Do you miss 30 Rock? Wish Lorne Michaels would give Weekend Update its own spinoff? Find chicks who talk about poop undeniably sexy? If so, this year’s South Beach Comedy Festival was made for you. The fest announced the lineup for its April run this morning, and there are plenty…
Neil Hamburger is more than just “America’s Funnyman.” He is the absolute best worst comedian of all time. Between you and me, Mr. Hamburger doesn’t actually exist. He’s a figment of comedian Gregg Turkington’s wild imagination. However, Turkington is known for his Andy Kaufman-like devotion to becoming immersed in his…
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s performance at the Arsht Center last Friday night began and ended with a prayer — or rather, with an electrifying, raging, shimmering, sassy, full-bodied reminder of what prayer can mean. A work by choreographer Garth Fagan, of Lion King fame, opened the show. Fagan has often…
It was one of the most memorable moments from the Super Bowl earlier this month. Calvin Klein’s Concept black and white ad is centered around a dark male figure whose body is nothing less than perfect. Set to a mechanical electronic track, the commercial is like a scene out of…
This coming Saturday at Just the Funny in Coral Gables, local comedy promoters the Have-Nots assembled a group of nine up-and-coming Florida comics to represent Miami in a taping for L.A.-based comedy content provider ComedyTime.tv. Nestled among some local favorites, such as Jessica Gross and Daniel Reskin, is New York transplant Dougie…
Miami Made Festival 2013: Arsht Center Shows Off Local Talent in Free, Daring Stage Shows
In Miami’s ever-evolving cultural landscape, change is not only welcome but also required for survival. And the Miami Made Festival, bringing up-and-coming theater and dance projects to the Adrienne Arsht Center February 26 through March 3, is evolving along with its local talent. The eighth edition of the festival comprises…
Saturday night, local theater collective White Rose Miami brought 15 smashing sketches to the stage at the Performing Arts Exchange (PAX). After a serendipitous meeting at another show inside the dark-walled and dimly lit den, PAX co-owner Roxanne Scalia struck up a deal with White Rose founders Melissa Almaguer and…
After two seasons of sold-out performances at the Arsht Center, Haiti’s Ayikodans is returning for a weekend of dance February through Sunday. The company will be presenting a world premiere of their Artistic Director Jeanguy Saintus’ “Lamentation 13,” a work commissioned by the Arsht Center. Not only that, the dance…
Project eÑe, a new bilingual theater program supported by Area Stage Company, presents notable works by Spanish playwrights in both English and Spanish. Unlike other similar programs, the plays are not performed in Spanish with English superscript, but rather presented in each language individually as separate performances. We attended the…
Calling Jessica Gross prolific is an understatement. It would probably be much easier to call her by the many titles she’s worked so hard to earn: comedian, cartoonist, writer, horoscope mocker, host of comedy nights all around Miami, 2011 New Times Broward-Palm Beach Best Comedian, heckler annihilator, former Cultist contributor,…
Miami’s LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are two of modern basketball’s biggest names. Miami’s Jeanette and Patricia Delgado are two of modern ballet’s most celebrated dancers. So some advertising genius thought to pair the two pairs in an ad campaign to promote the rising arts scene downtown. The results are,…
When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre returns to the Arsht Center this month, Miami will welcome home the company’s Artistic Director Robert Battle. “It’s wonderful,” says Battle. “Home represents something very special.” The company will perform at the Arsht Center from Feb. 21 to 24, as part of its…
Hate! at Miami Theater Center: Solo Show Breaks Down Bigotry
An appreciation for dance has always required some form of discipline. Whether it’s attendance by the observer or practice by the performer, it takes a certain degree of dedication to commit to a work made up entirely of energy and movement. In the words of Sweet Brown, “Ain’t nobody got time…
A couple of years ago, an interracial couple told Miami actress Christina Alexander that several churches had refused to marry them. This sparked an idea — for a one-woman show about equality told from multiple points of view, connecting the historical and emotional dots between interracial and gay marriage. The…
If you’re not an “opera person,” the word opera probably calls to mind visions of shrieking, busty women in blonde braided pigtails and horned Viking hats. Here are some things it probably does not call to mind: cults, Helena Bonham Carter, Octomom, “Gangnam Style,” an acid trip at the zoo…
Last weekend, New Theatre began its run of a play that explores the line between devout religious faith and utter insanity. As a show that presents questions about the mental health of the saints and other deeply religious people, Agnes of God is a good fit for the New Theatre, whose…
Miami New Times’ Mastermind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 100 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We’ll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year’s three Mastermind Award winners…
The fate of the Coconut Grove Playhouse, the historic theater that’s been shuttered for six years and that’s now facing foreclosure, may be uncertain. But the fate of its former contents — historic Playbills, costumes, video recordings, and other historic memorabilia — has been secured. Actors’ Playhouse and the University…
To dance on a stage, most people would probably say that one must not only be well-trained, but able to do just that: dance. The training part should be a given, of course, but the ability of who can dance and how to dance is always much more complex, rewarding,…
In Living Color’s Tommy Davidson is hard at work on Deconstructing Sammy, a biopic about Sammy Davis Jr. The film would follow other castmate turns like Jamie Foxx in Ray and Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon. That’s great and all, but how much longer must…
