Leapin’ Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world’s best-loved musicals. January 7 – January 18, 2026 Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, this show has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including “Tomorrow.” With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations… and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt! She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
| Year | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Best Musical | Winner |
| 1997 | Best Revival of a Musical | |
| 2013 | Best Revival of a Musical |
The Sarasota Players is at 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 1130, Sarasota, FL.
Rent (12/3/25-12/14/25)
Metamorphoses (10/29/25-11/2/25)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (10/23/25-10/25/25)
The Wedding Singer (9/24/25-10/5/25)
Happy Endings Wedding Chapel (8/12/25-8/17/25)
Cabaret (7/30/25-8/10/25)
Beetlejuice Jr. (6/12/25-6/22/25)
Into the Woods (4/9/25-4/20/25)
Fun Home (3/5/25-3/16/25)
Twelfth Night (2/5/25-2/9/25)
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (1/29/26-2/1/25)
The Crucible (3/25/26-4/5/26)
Assassins (4/29/26-5/10/26)
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All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Asolo Repertory Theatre (12/3 - 12/19) | |
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Three Pianos
Florida Studio Theatre (11/19 - 3/29) | |
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Program Five – Martha Graham Dance Company
FSU Center for the Performing Arts (2/27 - 3/2) | |
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Friends of Dorothy Live at the Disco Rodeo
Dingbat Theatre Project (4/24 - 5/10) | |
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A Tailor Near Me
Florida Studio Theatre (12/10 - 2/15) | |
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Program Six – Life and Liberty
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (3/27 - 3/28) | |
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Rent
The Sarasota Players (12/3 - 12/14) | |
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The Blue-Sky Boys
Florida Studio Theatre (1/21 - 3/8) | |
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