Just to be clear, the best theater news we could get would be if The Book of Mormon swooped into the Arsht Center in the next couples of months. But no, the new musical from the creators of South Park (and winner of nine Tony awards) is not (yet) coming…
Djenaba Gregory-Faal wants to school kids in African folklore. To achieve this, she is trying to raise money to produce Sundiata, a theatrical piece about Maghan Mari Djata Keita (AKA Sundiata Keita) — a crippled youth who overcame adversity in order to rule the 13th century Mali Empire.Her goal is…
In the second half of New Theatre’s Henry V, we found ourselves staring at Sipiwe Moyo, the actress who played the king, her expressive and round, dewey-skinned face framed by a hood of fluid metal. Wonder if it’s expensive to buy chainmail headdresses, we thought. They sure are cool. Bet…
Like many South Florida residents, we try not to travel without Y100. And Michael Yo and his crew really does make any ride home from work just a little bit easier. A couple of weeks ago, he happened to mention that he was hosting a night the Miami Improv. We…
”This is the full package,” observes Andy Pita of the upcoming comedic extravaganza Laffgasm taking place at the former Riviera Cinema. With music, standup and sketch comedy, and videos screening, it certainly sounds like no media is left behind. The marriage of the Have Nots comedy troupe and musician and comedian Pita…
So My Grandmother Died, Blah Blah Blah is Paul Tei’s funny, trippy mind blast
Henry V, which opens this Friday at New Theatre, is one of William Shakespeare’s most memorable plays featuring arguably his most noble and heroic character, the valiant King Henry.But Henry seems to be the exception in a long line of Shakespearean characters who were complete and total assholes. Amoral, power-hungry,…
So My Grandmother Died, Blah, Blah, Blah — which opened last night at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse — is a kinetic, frenzied play where the audience is sucked into the mind of a struggling writer while she trudges through the emotional baggage of her personal life, her relationship…
In Mad Cat’s So My Grandmother Died, Blah, Blah, Blah, Polly Chekhov, a comedy writer living in Hollywood, California, flies home to Hollywood, Florida, for her grandmother’s funeral. She then gets a nasty case of writer’s block when it comes time to write the eulogy. This becomes the kick-starter to…
Is the below video a dancetastic flash mob or an ad for the Ikea in Sunrise? That store is crowded enough without the added publicity. (If someone doesn’t already know where to buy disposable Swedish home décor, let’s not tell them, okay?) Hats off to choreographer Jackie Vilarino of the…
Maybe you’re thinking, wait a second I’ve already been to the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center to see several performances, what’s this poppycock about a grand opening in October. Don’t worry, nobody’s trying to pull a fast one. Sure, the center already hosted several shows, but those were part of…
We know you love zombies. So do we. Which is why we’re mondo excited about the Promethean Theatre’s presentation of Song of the Living Dead: A Zombie Musical. (These are the same zany dramaturgs responsible for bringing Cannibal! The Musical and Evil Dead: The Musical to South Florida.) Song of…
Extremities at Main Street Playhouse through August 14
See Jane Run at Actors’ Playhouse through August 14
Suds at the Byron Carlyle Theater through September 4
With his full, luxurious red beard and matching hair, comedian Matt Zigan is one recognizable character. A Florida native, he grew up Cocoa Beach where he says, he hopes “to never return.” A fan of death metal, the funny guy even has his own band Matt Zignan’s Crappy Death Metal whose…
Comedian Pam Bruno has a particularly quirky way of delivering jokes: a little awkward, with not too much enthusiasm, like she’s telling a story at the dinner table. But her stand up is solid, and she knows how to get the audience right where she wants them.As her tagline says,…
It’s fitting that the Broward Stage Door launched its new Miami home at the Byron Carlyle with the musical Suds. The old theatre is a monolith of nostalgia. It’s a large block of granite with tight theatre seating and pseudo art deco architecture that once served as a movie house…
It’s been almost a year since Cultist first wrote about Tony Tango, that locally shot indie comedy about a dancing fool by the same name, and the project is still struggling to waltz its way into the popular consciousness. But it’s not for lack of trying. There’s a several new…
I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when walking through the double glass doors that lead into the studio where the Area Stage Company calls home in Coral Gables. It’s a conservatory, after all. That means young people singing and dancing and being theatrical.Was I going to walk into a…
Extremities at Main Street Playhouse through August 14
Miami and salsa are almost interchangeable – there’s hardly an ad or commentary about Miami that doesn’t include a salsa soundtrack, with exclamations of “caliente!” It’s a cliché, but also true: the heart of the salsa sound — Cuban son and its Afro-Caribbean rhythmic roots — makes Miami move to…
