Pink Floyd’s The Wall. The Who’s Tommy. Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d. city. These are some of the greatest concept albums of all time. They draw us in with music and keep us rapt in attention. They tell a story so painfully human, we can’t help but be moved. Any…
Young-adult fiction thrives in the land of fantasy. Boy wizard Harry Potter still rules (as proven by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s 3.3 million-copy North American debut last week), and popular series such as Twilight and The Hunger Games have successfully built upon the foundation laid by classics like A…
For the last three years, stand-up comic Paul Julmeus has been busy making a name for himself throughout Miami, most notably as the host of several unique comedy experiences including Gringo Bingo at Wood Tavern and Just the Tip at Yo! Space. And now he’s leaving us for the bright…
In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; dancers move to recorded music or to the sounds of live musicians playing the same notes…
David Holthouse, author of Stalking the Bogeyman, which premiered this past weekend at Gablestage and runs through August 28, is an extraordinary talent. He tells stories like few others — with imagination, drama, and a profound understanding of the twisted side of human existence. His play is a powerful retelling…
David Holthouse meticulously plotted just how he would approach the man who had raped him as a child. He would shoot him in the crotch before putting two slugs in the back of his head. “I was going to walk up to him,” Holthouse wrote of his plan, “reintroduce myself,…
Ever caught yourself watching an episode of So You Think You Can Dance? and wondered, If only I could pop, lock, and, drop it like those guys? Now is your chance — well, sort of — as Miami City Ballet celebrates National Dance Day with a community-wide flash mob in Miami…
Miami doesn’t even know it, but it desperately needs a Baba Yaga. Luckily, Miami has a Baba Yaga Mama. We know this is a lot to process, but don’t worry — we’ll explain. Local artist and Knights Arts grant winner Shira Lee Abergel is looking for the community’s support in…
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a dramatic radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds. Legend has it that the radio play was so realistic it caused mass panic among listeners who were convinced a real alien invasion was happening on Earth. The extent of the hysteria has…
It’s perhaps the most exotic dance music to hit Miami in recent memory: contradance. It’s Americana, the real thing, a far more sophisticated version of the square-dancing you may remember from gym dances in elementary school. A band called Cornbread and just as tasty is in the house each Thursday…
Imagine it’s February 7, 2013, and you’re leaving Miami after a monthlong visit with family and friends and resuming your dance career in Israel. At the airport, TSA agents repeatedly search and interrogate you, causing you to miss your connection. Why? Maybe it’s because of your Cuban passport and the…
When founder and artistic director of the non-proft Antiheroes Project, José Manuel Dominguez, set out to create a new work, he stumbled across the nothing short of epic life of French aviator and writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The author’s Little Prince is still one of the best-selling books in publishing…
Out in the Tropics is a weeklong celebration presented by FUNDarte that boasts a diverse lineup of talented artists and performers. In its seventh year, the fest will feature music, theater, and dance events in locations throughout Miami and South Beach. The founder and executive director of the performing arts…
It must have been a grand celebration when the Coconut Grove Theater first opened. In 1927, most buildings in the area didn’t have electricity, let alone air conditioning. The three-story baby-blue building, with its Mediterranean columns and lush proscenium archway, was a shining example of architect Richard Kiehnel’s celebrated designs…
In the 1960s, Tiffany Madera’s parents fled Cuba during the revolution. Like many other refugees, they landed in Miami and started a family. Madera and her bother were born in Miami and grew up in Coconut Grove. But when she was a young child, her family returned to Cuba to…
In 1992, “Weird Al” Yankovic released the single “You Don’t Love Me Anymore,” a song about a homicidal ex-girlfriend and a dope who isn’t sure if the relationship is over despite her repeated attempts to kill him, at one point cutting his brakes and later pushing him down an elevator…
Film died and nobody cared. It was a deliberate, efficient, cancerous sort of death. George Lucas planted the first tumor in 2002 when he shot Star Wars: Episode II digitally, but the disease didn’t begin to infect the more than 39,000 cinemas in the United States until 2010. The digital…
Director R.B. Schlather, in a joint effort with the vocal chamber group IlluminArts, presents a weeklong rendition of David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Little Match Girl Passion, at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). The performance marks the latest in a series of collaborations with local museums and galleries to…
When The Royale begins, Jay, a heavyweight champion boxer, and Fish, his amateur opponent, line up next to each other. Spotlights shine on both, leaving the rest of the sparse set in the dark. But instead of squaring off against each other in the ring, the two stare straight at…
Ilisa Rosal founded Ballet Flamenco La Rosa in 1985 and the company soon cultivated a renowned reputation for presenting flamenco, in all its forms, to local, national, and international audiences. This weekend it will premiere “La Gaviota,” a flamenco ballet and “Al Grano.” The program showcases the talent of artists…
Dance Now! Miami brings choreographer Edward Stierle’s evocative Lacrymosa home to South Florida this weekend. The performance comes more than 20 years after its premiere with the Joffrey Ballet and since the untimely death (at age 23) of Stierle, a Hollywood, Forida native. In Lacrymosa, the work and the life…
“I was dead for ten days, so I can tell you from the horse’s mouth: I got closer to God than you ever will. I was on the other side. And you know what He said to me? He said, ‘I forgive you, my son. Now go back home because…
