent,” March 15-April 9; $10 and up. 163 Third St. N., 727-823-7529 or americanstage.org.

Mahaffey Theater

Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live, 3 p.m. Feb. 19; $20 and up. Masters of Illusion, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20; $27.50 and up. Rhythm of the Dance, 7 p.m. Feb. 26; $27.50 and up. Brain Candy Live! 7:30 p.m. March 15; $29.50 and up. “Saturday Night Fever - The Musical,” 8 p.m. March 17; $49.50 and up. The dance of passion: Tango Lovers, 6 p.m. March 26; $32.50 and up. 400 First St. S., 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.

Tampa

Theater

David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts

“Forbidden Broadway,” through March 12; $40 and up. William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” through Feb. 5; $28 and up. “Wicked,” through Feb. 26: $52.50 and up. Rossini’s “Cinderella,” Feb. 10 and 12; $66.50 and up. National Geographic Live! Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous, 7 p.m. Feb. 21; $25-$30. Body Traffic, 8 p.m. Feb. 22; $29.50 and up. Katie Adams, “Stories from the Sea,” 11 a.m. Feb. 25; $7.50 and up. Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Review, 7:30 p.m. March 3-4; $45 and up. The Princess Bride: An Evening with Cary Elwes, 8 p.m. March 4; $22.50 and up. An Evening with Carl Hiaasen, 7:30 p.m. March 5; $35 and up. “Something Rotten!” March 7-12; $31 and up. Martin McDonagh: A Skull in Connemara, March 15-April 9; $28 and up. “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Live!” 7:30 p.m. March 23-26; $50 and up. Momix: Opus Cactus, 8 p.m. March 23; $29.50 and up. “it gets better,” 7:30 p.m. March 24; $25 and up. DRUMLine Live, 7:30 p.m. March 26; $29 and up. National Geographic Live! Rhinos, Rickshaws, and Revolutions; My Search for Truth, 7 p.m. March 28; $25 and up. “The House at Pooh Corner,” 2 p.m. April 2; $12.50 and up. 1010 N. MacInnes Place, 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.

Tampa Theatre

“In The Mood,” 2 and 8 p.m. Feb. 4; $39.50 and up. 711 N. Franklin St., 813-274-8981 or tampatheatre.org.

USF Dome

Katt Williams, 8 p.m. Feb. 4; $52.75 and up. Mike Epps, “Festival of Laughs,” 8 p.m. March 11; $55.75 and up. 4202 E. Fowler Ave., 800-745-3000 or sundomearena.com.

This story was originally published February 1, 2017 at 5:20 PM with the headline "Performing Arts: Feb. 2-8."

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