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Print The pull of history and considerable topicality sells “One Night in Miami…” at Rogue Machine. Although this well appointed dramedy about what might have gone down in the Hampton House hotel the night that Cassius Clay became world heavyweight champion slightly overdoes the 20/20 hindsight, that doesn’t stop it from grabbing our imaginations. Inspired by the real-life meeting of Clay, singer Sam Cooke, football star Jim Brown and civil-rights leader Malcolm X on Feb. 25, 1964, playwright Kemp Powers weaves the specifics of their personalities into an engrossing scenario. Advertis...

The seemingly confined spaces of 'The Father,' 'One Night in Miami' and 'Sound of Metal' are actually silent insights into character.

Toby Symonds IT has become so common a trend of recent years for actors to try their hand behind the camera that the transition has begun to feel almost like a natural right of passage. And so it is this week - joining the ranks of Angelina Jolie, Bradley Cooper and more - that Regina King makes her feature debut. King has always carried the air of an actor rather better than the successive comedies in which she’s been cast. Jerry Maguire was quite the breakout in 1996 but Legally Blonde 2, anyone? Then, way back in 2018, Barry Jenkins gifted King the role of a lifetime. For If Beale ...

Regina King: speaking truth to power through her art

The civil right's leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent a significant amount of time in Miami. During the 1950s and 60s, Dr. King was a regular at the…