Performing Arts
Damian Romay: Writer, Director, Producer
DAMIAN ROMAY is an Argentinian-American film and television producer writer, director, and actor. Romay has produced, written, and directed over fifty independent feature films which have been seen all over the world. His most recent film is “Isle of Hope” starring Diane Ladd, Mary Stewart Masterson, Andrew McCarthy, and Sam Robards.
read moreCelebrating Women’s History Month 2024
In celebration of WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, 2023, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent women in the arts, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
read moreCelebrating Black History Month
In celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 2024, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent people in the arts, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
read moreKatja Esson: Filmmaker
KATJA ESSON is an Academy Award® nominated filmmaker based in Miami and Havana who mixes documentary and narrative genres.
read moreDavid Rosenberg: Playwright, Actor
DAVID ROSENBERG is a New York City-based actor and playwright, most recently in the Broadway cast of Death of a Salesman. He graduated with his MFA from The Juilliard School in 2019. He was born and raised in Miami.
read moreLimmie Pulliam: From Kennett to The Met
Operatic tenor LIMMIE PULLIAM grew up the son of a preacher in the small town of Kennett, Missouri (pop. 11,000), which has proven to be a fertile environment for other musical talent such as Sheryl Crow. In January and February, 2024 Pulliam will be performing the lead role of Canio in “Pagliacci” for the Florida Grand Opera.
read moreBrad Rothschild: Making Movies that Matter
Director/Producer BRAD ROTHSCHILD is an award winning producer and writer with both a creative and a business background. His most recent documentary film, “Rabbi on the Block,” will be screened at the Miami Jewish Film Festival on 1/18/24.
read moreTwo “Wicked” Plays
Although both productions were in the works long before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, a pair of plays – each, coincidentally, with the word “Wicked” in its title – will open this coming weekend (1/12/24) at two regional theaters in Miami-Dade County.
read moreJerry Markowitz: Teenager at the Hampton House
The parents of JERRY MARKOWITZ owned and operated the Hampton House in Brownsville during its heyday – when major international talent like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Cab Calloway, and Sammy Davis Jr used to stay and perform there; as well as major athletes like Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Althea Gibson; and activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X.
read more“Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas” by Blanco & Garcia
“Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas,” written by Cuban-Americans Richard Blanco and Vanessa Garcia, is a play about a Cuban-American baker named Beatriz who has moved from Miami to Maine. The play opens at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables. On Friday, Nov. 10, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 3.
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