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…
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…
Stage hypnotist Rich Guzzi has learned to expect the unexpected. In one memorable performance, he instructed 15 hypnotized audience volunteers to compose and perform a rap song onstage — in Chinese. One by one, they shed their inhibitions and freestyled vaguely Oriental gibberish, at the cultural expense of any unfortunate…
Rudi Goblen started breakdancing 19 years ago. Since then he has become a dancer, actor, performing artist, and writer, performing with Teo Castellanos’ D-Projects and becoming a founding member of Octavio Campos’ Camposition Hybrid Theater Works and Rosie Herrera’s Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre. A highly acclaimed b-boy, Goblen and his…
Mark your calendars: There will be swordfighting on Miami Beach this summer. Well, not on the beach, exactly, but in a small theater steps away from the sand. Storycrafter Studio, Miami’s latest addition to its thriving theater community, will open its first full-length production not with a bang but with…
Anne and Emmett at AAPACT Through May 12
The Miami City Ballet Company (MCB) will close its 2012-2013 season this weekend at the Arsht Center with Broadway and Ballet, a valentine to Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine. No surprise there, since the MCB has been acclaimed far and wide for its devotion to the masters, especially Balanchine. What…
