Performing Arts: Sept. 28-Oct. 4
Manatee
Theater
Island Players
“Happy Birthday,” Sept. 21-Oct. 10. All tickets are $20. 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria, 941-778-5755.
Manatee Performing Arts Center
Stone Hall: “Mame,” Sept. 14-Oct. 1. “A Little Night Music,” Oct. 26-Nov. 12. “Annie,” Nov. 30-Dec. 18. “Nine,” Jan. 11-28. “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Feb. 15-March 4. “Little Women,” March 22-April 8. “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” April 26-May 13. Kiwanis Theater: “Anna in the Tropics,” Oct. 12-29. “Flowers for Algernon,” Nov. 30-Dec. 17. “Driving Miss Daisy,” Jan. 25-Feb. 11. “Baby,” March 1-18. “Good,” April 5-22. Tickets: $27-$37. 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton, 941-748-5875 or manateeplayers.com.
Sarasota
Dance
Sarasota Contemporary Dance
“SCD + Piazzolla,” Oct. 12-15. Show times: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. 2 p.m. Sunday. Jane B. Cook Theater, FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail. Box office: 941-359-0099 or sarasotacontemporarydance.org.
Sarasota Ballet
“The Secret Garden,” Oct. 27-29. $30-$115. FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-359-0099, ext. 101 or sarasotaballet.org.
Sarasota Opera House
61 N. Pineapple Ave. For tickets call Sarasota Ballet at 941-359-0099 or sarasotaballet.org/events.
Theater
Asolo Repertory Theatre
5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, 941-351-9010 or asolorep.org.
Florida Studio Theatre
Children’s Theatre: “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.
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
Broadway season: “The Will Rogers Follies,” through Oct. 15. “Theater in the Field: The Legend of Sleepy Hallow,” 6 p.m. Oct. 27-28 at 8201 Polo Club Lane in Sarasota; $25 adult, $12 children under 15, $50 VIP. Unless otherwise noted all tickets are $25-$30. 838 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-365-2494 or theplayers.org.
The Ringling
Ringling International Arts Festival is Oct. 18-21, featuring performances by ensemblenewSRQ, eVentiVerticale, Volker Gerling, James McGinn, Monice Bill Barnes & Co., Nobuntu, Nassim Soleimanpour/Urbanite Theatre and more. Tickets for performances are $35, opening night $100 and closing night $45, includes free admission to the Museum of Art, Circus Museum and Ca’d’Zan. 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. 941-360-7399, ringling.org.
Urbanite Theatre
Moving Ethos presents “and back again,” 8 p.m. Oct. 4-6 and 5 and 8 p.m. Oct. 7. 1487 Second St., Sarasota, $24. 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Fred Astaire Dance Studio Fall Showcase, 7 p.m. Oct. 8; $43.55 and up. “So You Think You Can Dance,” 8 p.m. Nov. 3; $36-$86. 777 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
“In the Heights,” Oct. 11-Nov. 18; $22-$39.50. 1646 10th Way, 941-366-1505 or wbttroupe.org.
St. Petersburg
Theater
American Stage
“The Royale,” with Marco Ramirez, various times through Oct. 15; $39 and up. 163 Third St. N., 727-823-7529 or americanstage.org.
Mahaffey Theater
John Mulaney, 7 p.m. Sept. 28; $35 and up. Bill Burr, 7 and 10 p.m. Oct. 6; $42.50 and up. Tracy Morgan, 7 p.m. Nov. 5; $39 and up. 400 First St. S., 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.
Tampa
Theater
Amalie Arena
Disney on Ice: “Frozen,” Sept. 29-Oct. 1; $46 and up. 401 Channelside Drive, 813-301-2500 or amaliearena.com.
David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert, Sept. 29-Oct. 1; $45 and up. Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, 8 p.m. Oct. 7; $59.50 and up. The Naked Magician, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12; $45-$65. “The Threepenny Opera,” Oct. 18-Nov. 12; $29.50. Neil deGrasse Tyson: “An Astrophysicist Reads the Newspaper,” Oct. 19; $45-$250. Siro-A: Techno Circus, Oct. 22; $35-$50. “On Your Feet,” Oct. 24-29; $45-$108. 1010 N. MacInnes Place, 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.
This story was originally published September 27, 2017 at 4:48 PM with the headline "Performing Arts: Sept. 28-Oct. 4."