'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change' 2008/05/22

'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'

Thursday, May 22, 2008; Posted: 09:05 AM - by Beau Higgins

(Photo Courtesy of Miami Stage Company)

Miami Stage Company presents, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, a sarcastic�but not satiric�comedy about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws. The show originally opened in New York in 1996, but it now holds the record for Off-Broadway's longest-running musical. With original lyrics and book written by Joe DiPietro (Over the River and Through the Woods) and a musical score composed by Jimmy Roberts (A...My Name is Still Alice,) this production has opened and become a crowd favorite in more than 150 cities worldwide. And now it's in Miami.��The�show is directed and choreographed by local Damaris Lopez-Canales who has been performing professionally and directing for the past 10 years.� Her cast of only four performers transform into more than 50 different characters throughout the two-act play.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is filled with lots of�observational humor about what the average person goes through in search of love.� Although there is no plotline per se, the songs and sketches trace the evolution of male-female relationships, from caveman days in the prologue to the joys of single life and dating in Act One, and then the rather different aspects of married life, parenthood and even the death of a spouse in Act Two.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is rated PG-13 due to some adult subject matter and language.

The show runs May 15, 17, 22 and 24 at 8pm and May 18 and 25 at 2pm and 7pm at the Alper JCC, Robert Russell Theater, 11155 SW 112th Ave.� Tickets may be purchased by calling 305-274-3597 or online at www.miamistagecompany.com.

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Currently spending his time between New York and Florida, Beau was born to a theatrical family in Brooklyn. He studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and at HB Studios. He studied theater singing with Julia Sperratore and Helen Gallagher. Beau later taught drama at the Lincoln Center Square for the Arts. It was at this time Beau began working with the Theater Development Fund and helped found New York's famed HALF PRICE TICKET BOOTH. Early in his career, Beau was screen tested and contracted for Warner Brothers. He co-hosted, an early cable variety series on Manhattan's Teleprompter channel. At this time he directed the Johnny Specca musical, SEX IS..? at the Lincoln Center Library Theater. Beau has performed Off-Broadway in FAT FELL DOWN, The Comic Strip Theater's LITTLE LULU AND THE INVISIBLE INK and WILL THE REAL ZOOPERMAN PLEASE STAND UP. Around the country he has delighted audiences with his performances in ANYTHING GOES, THE APPLE TREE, GUYS & DOLLS, and HELLZAPOPPIN! He sang for New York audiences at such cabarets as The Duplex and Upstairs at the Downstairs. He has had numerous television appearances but is most proud to have been a winning contestant on the game shows JACKPOT and THE $20,000 PYRAMID.

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