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The Cancellation of Lauren Fein


Lauren Fein is at the top of her game. Happily married with a foster son, she is a world-renowned scientist and tenured professor at an ...


Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents a limited run of How I Learned What I Learned, featuring award-winning actor and playwright Wali Jamal. This one-man show ...

The Heart Sellers
The Heart Sellers
12/11 - 2/16/2025


A new comedy.  Thanksgiving, 1973. When Jane and Luna, two recent Asian immigrants, bump into each other at the grocery store, an unexpected friendship blossoms. ...


Truth and Mayhem features ensembleNewSRQ's annual percussion showcase, led by co-artistic director George Nickson. The program includes recent works by composers like Ellen Reid and ...

Annual Show


You're Invited to our 76th Annual Show! Fall in love again with cherished songs from the Great American Songbook performed in beautiful 4-part harmonies.

Fences
Fences
1/15 - 2/23/2025


Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's dramatic offering for the 2024-2025 season is “Fences,” written by renowned American playwright August Wilson. (WBTT Resident Director Chuck Smith will ...

Advice
Advice
2/5 - 2/28/2025


Ron and Joy are stunned when their well-meaning but clueless friend, Gary, lands a book deal for his self-help guide. As they try to talk ...

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
2/20 - 3/2/2025


The Diary of Anne Frank  is one of the most famous and haunting stories to emerge from the 20th Century. The memoirs of this young ...

Off the Charts! Revival
Off the Charts! Revival
2/27 - 3/9/2025


Take a musical ride through the biggest pop hits of the 20th Century. In 1958, the Billboard Top 100 debuted and began to track the ...


Florida Studio Theatre will host its annual fundraising event, Shindig 2025, on March 10, 2025, with the theme Oh What a Night! Inspired by the ...

Anna in the Tropics
2/19 - 3/13/2025


Anna in the Tropics is set to grace the stage at Asolo Repertory Theatre from February 19 to March 13, 2025. This evocative play explores ...

Anna in the Tropics
Anna in the Tropics
2/21 - 3/13/2025


Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece has been hailed by The New York Times as "a hymn to the transforming and potentially dangerous powers of art." ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
3/5 - 3/16/2025


Fun Home Music by  Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by  Lisa Kron Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel   March 6-16, 2025 The ...


Critical Moments features George Perle’s witty sextet alongside selections from composers Carolyn Chen and Kenji Bunch. The concert will also include a commissioned work by ...

Life's a Beach
Life's a Beach
1/18 - 3/22/2025


Drawing inspiration from audience suggestions, the cast of FST Improv weaves sketches, musical numbers, and classic improv games that pay special tribute to this beautiful ...

Bad Books
Bad Books
3/5 - 3/28/2025


Torn from today’s head­lines. What starts as a polite discussion between a mother and a town librarian about a teenager’s reading list unexpectedly explodes into ...

59th Street Bridge
59th Street Bridge
11/20 - 4/6/2025


In the 60s and 70s, a new sound came into mainstream music that changed the scene forever. Led by early folk-rock artists like John Denver, ...

Five Guys Named Moe
Five Guys Named Moe
3/5 - 4/6/2025


Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents “Five Guys Named Moe,” with book by Clarke Peters and lyrics and music by Louis Jordan and others. (Directed by Jim ...

The Flying Penguin & Other Winning Plays


Top plays written by elementary school students from our community and around the world are brought to life by a cast of professional actors. From ...


Pops Supper Club is a one-night-only event presented by the Sarasota Orchestra on April 16, 2025. Attendees can look forward to an evening featuring inventive ...

Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa
3/21 - 4/19/2025


Music and memory draw you back to the 1930's in this lyrical, effervescent portrait of five fierce sisters holding onto each other through the joys ...

Dancing in Lughnasa
3/19 - 4/19/2025


Set against the backdrop of 1930s Ireland, Dancing in Lughnasa tells the poignant story of the five Mundy sisters as they navigate love, loss, and ...

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
4/9 - 4/20/2025


Into the Woods Book by James Lapine Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim April 10-20, 2025 The Crossings at Siesta Key 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, ...

Shedding a Skin
Shedding a Skin
4/2 - 4/25/2025


When Myah punches her boss in the nose and walks out of a soul-crushing corporate job, her life unravels in ways she never expected. Crashing ...

Good Night, Oscar
Good Night, Oscar
4/4 - 4/26/2025


There's a fine line between genius and insanity, and Oscar Levant erased it. A multi-hyphenate talent famous for his film appearances in An American in ...

Good Night, Oscar
4/2 - 4/27/2025


Good Night, Oscar is set to run at Asolo Repertory Theatre from April 2 to April 27, 2025. This production promises an engaging exploration of ...


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Review: FOREVER TANGO at Van Wezel


by Shanti M. Kennedy - February 12, 2025

On a dimly lit stage enveloped in an air of mystique, a melodious bandoneon tenderly caresses the night's silence, its haunting notes reverberating through the hushed theater. Bathed in a solitary spotlight, the instrument's melancholic melody sets the stage, foretelling an evocative and passionatel...

Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Van Wezel


by Jacob Ruscoe - February 04, 2025

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Review: THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN at Florida Studio Theatre


by Shanti M. Kennedy - February 04, 2025

Lauren Fein, a distinguished tenured professor at her university, has dedicated her life to assisting others through her groundbreaking research efforts. Her valuable contributions to the unnamed University community, along with a strong network of esteemed colleagues and a loving family, showcase t...

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by Shanti M. Kennedy - January 27, 2025

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Review: FENCES at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe


by Shanti M. Kennedy - January 28, 2025

August Wilson penned his Pulitzer Prize-winning play in 1983. Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, it delves into the African-American experience, generational prejudices, and other challenging themes. By concentrating on the journey of one family, the play portrays a spectrum of difficult times that individual...

Review: FUNNY GIRL at Van Wezel


by Jacob Ruscoe - January 17, 2025

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Review: SPACEMAN at Urbanite Theatre


by Shanti M. Kennedy - January 08, 2025

A highly accomplished woman successfully joins NASA and embarks on a solo mission to Mars following her late husband's path. Initially filled with a cheerful demeanor, she finds herself alone on the spaceship stage, confiding in her computer and an answering machine stocked with messages from Earth....

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