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Syncopated Avenue at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

Dates: 4/16/2025 - 5/25/2025

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Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe


1012 N Orange Ave
Sarasota,FL 34236

Phone: 9413661505


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Closing Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 2024-2025 season is a brand-new world premiere musical, “Syncopated Avenue.” (Created, adapted and directed by WBTT Founder/Artistic Director Nate Jacobs.) WBTT produces its first-ever tap revue in this musical journey through the captivating and entertaining world of tap dance. The show takes us to an avenue where all things flourish with rhythm, style and class. This innovative musical offers new songs and features an exciting repertoire of unique arrangements of popular jazz tunes by iconic composers such as Duke Ellington's "Don't Mean A Thing," Eubie Blake's "I'm Just Full Of Jazz," and Irving Berlin's "Cheek To Cheek!" as well as new songs arranged and created by Nate Jacobs, Lamont Brown and Louis Danowsky. Runs from April 16-May 25, 2025. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. matinees Saturdays-Sundays; all performances take place in WBTT’s Donelly Theatre (1012 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota).



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Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is at 1012 N Orange Ave, Sarasota, FL.

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