Eric DaSilva Re-Opens PAX for One-Night-Only Live Comedy Recording

Brazilian American stand-up comedian Eric DaSilva is recording his live CD/DVD Jan 25… again. After technical complications, Eric embraced chaos to include footage from multiple shows at multiple venues, weaving them together similar to Chris Rock’s Kill the Messenger. The recently-closed PAX will re-open for one night to support the…

New Theatre Moves into New Home at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center

There’s a new theater in town. No, really. New Theatre just moved into the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, and the multi-cultural, progressively-minded camp is more than ready for the inaugural production in its new home, David Caudle’s Visiting Hours. Not actually “new” at all, the theater has entertained Miami…

End of the Rainbow: Judy Garland’s Last Years

When you think of self-destructive entertainers who died before their time, which names come to mind? Jim Morrison? Jimi Hendrix? Kurt Cobain? Amy Winehouse? We don’t really think of Judy Garland in this capacity — at least I never did — because she lived 20 years longer than these fatalistic…

End of the Rainbow Explores Judy Garland’s Final Days

When you think of self-destructive entertainers who died before their time, which names come to mind? Jim Morrison? Jimi Hendrix? Kurt Cobain? Amy Winehouse? We don’t really think of Judy Garland in this capacity — at least I never did — because she lived 20 years longer than these fatalistic…

ScreenDance: A New Blend of Choreography and Film in Miami

By Mia Leonin, artburstmiami.com In the first few minutes of Gabri Christi’s film Quarantined, you can’t see dancer Kyle Abraham’s sculptured torso or his rhythmic leaps or the fact he’s wearing a long white skirt made of tulle. The camera, however, reveals glimpses of a jawline and a closely shaved…

Antony and Cleopatra Is McCraney’s Masterpiece

Of all the historic masterworks in the Shakespeare canon, Antony and Cleopatra might be the least likely play to appear in a given company’s season, for a simple reason: It’s really hard to do. The play, written in 1606, dramatizes nothing less than the collapse of Rome’s triumvirate and the…

Antony and Cleopatra: A Miami McCraney Masterpiece

Of all the historic masterworks in the Shakespeare canon, Antony and Cleopatra might be the least likely play to appear in a given company’s season, for a simple reason: It’s really hard to do. The play, written in 1606, dramatizes nothing less than the collapse of Rome’s triumvirate and the…

Miami City Ballet Sears the Stage With Catalan Dance

There are many reasons to rejoice in Miami City Ballet’s second program of the season, called “See the Music,” but chief among them is this: the company premiere of Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat. It is a gem, a major addition to the company repertory, and above all it is beautiful…

Antony and Cleopatra: Boldest Effort Ever in Miami Theater

Near the beginning of GableStage’s Antony and Cleopatra, which debuted last night at the Colony Theater, the audience is treated to a view of Marc Antony’s (Jonathan Cake) nude buttocks. It’s an offbeat beginning to a Shakespeare play and, in several ways, sets the stage for one of the most…

Landmark Production of Antony and Cleopatra at the Colony Theatre

The elasticity of William Shakespeare’s words — the way they can be stretched to anywhere, anytime, and still resonate universal truths — will be put to the test this Friday by GableStage and wunderkind Tarell Alvin McCraney. A year after McCraney and the area’s premier theater company put together a…

Is Miami in the Middle of a Comedy Crisis?

Comedy venues in South Florida are closing. Earlier this year — as recently as two months ago — there were more places than ever to perform and watch stand-up comedy. But in recent months, traditional clubs and independent rooms have shut down, and comedians and fans are left wondering what…

Miami Theater in 2013: This Year’s Highs and Lows

When looking back at the past year in theater, there’s no escaping the void. Companies that had become staples at awards shows and in best-of tallies were nowhere to be found, having vanished like the bee population. We got the proverbial goose egg from the Naked Stage. Its sole contribution…