Fort Lauderdale Fringe Festival Lets Theater Geeks Get Weird

A ’90s-inspired sing-along van ride with the “Fringy Mime Queen.” A one-man show about the complete history of drag. An epic battle among giants in a town called Normal. These are just some of the plays that will be showcased at the third-annual Fort Lauderdale Fringe Festival from April 20 to 23.

Retiro, a Meditation on Aging, Lets Older Women Share Their Stories

Endless interviews with women on the red carpet in glittering gowns. Flawless models selling the latest cosmetics in glossy women’s magazines. The new army of celebrity girls morphing into women in front of our very eyes. Young, attractive women are everywhere you look. What’s rarer, at least in entertainment and media, are women openly accepting or coping with the inevitable aging process. Aging is increasingly hidden in real life too, especially in Miami, where it’s masked with white lies, makeup, and cosmetic procedures.

Javi Carrion Returns to Comedy With an Upcoming Special and Maybe a Secret

Bilingual comic Javi Carrion has had an interesting life, to say the least. The Puerto Rican-born Miamian is a veteran of the South Florida comedy scene, fitting gigs in between working for an electronics company and raising his 9-year-old daughter. He’s set to tape a half-hour special, Miami Made Me, April 8 at the Open Stage Club.

Tigertail’s Fire Festival Brings Contemporary Creatives to Miami

Festivals in Miami conform to a bit of a mold: They’re typically bass-heavy, unflinchingly hedonistic, and rhyme with “shmultra.” Mary Luft of Tigertail Productions has worked tirelessly since the ’80s to break that mold. Her company concentrates on bringing to the 305 the most contemporary and avant-garde performers for events that otherwise might never see daylight in South Florida.

Miami City Ballet’s Closing Program Features Patricia Delgado’s Final Bow

Miami City Ballet will conclude its season this week with a rich selection of repertory pieces: two from George Balanchine, in very expressive but distinct modes, and one from modern-dance master Paul Taylor at his genial best. Company premieres this year have upped expectations and trumpeted growth, but the current program reconfirms the quality of the company’s long-held artistic assets.

Ballet Flamenco La Rosa Brings Drama, Passion in La Casa de la Muñeca

Ballet Flamenco La Rosa’s studio evokes the feel of a tablao in Spain. The strumming of the guitar, the rapid-fire rhythms of footwork, and the soft vocals of the singer reach across time and place. The piece being rehearsed, La Casa de la Muñeca (inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House), is likewise timeless and carries universal themes, dealing with anxieties that resonate in the most innate way.

Jimmy Carr Invites Miami Comedy Fans to Heckle Him Onstage

British standup comedian Jimmy Carr is, by his own admission, “rude, crude, and offensive.” His sense of humor certainly isn’t for everyone. However, for those who enjoy properly dirty jokes, Carr is a virtuoso. He combines the razor-sharp barbs of a roastmaster, the concise one-liner genius of Mitch Hedburg, and the filthy vocabulary of Louis C.K. with a wit as quick as that kid in elementary school who was always ready with a devastating “yo’ mama” joke.

GableStage’s Dry Powder Goes Behind the Curtain of Financial Dealmaking

The world of high finance is equal parts confounding, infuriating, and downright terrifying. Most Americans look at Wall Street’s slick, greedy players and are resigned to the fact that it’s filled with money-hungry vultures, the kind of people who won’t settle for just one yacht. They’re sucking the economy dry,…

¡Fuácata! Celebrates Miami Women by Showing Their Struggles

It’s all about the café. Not coffee, mind you, but the café. This is what Elena Flores would have us believe as she gets through her busy day in search of an elusive cup of that hot, black glory that fuels Miami. Watered-down American coffee simply won’t do. Neither will a cuppa tricked-out joe from Starbucks. No self-respecting Miami Cuban would settle for anything less than a real café.

Alvin Ailey Director Robert Battle Stages a Homecoming With World Premieres

For Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artistic director Robert Battle, this week marks a special return, not just to the Arsht Center, where his company performs annually, but also to the city where he grew up. “It’s more personal [performing in Miami]; it reminds me where I come from,” says Battle, a Liberty City native. “My mom [Dessie Williams] still lives in the same house. I used to dance on the marble floor of our front porch. The Arsht Center wasn’t far away.”

Mad Cat Stages Banned Political Plays Audience and Protest

Art has always shone brightest in the midst of political oppression. And Mad Cat Theatre Company is tackling both art and political oppression during a time when those topics are controversial at best. February 23 through March 12, the eclectic and offbeat production company will open its 17th season by putting on two plays by subversive Czechoslovakian playwright Vaclav Havel.

Ayikodans Intersects the Personal, Political With New Work

Choreographer Jeanguy Saintus works primarily from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, but his creative work has global appeal. He is a pioneering artist who blends Haiti’s traditional music and dance with more contemporary styles of movement and music. He isn’t afraid to throw in some Tchaikovsky or Ravel.

Dave Chappelle Is the Comedic Voice Trump’s America Deserves

In 2006, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Dave Chappelle told his onetime sketch-comedy target: “I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt like I was deliberately being encouraged, and I was overwhelmed. It’s like you’re being flooded with things and you don’t pay attention to things like your ethics.”

On Your Feet!, the Estefans’ Broadway Musical, Is Coming to Miami

You better get On Your Feet! Miami. Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s autobiographical Broadway musical is finally making its way to the Magic City, kicking off Broadway in Miami’s 2017-2018 season at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts this October. After more than a year of calling Broadway home,…

Hamilton Is Finally Coming to South Florida

South Florida fans of the insanely popular musical Hamilton have felt snubbed this year. The touring production announced visits to metro areas such as Salt Lake City and Des Moines but skipped Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The closest local Hamilfans could get was last month’s auditions held at Florida International University. Until now.