Welcome to the Manatee Players web site!
If this is your first visit, then we thank you and hope you find our site informative! If you are one of our returning visitors, we're glad you're back and encourage your continued patronage!
We look forward to helping you know the Manatee Players better. We are YOUR community theatre and the cultural jewel of downtown Bradenton!
New Performing Arts Center
Progress On The New Performing Arts Center Continues!
It's really starting to look like the artist's renderings of the building! Click on any image to go to the campaign page!
In the ongoing creation of the new Manatee Performing Arts Center, Amick Roofing finished the job that had been started by another company and did a smooth, pain-free job with great attention to detail. It was a complex job, given the tiles and overall shape of the new performing arts center. Amick did a fantastic job, and we would recommend them to anyone looking for a competent, detail-oriented roofer.
Season tickets for our 2012-2013 Season are now available! See all our shows with a full season ticket or choose the five that best fit your schedule with the flex season ticket. You won't want to miss any of these great musicals. Click here to see this FABULOUS season and read about the shows, then click here to print out your order form or call the box office to order your season tickets today!
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Now Playing!
HAPPY DAYS
January 12 - 29, 2012
Book by Garry Marshall
Music & Lyrics by Paul Williams
Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! Happy days are here again with Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the unforgettable "king of cool" Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli. Based on the hit Paramount Pictures' television series, HAPPY DAYS – A New Musical reintroduces one of America's best loved families, the Cunninghams, and the days of 1959 Milwaukee complete with varsity sweaters, hula hoops, and jukebox sock-hoppin'.
The famed drive-in malt shop and number one hang-out, Arnold's, is in danger of demolition, so the gang teams up to save it with a dance contest and tv-worthy wrestling match. This perfectly family friendly musical will have you rockin' and rollin' all week long!
Up Next!
AIDA
Feb. 23 - March 11, 2012
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA is a contemporary musical take on a grand classic tale of the timeless bond between an enslaved Nubian princess and an Egyptian soldier. As forbidden love blossoms between them, the young lovers are forced to face death or part forever. Together, they set a shining example of true devotion that ultimately transcends the vast cultural differences between their warring nations, heralding a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity.
With a pop-rock score that features stirring ballads and rousing choral numbers, Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA is a modern crowd pleaser that embraces multi-cultural casting and exuberant dancing, staging and singing.
