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The Tony and Emmy Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as
“Wicked” and “Promises, Promises,” and the TV series “The West Wing,”
“Glee” and “Pushing Daisies,” returns to Sarasota as the special guest of the
annual Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Transformation Gala.
8:30 p.m. March 22. Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami
Trail, Sarasota. Concert only tickets: $65-$100. 941-239-
6799; vanwezel.org

Joseph Caulkins, artistic director of Key Chorale, dresses as a ringmaster to lead the
chorus and an orchestra during performances of Cirque des Voix.
PROVIDED BY CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY
Cirque des Voix

Circus Sarasota artists perform their thrill acts while the 110 voices of Key
Chorale and the Cirque Orchestra perform a range of musical favorites in
this annual production. 7 p.m. March 22, 2 and 7 p.m. March 23. Sailor
Circus Arena, 2075 Bahia Vista St., Sarasota. $50-$100. 941-355-
9805; circusarts.org

Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival

The event will feature a variety of authors in genres including children's
books, fiction and nonfiction. March 22-23; West Blalock Festival, 401
Pensacola Road, Venice and William H. Jervey, Jr. Venice Public Library,
300 Nokomis Ave. S., Venice; $20, $35 with box lunch (writers
festival); venicebookfair.com

‘Florida Woman’

In this Ringling Art of Performance series program, Miami dance artist
Rosie Herrera and Sarasota’s Leah Verier-Dunn (director of Sarasota’s
Moving Ethos dance company) play off the internet meme of the “Florida
Man” with a dance theater elegy to stereotypes and myths of Florida life