SARASOTA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 62

With hits like “Country Roads,” “Surfin' USA,” and “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” the musical touring show includes two public outdoor performances – one at Nathan Benderson Park (Sunday, July 11 at 7PM) and another at Phillipi Estate Park (Sunday, July 18 at 7PM).

Hooper will serve with trustees Cheryl Anderson (treasurer), Ali Bahaj, Chris Caswell, J.

Joe Bonamassa is finally getting back on the road! The blues-rock star will make his Sarasota debut at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Wednesday, December 8 at 8 p.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announces July dates for Cabaret by the Bay, a series of intimate performances held in the Grand Foyer.

Sarasota Opera has announced its upcoming 2021-22 season.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat and the Van Wezel Foundation present the fourth installment of “UNSCRIPTED+: Community Edition,” featuring Kennedy Center teaching artist, storyteller, and performer Reggie Harris, on Thursday, June 10, at 7 p.

For the past 16 years, Choral Artists of Sarasota has honored Independence Day with a concert of rousing songs celebrating the United States.

This summer, Art Center Sarasota is once again encouraging young children and teens to set their inner artists free at its weekly summertime art camps.

Sarasota Opera announced today that Richard Russell's contract has been extended through the 2025–26 season, and that his job title will change from Executive Director to General Director to better reflect the breadth of his responsibilities with the company.

In an effort to share knowledge and resources, and strengthen the infrastructure of the Black theatre landscape in the United States, seven of the country’s freestanding, independent Black theatres – including Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe – have forged a new alliance.

Sarasota Opera has announced the initial lineup for the 2021 summer movie series, which will open with “La Cage aux Folles” on Saturday, June 5.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST)'s resident improv team, FST Improv, returns to the Bowne's Lab stage with one the troupe's most popular shows, Life's a Beach.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the Van Wezel Foundation today announced that the first-of-its-kind, year-long “virtual” residency with Latinx Hip-hop Artist, Kennedy Center Citizen and Scholar Olmeca will culminate with a free in-person live community performance on Saturday, June 12, 2

An electrifying tribute to the original bad boy of Rock & Roll, Great Balls of Fire features over 20 hits from the 1950s and beyond including “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” “Shake, Rattle, and Roll,” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.

 In an effort to strengthen its education outreach program, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has hired Jim Weaver as its new education director/artistic associate.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announces the following change to the 2020-2021 season: Audra McDonald’s performance on February 13, 2021 has been rescheduled to February 11, 2022 at 8 p.

The judges for Theatre Odyssey's Sixteenth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival have named Keith Whalen's play, WHITE ANGEL, a taut story of a young man desperate to visit his girlfriend at her college dorm only to be intercepted by the protective 'dorm mom,' as the 2021 Best Play.

Sarasota Orchestra has announced changes to the upcoming Sarasota Music Festival (SMF), which will take place over eight days in June 2021.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has been granted $225,000 from the Virginia B.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat will present “Michael R.

Sarasota Orchestra's project is among the more than 1,100 projects across America totaling nearly $27 million that were selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects fiscal year 2021 funding.

In mid-June, The Soul Sensations & Friends return to Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe to perform on the popular outdoor concert stage, in support of WBTT and the important role it plays in the local community.

Florida Studio Theatre opens its 29th Summer Mainstage Series with the return of one of the most successful shows in the theatre's history, Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas.

The Broadway Series includes Escape to Margaritaville (October 29), Come From Away (November 23-28), Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (January 18-19), Jersey Boys (January 25-26), An American in Paris (February 2-3), Anastasia (March 18-20), An Officer and a Gentleman (April 6-7), South Pacific (

Chart-topping a cappella group Straight No Chaser will return to Sarasota on Friday, November 12 at 8 p.