We don’t have a problem with hair-hoppers, unless of course they’re sitting in front of us during the Actors’ Playhouse production of Hairspray, the musical, at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables. Set in 1962 Baltimore during the height of the segregation/integration conflicts, Hairspray tells the story of racism through the eyes…
Miami’s got a lot of catching up to do. It’s been 15 years since the Mark Morris Dance Group last appeared here. That’s a whole half-life for this esteemed company, which celebrates 30 seasons this year. So why is MMDG returning now? “We only go where we’re hired,” deadpans artistic…
Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They’re usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we’re pregnant. They’re more…
Spring Awakening is a misleadingly cheery title for the Tony Award-winning musical New World School of the Arts premiered last night at the Colony Theater. Teen suicide, incest, and abortion make us think the original play’s alternate title, A Children’s Tragedy, might have been a better fit. But it did…
Ever catch yourself watching Sesame Street and think, Cookie Monster is funny, but he needs more dick jokes? Well, don’t fret. Because Stuffed & Unstrung is what happens when Jim Henson’s puppets stop teaching kids the alphabet and start letting the expletives and adult-content humor fly. Boasting more than 80…
Tall heels and red jeans, or Christian Dior boutique evening gown? Yes, figuring out what to wear to Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Symphony for the Dance Floor might be tricky. The Margate native has created an art piece that melds the multisensory nightclub scene with classical symphonic elements. The show mingles choreography,…
Alma en Boca at the Colony Theatre October 1 (one night only)
Swimming in the Shallows at FIU’s Wertheim Performing Arts Center through October 2
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Actors’ Playhous through November 19
What’s better than diverse and subversive stage readings presented by young, hungry driven actors? Nothing. Except when those stage readings are boundary busting, thought-provoking plays, have the actors interacting and discussing said play with the audience, and when it’s cheap. Cheap is good!Ground Up & Rising, the award-winning theatre and film…
You can hardly blame Chris Tucker for being a little distracted during his show Saturday night at the Fillmore Miami Beach. If we owed the IRS $11 million, we’d probably be preoccupied too. But unlike Tucker, we don’t have huge hilarious bulging eyeballs to effortlessly smooth over glitches in our…
Over the years, certain catch phrases have become a part of pop culture. But nothing has caught on for the 21st century like those from a show that left us too soon, Chappelle’s Show. A few that stand out are “F*** yo couch” and “Charlie Murphy!” We’ll never have the…
Like some of the most iconic figures in sports and performing arts history before him, Edward Villella, founder and director of Miami City Ballet, announced Thursday that he was leaving the company just as it had reached the pinnacle of success in its more than quarter century of existence. First…
Night Train to Bolina at the Ring Theatre through September 24
The Fantasticks at the Pelican Playhouse September 25
Moon Over Buffalo at JCat Community Theatre through September 25
‘Night, Mother at the Pelican Theatre through September 25
Jelly Belly at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center through October 2
If you still relish the memory of that middle school dance where your classmates crowned you ruler of the dance floor based on your unusually low limbo or stellar steps on the conga line, you may not want to attend the “So You Think You Can Dance” live show. Watching…
“Where my money? I need, I need, I need cash!” Maybe Rick Ross wasn’t singing about the everyday grind of paying bills. But there once was a young Rick Ross, who struggled to find a way to balance his creative ambitions and cash flow. In “Everyday Hustlin’,” we talk with…
“So we’re just gonna sit here and talk for a couple of hours, and then you’re going to kill yourself.” Actress Sally Bondi, who plays Mama Thelma in the Alliance Theatre Lab’s production of ‘Night Mother, sums up the plot of this play by Marsha Norman (which was also made…
The Brothers Size at GableStage through October 2
