S & J Journal

Cindy Birdsill, Ginger Jochem, Marti Bueso and Yolanda Woodbridge. We attended the opening night of Other Desert Cities at Actors' Playhouse. It was a wonderful performance and the press seems to think so, too. Enjoy these photos. The show plays at the Miracle Theatre through February 10th. Box Office: 305-444-9293. http://www.gableshomepage.com/2013/01/20/guests-celebrate-other-desert-cities-debut-at-miracle-theatre/  

F eaturing Broadway star Janet Dacal and Carbonell Award nominee Christopher A. Kent, The Last Five Years is a contemporary song-cycle musical that explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. Funny and uplifting, the show captures some of the most heartbreaking and universally felt moments of modern romance, and promises to be an artistic treat for South Florida audiences. December 5 - 30, 2012 Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. A special weekday matinee is scheduled on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 2 p.m. Tickets for preview nights are $35, weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday. Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more throu...

Photos courtesy of Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre. 1. Actors’ Playhouse moved into the historic Miracle Theatre in 1995. Photo by Diego Pocovi. 2. (L to R from back row) Actors’ Playhouse Founding Chairman Dr. Lawrence E. Stein, former City of Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick, Actors’ Playhouse Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein, President & CEO of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Mark A. Trowbridge, René I. Basulto of Basulto & Associates, Inc, Douglas Wood of Douglas Wood Associates, Inc., Actors’ Playhouse Artistic Director David Arisco, former City of Coral Gables Mayor Dorothy Thompson, Chairman of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Drew Kern, Jeannett Slesnick of Slesnick & Jochem, LLP, John P. Fullerton of Fullerton Diaz Architects, and Coral Gables City Manager Pat Salerno. Photo by Alberto Romeu Photography. Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre was honored with the City Beautiful Award for Outstanding H...

Peter Rabbit and the Garden of Doom at the Children’s Theatre on Saturdays at 2 p.m. through May 26. Box office 305-444-9293. Becky’s New Car is “one of those plays in which the heroine hardly ever is off stage, thankfully in this case because it is Laura Turnbull as Rebecca, the leading lady... and handsomely directed by Actors’ Playhouse veteran David Arisco.” says Ron Levitt. Runs through June 3. Call 305-444-9293. Pictured: Jemina Puddleduck played by Ann Marie Olson.