I Am My Own Wife, which opened this past weekend at the Arsht Center, is playwright Doug Wright’s attempt to explain, and come to terms with, “the single most eccentric individual the world has ever birthed” — that being Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a Berlin transvestite who survived Nazi and Communist…
And now, a video message from Miami’s favorite Cuban puppet, Pepe Billete, regarding Wednesday’s debate between presidential candidates President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.See also:- Pepe Billete: Miami’s Five Biggest Sapingos- The full archive of Pepe Billete’s columns…
I Am My Own Wife, at the Arsht, Explores Surviving Nazis and Commies as a Transgender Woman
The Adrienne Arsht Center’s Broadway in Miami 2012-13 season raises the curtain on a lively lineup of entertainment that brings new dazzle and classics to audiences eager to step out with a song.See also:- The Five Most Exciting Stage Events at the Arsht This Season…
Last Sunday morning, estaba cojiendo tremenda nota en after hours y la nota me dio una idea to dedicate one of my weekly articles to naming the five biggest sapingos in Miami for each month.See also:- Pepe Billete’s Guide to After Hours- Pepe Billete’s Open Letter to Micky Arison- Pepe…
Miami’s cultural landscape is beginning to wake up from the summer daze. Miami-Dade College’s 2012-13 MDC Live Arts performance series opens soon with the first of many stellar bookings. On October 5 and 6, they present the U.S. premiere of acclaimed Nuevo Ballet Español’s Cambio de Tercio.Based in Spain, Nuevo…
After months of finance- and leadership-related distress on the part of Miami City Ballet’s board, staff, and supporters, it’s nice to have some good news. And the combination of increased donations to MCB and the hiring of Daniel Hagerty, a former fundraiser for Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, as the company’s…
Just like Cheech Marin’s mustache or The Dude’s bathrobe, there are some signature movie moments that are instantly recognizable. For comedy troupe and filmmakers Broken Lizard, their indelible mark on cinema will forever be their twisted views on the things state troopers do when no one’s watching, or the exact…
Carrying Water in a Sieve at Ring Theater Through September 22
We’ve known for weeks that the next female winner of So You Think You Can Dance would be from South Florida. And in last night’s finale, ballerina Eliana Girard was given the title of “America’s Favorite Girl Dancer.”See also:- Tiffany Maher looks back on the season- America’s Favorite Girl Dancer…
Ruined, at Gablestage, Paints a Wrenching Picture of Congolese Violence
See Coconut Grove Residents Demand Playhouse Board “Give It Back”; Coconut Grove Playhouse Settlement Delayed Again.The State of Florida will give the Coconut Grove Playhouse 30 days to get its affairs in order before reclaiming the property.The Miami Herald reports that Al Dougherty, deputy secretary of the Florida Department of…
See SYTYCD’s Season Nine Girl Champion is From South Florida.America’s first real introduction to So You Think You Can Dance finalist Tiffany Maher was as the jazz dancer with brown wavy hair who wasn’t Audrey Case during the top 20 reveal show in June. The 19-year-old Plantation hoofer flew so…
It was a sunny, hot, and extremely humid Saturday afternoon, Labor Day weekend, and a crowd had started to gather at the Euclid oval on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. There were a few people who may have been there from previous word-of-mouth knowledge, but the majority of the ever-increasing…
See Two South Florida So You Think You Can Dance Contestants are Nearing the Finish Line.No, the current So You Think You Can Dance season isn’t yet over. We still have two more weeks — a night of performances by the final four dancers Tuesday, followed by the balloon-dropping, champion-announcing…
Alliance Theater Does Death With Home Sweet Funeral Home
See Edward Villella Announces Retirement; Lourdes Lopez Selected to Replace Villella; MCB Executive Director Nick Goldsborough Resigns.Miami City Ballet founder Edward Villella, who was scheduled for retirement in 2013 after the MCB’s board of directors allegedly forced him out of the company he founded in 1986, has stepped down from…
First, we heard there would be a surprise speaker at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Then we heard rumors that a Hollywood actor would be speaking. Finally, we heard that Clint Eastwood would take the stage. Still, when we tuned in last night, we were pretty surprised.Nobody told us…
Next weekend, GableStage will open its long-awaited production of Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, the final play of its 2012-2013 season. Artistic Director Joseph Adler had been wanting to stage the acclaimed play since he saw its New York debut in 2009. Adler spoke to New Times about his affection for the…
The American sitcom is as old a tradition as a pie to the face. Year after year television producers churn out show after show about family men who hate their families, single guys who are afraid to grow up, doctors who sleep with nurses, neurotics that talk to stuffed animals,…
Eliana Girard, a West Palm Beach ballerina, and Tiffany Maher, a jazz dancer from Plantation, made it through another round of eliminations on So You Think You Can Dance last night — meaning they’re two of only six remaining dancers in the competition.The two dancers have quietly but steadily risen…
Florida Grand Opera named a successor to Robert M. Heuer, its CEO of 27 years, yesterday. After an exhaustive search spanning the globe, the company has appointed Susan T. Danis, executive director of Sarasota Opera, as his replacement.The announcement touts Danis’ 20 years of experience in arts administration, but also…
