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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. The seven-piece 1950s Chome '57 band played lively tunes for guests to enjoy before sitting down for...

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 public high school teacher whose son is threatened with expulsion from an elite private boarding school ...

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 presented five concert and theater programs to large, socially distanced and masked crowds since December w...

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 will be limited to 20 people on a first-come, first-served basis. The videos are included with museum a...

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 Company's 2021 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The chestnut filly is out of Tigress Tale, by Tale of the Cat, a half sister to graded stakes winner Stays in Vega...