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Of Masks and Men

A dustup about African masterpieces makes for surprisingly lively theater

By Mia Leonin
Mar 25, 2004

Poet Louise Bogan writes, "True revolutions in art restore more than they destroy." The same could be said for the theater of ideas. Thomas Gibbons' most recent stage examination of the great American race divide, Permanent Collection, promises to resuscitate audiences who have become catatonically content with theater whose fiction...
Existential Kitty

Mad Cat delves a little deeper when it explores a self-centered writer/director about town

By Mia Leonin
Jul 24, 2003

An artist is always alone -- if he is an artist. -- Henry Miller At first glance, it would be easy to think the most recent production at the Miami Light Project is standard Mad Cat fare -- smart, glib 20- and 30-something actors playing smart, glib 20- and 30-somethings...
Moonstruck

Victor puts the "man" in Manuelle

By Mia Leonin
May 22, 2003

In his most recent album, Le Preguntaba a la Luna, salsa singing sensation Victor Manuelle names the moon as his accomplice. In other words, Manuelle's musical style, which combines the pulsating beat of salsa with bolero-like romantic lyrics, is now more quixotic than ever. Besides lunar inspiration, Manuelle has also...
Strictly Suzanne

Vega brings her best to Broward

By Mia Leonin
May 15, 2003

After making music for almost two decades, Grammy nominee Suzanne Vega, one of America's best-known pop-folk lyricists, is still undeniably unique. Vega describes herself as "handmade," and while her style crosses boundaries from folk to pop, it continues to evolve from three central elements: lyrics, guitar, and voice. This distinctive...
Where the arts all go to meet

Akropolis offers not perfect arabesques but the poetry of a moment

By Mia Leonin
Mar 20, 2003

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life. --Oscar Wilde Dance theater has been an art form in Asia for 1,000 years, in Europe for more than 100 years, and in Latin America for 50. In the...

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