Florida Agenda

A Film Review by WARREN DAY Millions will find “Horrible Bosses” laugh-out-loud, grab-your-sides and slap-your-leg funny. That’s for sure, and for most people, that’s all they require of a summer comedy and they’ll feel no need to look underneath the  carpet. Certainly this movie is a far better successor to last summer’s “The Hangover” than [...]

Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain star in “The Tree of Life” from Fox Searchlight Pictures By Warren Day All of us, critics and movie lovers alike (they aren’t always the same you know), usually end up judging a film by concluding it lacks something. But once in a while (a very rare while), [...]

Ray Boltz; New Life, New Career, New Hope KEY SP: Shane Phoenix RB: Ray Boltz FS: Frank Sperduti (Ray’s Partner) Winner of the Out Music Awards for “Album of the Year”, “Songwriter of the Year” and “Spiritual Song of the Year” for his brand new album, “True,” International Recording Artist Ray Boltz has sold 4.5 [...]

One thing you can look forward to after Gay Pride and Father’s Day is a film that’s an almost perfect entertainment for those two neighboring celebrations. Opening July 1st in Florida, Beginners is a true story that reverses a moment found in countless gay-themed movies. Rather than the son coming out to his father, it’s [...]

They Just Do One Person Shows By Warren Day Whether it be the world premiere of a new comedy, as they will do in July with Stuf by Michael McKeever, or the regional premiere of a recent Tony-winning drama, as in God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza this past May, the professional Caldwell Theatre in [...]

By Warren Day Some play titles are more like definitions than labels, such as Tony Kushner’s new one, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (wow, try getting that on the typical marquee), and that’s also true of another play being performed now at Rising Action Theatre in [...]

By WARREN DAY All musicals, by their very nature, are improbable. When is the last time you broke into song with full orchestration just because you pronounced a sentence correctly, or because you spotted a stranger across a crowded room? Okay, maybe that latter, but you see my point. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, as [...]

The first sign of spring, as we’ve all heard, is the first sighting of a robin.  So what about summer? Well, ever since “Star Wars” rocketed out on Memorial Day weekend in 1977, it has become the first warm-weather release of a blockbuster, except Hollywood keeps moving that date up. This year’s summer – or [...]

BOSTON, MA – Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and Facebook are inviting the LGBT community to preview an upcoming episode of the PBS television program, “The American Experience: Stonewall Uprising.” “Stonewall Uprising” is a documentary that tells the dramatic story of the Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village, NYC, in 1969. The Stonewall riots, as they came [...]

Actor Matthew Ludwinksi Goes Down in LA-LA Land By TROY MAILLIS Going Down in LA-LA Land is premiering at this year’s Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival as the coveted final night feature.  Based on the novel penned by Andy Zeffer, this film explores the ups and down, and trials and tribulations of trying to [...]