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If you close your eyes and just listen to The Swingaroos, you might actually think you've traveled back in time to a small little nightclub... Read more »
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Broadway classics and risque comedy mark final festival weekend.... Read more »
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Bernard Yanelli's play about the impact of desegregation in the South resonates in Players world premiere... Read more »
The post THEATER REVIEW: 'Not Our time' recalls a difficult era …
Random Acts offers 'Censory Overload' and Stephen... Read more »
The post Naughty and nice at Venice Theatre's Summer Cabaret Series appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Local writers get some attention with new troupe at Starlite Room... Read more »
The post THEATER REVIEW: Light laughs in Starlite Players' short plays appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Isaac Newton tries to break through into his career in engaging, imaginative play... Read more »
The post THEATER REVIEW: 'Isaac' takes a twisty look at love, work and science at Urbani…
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe expands its fan base with sold-out performances... Read more »
The post Behind the Scenes: Discovering a wider world at National Black Theatre Festival ap…
Actors sing and dance their personality-driven stories as if they're really cats ready to pounce... Read more »
The post Theater Review: A lively and colorful 'Cats' at Manatee Players …
Booker High student creates a cabaret show with a focus on contemporary Broadway... Read more »
The post Young artist begins to compose his career appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
A new associate managing director and a director of children's theater are added... Read more »
The post FST adds to its senior staff appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Llywelyn Jones won the Players Theatre's 2006 and 2013 festivals.... Read more »
The post Playwright wins third new play festival appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Dewayne Barrett stages his fifth production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running hit... Read more »
The post 'Cats' slinks back to the stage at Manatee Players appeared first on Ticket…
Craig Smith and Micheline Marmol have won four world ballroom dance titles.... Read more »
The post Sarasota dancers compete on 'America's Got Talent' appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Sarasota troupe sings 70s soul hits to sold-out houses in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... Read more »
The post Westcoast Troupe gets Black Theatre Festival crowd cheering appeared first on Tick…
A friendly environment in Winston-Salem among information-sharing patrons.... Read more »
The post An overwhelming assortment of choices at National Black Theatre Festival appeared firs…
Singers Robin Fernandez and Kitt Moran take over weekend performances... Read more »
The post Musical dreams and Johnny Mercer at Cabaret Festival appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe founder Nate Jacobs is honored.... Read more »
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Opera diva returns to work with young singers, but winds up talking about her life and career... Read more »
The post Maria Callas shares some gifts in 'Master Class' at Players Theatre…
After you've paid for a ticket, shouldn't you pay attention to the show?... Read more »
The post Behind the Scenes: Fighting cell phone distractions in the theater appeared first on Tic…
Company will bring an end to its ongoing Verdi cycle with productions of "Aida" and "The Battle of Legnano"... Read more »
The post Sarasota Opera announces principal singers for 2015-1…
The festival creates its own kind of energy.... Read more »
The post A showcase for growing together appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Company is surviving and thriving in a mostly white community.... Read more »
The post Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe returns to national stage appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
Plays and musicals as a tool to confront racism
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The post Theaters celebrate black lives on stage appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
"Old Enough to Know Better" is based on interviews with hundreds of Sarasota area residents... Read more »
The post THEATER REVIEW: New play puts a light touch on aging at FST appeared …
"Hound of the Baskervilles" and "Over the River..." get an extra week... Read more »
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