Will the bright neon lights of South Beach still attract tourists if you can't drink and dance until dawn? Absolutely, says Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber. The nightlife scene is not what lured Michel Hausmann to Miami. He used to have a theater in Caracas, until he ran afoul of the Chávez regime 11 years ago. So he left Venezuela, pursued a master’s degree in New York City, wrote a critically acclaimed musical and looked for a place to start a theater company...

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