Bassist and New York City resident Tom Kennedy may not be one of the headliners at the upcoming star-studded Sea of JazzFest, but the 54-year-old will be one of the most versatile musicians in a sea of them at Pompano Beach Ampitheatre. The event includes saxophonist Phil Woods, trumpeters Randy Brecker and Terell Stafford, vocalist Tierney Sutton, flutist Hubert Laws, … [Read more...]
‘Hairspray’ and ‘Revolution’: Winning takes on politics and family
As with its production of August: Osage County earlier this year, Coral Gables’ Actors’ Playhouse has attracted some of the best talent in South Florida for its lavish, giggle-inducing production of Hairspray, the Tony Award-winning musical based on John Waters’ slyly subversive 1988 movie about self-esteem in racially segregated Kennedy-era Baltimore. When David Arisco began … [Read more...]