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The Asolo Repertory Theatre brought the 1950s back in style with its Sock Hop at The Drive In gala on May 1. The annual gala moved to Nathan Benderson Park for a throwback Drive-In event that had guests dressing up in their most vintage and colorful retro attire that ranged from poodle skirts to greaser jackets. Guests drove up to the concert space and parked their cars right next to their tables where they then mingled or headed over to the tented diner area to pick up a quick cheeseburger. ...

Westcoast Troupe follows the ‘Pipeline’ The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe combines live theater and video for the Sarasota premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s timely drama “Pipeline.” The play, which WBTT originally planned to present live in the fall, is being filmed inside the theater and will then be shown in outdoor screenings in the theater’s parking lot Friday through April 30. Home streaming will be available May 1-23. The roughly 90-minute play is about an inner-city publi...

It is a show full of bombast – sometimes too much so – heard in what Lopez calls the “mother of all Broadway medleys” and a rousing tribute to Latina superstars including Selena, Gloria Estefan, Shakira and Celia Cruz, that makes you want to join in. And of course, there’s a sequence recalling moments from “Evita” itself. It’s a show that might never have come together had Asolo Rep not reinvented itself during the pandemic by building its outdoor Terrace Stage. It has present...

Video views of art in the world In conjunction with its current show, “Janaina Tschäpe: Between the Sky and the Water,” the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College is offering a video series tied to the career retrospective of the artist. On Saturday and Sunday, the museum will be showcasing some of Tschäpe’s video works that were created from 2000 to 2014 and touch on some of the painted and sculpted pieces featured in the exhibition. Showings start at the bottom of every hour and wil...

Classic Empire Filly Fastest At Second OBS Spring Sale Under Tack Session Sponsored by: Hip 317, a Classic Empire filly, breezed a quarter in :20 2/5 seconds at the OBS Spring Sale under tack show. Hip No. 317, a daughter of Classic Empire consigned by Golden Rock Thoroughbreds breezed a quarter in :20 2/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders Sales Companys 2021 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The chestnut fil...

Isabelle, who has spent most of the pandemic hosting an entertainment news program in Puerto Rico, was well known to some music fans from winning a Latin variation of “American Idol” and the Billboard hit “Por Amarte Asi” before she decided to shift her career focus to musical theater and film. At the time, she described “Evita” as one of her biggest opportunities. When Michael Donald Edwards, Asolo Rep’s producing artistic director, contacted her last fall about doing a concert ...

Edge of Seventeen [2019 Remaster], Rooms on Fire [2019 Remaster], Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) [2019 Remaster]

”We will assassinate you.” “Can you call for violence generally? Cause I am.” “We need more violence from the Trump people. Trump supporters.” “Get a fucking gun.” During Tuesday night’s debate, hapless moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News lobbed Trump a chance to quell worries that his election strategy is to foment civil war. “Are you willing to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and say they need to stand down and not to add to the violence in these cities as ...

Would say stand back, look in the mirror, understand youll look at that face every morning for the rest of your life. you want to be proud of the person youre looking at. look at the facts. look at the constitution and stand fast. >> congressman edwards? >> i totally agree with that. remember the oath of office you took. life goes on. if you lose your election, life goes on. dont be afraid to do the thing that you were elected to do which is to stand up, conduct oversight, do whats right, obey t...

Not sure how to box with. yet, there is so much infighting. there is a white house chief of staff at war with the white house counsel. usually theyre in concert. in this case theyre staring at each other like maybe one of them can get the other ones job. there is the debate between also mulvaney and bolton. john bolton, the former national security adviser telling basically mulvaney when he tried to join on to their lawsuit about testimony, stand back, get away from my lawsuit. there is this sor...