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On a mild winter evening, Osnes and her accompanist/musical director Fred Lassen effortlessly moved through 17 songs that showed off the rich luster of her vibrant soprano. If you closed your eyes for a moment, you could hear the smile on her face in each song, even the melancholy numbers, such as Randy Newman’s “When She Loved Me” from “Toy Story 2,” which she sang in memory of her mother. No matter how sad or touching the melody and lyric, she found a way to convey a feeling of optimism to match her sunny demeanor. It’s an infectious feeling that ran through a concert that open...

While many performers have struggled to find work during the pandemic, two-time Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes has maintained a relatively busy schedule. She filmed the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie “One Royal Holiday,” leads the R&H Goes Pop and R&H At Home video series offering new takes on Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, and she had a featured role in the online “A Killer Party: the Musical.” Osnes even found a way to do a few concerts at safe distances, as she will next weekend when she returns to Sarasota for two outdoor performances at Asolo Repertory Theatre, where she starr...