Editor's note: Be sure to check with each of the individual organizations to make sure events are still taking place in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Great Leap

Opening March 18

Asolo Rep Presents Lauren Yee's fast-paced new comedic drama about a young San Francisco man who talks his way onto a basketball team traveling to Beijing for a “friendship” game and finds himself in the middle of the Cultural Revolution. Through April 11 in the FSU Center’s intimate Cook Theatre. 

40^th Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival Continues

The Sarasota Jazz Festival grooves on, in a Thursday evening concert with piano legend Dick Hyman, clarinetist Ken Peplowski and more; Friday night with the remarkable vocalist Clairdee; Saturday afternoon a Jazz Party taking place on five stages; and Saturday night with the multi Grammy Award-winning vocal quartet, The Manhattan Transfer. Lots more fun things to do, too; check it all out here. 

John Pizzarelli & Catherine Russell: A Tribute to Nat King Cole and the Ladies of Song

March 18

Can’t get enough jazz? The Van Wezel delivers when the talented jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli joins Grammy Award-winning songstress Catherine Russell for a tribute to the late, great Nat King Cole.

Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks: Beethoven and Bartók

March 12-15

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart makes a guest appearance, as he leads the Sarasota Orchestra in works by Kodaly, Beethoven and Bartók; Jeremy Denk, guest pianist.

Garden Music Concerts at Selby Gardens

March 15

Singer-songwriter Halie Loren is the featured artist at the next outdoor Garden Music concert at beautiful Selby Gardens, included in your admission. 

Pacifica Quartet and Pianist Orion Weiss

March 12

The Sarasota Concert Association continues its Great Performers series with an evening of chamber works by Beethoven, Ligeti and Dvořák, courtesy of these stellar performers.