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SHOW RESCHEDULED New date: November 17, 2020 Old date: March 29, 2020 Bruce Hornsby, the creatively insatiable pianist and singer-songwriter from Williamsburg, Virginia, always has succeeded on his exceptional gifts, his training and his work ethic. He has collaborated with Ricky Skaggs and the Grateful Dead. He has scored films and performed with symphony orchestras...

The Van Wezel’s performances of Come From Away originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 28 through Sunday, May 3 have been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 24 through Sunday, November 29. These performances will be part of the 2020-2021 Subscription Series, which will be announced soon. Show dates and times include: Tuesday, November 24 – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 25 – 7:3...

UPDATE May 18, 2020 - The national tour of Chicago The Musical, recently announced to play the Van Wezel on December 12-13, 2020, has been postponed to a future season. The Van Wezel hopes to reschedule it when possible. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will be following up with patrons directly affected by these changes. Subscription package discounts for those who have already renewed will not be affected by th...

Celtic Thunder storms onto the mainstage with their latest live show, IRELAND, on Sunday, December 20 at 7:30 p.m. IRELAND is a brand-new revue show that revisits their most popular Irish and Celtic songs of the past decade and celebrates the influence of Irish and Celtic music around the world. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 3 at 10 a.m. “We, like everyone else the world over, are concer...

Jesus Christ Superstar is an iconic musical phenomenon with a world-wide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to North America. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) and award winning choreographer Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom),...

Timeless music, dazzling costumes, breathtaking dance, stunning floral designs. Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for an unforgettable New Year’s celebration that will enchant and delight audiences of all ages in Sarasota. Freshly updated each year with a new cast and musical programme, the exuberant music of Johann Strauss and his counterparts wil...

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, based on the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere, is a breathtaking production that celebrates triumph over adversity and includes one of the most iconic and romantic endings ever portrayed on screen. Featuring the Grammy Award winning, #1 hit single “Up Where We Belong” and a score based on the 1980s catalogue of music that gave voice to a generation, the live stage production is a new adaptatio...

Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time. Winner of four Grammy® awards, and recipient of the US National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2014, Renée brought her voice to a vast new audience as the only classical artist ever to sing the National Anthem at the Su...

  IMPORTANT UPDATE (12/30/19): The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall regrets to announce that Il Divo's performance on Sunday, January 5, 2020 has been canceled and is being rescheduled for Friday, January 15, 2021. One of the members of the group is recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon. He is currently unable to walk, and his doctors are not allowing him to travel from Europe...

PERFORMANCE RESCHEDULED New date: January 16, 2021 Old date: April 10, 2020 For the past ten years at the Mirage Hotel, world famous singer, comedian, impressionist and ventriloquist Terry Fator has sold out night after night with a show featuring his cast of characters that includes everyone from Winston the Impersonating Turtle to Elton John, to Elvis. In addition to winning Am...

Roald Dahl's amazing tale is now Sarasota’s golden ticket! It's the perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film, including "Pure Imagination," "The Candy Man," and "I've Got a Golden Ticket," alongside a toe-tapping and ear-tickling new score from the songwriters of Hairspray. Willy Wonka is opening his marvelous and mysterious chocolate factory...to a lucky ...

Established in 1973, The Israel Symphony Orchestra has performed at Carnegie Hall (New York), Richardson Hall (Toronto), Festival Hall (London), the Colosseum (Munich) and Gaudi (Barcelona) and performs regularly throughout Israel. Hundreds of world-class musicians including Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Isaac Stern have performed with the ensemble. The ensemble’s Sarasota premiere features works by Gershw...

Finding My Voice takes audiences on a remarkable behind-the-scenes journey of Kathleen Turner’s extensive and well-documented career. Peppered with songs from the great American songbook, Kathleen Turner croons hits including “Let’s Fall in Love,” “I’d Rather Be Sailing,” “On the Street Where You Live” and “Every Time We Say Goodbye,” showcas...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New date: January 25, 2021 Old Date: April 11, 2020 Reza has taken the art of illusion to a new level, delivering his rock concert style magic show to audiences across the globe. Young and fresh, Reza’s new show, “Edge of Illusion,” has earned various awards including “Magician of the Year.” Don’t miss this Sarasot...

German Cornejo’s Tango Fire, encompasses and defines all that is Argentine Tango; dancing which sizzles with sensuality, accompanied by the unforgettable music of the great Tango masters including Piazzolla, Pugliese and Gardel. As one of the world’s most popular dance forms, this exhilarating show combines the rawness and sophistication, seductive and sultry side of Tango, evoking the intoxicating passion of la...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New Date: January 28, 2021 Old Date: March 17, 2020 The runaway hit of numerous international music festivals is hitting the road for its first U.S. tour! Known across the globe as “the ultimate-feel good show,” THE CHOIR OF MAN offers up 90 minutes of indisputable joy! It’s a party. It’s a concert. It’s a pint-filled good time set in a ...

