Pete city limits.īased on the 2016 estimates, the city of St. Table of Contents Demographicsīoth Sarasota and Pinellas county cover a lot of terrain, and encompasses a number of cities and unincorporated communities, so to make this information easier to absorb, we'll gear our demographic information to the Sarasota and St. Pete office is up-and-running and buzzing with business, we felt it was as a good time as ever to compare these two Gulf Coast cities. With the success of our older blog post, Sarasota vs. The Sarasota area notably draws a lot of attention with its stunning beaches and active lifestyle but more times than not our agents work with clients curious about the St Pete area and want to know the difference between the two cities separated by the Skyway Bridge. Since opening our doors nearly six years ago, we've worked with thousands of clients from all walks of life interested in calling the Gulf Coast their home. John Fleming can be reached at or (727) 893-8716.We wrote this on our Sarasota real estate blog a few weeks ago and thought it was good enough to post here. 12, followed by the Sarasota Youth Opera premiere of Little Nemo in Slumberland (music by Daron Hagen libretto by J.D. The Sarasota fall season opens with Verdi's Rigoletto Oct. 'If I die tomorrow, I kind of feel like at least I had something to do with saving this gorgeous 1926 vaudeville house that we've turned into an opera house and that it'll be around for many generations to come of Sarasotans,' she told the Miami Herald. In Sarasota, Danis presided over a $20 million renovation of the company's opera house. Florida Grand Opera, which performs in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, has a $10 million budget the Sarasota Opera budget is $8 million. Danis, 52, is replacing longtime CEO Robert Heuer, who retired at the end of May. He replaces Susan Danis, executive director of Sarasota Opera for the past 13 years, who is moving across the state to become general director and CEO of Miami-based Florida Grand Opera. Directed by artistic director Todd Olson, the cast also includes Joe Parra, Barbara Redmond, Lulu Picart and Bill Grennan. Crow was a 2010 Emmy award nominee as co-producer and female voiceover talent for Echoes From the Holocaust. The Florida-based actor has played the role in four productions of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winner about an English professor dying of ovarian cancer. Vivien Bearing in the production of Wit that American Stage is putting on at the Palladium Theater Oct. Well-known as an actor - most recently in a bravura turn as Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show for American Stage in the Park - McGee also brings administrative talent, having been artistic director of the Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson since 2004.Ĭabaret continues tonight through Sunday and Sept. Matthew McGee has joined the staff as community outreach director. She still volunteers in the Freefall box office. Kuperman - who now goes by Emilie Socash, following her recent marriage to jeweler Shane Socash - left to become executive director of the Tampa Orlando Pinellas Jewish Foundation. The summer also saw the departure of Emilie Kuperman as executive director. Kevin is still on the board and is still actively involved with Freefall. 'Their relationship hasn't affected at all the business or the work that we do here. 'It's truly business as usual,' Sorensen said. Petersburg, and other family members have been generous supporters. He and his mother, Carol Lane, purchased the block occupied by the theater on Central Avenue in west St.

Lane is part of the family that owns Kane Funiture.

Normally, the end of a private relationship would not really be news, but you have to wonder what the impact of this breakup will be.ĭavis has been responsible for some brilliant productions, and Lane has provided managerial savvy and financial backing. For one thing, the founders of the theater, Davis and Kevin Lane, have parted ways as a couple. Byrne brings down the house with a ravishing rendition of Maybe This Time, and Wood reinforces the great impression she made in American Stage's Vanishing Point.īehind the scenes, there were plenty of changes at Freefall over the summer. Much of the cast remains the same, anchored by the superb Emcee of David Mann, and two newcomers are terrific, Jennifer Byrne as Sally Bowles and Lauren L. I recently saw Cabaret the second time around.

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