Before the lights go up on “Jekyll & Hyde” at Actors’ Playhouse, a voiceover announcement asks the audience to leave Coral Gables behind and enter London. It sets the mood for the gothic musical about a scientist whose attempt to separate good from evil takes a terrible twist.

Beginning with her first release, and continuing over time and nine albums, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier often came across like a queer Lucinda Williams.

In "The Debut," Julianne Moore plays a housewife who gets a small role in a community theater musical and becomes a zealous method actor. At the Telluride Film Festival, the audience stood in a rare mid-film ovation during the movie's world premiere. The film opens the Miami Film Festival GEMS on Thursday, Oct. 29.

Check out our interview with Laura Griffin, the author of "Thunderbird Ranch."

Check out our interview with Dan Gawthrop, the author of "Cutting Edge."

The theme for this year’s Wicked Manors, on Halloween night, and a benefit for The Pride Center, is “Masquerade of Mayhem.” As usual, it promises to be a night of outrageous costumes and an excuse for many folks to walk around with as little clothing as possible. You’re sure to see lots of 20/20s. That’s what I call folks who could have pulled off that costume 20 pounds or 20 years ago. Not that I’m body shaming, but sometimes you have to admit a mu-mu is the best look. I have my costume and let’s just say, it leans more to the mu-mu side of things.