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ARTS & CULTURE

Sarasota Opera announces new season

The coming months will bring the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner and the 100th birthday of Benjamin Britten. To celebrate, Sarasota Opera will offer works by those three giants of opera in its recently announced 2013-14 season.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Green Day's 'American Idiot' impresses in Tampa

No matter how much you love musical theater, you have to be a little wary when Broadway takes on punk music. The polished appeal of a Broadway show and the rough intensity of punk simply seem antithetical.

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Aunt Rudele returns to WBTT in Sarasota

Nate Jacobs re-creates his feisty relative in "Aunt Rudele's Family Reunion" at Westcoast Black TheatreTtroupe beigninng May 16.

MUSIC

'American Idiot' tour comes to Tampa's Straz Center

There was a time when Broadway shows spawned hit records. Now it's often the other way around.

ARTS & CULTURE

Admission free Saturday to Ringling Museum in Sarasota

Saturday is International Museum Day and to celebrate, the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota is offering free admission.

ARTS & CULTURE

'37 Postcards' staged at Anna Maria's Island Players

Island Players present the Michael McKeever comedy "37 Postcards."

ARTS & CULTURE

'Fiddler on the Roof' impresses at Manatee Players

For their first show in their spectacular new theater, Manatee Players staged a spectacular show, the flashy and high-tech "Miss Saigon."

ARTS & CULTURE

Bradenton arts groups fare well in state budget; Sarasota has mixed results

Bradenton and Sarasota arts nonprofits are generally pleased with the amounts they're getting.

ARTS & CULTURE

'Theatre of Dreams' caps Sarasota Ballet season

Sarasota Ballet closes its season with "Theatre of Dreams," the annual program that gives the company's dancers a chance to stage their choreography.