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A New Sound for the Sarasota Opera

Meet incoming artistic director—and longtime opera executive—Richard Russell.

03/04/2026 By Jay Handelman/ArtsBeat.org

Preview

WBTT Announces Its 2026-2027 Season

Themed "Rhapsodies of Rhythm," this season's performances span Stevie Wonder to Shakespeare.

02/24/2026 By Staff

Review

Asolo Rep Takes a Wild Comic Ride with 'The Unfriend'

Steven Moffat's play makes its bow with this U.S. premiere, and it's a doozy.

02/22/2026 By Kay Kipling

ArtsBeat

A Do-Over for the Sarasota Performing Arts Center

An updated plan features a different location, reduced cost, revised design and alternate parking—but will the city and community buy in?

02/19/2026 By Carrie Seidman/ArtsBeat.org

Preview

Sarasota Opera Announces Its 68th Season

Five mainstage productions, a youth performance and several signature events are slated for 2026-2027.

02/11/2026 By Staff

ArtsBeat

A Q&A With Sarasota Orchestra's Music Director About His Role in Bad Bunny Super Bowl Show

"Apparently he was aware of my career, and his manager Googled me and found my manager," Guerrero says. "The first thing I was thinking [was], 'Is this real or a prank call?'"

02/10/2026 By Jay Handelman/ArtsBeat.org

ArtsBeat

Theater Review: Powerful Performance and Story in ‘Remember This’

The play is the true story of a Polish man who became an international hero, risking his life to reveal the atrocities he witnessed in Jewish ghettos and concentration camps.

02/10/2026 By Jay Handelman/ArtsBeat.org

Review

A New FST Production Takes Us to the Moon

"The Blue-Sky Boys" presents an often entertaining picture of the engineers behind the Apollo moon landing.

02/02/2026 By Kay Kipling

Review

Urbanite Theatre Delivers a Sometimes Harrowing 'JOB'

This two-character play is an intense, packed peek into dark corners.

01/29/2026 By Kay Kipling

Review

Asolo Rep Reflects on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple with 'The Mirror Crack'd'

A new adaptation of Christie's book is problematic in several ways.

01/26/2026 By Kay Kipling

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Review

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Presents Dominique Morisseau's 'Paradise Blue'

There's drama, humor and a little bit of jazz in this five-character play, set in 1949 Detroit.

01/12/2026 By Kay Kipling

Review

Asolo Rep's 'Primary Trust' Tells a Touching Story About Finding Friendship and Hope

The Pulitzer Prize winner is mostly low-key, but it still has an impact.

01/11/2026 By Kay Kipling

Review

FST's 'A Tailor Near Me' Sews Together a Connection Between Two Older Men

You want a new suit? How about a new friendship?

12/15/2025 By Kay Kipling

Review

All Is Well in Asolo Rep's 'All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914'

A cast of nine delivers dozens of stories and songs from a unique moment in World War I.

12/08/2025 By Kay Kipling

Just Keep Swimming

The 'Shark Lady Musical,' About Sarasota's Legendary Eugenie Clark, Debuts at Fogartyville Next Weekend

The show's writer Christina Meiping Chen shares the inspiration behind the show and what the audience can expect.

11/25/2025 By Lauren Jackson

Review

'Come From Away' Opens the Asolo Rep Season with a Bang

Everyone's on their game with this musical about plane passengers and townsfolk on Sept. 11, 2001.

11/17/2025 By Kay Kipling

Review

FST's 'Lucky Stiff' Takes Audiences on a Romp to Monte Carlo

The show by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty offers energetic, freewheeling fun.

11/10/2025 By Kay Kipling

Building the Future

Sarasota’s Arts Scene Sets the Stage for What’s Next

A number of building projects and high-profile capital campaigns with combined fundraising goals of $975 million are on the horizon.

11/04/2025 By Kay Kipling

Review

Urbanite Theatre's 'Monsters of the American Cinema' Confronts the Really Scary Stuff

In Christian St. Croix's play, the monsters are close to home.

11/03/2025 By Kay Kipling

Country Soul

Ghost Hounds’ Lead Singer SAVNT Brings His Sound to Sarasota

The band—which has opened for music legends, including the Rolling Stones—and its lead singer will perform a free concert at The Bay on Nov. 1.

10/28/2025 By Kim Doleatto

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