out and about continued Associate Artistic Director Celine Rosenthal. You’re never too old to learn, but what if you learn that the person you’ve been married to for 50 years is making you miserable? Bill and Nancy practically breathe in unison; they anticipate each other’s sighs, sneezes, and ends of sentences. But just as they settle into their new retirement home in Florida, Nancy wants out. As their two adult sons struggle to cope with the news, they’re forced to question everything they assumed about the people they thought they knew best. This new Broadway hit comedy takes an intimate look at the unpredictable and enduring nature of love. • THE GREAT LEAP runs February 11-April 2 By Lauren Yee; Directed by Vanessa Stalling. Born in the United States but inextricably tied to far off and forbidden China, Manford Lum finds his home on the basketball courts of San Francisco’s Chinatown. As fast-talking as he is athletically skilled, Lum wisecracks and dazzles his way onto a college team headed for a “friendly” exhibition game in Beijing. As the story bounces between 1989 and 1971, past relationships collide with present day revelations right up to the final buzzer. Tickets: asolorep.org or call the Box Office at 941-351-8000. At Urbanite Theatre: THE SMUG- GLER by Ronán Noone Directed by Brendan Ragan. Through February 20. Irish immigrant Tim Finnegan wants to be a writer in America but struggles to find his path. That all changes when a stranger arrives with a plan to make people “disappear and reappear.” In this mischievous, one-man, rhyming-verse comedy, Tim learns the price he must pay to become an American. Location: 1487 2nd Street, Sarasota. Tickets: (941) 321-1397 or visit https:// www.urbanitetheatre.com/. t At Florida Studio Theatre: • The Play That Goes Wrong. By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. Welcome to the opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor , where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), everything that can go wrong does go wrong during this 1920s murder mystery play. Will these accident-prone performers beat the odds and make it to their final curtain call? t • America in One Room By Jason Odell Williams through February 27. When eight strangers receive an invitation to the America in One Room convention, nobody knows what will happen. However, as each attendee files into the aptly-titled Liberty Room, their insecurities, strengths, and beliefs are soon on full display. As everyone is convinced they are right – sparks fly, tempers flare, and humor abounds. Tickets on sale at FloridaStudio- Theatre.org or by calling the Box Office at (941) 366-9000. At Venice Theatre: • Ain’t Misbehavin’ The Fats Waller Musical Show runs to February 6. t • A Tribute to Journey starring starring The Majesty of Rock is on February 6 at 7:30 p.m. Majesty of Rock faithfully recreates the exact sounds and nuances of the super group, Journey. They pay special homage to Journey’s best years (1977-1998) when Steve Perry fronted the band. Lead singer John D’Agostino aces Steve Perry’s golden voice, capturing his power, range and tone. • Back Home Again, A Tribute to John Denver is on February 27 at 7:30 p.m. and February 28 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tom Becker recreates the style and sound of one of America’s immortal musical storytellers. Hear all your favorite John Denver songs like “County Roads,” “Annie’s Song,” and Rocky Mountain High” in an evening that is sure to have you singing along. • Folk Legacy Trio is on March 6 at 7:30 p.m. and March 7 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The Folk Legacy Trio sings the Great American Folksong Book, the songs of the great Folk Era from the ‘50s through the mid-‘70s, including songs from The Weavers, The Kingston Trio, The Limeliters, Peter Paul & Mary, The New Christy Minstrels, Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Gordon Lightfoot, Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver, and others. The Folk Legacy Trio are George Grove, formerly with the Kingston Trio for 41 years, Rick Dougherty, member of the Limeliters and Kingston Trio for 25 years and Jerry Siggins, former lead singer of the legendary doo-wop group The Diamonds for 27 years Tickets: https://venicetheatre.org/ They’re located at 140 Tampa Ave., Venice. Manatee Performing Arts Center has Temps, Tops, and Gladys: A Motown Review on February 11. • The Marvelous Martha by Jane Plitt on February 23 • and Danny, King of the Basement, opening March 3. Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Avenue West, Bradenton. Ticket/Box Office: 941-748-5875. t The Players Centre for Performing Arts has Beehive: The 60’s musical running February 16-19, 22-26 at 7:30pm and February 20, 26-27 at 2pm. Big voices with big hairdos! BEE- HIVE celebrates the powerful female voices of the 1960’s with such timeless hits as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “Be My Baby,” “Son of a Preacher Man” and “Me and Bobby McGee.” Told from the perspective of six young women who come of age in this enigmatic decade, BEEHIVE takes us from their first Beehive Dance to the challenges we faced as a nation. www.theplayers.org. t New College Foundation’s next New Topics lecture is February 10: Rescuing the Planet: The Race We Can Win to Save a Million Species with Tony Hiss. Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) has “Ruby,” which was originally scheduled for the 2019-2020 season and highly anticipated, the next production is “Ruby,” a world-premiere musical. It tells the story of the 1952 murder in Florida of a white doctor by a black woman, guaranteeing a conviction for the woman bold enough to commit such a shocking crime and bringing celebrated writer Zora Neale Hurston to town to cover the story for a northern newspaper. This powerful and haunting musical explores the secrets just beneath the surface of the idyllic, genteel exterior of a quaint Florida town. The book and lyrics are written by Michael Jacobs, Nate’s brother; Nate will direct. Runs through February 24. Call the Box Office at 941-366-1505 or visit westcoastblacktheatre.org. t The Hermitage Artist Retreat February 18 at 5:30 p.m.: Say Their Names” with Hermitage Fellow Matthew Evan Taylor at Hermitage Beach (Entrance at 6660 Manasota Key Rd., Englewood. Registration is required. The Hermitage Artist Retreat is partnering with Manasota ASALH in presenting saxophonist and composer Matthew Evan Taylor. Hailed as a “risk taker” (Huffington Post) whose music is “insistent and defiant” (Lucid Culture), Matthew is a leading voice at the intersection of musical virtuosity and social justice. Hear selections from Taylor’s solo concert Say Their Names, inspired by the fight against anti-Black racism and police brutality. Registration is required at HermitageArtistRetreat.org. t Sarasota Concert Association The Sarasota Concert Association has its <strong>2022</strong> Great Performers Series. Here’s what’s coming up: t • February 25, 7:30 p.m., Riverview Performing Arts Canter. Violinist Benjamin Beilman with pianist Alessio Bax. Beilman displays his astonishing virtuosity along with international competition-winning pianist Alessio Bax in Busoni’s Sonata No. 2 and Franck’s Violin Sonata. • March 15, 7:30 p.m., Riverview Performing Arts Canter. Takács Quartet with pianist Joyce Yang. Grammy-nominated pianist Yang joins the internationally-renowned Takács Quartet in their return to Sarasota, performing Ravel’s String Quartet and Schumann’s Piano Quintet. • April 4, 7:30 p.m., Van Wezel. Warsaw Philharmonic with pianist Bruce Liu. Music Director Andrey Boreyko leads the Warsaw Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, and First Prize winner of this year’s International Chopin Piano Competition Bruce Liu joins the Orchestra in Chopin’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 1. For more information about SCA, visit www.scasarasota.org. The Circus CIRCUS SARASOTA runs February 11 through March 6 under the Ulla Searing Big Top (in Nathan Benderson Park, on the island) Don’t miss this international cast of circus artists, many that appeared on America’s Got Talent, in thrilling performances under the Big Top. Box Office at (941) 355-9805. t Farmer’s Markets The Sarasota Farmers Market is open on Saturdays with normal hours of 7 am-1 pm, rain or shine. http:// www.sarasotafarmersmarket.org/ (941) 225-9256. t Venice Farmers Market has more than 40 vendors on Saturdays, many based during the week in Venice, Englewood and other areas of Sarasota County. Held at Venice City Hall, 401 W. Venice Avenue, Venice. Call (941) 445-9209 or visit https://www. thevenicefarmersmarket.org/site/ t The Newtown Farmer’s Market is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. The market is located at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, at the corner of Cocoanut Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way. t Bradenton Farmer’s Market offers fresh produce, local art, music, demos by local chefs, and family activities. Parking is free on weekends, and dogs on leashes are welcome. Held every Saturday through May, from 9am- 2pm, on Old Main Street in downtown Bradenton, 400 12th St. W. Bradenton. Old Main Street is a tree-lined retail district of cafes and restaurants running three blocks north from Manatee Avenue to the Manatee River, where it meets the Bradenton Riverwalk. t The Phillippi Farmhouse Market is Sarasota’s mid-week farmers market. The Farmhouse Market is open from 9-2 every Wednesday through April at t Phillippi Estate Park, just a little south of Sarasota on 41. Over 50 vendors offer produce and plants from local growers and producers, as well as prepared foods, specialty and sustainable items, and Florida agriculturally-related products. Food and produce vendors at the Phillippi Farmhouse Market are required to be growers to support the market’s mission of promoting local agriculture. The market is easily accessible from US 41 and has plenty of free parking and live entertainment. The Farmers Market at Lakewood Ranch is now at Waterside Place. Their Farmers Market currently has about 60 vendors and went this past summer from a seasonal market (November to April) to a year-round event. When the market transfered to Waterside Place, taking up space all along Lakefront Boulevard and Kingfisher Lake, now more than 80 vendors line the street. The Farmers Market will stick to a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot on Sundays. t Sarasota Ballet Program 5 – Mark Morris Dance Group, March 4-7 at FSU Center for the Performing Arts. Info at www.SarasotaBallet.org or call 941-359-0099. t Meetings The Venice Area Women’s College Club invites you to a lunch and speaker on February 8, 11:30am at the Plantation Golf & Country Club, 500 Rockley Blvd, Venice. The February speaker is Jill Caltagirone from the Wildlife Refuge Center, Southwest Fl. Jill will speak about animals in your backyard: what to do and what not to do. The club meets the second Tuesday of the month (Oct- May). Call 941-202-4034 for more information and/or lunch reservations ($25). t Sarasota County Democratic Party Jewish Caucus is hosting U.S. Representative Val Demings via zoom on February 20 at 11am Demings broke many glass ceilings on her way to being the Chief of Orlando Police. She is currently a US Representative from the 10th Congressional district, which is the Orlando area. Demings is running for US Senate against Marco Rubio. Register in advance to hear what she has to say; everyone is welcome to attend. Visit SrqJewishDems.org or contact them at mail@SrqJewishDems.org. t Lectures The New College Foundation’s next New Topics lecture will be presented at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. Registration is required and can be made at ncf. edu/new-topics or by calling the New College events hotline at 941-487-4888. Reservations must be made at least 48 hours in advance to allow for processing and receipt email for Zoom link. Next up: • February 10: Rescuing the Planet: The Race We Can Win to Save a Million Species with Tony Hiss. The earth faces two environmental emergencies brought about by human actions. The reality of the climate crisis became inescapable for many people during the unprecedented wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and droughts in the summer of 2021. Though equally t continued on page 13 10 WEST COAST WOMAN <strong>FEB</strong>RUARY <strong>2022</strong>
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