Back by popular demand, Neil Berg brings his company of extraordinary Broadway stars to Sarasota with an all new show to light up the night. It's an evening of "Broadway Heaven" not to be missed, featuring songs from your favorite stage productions. ...

UPDATE May 18, 2020 - Due to a scheduling change, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical will not be presented this season on February 9-10, 2021. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will be following up with patrons directly affected by these changes. Subscription package discounts for those who have already renewed will not be affected by these changes. She was a girl from Boston with a voice from hea...

The immersive, concert-style theater show chronicles the journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the ‘60s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with “The Concert in Central Park” in 1981 with over half a million fans....

Truly great dance can be a window to the heart and soul, revealing our deepest selves. Let the dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater take you on a path of discovery. They'll show you themselves through their movement and help you see yourself in their stories. This mixed repertory program will feature new and classic works, including the beloved Ailey masterpiece Revelations. Using African American spir...

They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story -- a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in...

STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards and rave reviews and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stag...

Itzhak Perlman returns to Sarasota in recital with pianist Rohan De Silva! Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded to a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond to his remarkable artistry and irrepressible joy for making music....

The Van Wezel’s performance starring America on March 19, 2020 has been rescheduled for March 10, 2021 at 8 p.m. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will follow up with patrons directly affected by this change.   The iconic classic-rock favorite AMERICA has amassed numerous gold and/or platinum albums, with their first greatest hits collection, “History...

Lang Lang is a leading figure in classical music today – as a pianist, educator and philanthropist he has become one of the world’s most influential and committed ambassadors for the arts in the 21st century. Equally happy playing for billions of viewers at the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing or just for a few hundred children in the public schools, he is a master of communicating through music. ...

PERFORMANCE RESCHEDULED New date: March 14, 2021 Old date: April 19, 2020 For over two decades, Grammy Award®-winning master trumpeter and composer Chris Botti has amassed a spectacular variety of honors, including multiple Gold and Platinum albums, to become the nation’s largest selling instrumental artist. His mesmerizing performances with a stunning arra...

Founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, the Russian National Ballet has been bringing timeless ballet classics to the stages of North America since 1999. The company returns to Sarasota with the full-length ballet in four acts, Swan Lake....

Inspired by the beloved films, the romantic and adventure-filled new musical ANASTASIA is on a journey to Sarasota at last! From the Tony Award®-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer d...

Love transcends the harsh realities of war and prejudice in this sweeping Pulitzer Prize-winning tale centered around two unlikely love affairs. Set on a tropical island during World War II, this timeless Rodgers & Hammerstein classic features some of the most beautiful music ever composed woven into an inspiring story cherished around the world. Winner of ten Tony Awards, the beloved score’s songs include “Some E...

Due to a tour scheduling change, Blue Man Group's performances have moved from February 22 through 24, 2021 to April 12 and 13, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. More than 35 million people around the world have experienced the smash-hit phenomenon that is BLUE MAN GROUP, and now it’s your turn! BLUE MAN GROUP premieres in Sarasota for a limited engagement on their new North American tour. It’s everything...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New Date: April 14, 2021 Original Date: April 16, 2020 Celebrating his 64th year in the music industry, legendary singer Johnny Mathis is Columbia Records’ longest-signed artist. A sublime vocalist whose approach to pop music eclipses passing fads and trends, Mathis has performed songs in an incredible variety of styles and categories -- from m...

Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show is Riverdance, as you’ve never seen it before! A powerful and stirring reinvention of this beloved favorite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning score and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance. Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan has rerecorded his mesmerizing soundtrack while producer Moya Doherty and director John McC...

Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I and 2017 Tony-winning Best Play Oslo, bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. The original production won ten Tony Awards, including a special Tony for becoming the longest-running Broadway mu...

SHOW RESCHEDULED New date: May 15, 2021 Old date: May 6, 2020 In 2000, Gary Mullen won ITV’s “Stars In Their Eyes” Live Grand Final, with the largest number of votes ever received in the shows history.  The record of 864,838 votes was more than twice that of the runner-up.  Gary began touring on his own, and in 2002, formed a band (“The Works”)...

UPDATE May 20, 2020 - The Van Wezel’s performance of Maks & Val LIVE: Motion Pictures Tour featuring special guests Jenna Johnson and Peta Murgatroyd on July 14, 2020 has been rescheduled for July 25, 2021. The Van Wezel’s Box Office will be following up with patrons directly affected by this change. Patrons who wish to attend the rescheduled performance should keep their tickets, which will be ho...