M Ensemble’s Harlem Duet tackles racial politics
The M Ensemble’s Harlem Duet deftly tackles race and sexual politics
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It’s Shakespeare, Race, and Sexual Politics in M Ensemble’s Harlem Duet
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello, Djanet Sears’ Harlem Duet, which opened this weekend and is performed by the M Ensemble at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse (404 NW 26 St., Miami), is a production that tediously tows the line of racial identity, sexual politics, and mental illness in the black…
LeBron, Wade and Udonis Publicly Recruit Peyton Manning, Also Beat the Hawks
After struggling for most of last night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, the Miami Heat finally decided to stop dicking around and began to hit their shots and play their anaconda-style defense just in time to comeback from as much as 10 points and beat Atlanta 89-86.More importantly however, before…
GableStage’s A Steady Rain: Well-acted, poorly written
GableStage’s A Steady Rain: Well-acted, poorly written
Chris Bosh Returns to the Heat, Proceeds to Destroy the Nets
Sure, it was the Nets. And sure, they’re amongst the worst defenses in the NBA. But holy shitsnacks, it was awesome seeing Chris Bosh back in the Heat fold, dropping his silky smooth jumpers in honor of his dearly departed GloJean and turning Kris Humphries into a human-sized lump of…
Heat Fall to the Lakers as Masked Kobe Drops 33
Kobe Bryant and his broken face scored 33 points, as he and the Lakers took down the Miami Heat 93-83 yesterday, handing Miami their second consecutive loss.It was the first meeting between L.A. and Miami since Dwyane Wade inadvertently broke Kobe’s nose during a hard foul in the All Star…
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A Steady Rain at GableStage Is Driven By Intense Performances
A Steady Rain, which opened last night at GableStage, is ostensibly a play about two life-long friends whose lives are irrevocably changed through a bad chain of events. But it can also be described as an anatomy of a fucked up cop.Written by Keith Huff, A Steady Rain is rife…
Chicago Noir
In Keith Huff’s critically acclaimed play A Steady Rain, Joey and Denny are longtime partners on the Chicago police force. And the two lifelong friends are both totally screwed up in their own way. Joey is an introverted drunk who is secretly in love with Denny’s wife, while Denny is…
Winning With Wade
The beginning of this NBA season was a rough one for Dwyane Wade. A banged-up ankle forced him to sit out a handful of games, and when the Miami Heat was winning with him riding the pine, people began to suggest Miami was better off without him. A #WithoutWade hashtag…
Heat Beat Knicks and Jeremy Lin, Render Linsanity Utterly Linpotent
For the past month or so, we’ve all had Jeremy Lin spewed on our faces, whether we wanted it or not. Turn on your TV: LIN! Tune into your favorite radio station: LIN! Log on to twitter: LIN! The Republican debates: LIN! Jump in the shower: LIN! Your morning cereal…
To Sing or Not to Sing
Have you seen Shakespeare’s Hamlet and thought to yourself, This tragedy about a guy avenging his dead father needs more people singing? If so, you’re in luck. Composer Carson Kievman this Friday will present a highly original and totally rad operatic version of Hamlet, enjoying its world premiere at Little…
SoBe Arts’ Hamlet: Iambic Pentameter Meets the Modern Day Opera
Of all of Shakespeare’s plays, none has captured the public’s imagination quite like Hamlet, the Bard’s harrowing tale of betrayal, murder, sexual politics, and dead people looking for vengeance (okay, all of William’s plays are pretty much like that).But you haven’t seen Hamlet until you’ve seen it performed as an…
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Heat Avoid Trap-Game by Beating the Kings, LeBron Does A Silly Dance
The Miami Heat just won their seventh-straight game. Dwyane Wade has been a one-man wrecking ball during that time.And last night, in the Heat’s 120-108 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings, D-Wade brought his game to new ball-mashing mayhem heights, scoring 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting, getting three steals, and…
Heat Win Sixth-Straight, Bill Clinton is Impressed
Dwyane Wade blew the ass off of the Orlando Magic’s defense yesterday, dropping 27 points on them and leading the Miami Heat to the 98-71 victory while former President Bill Clinton watched courtside doing that white-man’s overbite thing he does when he sees something impressive. When these teams met two weeks…
Climbing the Ladder
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, opening at the Roxy Performing Arts Center, in collaboration with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, is like if Mad Men were hit in the face with a musical. Thanks to a self-help book he picked up on a whim, young window washer…
Cinco de Awesome
When Miami Heat team president Pat Riley pulled off the sports coup of the century two off-seasons ago, his vision expanded beyond Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh. Sure, putting those three out there by themselves is doing better than most NBA rosters, but as the supergenius builder of…
Main Street Players’ Living Out is a triumph
Main Street Players’ Living Out is a triumph
Five Reasons We Can’t Wait For The Franchise to Feature the Miami Marlins
Showtime finally confirmed yesterday what we already knew: the second season of its sports documentary series, The Franchise, a weekly show that gives viewers behind-the-scenes looks at professional baseball teams, will feature your Miami Marlins.”Miami is not only one of the most sexy and cosmopolitan cities in the country, but…
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Chris Bosh Tells Fox TV How It Felt To Beat the Bucks: “It Was Good Sh#t!”
For a time there, it seemed as if the Miami Heat would never find a way to beat the Milwaukee Bucks as long as we all lived. But last night, the Heat finally won against that pain in the ass team, taking them out with extreme prejudice 114-96, and avoiding…
Main Street Players’ Living Out Delivers Laughs In A Somber World
Lisa Loomer’s Living Out, which opened last night at Main Street Players, is the kind of play that makes you laugh out loud, and devastates you at the same time. The production is something of a triumph for the small Miami Lakes-based theatre group.Putting on a play with the complexity,…
Heat Lose to Magic in a Barrage of Threes
Opponents have been raining three pointers down on the Miami Heat all season long, and last night the Orlando Magic decided that was a good idea too, and hit 4,000 17 three pointers, taking the 102-89 win over Miami.Dwight Howard, who has apparently checked out and doesn’t give a shit…
Not Seeing Red
The Florida Panthers started this season with an impressive climb into first place in the Southeast Division, where they held the top spot for 65 days. But the good times soon went south when the Cats hit a tough stretch, dropping 11 of 15 games and falling into seventh place…