Miami-born, and internationally produced, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has been enthusiastically endorsed locally by GableStage’s artistic director Joseph Adler. The Coral Gables company has presented four of McCraney’s scripts — two original works and two adaptations of Shakespeare — including the current Choir Boy, the writer’s most naturalistic, accessible and, arguably, … [Read more...]
JP Soars, Boca Raton’s rising bluesman
For centuries, blues has been one of the few musical genres to succeed through purposeful simplicity, grit, and an innate sense of Southern musical feel. Ironically, one of the artists on the leading edge of new blues, singing South Florida guitarist JP Soars (www.jpsoars.com), resides among the shopping centers and pink office buildings of the decidedly non-bluesy Boca … [Read more...]