Musical theater performers (and bay area residents) Scott Difford and Heather Tepe bring a bunch of their professional pals and associates to the Mahaffey Theater every year around this time for A Very Broadway Christmas. Broadway veterans themselves, Difford and Tepe call their company Broadway on the Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n The cast of young singers and dancers are recent Broadway performers (from Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, The Book of Mormon, Matilda the Musical, Beautiful and more, and they\u2019re accompanied by a live band and a dance ensemble.<\/p>\n Shows are at 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Find tickets, and additional information, at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Drag Queen Christmas arrives on the Mahaffey stage Monday at 7:30 p.m. It\u2019s billed as the longest-running drag tour in America. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are five performances of The Florida Orchestra\u2019s Holiday Pops concert. While Friday\u2019s Straz Center performance is sold out, available shows are Saturday (Mahaffey Theater, 2 and 8 p.m.) and Sunday (Ruth Eckerd Hall, 2 and 7:30 p.m.). All tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Conductor Chelsea Gallo discusses the Christmas program in this Catalyst interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the powers-that-be at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland sold out in 2023 and 2024. The holiday spectacle, combining circus artistry with seasonal music, returns for a 7 p.m. show Friday. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n The a cappella vocal group Rockapella brings its Rockapella Christmas show back to the Capitol Theatre Sunday. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Holiday favorites, with an Irish twist, are on the menu with Celtic Angels Christmas, Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday and Saturday at The Studio@620: Holiday Jam, with singers Latoya McCormick and Ryan Hill. Performances are at 7 p.m. each day, and tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Country music performer Ernest is the stage headliner at Tampa\u2019s Holiday Riverfest, 2:30-9:30 Saturday at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. Uncle Kracker\u2019s also on the bill for a day of holiday fun including an ugly sweater contest, a lighted boat parade (on the Hillsborough River) and a wiener dog race. Find all details at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alaina Rahaim plays a grown-up Cindy Lou Who in the adults-only comedy \u201cWho\u2019s Holiday!\u201d at the Off-Central. Photo provided.<\/p>\n On theater stages<\/p>\n Tampa Repertory Theatre\u2019s A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play continues through Dec. 23 at the Straz Center\u2019s Shimberg Playhouse; find showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>. Director Jim Sorensen guests on Friday\u2019s edition of our Arts Alive! podcast.<\/p>\n At freeFall Theatre, A Christmas Carol in Concert continues up until a 2 p.m. matinee on Christmas Eve. Showtimes and tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Who\u2019s Holiday! at the Off-Central \u2013 with Alaina Rahaim as the all-grow-up Cindy Lou Who (not a show for children) \u2013 continues through Sunday. Find showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n The holiday musical drama The Magi continues through Sunday at American Stage. All remaining showtimes, and tickets, can be found at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not exactly a Christmas show, but there\u2019s good cheer aplenty in the one-man comedy Latin History for Morons, starring Nestor Melendez, wrapping up its run Sunday at Stageworks Theatre. Click here<\/a> for showtimes and tickets.<\/p>\n Radio Theatre Project\u2019s Christmas edition is at 7 p.m. Monday at The Studio@620. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n The homey musical Dolly Parton\u2019s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol stops into Ruth Eckerd Hall Monday and Tuesday as part of a national tour. Parton\u2019s songs are interwoven with the story of the Ebenezer Scrooge of a small Appalachian mining town in the 1930s. Showtimes and tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Monday and Tuesday at Ruth Eckerd Hall: The national tour of \u201cDolly Parton\u2019s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol.\u201d Photo: Jesse Fatz.<\/p>\n Non-holiday concerts<\/p>\n Tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center: Hip hop artists Method Man and Redman. Tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Country music\u2019s Jon Pardi is at the Seminole Hard Rock Friday; find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday at Benchmark Arena: mgk, the rapper and singer once known as Machine Gun Kelly, with Julia Wolf. Tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comedian Pete Correale is onstage at the Capitol Theatre Friday. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday at the Mahaffey Theater: Comedian Fortune Feimster returns with shows at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Your Weekend Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0appears every Thursday in the\u00a0Catalyst\u2019s CREATE section.\u00a0<\/p>\n Please add us to your mailing list \u2013 send all press releases and event info to\u00a0bill@stpetecatalyst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Whos-Holiday-2-1-300x251.jpg\")
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