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  • Marty Fugate
  • October 6, 2015
Theater review: 'The 39 Steps'

This four-person comedy tips a hat to Alfred Hitchcock

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Matt Damon in 'The Martian'
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • October 6, 2015
Movie review: 'The Martian'

Director Ridley Scott's latest space flick exceeds expectations

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Jay Hunsberger
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  • June LeBell
  • October 6, 2015
Music review: Sarasota Orchestra Quintets and Tuba

Sarasota Orchestra chamber ensembles display virtuosity

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Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • October 5, 2015
Theater review: 'Twelfth Night'

Asolo Rep's New Stages tour takes Shakespeare to camp

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    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • September 30, 2015
Live theater: Critic's season picks

See what we're buzzing about in the rapidly approaching 2015-2016 theater season .

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Betsy Hudson Traba, flute and Fernando Traba, bassoon
    By
  • June LeBell
  • September 23, 2015
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra Chamber

Chamber ensembles take audiences around the world in music

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • September 21, 2015
Film review: 'Black Mass'

Johnny Depp gets dark as famed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger

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  • Marty Fugate
  • September 21, 2015
Theater review: 'The Secret Garden'

The children's classic blooms at Manatee Players

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • September 21, 2015
Fall film picks

These fall releases are already generating Oscar buzz

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    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • September 14, 2015
Theater review: 'I Never Saw Another Butterfly'

Venice Theatre's 'I Never Saw Another Butterfly' celebrates the power of art and memory

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    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • September 8, 2015
Film review: 'Mistress America'

A charming, witty performance by Greta Gerwig

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    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • September 4, 2015
Theater review: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

Sex, lies and Southern comfort in this Tennessee Williams classic

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'The Diary of a Teenage Girl'
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  • Pam Nadon
  • August 31, 2015
Film review: 'The Diary of a Teenage Girl'

An unapologetic coming-of-age story

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  • Marty Fugate
  • August 28, 2015
Theater review: The Swingaroos at Florida Studio Theatre

This six-piece swing band turns back the clock

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"Best of Enemies"
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  • Pam Nadon
  • August 24, 2015
Film review: 'Best of Enemies'

This well-researched documentary examines the origins of today's television-news climate

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