John Leguizamo headlines a 2019 summer theater season in South Florida stacked with diverse stories, drama, musical triumphs, and laughs galore. The prolific Tony Award-winning character actor is bringing his Broadway hit Latin History for Morons to the Ziff Ballet Opera House in July, joining a crazy-good lineup of…
Ben Bailey sees himself as a comedian first and the host of Cash Cab second. Many of his fans, on the other hand, are bigger fans of his Cash Cab work — if they’re even aware of his 25-year standup-comedy career. But Bailey doesn’t seem too bitter about…
The work of three Miami choreographers, each with radically distinct visions of movement and dance, will be presented this Thursday and Friday, May 9-10, at Miami Dade College’s Live Arts Lab. Each choreographer, all of them women, explores the relationship between performers and audiences. Or, as choreographer Rosie Herrera puts…
If you think almost dying would hold Whoopi Goldberg down, think again. The comedian drew from her recent life-threatening illness for her newest standup comedy show, which debuts at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood April 26.
A Lorne Michaels impression is kind of like a class ring for Saturday Night Live alumni. Former cast member and University of Miami alumnus Finesse Mitchell uses his own impression to recall some advice given to him by the show’s longtime executive producer.
On the corner of NE Second Avenue and 17th Street in downtown Miami stands an old villa enclosed by wrought-iron gates. On one side, there’s a hardware store, and on the other there’s a modern-day fast food joint. But step inside the villa, and you’re no longer in 2019 Miami…
They say laughter is the best medicine, and comedian Kyle Grooms has generated arena-sized doses of it. Now his fans and fellow stand ups are returning the favor, funding real medical treatment for the local comic. After Grooms was rushed to the hospital due to a severe emergency, doctors made…
Juggerknot Theater Company is back again with another iteration of its popular Miami Motel Stories series. Only this time, there’s no motel. Juggerknot’s Executive Artistic Director, Tanya Bravo, explains that its next production will tell the story of one of Miami’s most swiftly developed neighborhoods: Wynwood. Since there’s no physical…
When filmmaker Billy Corben was putting together the 2006 crime documentary “Cocaine Cowboys,” he came across an epic document. It was a deposition from Jorge “Rivi” Ayala, a former hitman for Miami drug queen Griselda Blanco. At a whopping 1,300 pages, Ayala’s testimony walked authorities through the bloodshed of…
Though the themes in “/peh-LO-tah/” touch upon the issues America is reckoning with at a heightened state at the moment, Joseph wrote the play during the waning period of the Obama era, and it premiered just ten days after Trump was elected.
When I tell you I moved down to Miami for the weather, I really mean I moved to South Florida to escape my depression. I’m not alone. Many people believe the Magic City, with its brilliant sunsets and never-ending attractions, will redeem them from darkness. The…
Jayme Gershen is thinking of the perfect anecdote to describe her friend. After a long pause, she’s got it. “She’s forces me to sing this song with her in Creole, that’s like, one line,” Gershen says about Ajhanou Uneek, a Haitian-American drummer-performer known throughout the Miami music scene for her…
Izzi LieberPerson talks to the beat of his own basketball. Through hours of rehearsal, the 13-year-old rarely stops dribbling, the punch of ball against floor reverberating throughout the intimate studio next to Miami Theater Center. Even when he’s not performing — when he’s talking, or laughing, or just passing the time…
Alfredo Garcia, associate executive director of the Miami City Ballet, wants his students to be ready for life after school. “These are young men and women who have dedicated their lives to dance and are trying to obtain gainful employment after they leave our school,” Garcia said about the challenge…
For actress and playwright Carmen Pelaez, inspiration comes from real-life work experience. “I was working in the art world and I would deal with all these people on eBay selling obvious fakes,” she explains, recalling the beginnings of her latest play, “Fake.” “They were doing it very poorly and being…
In times of turmoil and chaos, Miami choreographer Brigid Baker encourages us to see the beauty. In her show Big Wonder, premiering January 18 at the Miami Dade County Auditorium, Baker will take audiences through a journey of remembrance and celebration. “In the end, there is only beauty,” remarks Baker,…
Bodies swirling in motion, traversing space, and challenging expectations, all on the big screen. That’s what ScreenDance Miami, a film festival dedicated to showcasing dance on film, is all about. From Wednesday, January 16, to Saturday, January 19, ScreenDance will project films at three locations: The Light Box at the…
After premiering in London’s West End, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime tied the record for most Olivier Awards received by a single play. For those unaware, the Oliver Awards are like the Tony Awards of London. For those who are further unaware, the Tony Awards are…
Comedian Ryan Hamilton doesn’t mind his clean comic reputation. He thinks it probably has helped his comedy career. And besides, he knows there are worse things he could be called.
It may not be in the same world-class league as Art Basel — at least, not yet — but the unspoken promise of what this celebration of cultural contribution could represent to a neighborhood brimming with diverse, undiscovered talent is equally important to the people of Broward County.
South Florida has a League of Lady Arm Wrestlers and, yes, they dominate.
Miami Improv will celebrate its grand opening in CityPlace Doral with performances by Full House dad and raunchy comic Bob Saget.
