“It’s been two years since we’ve released anything,” director Billy Corben says of himself and Rakontur producing partner Alfred Spellman. After a brief pause, he laughs and rhetorically asks, “It’s like, what the fuck do these guys do for a living?” Corben is reluctant to share what exactly he’s been…
Art has always shone brightest in the midst of political oppression. And Mad Cat Theatre Company is tackling both art and political oppression during a time when those topics are controversial at best. February 23 through March 12, the eclectic and offbeat production company will open its 17th season by putting on two plays by subversive Czechoslovakian playwright Vaclav Havel.
Last October, it was announced that Miami New Drama (MiND) would take over the historic Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road. And now, as part of that take-over, MiND is set to put on a play that requires full audience immersion. Terror is a courtroom drama unlike most others in that the folks sitting in the seats play a pivotal role themselves — as the jury. And the case they’re presented is an all-too-familiar one in our post-911 world.
GableStage’s Joseph Adler has made a career of producing shows about the multilayered complexities of the human experience. And no playwright portrays the dark, flawed mosaic of what makes people tick quite like Stephen Adly Guirgis. His 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside and Crazy, which opens at GableStage at the…
New Year’s Eve 2017 is a helluva time to get sloshed while looking back at what was, for many, a very terrible 365 days. But for those with kids, it might not be such a hot idea to send off the year that murdered Bowie and Ali while giving us President Trump by getting angry-drunk as the ball drops. No, it’s probably better to hit up some family-friendly spots to ring in the new year and not go all Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places on your kids. It’s safer, more fun, and won’t traumatize them for life.
In case you haven’t noticed, what with all the lit-up homes and all the TV commercials where people give each other brand-new Lexuses as gifts, Christmastime is upon us again. If you’re like us, you’re knee-deep in tinsel and eggnog and front-yard inflatables and office parties…
The historic Colony Theatre will now be operated by Miami New Drama, the City of Miami Beach announced this week. Miami Beach, which owns the historic theater, says that the company assumed operations at the resident theater company on October 1. Miami New Drama Artistic Director Michel Hausmann and Managing…
Hand to God, which opened this weekend at GableStage at the Biltmore, is an irreverent black comedy whose greatest strength lies in one of the best casts ever assembled by the local theater company. The play, written by Robert Askins, takes place mostly in the basement of a fundamentalist Texas…
Jose Fernandez’s funeral procession left Marlins Park shortly after 2:15 Wednesday afternoon under a typical bright-cobalt sunny Miami sky, taking the casket into and through the heart of a Cuban community that had embraced the pitcher as its own son, friend, and brother. Traffic was snarled along Calle Ocho and all…
From Jekyll and Hyde to Fight Club, the trope of dual personalities has come in many forms throughout the history of storytelling. But it’s probably fair to say it’s never been tackled with as much irreverence and existential outrageousness than in playwright Robert Askin’s Hand to God, which opens at…
When the Miami Dolphins make their home debut this Sunday, there will be at least one more thing in the newly refurbished and re-christened Hard Rock Stadium to distract you from how crappy the team is: Wynwood-style art. Team owner Stephen Ross, inspired by the murals that adorn Wynwood, commissioned…
The beer company Beck has donated $20,000 to salvage the recently defunded Big Night in Little Haiti. Beck’s Urban Canvas has partnered up with South Florida nonprofit Rhythm Foundation to relaunch the monthly free music and arts series that celebrated art, music, culture, and food at the Little Haiti Cultural…
The Companion (El Acompañante) is a handsomely directed film that strives to be several movies at once. It largely succeeds thanks to solid performances and a story with heart. Directed by Pavel Giroud (The Silly Age), The Companion — which will make its exclusive U.S. premiere at Miami Dade College’s Tower…
Zika is here, and it isn’t going away just yet. The virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and seems to pose the largest threat to pregnant women because it has been known to cause birth defects. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most people infected with…
“Theres no doubt that women are under-represented in the art gallery world,” says Butter Gallery Director Francisco De La Torre. “I make sure that’s something we don’t do.” In the case of Butter Gallery’s latest exhibit, “Las Ilustres,” De Le Torre happened to gather work not just from female artists,…
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s art has always been steeped in language. From the beginning of a spectacular career that began with graffiti and continued with partnerships that included Andy Warhol and Blondie, he blended art with words. Enigmatic phrases such as “Make soup, build a fort, set that on fire” and “A…
David Holthouse meticulously plotted just how he would approach the man who had raped him as a child. He would shoot him in the crotch before putting two slugs in the back of his head. “I was going to walk up to him,” Holthouse wrote of his plan, “reintroduce myself,…
Unless your team wins it all, there’s no way to escape the inevitable pain that comes with being eliminated from a playoff run. It’s like being tapped in the nuts with a ball-peen hammer. It’s a dull, implacable pain. It’s not fun. It sucks, even. Yet that’s exactly how Miami…
If there’s one thing your Miami Heat have proven this post-season, it’s that they die hard. And now, after Goran Dragic and Dwyane Wade combined their nut-stomping powers to lead the Heat to their 103-91 Game 6 win over the Toronto Raptors, they have a shot at making history on…
Fresh off a performance for the ages from Dwyane Wade in Monday night’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat fans went into Wednesday night’s Game 5 all: But after the Heat got slammed by the Raptors 99-91, and suddenly find themselves on the…
All throughout Sunday and into Monday, Dwyane Wade had to deal with the yammering of a million whining gravy-on-french-fries-eating Canadians about how he supposedly disrespected their national anthem on Saturday afternoon. So, on Monday night, Wade proceeded to make things worse for those hosers by tearing out their collective hearts through…
The Miami Heat managed to cough up a golden opportunity to take a 2-0 lead in their series against the Toronto Raptors by going down 96-92 Thursday night. It was a frustrating loss on all accounts, particularly since the Heat set a new NBA playoff record with 22 turnovers. And…
