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Review

Two Black Stars Get the Musical Bio Treatment in WBTT's New Playwrights Series

Actress Nell Carter and boxer Muhammad Ali are the duo at work in these world premiere one-act plays.

05/09/2022 By Kay Kipling

Preview

Sarasota Concert Association Announces 2023 Season

Among the artists coming to town: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine.

05/05/2022 By Kay Kipling

Preview

The Sarasota Ballet Announces Coming Season, New Dancers

Six world premiere pieces are included in the 2022-23 season.

04/28/2022 By Kay Kipling

Preview

Sarasota Orchestra Announces 2022-23 Season

The five-series season presents Masterworks, Pops, Great Escapes, Discoveries, Chamber Soirees, and a guest turn by Yo-Yo Ma.

04/26/2022 By Kay Kipling

Review

Asolo Rep's Knoxville Well Worth a Long Wait

The world premiere musical was due to open more than two years ago. It's a triumphant example of delayed gratification.

04/24/2022 By Kay Kipling

Up and coming

Singer Aurora Newcomb Discusses Her New Single and Her 'Magical Folk-Punk' Sound

The Sarasota artist launched her music career at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

04/20/2022 By Chloé Cuyler

Razzle Dazzle 

Hard Heart Burlesque Shimmies Its Way Onto the McCurdy’s Stage

Sarasota’s new performance troupe delivers dance, music, comedy and sparkle.

04/13/2022 By Sarafina Murphy-Gibson

Review

FST Brings Drag Queen Glam to Panama City with The Legend of Georgia McBride

This comedy by Matthew Lopez goes for some big laughs, but tries for heart, too.

04/11/2022 By Kay Kipling

End of an Era

Asolo Rep Producing Artistic Director and Managing Director Jointly Announce Retirement

Michael Donald Edwards and Linda DiGabriele will step down in June 2023.

04/04/2022 By Staff

Review

Urbanite Theatre's A Skeptic and a Bruja Aims for Chills and Thrills

It's a ghost story with multiple tales of haunting.

04/03/2022 By Kay Kipling

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Top Tickets

Here Are the Best Things to Do in Sarasota This Month

A lineup of exhibits, concerts, plays and more to catch during April.

04/01/2022 By Kay Kipling

In the Spotlight

Award-Winning Actor Ving Rhames Visited WBTT This Week

Rhames attended a tour by WBTT director Nate Jacobs, taught a masterclass to local actors, and participated in a press reception.

03/30/2022 By Allison Forsyth

Preview

Sarasota Opera Announces 2022-23 Season

The season brings back familiar favorites and welcomes Sarasota debuts.

03/28/2022 By Kay Kipling

Coming Soon

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Announces 2022-23 Broadway and Dance Performances

Sarasota premieres are included in the 10-show Broadway lineup.

03/28/2022 By Kay Kipling

Preview

Here's What's Coming to Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe This Season

The 23rd season opens in October with an all-Black production of Guys and Dolls.

03/22/2022 By Kay Kipling

Review

Musical Anastasia Thrills at Van Wezel

The touring production successfully brings together romance, spectacle and a bit of mystery.

03/19/2022 By Kay Kipling

Under the Big Top

This Year's Cirque des Voix Memorably Blends Circus and Music

This year's production takes place this weekend.

03/18/2022 By Kay Kipling

Preview

Asolo Rep Announces Its 2022-23 Season

The season will bring a mix of musicals, comedy and drama to the stage.

03/15/2022 By Kay Kipling

Review

WBTT Goes Mega with Broadway in Black

The show is chock full of hits from a century of music, ranging from gospel, calypso inflected, R&B, rock, pop, or more traditional Broadway style.

03/14/2022 By Kay Kipling

The Show Must Go On

Two Years After It Was Supposed to Debut, Knoxville Will Open at Asolo Rep

Asolo Rep’s world premiere musical—long-delayed by Covid—takes us to writer James Agee’s hometown a century ago.

03/04/2022 By Kay Kipling

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