Sarasota's Players Theatre to move to Lakewood Ranch

SARASOTA -- The Players Theatre is no more.

On Monday, theater officials made a couple of major announcements. The 86-year-old Sarasota-based community theater has changed it name to Players Centre for Performing Arts.

Even more significantly, the company plans to move from its aging theater on Tamiami Trail to a spectacular new home in the Waterside development of Lakewood Ranch. The move should happen in about three years, company officials said.

This story was originally published May 2, 2016 at 8:39 PM with the headline "Sarasota's Players Theatre to move to Lakewood Ranch ."