Rise Above Performing Arts presents Newsies which opens October 19th. The production is directed by Broadway’s Tony-Nominated, Kerry Butler. Learn more about the musical here!
There's entertainment for all audiences in Sarasota this week, starting with art galleries and exhibits and winding through theater, concerts and classic movies at the cinema.
But Skaggs got a clear view of how people felt about the theater as longtime actors, volunteers and audiences took a last look backstage during a series of farewell tours.
“I knew and I understood when we had conversations about me coming here that many people considered the Players to be family,” he said in a recent interview. “One of the most impressive things in my time here is how often that term is used and it’s unprompted and people really care about this 91-year-old organization known as The Players.”
That became obvious again two weeks ago when volunteers started posting photos of work crews demolishing the old building, knocking down exterior walls and exposing some of the painted posters representing shows presented years ago.