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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2019
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Yes, and… ‘Ethel Waters’
Florida Studio Theatre’s ‘Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow’ is back this summer, and it still packs a one-two punch. YOUROBSERVER.COM
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Fourth of July
Sarasota Concert Band and Cedric Hameed join Choral Artists for a rousing holiday concert. PAGE 8
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Three women follow Viola Spolin’s example at the 2019 Sarasota Improv Festival. PAGE 2 ‘SHOUT!’ Courtesy photo
Stacey Smith (right) is a Long Islander who moved to Chicago in 2009. She has trained at the Second City, iO Theater and more.
Audiences will want to get up and boogie at ‘Shout! The MOD Musical,’ directed by Brian Finnerty. PAGE 4