Opening Night Divas announced!

Latina Legend CHARYTIN &

Miami's own ADORA

onstage together at the

8th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival's Opening Night Gala!

Adora photo: Alexis Trigoura

On Friday, April 21st at 7:30pm, before the projector starts reeling out this year's hilarious Opening Night film, Reinas (Queens), the stage of the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts welcomes an incredible duo to kick off the 8th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival with lots of sabor! Legendary Latin American star Charytin (above, left) joins forces with Miami's own beloved drag queen Adora (above right) as our 2006 Opening Night Divas of Ceremonies.

In keeping with the theme of Reinas (Queens), which stars an incredible cast of Latina divas from Spain and Argentina, including Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes, Verónica Forqué, Mercedes Sampietro and Betiana Blum, our 2006 Divas will kick off the 8th annual MGLFF with skits and songs that bring the legend of "La Rubia de America", Charytin, and the unstoppably outrageous Adora together with full-color, over-the-top life!

The singer and comedienne Charytin is a star of screen and stage whose nothing-but-hits career has included chart-topping songs, a long-running hit television variety show and sold-out concerts throughout Latin America, Europe, and Asia. She can currently be seen as host of Telefutura's internationally televised daily talk show, El Escándalo del Mediodia.

Joining Charytin on stage is over the top drag performer, Adora, whose been entertaining throngs of Miami audiences for over 15 years with a repetoire of songs by La Lupe, Maria Callas, Yma Sumac and others. In 2005 she was chosen as Best Drag Queen by Miami New Times and her outrageous and unique look inspired a recent photographic exhibit at a local gallery.

The cast of Reinas (Queens).

An All-Star comedy sure to blow the roof off the Gusman Center!

In Reinas (Queens), 20 gays & lesbians are marrying their partners of their lives on the first day it is legal in Spain ! But before the boys tie the knot, some of their mothers (played by some of the biggest Divas of Spanish cinema) have a few things to work out. The incredible cast features actress and president of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Mercedes Sampietro (Inconscientes), and legendary Almodovarian muses Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Veronica Forque (Kika), Marisa Paredes (All About My Mother), in this all-star comedy. Directed by Goya-award winning writer/director Manuel Gomez Pereira, who is travelling from Madrid to attend the screening in person & discuss the film with the audience.

GALA PRICE: $26 or $21 for MGLFF members (includes $1 for the Gusman's Restoration Fund)

FOR TICKETS, CLICK ON: www.mglff.com

To order by phone, call TICKETWEB at 1-866-468-7619 (7 days a week 10am - 9pm)

or to purchase in person:

Gusman Center for the Performing Arts

174 E. Flagler St.

(open 12 noon - 5pm, Monday-Friday)

or ANY TICKETMASTER outlet

(including Specs, Jackie Gleason Theater, Colony Theater on Lincoln Road)

After the movie...THE PARTY OF THE YEAR!

OPENING NIGHT GALA

100 NE 25 St. (WYNWOOD ART DISTRICT)

presented by:

Sneak preview the unprecedented inspiration of Karu&Y, a sanctuary of art, cuisine and entertainment opening late spring/early summer!

Friday, April 21 9:30pm

immediately following Reinas (Queens)

- OPEN BAR featuring ABSOLUT as our exclusive spirits sponsor

- ABSOLUT CHILL LOUNGE with Y ULTRALOUNGE mixologists

- Advance tasting of KARU RESTAURANT's sumptous "alta cocina" cuisine from Miami-born Executive Chef Alberto Cabrera

- Acrobatic visual & musical stimulation by Paraphernalia

- Avis Rent-a-Car & Sundance Channel DRIVE-IN LOUNGE with Carlotta

- Access to an incredible silent auction featuring items such as:

- business class tickets round-trip from Miami to Rio/Sao Paolo on TAM AIRLINES

- drive a Hummer for a 3-day weekend courtesy of WILLIAMSON CADILLAC HUMMER

- 3 night stay at THE BENTLEY HOTEL

- Dinners at CREEK 28, NEMO and SHOJI SUSHI

- Memberships & gift certificates at MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, EYE DESIGN, SNIP @ BASE, SOBE SPORTS CLUB, L.A. SPORTS CLUB, DETAILS AT HOME, MACY'S, and for your very own commitment ceremony!

- Sunglasses from SUNGLASS HUT

- Behind-the-scenes escorted tour of CBS Television's THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL in Los Angeles

- Furniture from STONE INTERNATIONAL as seen at SOUTH BEACH DESIGN GROUP

EVERYONE

WILL

THERE

OPENING NIGHT GALA TICKETS $100 PER PERSON, available EXCLUSIVELY at:

WWW.MGLFF.COM

TICKETWEB: 1-866-468-7619, ask for venue "MGLFF at The Space Miami"

The 8th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is presented by Avis Rent-a-Car and Sundance Channel, Opening Night Gala is presented by Karu&Y and Absolut.

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