As if in a relay race of cute ladies, one of South Florida’s finest comedy nights was handed from one of the prettiest girls in comedy to another. After Jessica Gross, birth mommy of the Moustache Ride Comedy Show, moved to New York, the torch of the laughable evening was…
More than an awesomely titled play by prolific playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Motherfucker With The Hat, which opened last night at GableStage, is a production taut with tension, is sardonically funny, and is carried by its sharp, quick, vulgar and whip-smart dialog that is both hilarious and thought-provoking.It’s a…
There’s no doubt that Miami City Ballet is graceful. The debut this weekend of “Viscera,” a new work by choreographer Liam Scarlett, proves the company has guts. The 25-year-old choreographer with Britain’s Royal Ballet created the piece specifically for MCB dancers by channeling the power of the principal women. On…
Have you not heard of the Have-Nots? They produce comedy with a purpose, according to their mission. Miami comedians have joined forces to form a tribe of talent, putting on shows of the highest quality.They’ve asked Johnny Trabs — extremely funny guy, CBS Miami’s “Best Comic in Miami 2010,” SunPost…
Just stroll the halls of the local asylum, and the mellifluous yet deranged cries from the psych patients are sure to convince you that music and mental illness were simply made to go together. In any case, that’s the conclusion Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkie came to when they composed…
Motherf**cker With the Hat at GableStage through February 5
Alexander, Who’s Not Not Not Not Not Going to Move at Actors’ Playhouse through March 9
Very few comedians in this city can drop a joke better than the indubitable Ricky Cruz. The Miami native has been a staple of local standup comedy for years. His constantly evolving routine consistently possesses a sharp insight into our city’s multicultural mess. Miami’s downright funny, and Cruz is not…
Miami theater 2011: Best of the best
The “supergroup” is nothing new. From Cream to Temple of the Dog to Audioslave, we’ve seen big names from rock join forces — either to make some bad-ass music, or to fail miserably trying. (Velvet Revolver, anyone?)But December 4, 1956, at the renowned Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, saw the…
Hannibal Buress has a big year ahead of him. His one-hour stand-up special is scheduled to premiere on Comedy Central this spring. He is also developing his own sitcom for FOX, which will feature Jonah Hill as executive producer. And he’s kicking it all off with a headliner at the…
As 2011 comes to an end, we’re getting all nostalgic about the great moments in Miami culture that took place over the past year. And we know we’re not alone. So we’ve asked some of Miami’s top artists, writers, film producers and other cultural geniuses about their favorite 2011 memories…
Gilbert Gottfried is a Jewish-American institution. He’s not just any Jew, but the self-proclaimed “most obnoxious” one in the world, a role Gottfried says he’s “fighting to keep” after more than 30 years in the industry.”Oh dammit, I was trying to keep the fact that I was Jewish secret all…
As 2011 comes to an end, we’re getting all nostalgic about the great moments in Miami culture that took place over the past year. And we know we’re not alone. So we’ve asked some of Miami’s top artists, writers, film producers and other cultural geniuses about their favorite 2011 memories…
As 2011 comes to an end, we’re getting all nostalgic about the great moments in Miami culture that took place over the past year. And we know we’re not alone. So we’ve asked some of Miami’s top artists, writers, film producers and other cultural geniuses about their favorite 2011 memories…
Jacob Marley’s Christmas at Actors’ Playhouse through January 1
Guys and Dolls at Miami Stage Door through January 8
Best and Worst lists are so arbitrary and subjective. But we do them anyway, because it’s a fine way to recap the year while celebrating the good and pissing on the bad. As a theatre critic, though, it’s tough to write about productions that suck. I prefer to criticize shitty…
The holiday season has officially begun, with the opening performance of The Nutcracker by Miami City Ballet. The company has been dancing George Balanchine’s dream of militant rats and dancing snowflakes every holiday season since 1990. Just like a seat in Santa’s lap, the setting is always the same, but…
As 2011 comes to an end, we’re getting all nostalgic about the great moments in Miami culture that took place over the past year. And we know we’re not alone. So we’ve asked some of Miami’s top artists, writers, film producers and other cultural geniuses about their favorite 2011 memories…
The Santaland Diaries: David Sedaris’s hilarious, scathing look at the holiday shopping season
The Santaland Diaries, which opened last night at the Arsht Center, is the perfect antidote for the saccharin-filled Holiday themed cheeriness that bombards our every day existence in movies, television, plays, parks and, most of all, the cathedral of mawkish X-Mas merriment — the shopping mall.Based on the collection of…
