By Vanessa Haim
“Lucy, I’m hooooome!” Get ready for some major laughs with America’s all-time favorite redhead kicking off the 2014-15 Broadway In Miami Season this week. As a part of this weekend’s lively Art Days agenda, this Friday, the Adrienne Arsht Center Ziff Ballet Opera House will host a night of kitsch and comedy at The I Love Lucy Live On Stage Cocktail Hour.
Free and open to the public, 101.5 Lite FM‘s Julie Guy guest hosts the evenings festivities, complete with 1950s era classic cars from the Dezer Collection Auto Museum, exclusive Desi Arnaz memorabilia and photos/video footage from History Miami’s latest exhibition “American Sabor Exhibit: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music!. Sip on $5 mojitos and be transported back to the Tropicana Club with live entertainment from Miami Gay Men’s Chorus.
Channel your inner Lucy Ricardo to enter the “Look Like Lucy Contest” for a chance to win tickets to I Love Lucy® Live On Stage and an exclusive pin-up inspired photoshoot by Janette Valentine of Terribly Girly Photography! Miami fashionistas Annie Vasquez from TheFashionPoet.com, Gino Campodonico from TheMANnequinParty.com and Kalyn James from FashionStyleMia.com will be the judges.
“The truth is in the title – whether young or old, everybody really does LOVE LUCY!”