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January 19, 2007 |
Issue # 31 |
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A Man of Many Hats
Miami Playwright Directs His Play at New Theatre
By Mary Damiano
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It’s a good time to be Ricky J.
Martinez: The Artistic Director of New Theatre is directing the world premiere
of his play, Sin Full Heaven |
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Ricky J. Martinez is the ultimate in theatrical
hyphenation, an actor-singer-dancer-choreographer-playwright-director-artistic
director. These days he’s wearing three of his hats, artistic director of
New Theatre, director,
and proud playwright of the theatre’s production of Sin Full Heaven,
which runs through February 11.
"I don’t consider myself one or the other,” says Martinez,
34, of his many identities. “I’m a conglomeration. I just shift my focus to
whichever one I’m doing at the moment.”
Sin Full Heaven is the last play in a trilogy called
“In God’s Land”, which deals with class systems on a Caribbean island. Martinez
describes Sin Full Heaven as a gothic tale about the tyrannical owner of
a sugar cane plantation who keeps a tight rein on his sheltered daughter. When
the housekeeper’s mariner son visits, lives are changed.
“It’s sort of Romeo and Juliet meets The Tempest
set in the Caribbean,” says Martinez. |
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The Epicurean Arts—SoBe Style
Wine & Food Fest Celebrates the Joy of Cooking,
Eating, and Drinking
By Mary Damiano
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Food Network favorites Bobby Flay
and Paula Deen at the 2006 festival |
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If there’s one thing that everyone has in common, it’s
food. We might need to eat to survive, but more often than not we eat for
pleasure. Who doesn’t love biting into the perfect burger or the most
devastatingly delicious vegetarian pasta? Food is often the cornerstone of the
evening’s entertainment: dinner and a movie, an after theatre supper, a late
night snack at an all-night diner after an evening that probably started out
with dinner.
The Food Network
South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which takes place February 23-25,
celebrates America’s love of wine and food. It’s also one of the hottest
tickets in town, with its many events selling out early.
Some of the most well-known food and wine personalities in
the world will attend and participate in festival events, which include tastings,
demonstrations, seminars, parties, and book signings. |
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