Stories with 'colony theatre' tag

Meet this Broadway star: Mary Lou Rosato

David Greenspan and Mary Lou Rosato in The Bridge of San Luis Rey. (📸: Andrés Manner) MEET THIS MIAMI-BORN ACTRESS: 51 years later, she’s back.  Miami-born and -raised actress Mary Lou Rosato stars in The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Miami New Drama’s 2019-2020 season-opening play. The show runs through Sunday, Nov. 17 at The […]

/ November 13, 2019

Experience the drums, vocals, and stories of ‘Viva La Parranda!’

The cast of “Viva La Parranda!” (📸: Xavier Lujan) GO TO THIS: Currently on stage at the Colony Theatre is the Afro-Caribbean music of Betsayda Machado and members of La Parranda El Clavo, in the world premiere of “Viva La Parranda!” The musical, in Spanish with English supertitles, is based on the musicians’ life stories […]

/ May 1, 2019

‘Miami speaks with an accent’

Miami New Drama’s ‘One Night in Miami’ told the story of the fight that put boxing champ Muhammad Ali on the map. Photo by Stian Roenning A year ago, Miami New Drama went viral. The theater’s marquee on Lincoln Road proclaimed: “COLONY THEATRE PROUDLY REPRESENTS ARTISTS FROM SH!THOLE COUNTRIES.” Miami New Drama’s bold, persistent responses […]

/ January 16, 2019

The Colony Theatre has something to say

Marquees: the OG Twitter. Find out how Lincoln Road’s historic Colony Theatre makes the most out of its 140 character entryway.

/ October 7, 2018