3 Best Performing Arts in The Lower Gulf Coast, Florida

Here, buffet dinners accompany some of Broadway’s best musicals. There’s also a 100-seat Off Broadway Palm Theatre that hosts smaller-scale comedies and musicals.

In downtown's restored, circa-1915 Arcade Theatre, this top professional company stages Tony- and Pulitzer-winning productions. There's also an adjacent, more intimate space for edgier works and a Lunchbox Theatre Series for children.

Musicals and dramas are performed year-round; winter shows often sell out well in advance.