Two Comedies (The Pattern and The Problem)By Brian Harris and A.R. Gurney. Through February 19 at Edge Theatre, 4141 NE Second Ave., Miami; 305-316-5221. Tickets cost $10-$20.In a not-so-coincidental kick in the pants of the Twilight series of books and films, The Pattern, written by Brian Harris, tells the tale…
The 35th annual Carbonell Awards nominations were announced today. And while the big news is that Actors’ Playhouse and GableStage garnered the most nominations, the bigger news is that Actors’ Playhouse’s production of Miss Saigon earned 11 nominations. It’s the South Florida theater scene’s Avatar! Only without the cartoonish plot…
Remember Andrew Dice Clay? No? C’mon! You know, the Dice Man — he’s the Brooklyn Jew who dresses like Mr. T except with the gall to wear sunglasses indoors. He was the only comedian in history to sell out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row! And he’s got…
Endless nostalgia has drilled into our collective heads that the ’60s and ’70s were times of rapid change for music. But often overlooked, though, is that similar upheavals of style and form were going on across all of the arts — even dance. Among those leading the charge for the…
Edge Theatre is known for occasional unorthodox performances with stripped-down acting ensembles showcased in small venues across the city. Its unofficial motto is “have stage, will travel,” and productions are hit or miss, depending on the cast. But the ensemble’s current production of The Pattern and The Problem, two one-act…
The Mad Cat Theatre Company returns to the South Beach Comedy Festival with The Preservation Society, written and directed by one of South Florida’s favorite dramaturgs, Paul Tei.Tei jets back and forth between Los Angeles and Miami for work. And he’s excited to get back to the the 305 and…
Edge Theatre’s two one-act comedies The Pattern and The Problem are not your archetypal love stories. And that’s a good thing. The Pattern sees a young girl seeking professional help and advice in her relationship with a man she’s met online. And while she’s had her history of bad relationships…
The Florida Grand Opera is gearing up for their next show, Don Giovanni, and if you’re comfortable sword fighting then strap on some tights and head over to Doral Center Rehearsal Studio on February 15 for your chance to earn a paying, non speaking, non singing role in the production…
To be honest, we expected more from Penn & Teller after growing up bona fide Comedy Central junkies, eagerly watching Mystery Science Theater 3,000, The Ben Stiller Show (all five or so episodes), and yes, The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller. On that show, the duo toured Britain, performing…
Raunchy, quick, and refreshingly honest, Jennifer Coolidge — the hilarious character actress you know from American Pie, Legally Blonde, and Best in Show who we interviewed earlier this week — took the stage at the Miami Improv last night to tackle her most fascinating role to date, herself. And after…
Choreographer and hip-hop ambassador Rennie Harris stages real-life situations drawn from his reality growing up in North Philadelphia in the Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works company (RHAW). His mission: To spread peace and love, while “challenging realities through my work,” he writes in RHAW’s program. “This is my small but…
“So dad, I want to be a dancer.” “Um, right…. In this economy? A nurse, a lawyer, heck, even a politician I can see. But a dancer… ha!” This fictional bit of dialogue, or something along those lines, is perhaps what students who have decided to make dance their career…
The concept and plot of Leslie Ayvazian’s one-person play at New Theatre, High Dive, are certainly original and creative. The play features a neat audience participation gimmick and a solid, engaging performance from five-time Carbonell-nominated actress Barbara Sloan. But in the end, the concept and performance fall victim to a…
Actual performances at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center are about two months away from taking place. The venue, the first of its kind in the southern stretches of Miami-Dade, is a couple of years late in opening but still expected to be a cultural and economic catalyst for an…
What does MILF stand for again? Murder Is Legal in Florida? Manic Iguanas Lobotomize Fairies? Madonna Inhales Latino Farts? Though that last one is probably true, it’s not the one etched into our psyche thanks to the astounding cougar hotness that was Jennifer Coolidge in American Pie. And in addition…
The New York-based, all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s comedy doesn’t stop with the gimmick of ballet-in-drag. Nor does it rely solely on the novelty of heavy things trying to be light or the inherent humor of classical ballet’s unnatural manners. Using thorough research, artistic director Tory Dobrin and…
Written by award-winning playwright, Leslie Ayvazian, High Dive, which opened this past Saturday at New Theatre, is a light comedy about the indelible task of overcoming one’s greatest fears while finding the absurdity in them. The story tackles one woman’s fear of heights while she chronicles her misadventures of past…
Liony Garcia is a mess. He’s collapsed with his head down on a table, his eyes brimming with tears. The song “Cheer Up Charlie” from Willy Wonka taunts him. Standing behind him in an elegant suit, Octavio Campos pulls a roll of Scotch tape from his jacket pocket, yanks Garcia…
Atop a high dive in a hotel in Greece is a woman who is terrified of heights while her son and 34 other on-lookers goad her to jump. That’s the setting of High Dive, a charming one-person play that opens this Saturday night at New Theatre.Written by award-winning playwright, Leslie…
First, an obligatory reference to the old glory days of South Beach: Sandra Bernhard totally hung out there in the ’90s and — obligatory related reference to Ingrid Casares — totally dated Ingrid Casares! Okay, got that out of the way. Everyone involved in that era has moved on, but ribald…
“It’s like they’re all making dances for a fictional body that none of them have,” choreographer Jess Curtis remembers his colleague saying, describing a university dance program he’d just seen. A seed was planted for Curtis to begin Dances for Non/Fictional Bodies, a work of dance, theater, circus, and more,…
A Round-Heeled Woman By Jane Prowse. Through February 6 at GableStage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables; 305-445-1119; gablestage.org. Tickets cost $37.50 to $47.50 . A 66-year-old divorced schoolteacher who hasn’t had sex in 30 years thinks it’s about time she get some nooky. So she takes out…
