Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify a reference to one of the subjects. Before it opened nearly 55 years ago, Sarasota residents weren’t sure what to make of the Van Wezel Performing ...

Just as it is unreasonable for the Sarasota City Commission to take over a year choosing a new city manager, it is also unreasonable to take more than two years to decide the fate of the Van Wezel ...

The author argues for preserving the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall's exterior and repurposing its interior. They suggest adding the Van Wezel to the National Register of Historic Places and ...

The second Shred Stock event will be held at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall parking lot from 9 a.m. to noon.

Sarasota’s Bay Park project was conceived more than a decade ago as an ambitious vision to turn 53 acres surrounding the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall into a sprawling public park that would reshape ...

‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café, choreographed by Sir David Bintley, features the eclectic and wildly original music of Simon Jeffes and his Penguin Café Orchestra. Referred to as a “witty and ...

Based on the 1993 Twentieth Century Fox film of the same title and the best-selling novel, "Alias Madame Doubtfire" by Anne Fine, MRS. DOUBTFIRE follows the journey of a struggling actor who will go ...

Sarasota's Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall has announced its 2025-26 season, with acts ranging from a 32-year-old comedian and social media sensation, to bands that have been together for more than ...

The spotlight is back and brighter than ever as the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall brings another exciting season of shows to Sarasota. The 2025-2026 season includes electrifying Broadway productions, ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota has been through many hurricanes, but nothing quite like Hurricane Milton. “We ended up with about four feet of storm surge ...

In 2004, "Entertainment Weekly" named Wanda Sykes as one of the "25 funniest people in America." A lot of people probably thought she was being underrated. Besides being one of the funniest people in ...