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Summer break is over as Sarasota-Manatee area arts organizations get busy with new performances, shows and exhibitions.

A woman being treated for bipolar disorder is at the heart of a musical about mental illness and its impact on an increasingly dysfunctional family.

Our guide to new theater, classical concerts, visual art, ballet, contemporary music and more happening in venues around the Sarasota-Manatee area.

Arts events for Sarasota Manatee: Jan. 28-Feb. 3 Our weekly guide to the performing and visual arts in the Sarasota-Manatee area. Key Chorale goes for Baroque Like other organizations that have been experimenting with digital performances and testing how many artists they can safely bring together in one space, Key Chorale is expanding its group of musicians for its “Bach Together Again” concert that makes its digital debut Friday. Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins said he chose the Baroque program, which features Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Magnificat,” b...

T. Michele Walker, Correspondent Before the pandemic, it was a safe bet that on almost any evening, a production of the musical “Nunsense” was playing on a stage somewhere in the world. Clearly, there’s nothing wackier than a nun in a habit doing something unexpected or unusual, from Sally Field in “The Flying Nun” to the nuns in “The Sound of Music” or Whoopi Goldberg in “Sister Act.” Producers know that nuns on stage help fill their seats. Dan Goggin’s “Nunsense” is a beloved warhorse for a reason. It’s pure, lighthearted merriment with tried and true laughs built ...