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On March 16 at 7:30pm, prepare to be dazzled by The Arnold Simonsen Players Studio Performing Group, The Flash Tappers! This performance is an encore of last year's TapFASTic, which delighted audiences with three sold out shows in The Players Backstage Theatre.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) is pleased to announce the generous gift of $500,000 from the Muriel O'Neil Fund for the Performing Arts of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

Tony-nominated and world-renowned Broadway show Motown the Musical arrives at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall with EIGHT magnificent performances on: Tuesday, March 27 through Friday, March 30 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, March 31 at 2:00 and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, April 1 at 1:30 and 7:00 PM.

Melba Moore Owns The Stage in WBTT Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Florida Studio Theatre's home Improv team goes head-to-head in a truly one-of-a-kind celebration of spontaneity, improvisation, and April Fool's Day.

Join Theatre Odyssey for an evening of three short original plays: 'Breaking Harvard' by Nicole Cunningham and 'Stuff' and 'The Trunk' by Jalex Scott.

The Women's Resource Center's 2018 Renaissance Legacy Luncheon is Tuesday, March 20, 11:30 a.

In the era of "Me Too" and "Time's Up," Filmmaker Rebecca Rusch is a strong female hero who personifies the courage needed to stay brave and celebrate her power.

On Monday, February 26, artists and supporters of Florida Studio Theatre flocked to the theater for its annual fundraiser, Shakespeare's Shindig: A Modern Day Renaissance.

Theatre Odyssey is pleased to announce the selected plays for the thirteenth annual Ten-Minute Play Festival being held May 3-6 at the Cook Theatre (Asolo/FSU Center for the Performing Arts).

Led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell, the Academy of St.

VIP Meet & Greet tickets are now on sale for Dance to the Movies, taking place at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, March 12, 2018 at 8:00pm.

Grammy Award-winning stand-up comedian, Lewis Black, returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Friday, March 23, 2018 at 8:00PM.

Asolo Repertory Theatre and the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training will unveil their 2018-19 seasons on Monday, March 19 at 4pm at the annual Season Announcement Event.

- FST concludes its Stage III Series-the theatre's program devoted to edgier work-with The Things They Carried, based on Tim O'Brien's collection of short stories of the same name.

Former leading men from Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera are bringing their show The Four Phantoms to the Van Wezel stage on Wednesday, March 21 at 8:00 PM.

Asolo Rep will host Inside Asolo Rep: RHINOCEROS and ROE on Wednesday, February 28 at 11am, with refreshments at 10:30am.

Grammy Award-winning singer, actor and author Rick Springfield returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, March 15 at 8:00 PM.

Asolo Rep continues its record-breaking season with Lisa Loomer's ROE, a poignant new play that humanizes and examines both sides of one of the most polarizing Supreme Court cases of all time: Roe v.

Multiple Grammy Award-winning and world-renowned singer, Audra McDonald arrives at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Wednesday, March 14 at 8:00PM.

Asolo Rep's MORNING AFTER GRACE IllumiNation event will be held on Saturday, February 17.

Celebrating a record-breaking decade of annual performances, Neil Berg's 109 Years of Broadway returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 2:00PM and 8:00PM.

The creative brilliance of talented costume designer Miles White will be featured at The Ringling with a selection of his original designs, swatch books and production documents displayed alongside historic photographs and actual wardrobe pieces.

Audrey Landers & Pops Orchestra Share Some Valentine Love

Philip Torre, a baritone who has appeared on the stages of Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Boston Lyric Opera and others, will perform the title role of Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET.