Review

Asolo Rep's Chicken & Biscuits Goes for Big Laughs

You could say this show about a Black family puts the "fun" in funeral.

02/20/2023 By Kay Kipling

Curtains up!

Asolo Rep Names New Producing Artistic Director

Peter Rothstein is the founding artistic director of Minneapolis' Theatre Latté Da and directed Sweeney Todd and Ragtime at Asolo Rep.

01/24/2023 By Staff

Review

Silent Sky Shines at Asolo Rep

Lauren Gunderson's play springs from the real life of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, and it's something of a relevation.

01/23/2023 By Kay Kipling

Review

Asolo Rep's The Three Musketeers Goes for the (Comic) Gusto

A lot of swash gets buckled in Ken Ludwig's adaptation of the "all for one, one for all" story.

01/17/2023 By Kay Kipling

A Year of the Arts

Sarasota's Top 10 Performances of 2022

We pulled together a short list of the best of the arts, theater and performance in Sarasota this year worthy of reminiscing or catching before they close.

12/27/2022 By Kay Kipling

Thanks for the Memories

Two Retiring Asolo Rep Leaders Reflect on Their Decades With the Theater

Producing artistic director Michael Donald Edwards and managing director Linda DiGabriele will step down from their posts in June 2023. 

12/21/2022 By Kay Kipling

Review

Asolo Repertory Theatre Opens Its Season With an Often Stunning Cabaret

Put down the knitting, the book and the broom and enter the world of the Kit Kat Klub.

11/21/2022 By Kay Kipling

Right on Time

Asolo Rep Breaks Out Two Timely Shows to Close Its Season

Both have local connections.

05/19/2022 By Kay Kipling

Review

Asolo Rep Scores in Timely Fashion with 'Eureka Day'

Jonathan Spector's play set in a private school during a mumps outbreak has topicality in spades.

05/15/2022 By Kay Kipling

Philanthropy

New Asolo Rep Media Studio to Be Named for Deb Kabinoff

Kabinoff most recently contributed $250,000 to the Asolo Rep’s capital campaign that is funding the expansion of the Robert and Beverly Koski Production Center.

05/04/2022 By Staff

Limelight

Photos: Asolo Rep Gala's 'An Evening in Sherwood Forest'

Robin Hood's lore (and an upcoming production about him), Maid Marian and more led to the evening's theme.

05/02/2022 Photography by Lori Sax

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

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

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

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

Review

Asolo Rep's The Great Leap Mixes Sports, Politics and Personal Drama

This Lauren Yee play, centered on a crucial basketball game in China, takes the ball and runs with it.

02/17/2022 By Kay Kipling

Cheat Sheet

How to Sound Like a Local: A Sarasota Pronunciation Guide

Don't you dare say "Van Weasel."

11/29/2021 By Susan Burns

Preview

Asolo Rep Announces 2021-22 Season

After postponements due to Covid, and performances outdoors, the theater plans a return to normal.

05/13/2021 By Kay Kipling

Bigger and Better

Asolo Rep Breaks Ground on Koski Center Expansion Project

Part of the $21 million project: a "Super Rehearsal Hall."

04/28/2021 By Kay Kipling