Weekend Planner
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FST’s Comedy Lottery, Sarasota Ballet presents a Jerome Robbins classic, SARTQ’s print party and more.
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Sarasota Ballet: De Valois, Balanchine & Robbins
April 28-30
Jerome Robbins’ delightful Fancy Free, the 1944 ballet about a trio of sailors on the town in New York City (in fact, it was the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical, On the Town), closes the Sarasota Ballet season this weekend on a jaunty note. Also on the program, two pieces by George Balanchine and Dame Ninette de Valois’ Checkmate. Four performances Friday-Sunday at the Opera House.
FST Improv's Will Luera, Christine Alexander, Steve Turrisi and Patrick A. Jackson
FST Improv presents Comedy Lottery
April 29
Will you be one of the 12 lucky audience members who get to pick the evening’s improv sketch themes? One of FST Improv’s most popular game nights returns to Bowne’s Lab Theatre.
The sketch comedy group Millennial Fresh is (front row, l-r) Matthew Walker, Kathryn Parks and Ariel Blue; (back row, l-r) Earley Dean, Natasha Samreny, Joey James and Naquila Gregory. (Not pictured: Satchel Dennis)
Millennial Fresh
May 1
Few hot-button topics are off-bounds when this comedy ensemble, comprised of young Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe performers, returns to the WBTT theater.
SARTQ's annual print party.
Image: Courtesy SARTQ
SARTQ’s Annual Print Party
April 29
Grab a plain T-shirt and head to Mandeville Beer Garden for the artist collective’s big, fun print party. Fifteen original designs created by 10 area artists will be available for silkscreening, including a special Mandeville silkscreen created just for the event.
Garrett Turner
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The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at the Asolo Rep
Through April 30
Last chance to catch this creatively staged, provocative and laugh-out-loud funny play about what lies behind the scenes of televised wrestling. Our own Kay Kipling calls it “a fist-bumping, adrenaline-filled ride…” It closes Sunday.
The Bird
Image: Todd Olszewski
Orioles Extended Spring Training Home Games
April 29 and May 1
Miss spring training? The Orioles minor league players are still in residence at Ed Smith Stadium’s Field 4 through June 12. Saturday, they play the Rays at 10 a.m. and Monday they face off against the Red Sox at noon. Free. Get the complete lineup here.
