A&E Picks and Highlights 4.9.15

Visual Arts

Time Out of Mind: Sarasota Film Festival Opening Night
Sarasota Opera House
6:30 p.m. April 10
Tickets: Standby. Call 366-6200.

37th Annual Siesta Festival
Along Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Key Village
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11 and 12
Tickets: Free. Call 561-746-6615.

Performing Arts

‘Chapatti’
Gompertz Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre
8 p.m. April 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15; 3 p.m. April 11 and 12
Tickets: $18 to $39. Call 366-9000.

‘Sotto Voce’
Historic Asolo Theater
8 p.m. April 9, 10, 11 and 15;
2 p.m. April 11, 12 and 15; 7:30 p.m. April 14
Tickets: $15 to $40. Call 351-8000.

‘The Cherry Orchard’
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
8 p.m. April 9, 10, 11 and 15; 2 p.m. April 12; 7:30 p.m. April 14
Tickets: $14.50 to $29. Call 351-8000.

‘The Lyons’
The Players Theatre
8 p.m. April 9, 10, 11 and 15; 2 p.m. April 12
Tickets: $18. Call 365-2494.

‘Next to Normal’
Venice Theatre
8 p.m. April 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15; 2 p.m. April 12
Tickets: $28 for adults; $15 for students; $13 for children. Call 488-1115.

‘Chicken Shop’
Urbanite Theatre
8 p.m. April 10, 11 and 15; 2 p.m. April 12
Tickets: $20; $5 with valid student ID. Call 321-1397.

‘Hairspray’
Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center
7 p.m. April 15, 16, 17 and 18; 2 p.m. April 18
Tickets: $15 for adults; $10 for seniors; $5 for students.
Call 355-2967.

‘Spunk’
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
8 p.m. April 15
Runs through May 17.
Tickets: $29.50 for adults; $16.50 for students. Call 366-1505.

Music

29th Annual La Musica International Chamber Music Festival
8 p.m. April 9 and 15 and 2:30 p.m. April 12, at Sarasota Opera House; and 5:30 p.m. April 13, at New College of Florida
Tickets: $40. Call 366-8450, Ext. 3.

Boz Scaggs
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
8 p.m. April 9
Tickets: $42 to $72. Call 953-3368.

On Broadway: Pops 3
Sarasota Orchestra, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
8 p.m. April 10 and 11
Tickets: $32 to $74. Call 953-3434.

Gloria Musicae presents ‘Old and New’
First United Methodist Church, Gloria Musicae
7 p.m. April 12
Tickets: $35. Call 387-6046.

Johnny Mathis
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
7 p.m. April 12
Tickets: $75 to $80. Call 953-3368.

Nick’s Pick

Deux Requiems: ‘The Sleeping Children’
The Musica Sacra Cantorum, Sarasota’s premier sacred music choir, the Canterbury Girls Choir and First Brass of Sarasota will join their voices for the U.S. premiere of composer Chris Williams’ “Tsunami Requiem,” as part of Deux Requiems: “The Sleeping Children.” The piece is based on the real-life tragedy of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 that devastated southern India and killed more than 230,000 people. Williams’ emotional piece calls for an adult, children and brass choirs.

Following this contemporary requiem will be Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem in D minor, Op. 48.” Musica Sacra Cantorum will present Fauré’s 1887 vocal gem in its original, smaller orchestration. This is the last concert in the relatively young choir’s current season, and it’ll close with relish and plenty of passion.

Where: Church of the Redeemer, 222 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota
When: 7 p.m. April 13
Tickets: $30
Info: Call 405-7322