Orlando GarciaIt is my first time going to FIU south in years. The last time I was in any FIU campus was during swimming competitions in high school. This school is enormous and later Professor Garcia tells me that it used to be an airport.

Dr. Garcia is enthusiastic about his school and you can tell he is the kind of Professor that changes his students' lives. These are the professors that appeal the most to a young artist and instantly I can see why he has been nominated for two Latin Grammy’s...

Wicked, the smash Broadway hit that's the musical tale about what happened in Oz before Dorothy landed, returns once again to the Arsht Center of Performing Arts. This magical and whimsical tale revolves around the characters Glinda, who eventually becomes the Good Witch of the South, and Elphaba, who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, but let's not forget the character the noble prince Fiyero, the man in their lives. The character Fiyero, played by Richard Blake in this production, was the one man who played a part in both their lives, getting engaged early in the show to Glinda but later falling in love with Elphaba and running away with her at the end of the show.

While most people rave about the actresses who play the two pivotal roles, and rightly so, we took the time to interview...