Monthly Archives: September 2011

Breaking News: Caldwell 2 Cancels First Show

By Bill Hirschman The first production of the new Caldwell 2 @ Mizner tentatively set to open a three-week run on Thursday has been cancelled, Clive Cholerton, artistic director of the Caldwell Theatre said Wednesday. The company had hoped to …

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Tarell Alvin McCraney and GableStage Deliver Memorable The Brothers Size

By Bill Hirschman The initial temptation is to rave about playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s alchemy of poetic, profane and prosaic language. Or how the inventive production of his The Brothers Size at GableStage this month marks the first time his …

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Breaking News: New Theatre to Lose Home in December

New Theatre is being evicted in mid-December from its Coral Gables home and is hunting for a new home in Miami-Dade County to continue operating indefinitely. The theater was notified “about a week ago” that all but one building on the west side of the block has been sold to a developer who plans to raze the entire property in early January.

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Funny Thing is Mildly Amusing Show at Stage Door

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the wonderful 1960’s musical sex farce set in ancient Rome, gets a less than stunning retread at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs.

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Talking in the Green Room With: Patti Gardner

Welcome to a regular, if intermittent feature: Irreverent, lighthearted question & answer sessions with some of South Florida’s best known professionals . In this edition, we find out how belching figures into Patti Gardner’s art. Patti Gardner Actress, singer, dancer …

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Fight Cuts To Miami-Dade County Arts Budget

We’ve just received this letter from  Adolfo Henriques, chair of the Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council, trying to drum up opposition to proposed budget cuts in Miami-Dade’s arts funding. Dear Cultural and Community Leaders, We need your help today.  The …

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Talking in the Green Room With: Patti Gardner

Welcome to a regular, if intermittent feature: Irreverent, lighthearted question & answer sessions with some of South Florida’s best known professionals who may or may not be telling us the truth. In this edition, we find out how belching figures into Patti Gardner’s art.

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