Tracy Morgan will headline the Fillmore Miami Beach tomorrow night as part of this year’s South Beach Comedy Festival. If you’re unable to get a ticket, don’t sweat it; you can recreate the experience by standing by the nearest shirtless man dry humping an invisible lover, and whipping your brain…
The line between real-life comedian Tracy Morgan and his 30 Rock character “Tracy Jordan” has always been thin. And at his show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, just a week before Morgan takes the stage in Miami for the South Beach Comedy Festival, that line got a little bit…
As The Dissident, J.J. Colagrande turns his critical eye on Miami culture. This week: Should the Miami Improv do more for local comics? The South Beach Comedy Festival is in town, bringing big names like Sarah Silverman and Seth Meyers to perform here in Miami. It’s the one time of…
Zoetic Stage’s The Savannah Disputation: Holy War in Georgia
When Miami City Ballet announced that baseball great and onetime Florida Marlin Mike Piazza would take the stage during the company’s performance at the Arsht Center next month, they made one thing very clear: Piazza would not be dancing. Turns out, they were wrong. MCB called our attention yesterday to…
Hey there, Cultist reader. Wanna go to the South Beach Comedy Festival? Sure do, Cultist! But I can’t decide which hilarious comedian I’d like to see. Sarah Silverman? Seth Meyers? Tracy Morgan? Which should I choose? Don’t choose, Cultist reader. Go see them all — for free. See, we’re giving…
When Seth Meyers joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2001, he thought he’d landed the greatest gig in television. But after 12 seasons on NBC, he’s confident that his job (30) rocks. “I don’t know that there’s a better job [than mine],” Meyers says, speaking with New Times…
Bill Burr is a name that might sound familiar to you. Perhaps you’ve seen one of his three comedy specials: Why Do I Do This?, Let It Go, and You People Are All The Same. Maybe you know him from his appearances on Chapelle Show, his role in Date Night,…
First produced in 2007, Evan Smith’s The Savannah Disputation is a holy war in microcosm – an acerbic verbal brawl on a single suburban property, currently receiving an exceptional production from Zoetic Stage at the Arsht Center.Barbara Bradshaw and Laura Turnbull play Mary and Margaret, Roman Catholic sisters cohabitating on…
Dial Rebecca “Butterfly” Vaughns, and on the other end of the receiver, the phone rings enough times to suggest the call is going to voicemail. Instead of the expected robotic answering service, a deep but delicate voice croons, “Somewhere there’s a love just for me, and I’m going to find…
The lovely weather in Miami these days, the vibrant cultural scene, the ethnically diverse food options — all are reasons for Alison Chase to jump for joy. After all, it is pretty cold in Maine, where she lives. But more important than all that: the modern dance giant — sh’s…
Miami is nothing if not a rabbit hole, a place where doe-eyed innocents, much like Alice, gather en masse and then disappear into a surreal void where they meet tweaked-out freaks and crazy characters. So an Alice in Wonderland-themed event seems incredibly appropriate for our far-out fantasyland. Enter Alice in…
Charming Acts of Misery at the SoBe Comedy Fest
There are a lot of things about Miami that are funny: banana hammocks, Pepe Billete, Marlins Park’s profit margin. But sadly, our sunny city is often overlooked when it comes to comedic talent. It’s easy for outsiders to discount the likes of the 305 when compared to traditional meccas like…
On the surface, British fashion muse Isabella Blow did not lead a very comical life. A fashion editor of the glossy magazine Tatler and the discoverer of acclaimed designer Alexander McQueen and milliner Philip Treacy, Blow — AKA “Issi” — was disowned by her parents and suffered from nearly lifelong…
He’d entered the ring with a respectable 16-1 record, seven of which were by knockout. But despite a six-inch reach advantage against his opponent and the genetic predisposition of a former heavyweight champion, Marvis Frazier was likely the only person inside Glens Falls Civic Center on July 26, 1988, who…
Bird in the Handat New Theatre Through April 7
Baseball season is upon us, but here in Miami, there might be more fans singing “Take Me Out to the Ballet.” That’s because legendary catcher (and former Florida Marlin) Mike Piazza will take the stage with Miami City Ballet next month. Yes, really. He’ll portray the Gangster in Miami City…
“I’ve wanted another one of these for so long,” a gracious Lela Elam said last night as she accepted the Carbonell Award for Best Actress in a Play for her work in GableStage’s Ruined. “I think they just look better as a set.”For Elam, who won a Carbonell in 2008 for GableStage’s…
Sexy. Seductive. Sweaty. These are three S’s not typically associated with opera, the favorite pastime of the monied elderly. But times have changed, and this ain’t your grandma’s opera anymore. On second thought, judging by the audience at last night’s Tango double-bill at The Stage, maybe it still is your…
GableStage’s 4000 Miles Is Almost Perfection
Fela Kuti, the pioneering Nigerian Afrobeat musician, activist, presidential candidate and polygamist (at one point, he had 28 wives) seems an unlikely subject for an American musical. But that’s exactly why the show Fela!, based on a biography of Kuti’s tumultuous life, is so special. Like the musician himself, it’s…
