Blake Walton News

Arts Advocates has announced its schedule of November events, which includes a Talkback Tuesday with Blake Walton, a group exhibit by the Landings Artists Collaborative, and more.

Arts Advocates has unveiled its schedule of 2025-2026 programs and events, including a new Talkback Tuesdays guest speaker series, monthly luncheon programs, and more.

Sarasota Jewish Theatre has announced a summer play reading series, Newish Jewish Plays, which takes place on Mondays, July 15-29, at 7:00 p.m.

Eight playwrights from Florida, including a past winner, have new work featured in Theatre Odyssey's 18th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival.

Sarasota Jewish Theatre has announced its 2022-23 season lineup. Local Sarasota favorite actors and directors will be joined by national actors to present these plays reflecting Jewish heritage and culture. The plays are:

In her one-woman musical memoir about MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Ann Morrison creates new theater worth seeing... especially for the superfans.

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Ann Morrison in “Ann Morrison: Merrily From Center Stage”. on Tuesday, May 17 at 7 pm. “Ann Morrison: Merrily From Center Stage”.

The first Verna Safran Prize ($1,000) has been awarded to Jake Pettingell, a Sarasotan who attends Saint Stephen's Episcopal School, for his play THE REAL WORLD, set in a post-nuclear war era about a family of four living together in a military bunker. Directed by Blake Walton, the play was performed at the festival by actors Owen DeMaio, Jude DeMaio, Ann Morrison (who, with a day's notice, replaced an actor who became ill), and Tony Boothby.

Today (November 24) in live streaming: Michael Ball and Alfie Boe visit Backstage Live, get cooking on Stars in the House, and so much more!

New York-SaraSolo co-founders Ann Morrison (Merrily We Roll Along, Lovemusik) and Blake Walton (Trevor's Fire, Leading Men) will present their first SaraSolo FallFest, celebrating four solo artists, as a virtual online streaming event over Thanksgiving week November 24 - 28.

The 2020 SaraSolo Winter Fest is just around the corner, February 10-15. Now in its 6th Season, SaraSolo has evolved and will take place as 3 festivals this year all focusing on the power of the solo performance. The concept is unique as one does not often go to the theatre expecting to see a a?oeone man show.a?? The festival invites actors who perform in a variety of styles, bringing a range of perspectives, and myriad ways of illuminating the human condition.

SaraSolo Festival Offers A Unique Diversity of Talent

SaraSolo Festival Celebrates 5th Season with Eclectic Line-up of Solo Performers

HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr explores the life, inventions and person of Hedy Lamarr, Viennese-born Hollywood film star of the 1930s-1950s. Known as The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Hedy Lamarr stored away knowledge of munitions while married to Austrian arms dealer, Fritz Mandl. She employed this knowledge to support the US Navy's war effort during WWII by inventing The Secret Communication System with composer George Antheil, to make torpedoes more accurate. Also referred to as Frequency Hopping or Spread Spectrum Technology, her invention is used today in cell phones, WiFi, CDMA, GPS, Bluetooth and a myriad of other wireless systems.

SaraSolo Festival 2018 Announces Award Winners. See the full list of 2018 SaraSolo Festival Award Recipients below!

The 2018 SaraSolo Festival, the fourth celebration of theatre and solo artists, was held January 27-February 4, 2018. This annual theater festival features an eclectic mix of 45-90-minute solo performances by national and international artists - featuring music, dance, cabaret, comedy, magic, poetry, performance art, stand-up, storytelling and visual art creation as well as biographical, autobiographical and poetic plays.

The 2018 SaraSolo Festival First Weekend begins this Saturday 1 / 27 Artistic Directors and Co - Founders Ann Morrison and Blake Walton have brought 8 eclectic performers to the first weekend of Sarasota's newest and most exciting arts event s the SaraSolo Festival. The performances , spread over two weekends , January 27 & 28 and February 3 & 4 , at Sarasota's Pioneer Park historic site venue , Crocker Memorial Church , 1260 12th Street.

The 2018 SaraSolo Festival, the fourth celebration of theatre and solo artists returns to Sarasota over two weekends, January 27 & 28 and February 3 & 4, 2018. This annual showcases an eclectic mix of 45-90 minute solo performances by 19 national and international artists featuring music, dance, cabaret, comedy, magic, poetry, performance art, stand-up, storytelling and visual art creation as well as biographical, autobiographical and poetic plays.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Ann Morrison (Merrily We Roll Along, Lovemusik, Goblin Market) in My Furniture Set on January 3rd, 7pm. 'My Furniture Set' with John Shirley at the piano, was inspired by the exquisite furniture at the Home Resource Contemporary Furnishings in Annie's home town Sarasota, Florida.

Charm City Fringe 2017 presents the Maryland Debut of the Hit NYC Solo Show: HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr - A True Story of Hollywood Glamour and Scientific Genius - written and performed by Heather Massie.