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ive theater artists pose against a green background with a large yellow paper sun. Director Stuart Meltzer sits at left in a blazer with a briefcase. Standing and seated around him, left to right: Jeni Hacker in a lace duster holding a book, Rita Cole in a red leather jacket holding a scone, Jordyn Moone in a white off-shoulder top knitting, and Ryan Didato in a hoodie holding a phone. All are barefoot on a children's alphabet play mat.

Before COVID, ‘Eureka Day’ was satire. Now it lands differently.

By Coral Gables Gazette staff At a progressive Berkeley private school where every decision is supposed to emerge from consensus, a mumps outbreak turns enlightened conversation into something far messier…

Promotional poster for "Prayer for the French Republic" by Joshua Harmon. The title appears in bold white capital letters against a deep blue watercolor wash at the top. Below, a classical columned building — suggesting a government institution or synagogue — is rendered in gray watercolor, its columns overlaid with thick vertical brushstrokes in black and dark red that evoke graffiti, bars, or tally marks. The overall palette of blue, white, and red mirrors the colors of the French flag.

ARTS & LEISURE

Florida premiere of ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ at GableStage

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A teenage boy comes home to his Paris apartment with blood on his face. It is not the first time. His mother wants him to…

Cast portrait from GableStage’s production of Sotto Voce, featuring four performers posed against a dark studio backdrop.

ARTS & LEISURE

GableStage presents ‘Sotto Voce’, a lyrical meditation on memory, exile and what remains unspoken

By Coral Gables Gazette staff GableStage Theatre Company presents Sotto Voce, a lyrical and haunting drama written and directed by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Running Friday, Jan. 23 through…

Promotional photo showing cast members Dalia Aleman, Stephen Schnetzer, Margot Moreland, and Ben Sandomir posing against an illustrated cityscape for GableStage’s "Left on Tenth."

ARTS & LEISURE

Delia Ephron’s ‘Left on Tenth’ a story of reinvention at GableStage

By Coral Gables Gazette staff GableStage’s regional premiere of Left on Tenth, running Friday, November 21 through December 21 at the Wolfson Family Theatre in the Biltmore Hotel, invites audiences…

Stylized artwork of a silhouetted man in a hat, with neon accents and a hot pink background, evoking themes of secrecy, seduction, and dual identity in the play “Harry Clarke.”

ARTS & LEISURE

GableStage opens new season with ‘Harry Clarke’, a dark, seductive one-man thriller

By Coral Gables Gazette staff What happens when a lie becomes more real than the life it replaced? That’s the question at the center of Harry Clarke, David Cale’s wicked,…

While the Montgomery Botanical Center drew scrutiny as to whether its mission met the threshold for cultural funding, the board ultimately recommended funding the center, citing its educational programming and public engagement.

NEWS

Cultural Development Board recommends all 52 applicants share $278,000 in Coral Gables grants

In a lengthy and often thoughtful session that underscored both the vitality and complexity of Coral Gables’ cultural ecosystem, the city’s Cultural Development Board on May 29 reviewed 52 grant…

OPINION

EDITORIAL: Public investments in the arts make sense…and dollars

The city of Coral Gables styles itself as The City Beautiful—a place where Mediterranean Revival architecture, leafy boulevards, and a vibrant civic life come together in harmony. But beauty is…

ARTS & LEISURE

GableStage serves up sizzling, soulful ‘Fat Ham’

Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy meets Southern heat in Fat Ham, the next bold offering from GableStage, opening Friday, May 16 at 8 p.m. and running through June 15 at the intimate…