Email Author OCTAVIO ROCA

2005 Stories by OCTAVIO ROCA

• Meta-Rap Flow, Full Blast

  published December 15, 2005

  Talk about ebony and ivory! Two very, very loud shows opening this weekend playfully redefine a couple of ethnic-cultural niches while shamelessly... More >>

• Pulp Western

  published December 8, 2005

  Now onstage at Coral Gables' Miracle Theatre is Johnny Guitar: The Musical, which respins the tale of when the West was wild, the men were... More >>

• Strange but True

  published December 1, 2005

  Not many events at Art Basel Miami Beach — and possibly just as few exhibitions shown over the course of Art Basel Switzerland's 36-year... More >>

• Take a Peek

  published December 1, 2005

  The Miami Beach Cinematheque is no stranger to all things weird and wonderful, but this time its coordinators have devised something completely... More >>

• The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

  published November 17, 2005

  Giacomo Puccini is often regarded as the world's most beloved and most performed operatic composer, and a scene during the first act of Florida... More >>

• Our Body Issues, Ourselves

  published November 3, 2005

  You have to admit, it's a tough act to follow. In her runaway international hit The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler was anything but shy... More >>

• Late Bloomers

  published October 27, 2005

  Stranger things than Ethel exist in classical music, but not many. Then again, classical is not exactly the right word for this string... More >>

• Toe Shoe Tour de Force

  published October 6, 2005

  It's the dance homecoming of the year, except Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros didn't really have to go anywhere. "I love Miami," says Gamonet.... More >>

• As Doomed as the American Buffalo

  published September 22, 2005

  It's all about a nickel. American Buffalo, the 1975 play that made David Mamet a star and might well remain the American playwright's... More >>

• Without a Trace

  published September 15, 2005

  If you choose to vanish, we're told early on in Madagascar, you probably won't be found. Nine out of ten people who disappear most... More >>

• Inspired by Envy

  published July 21, 2005

  The recent off-Broadway hit Matt & Ben, written by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers, is having its Florida premiere in a Mad Cat Theatre... More >>

• Good Jews, Bad Jews

  published July 21, 2005

  No, it's not the big one. But the Summer Mini-Fest presented by the Miami Jewish Film Festival does offer a welcome respite from the blockbuster... More >>

• The Shylock Enigma

  published July 14, 2005

  Rafael de Acha's production of The Merchant of Venice is not perfect, but it also cannot be dismissed. It boasts gripping and often... More >>

• Verging on Disaster

  published July 14, 2005

  The good news here is Guillermo Reyes is a major voice in Hispanic and gay theater, and his 1994 comedy Men on the Verge of a His-Panic... More >>

• Summer Sizzlers

  published June 16, 2005

  William Shakespeare needs no justification. And the Shakespeare Project 2005, an ambitious summer-long festival now onstage at New Theatre, holds... More >>

• A Celebration of Culture

  published June 9, 2005

  Miami, where a short drive can transport you from Little Havana to Little Buenos Aires and beyond, is the ideal spot in which to celebrate the... More >>

• The Thrill of Brazil

  published June 9, 2005

  It's been a great season for movie lovers in South Florida, with a string of major festivals more than making up in both quantity and quality for... More >>

• Seeing Red

  published June 2, 2005

  Jules Feiffer's memory play about Brooklyn in the Fifties resounds as a cautionary tale for the United States in the 21st Century. Now at... More >>

• The War at Home

  published May 26, 2005

  Few new plays are this important and this beautiful, and fewer still are done this well. Jonathan Lichtenstein's The Pull of Negative... More >>

• Hip-Hop Warriors

  published May 19, 2005

  Scratch and Burn really shouldn't work, but it does. Teo Castellanos's gripping and immensely entertaining dance-theater work... More >>

• Singing the Queen's Praises

  published May 12, 2005

  It's not perfect and it needs work, but there's a lot to enjoy in Nefertiti: A Musical Romance. Billed as a new musical, but an... More >>

• Less Than Blue

  published May 5, 2005

  Derek Jarman's Blue may be that weird and wonderful filmmaker's weirdest and most wonderful film. Striking imagery informs all of his... More >>

• One Bright Star

  published April 21, 2005

  Kyle, a likable young man with a slightly geeky aura, sits alone at the edge of the stage and talks disarmingly to the audience. He is an... More >>

• Guys and Balls, Gals and Bush

  published April 21, 2005

  Back for a seventh year, the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival kicks off an early hot summer with ten days of movies, parties, and pride. Indies... More >>

• Golden Girl in South Beach

  published April 21, 2005

  It is both quite a coup and a kooky touch to have landed Bea Arthur as the gala diva of ceremonies of the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The... More >>