Performing Arts: Oct. 26-Nov. 1
Manatee
Theater
Island Players
“The Game’s Afoot,” Nov. 9-19. “Beyond a Joke,” Jan. 11-28. “The Curious Savage,” March 8-25. “An Inspector Calls,” May 3-13. All tickets are $20. 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria, 941-778-5755.
Manatee Performing Arts Center
Stone Hall: “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.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
Muscial Theater Ensemble presents “Once On This Island,” 8 p.m. Oct. 27-28 and 2 p.m. Oct. 29; $12, $6 students/staff. 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton.
Sarasota
Dance
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.
Opera
Sarasota Opera
“La Travita,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 8, 14, 16 and 21 and 1:30 p.m. Nov. 5 and 19; $19 and up. Sarasota Youth Opera presents “Rootabaga Country,” 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and 12:30 p.m. Nov. 12; $15 and up. 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota. 941-366-8450, sarasotaopera.org.
Theater
Asolo Repertory Theatre
The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training: “Oedipus,” Oct. 31-Nov. 19; $30 and up. 5555 N. Tamiami Trail. 941-351-8000 or 800-361-8388, visiting www.asolorep.org
Florida Studio Theatre
Mainstage: “Once,” Nov. 8-Dec. 31. “Heisenberg,” Dec. 12-March 4. “Native Gardens,” Jan. 24-March 25. “Honor Killing,” April 4-May 25. John C. Court Cabaret: “Mack the Knife: The Bobby Darren Songbook,” through Feb. 4; $39 and up. Children’s Theatre: “Robin Hood,” 11 a.m. Saturdays in October, Keating Theatre; $10 ($20 for all four children’s shows). 1241 N. Palm Ave. 941-366-9000 or floridastudiotheatre.org.
The Players Centre for Performing Arts
Broadway season: “Theater in the Field: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” 6 p.m. Oct. 27-28 at 8201 Polo Club Lane in Sarasota; $25 adult, $12 children under 15, $50 VIP. “Moon Over Buffalo,” Nov. 2-19. Unless otherwise noted all tickets are $25-$30. 838 N. Tamiami Trail, 941-365-2494 or theplayers.org.
Urbanite Theatre
“White Rabbit Red Rabbit,” Oct. 25-Nov. 5; $40 ($25 students). 1487 Second St., Sarasota, $24. 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
“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
Young Artists Program: “In the Heights,” through 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. 22; $39 and up. 163 Third St. N., 727-823-7529 or americanstage.org.
Mahaffey Theater
Tracy Morgan, 7 p.m. Nov. 5; $39 and up. 400 First St. S., 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.
Tampa
Theater
David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
“The Threepenny Opera,” Oct. 18-Nov. 12; $29.50. “On Your Feet,” Oct. 24-29; $45-$108. John Cleese with a screening of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” Nov. 2; $70 and up. Demetri Martin, Nov. 5; $37.50 and up. Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound: “After the Curtain,” Nov. 9; $39.75 and up. “The Illusionists present Adam Trent,” Nov. 11; $35 and up. 1010 N. MacInnes Place, 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.
This story was originally published October 25, 2017 at 4:20 PM with the headline "Performing Arts: Oct. 26-Nov. 1."