Miamian Edwidge Danticat’s Book “Create Dangerously” Becomes an Important Work of Theatre
“Create Dangerously” is a book and play blending memoir, essays and stories about the courage of Haitians at home and in exile. The play will run for the month of May at Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road.
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Icon Impacts Opa-Locka Teens in World Premier of Miami New Drama’s “Defacing Michael Jackson”
CHRISTINE DOLEN: “When Aurin Squire was growing up in a neighborhood near Opa-locka in the 1980s and ‘90s, the future playwright-screenwriter and his friends revered consummate entertainer Michael Jackson as the idol he was, an ever-evolving King of Pop.”
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Review: “We Will Not Be Silent” at Gablestage
CHRISTINE DOLEN: “Imagine this: You are a key part of a student group advocating nonviolent resistance to a brutal government. A true believer sees you scattering pamphlets in support of your cause, and you’re immediately arrested. Within five days, you have been interrogated, convicted and executed.”
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Review: Actors’ Playhouse Delivers a Concert and Cautionary Tale in “Hank Williams: Lost Highway”
In 1987, singer-songwriter Hank Williams was given a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor, bestowed to a country music icon whose body of work included “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You),” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Hey Good Lookin’,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and countless Billboard Country and Western chart toppers, was richly deserved.
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Culture, Politics, and Romance in Miami New Drama’s “The Cuban Vote”
By Christine Dolen
“The Cuban Vote” – written by and starring Carmen Pelaez – embroils her character in a race for Miami mayor, with a distinct romantic undercurrent loosely inspired by William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” Miami New Drama’s production at The Colony Theatre is directed by Loretta Greco and co-stars Kristian Bikic, Marcela Paguaga, Evelyn Perez, Jonathan Nichols-Navarro, and Andhy Mendez.
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