Performing Arts

Red at Miami Theater Center June 28 Through July 13

When it comes to careers in comedy, Original Latin King of Comedy Paul Rodriguez has a hell of a long one. Now 58, Rodriguez has spent the past three decades working in TV, film, and hitting the road as a stand-up comic. And his next stage? It’s right in your…

For over 30 years, Mexican-born American actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez has done almost everything an entertainer can do. He’s starred in over 45 roles between his television and film career. He typically plays Mexican characters, and is an instantly recognizable face among the iconic actors that have found success…

For a gay elf at Christmastime, falling in love with your boss is a fruitless occupational hazard. Santa is straight, and though the beard might be sexy, he’s off the market. In Matt Hoverman’s short play The Student, the best piece at City Theatre’s inconsistent Summer Shorts festival at the…

For a gay elf at Christmastime, falling in love with your boss is a fruitless occupational hazard. Santa is straight, and though the beard might be sexy, he’s off the market. In Matt Hoverman’s short play The Student, the best piece at City Theatre’s inconsistent Summer Shorts festival at the…

Miami could use more laughter in its life. With crime and corruption dominating our daily news cycle, we need every excuse for a guffaw we can get. Luckily, there are more than a few talented comedians in our midst, some of whom recently collaborated on the hilarious and highly lauded…

You know that a show is gonna work here in Miami when locals instinctively know how to pronounce the name. Take 8cho, for instance — you know it’s pronounced “oh-cho,” like Calle Ocho. 8cho is an Argentine production that fuses Cirque du Soleil with tango, electornica with aerial stunts. Yep,…

Shrouded in darkness and wrapped in a tangle of white fabrics, a mysterious four-legged, dragon-like creature haltingly weaves between the audience’s folding chairs. An increasingly loud bass drone and the unsettling tick-tock of an unseen grandfather clock accompany the creature’s progress. Sloshing and banging sounds are supplanted by squeaks, deep…

There is only one thing on the minds of Miamians this week: the Heat battling it out with San Antonio in the NBA Finals. It doesn’t matter who you are — an artist, a fisherman, a business executive, a foul-mouthed Cuban puppet. If you’re from Miami, you’re rooting LeBron, D-Wade,…

There’s something dream-like about seeing Reggie Watts perform, both in the surreal way the comedian puts together his show and how when you tell someone about it the next day, its awesomeness is just not going to translate. Last night, Watts began his three-night stand at Miami Light Project’s theater…

When it comes to staging an adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana titled la noche i.delicatissima, the whimsically creative minds behind local art collective Southernmost Situations have decidedly put together a show that doesn’t conform to the dated rules of performing arts. Born out of a spontaneous…

You could try to break more bones than Evel Knievel, but chances are you’d just look clumsy, no matter how awesome your motorcycle. And if you were to get shot while wearing a top hat in Ford’s Theatre, what would be the point? Abraham Lincoln already owns that. Same thing…

You could try to break more bones than Evel Knievel, but chances are you’d just look clumsy, no matter how awesome your motorcycle. And if you were to get shot while wearing a top hat in Ford’s Theatre, what would be the point? Abraham Lincoln already owns that. Same thing…

Everybody loves Ross Mathews. I mean, how can you not love the effortlessly hilarious Hollywood gossiper with the distinguishable, high-pitched voice? His voice may be one of the things that make him stand out, but it’s something he’s learned to accept and embrace. In other words, he manned up. That’s…

Travis Wall knows a thing or two about dreams. Firstly, the 25-year-old dancer, Emmy-nominated choreographer and reality star is living his; the dance company he founded with his best friends, Shaping Sound, recently set off on a multicity tour. Secondly, the show of his dreams is, in fact, inspired by…

Road Through Heaven at New Theatre Through June 2

Three years after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, it’s easy to look to the island nation and wonder, what has been done, what has improved, is there rebirth? It can be a dark gaze — so much to be done. But for rays of light, look no further than Haiti’s premiere…

Let’s be real — some of the best ideas in the world are born out of bottles. Autralian-born comedienne Caroline Reid certainly owes a lot to a wild night and some vodka. One night, she dressed up as a Pan Am hostess and had some friends over for a party…

GableStage’s production of Cock contains what might go down (pun intended) as the most arousing sex scene you’ll see onstage all year. Except you won’t actually see it. Contrary to the expectations of its saucy title, Cock is chaste as can be. Physical contact is limited to the occasional embrace…

Did you miss out on all the free Cock last week? Don’t fret — the South Florida Theater League is doing its best to pack theaters full for all the region’s summertime performances. And if that means giving tickets away for free, so be it. The league’s Free Night of…

GableStage’s production of Cock contains what might go down (pun intended) as the most arousing sex scene you’ll see onstage all year. Except you won’t actually see it. Contrary to the expectations of its saucy title, Cock is chaste as can be. Physical contact is limited to the occasional embrace…

To revive an axiom that President Obama directed at the ideas of a certain failed vice presidential candidate from Alaska: Actors’ Playhouse’s production of The Fox on the Fairway is, at best, lipstick on a pig. As pretty as the company presents it, it’s still an ugly, desperate, virtually witless…