After years of uncertainty, blame-throwing, and political maneuvering, one of the most dramatic real estate stories in recent Miami history has entered its conclusion. The Coconut Grove Playhouse narrowly escaped being sold by the state of Florida to the highest bidder this week when Miami-Dade officials, with just hours to…
Of all the historic masterworks in the Shakespeare canon, Antony and Cleopatra might be the least likely play to appear in a given company’s season, for a simple reason: It’s really hard to do. The play, written in 1606, dramatizes nothing less than the collapse of Rome’s triumvirate and the…
Of all the historic masterworks in the Shakespeare canon, Antony and Cleopatra might be the least likely play to appear in a given company’s season, for a simple reason: It’s really hard to do. The play, written in 1606, dramatizes nothing less than the collapse of Rome’s triumvirate and the…
There are many reasons to rejoice in Miami City Ballet’s second program of the season, called “See the Music,” but chief among them is this: the company premiere of Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat. It is a gem, a major addition to the company repertory, and above all it is beautiful…
Near the beginning of GableStage’s Antony and Cleopatra, which debuted last night at the Colony Theater, the audience is treated to a view of Marc Antony’s (Jonathan Cake) nude buttocks. It’s an offbeat beginning to a Shakespeare play and, in several ways, sets the stage for one of the most…
After last week’s article on Miami’s comedy venues closing en masse, New Times thought the scene needed some comic’s relief. But just as both of Miami’s comedy clubs closed, a new one emerged: Jokes on the Beach, located inside Trio on the Bay on the 79th Street Causeway. Was this…
The elasticity of William Shakespeare’s words — the way they can be stretched to anywhere, anytime, and still resonate universal truths — will be put to the test this Friday by GableStage and wunderkind Tarell Alvin McCraney. A year after McCraney and the area’s premier theater company put together a…
The elasticity of William Shakespeare’s words — the way they can be stretched to anywhere, anytime, and still resonate universal truths — will be put to the test this Friday by GableStage and wunderkind Tarell Alvin McCraney. A year after McCraney and the area’s premier theater company put together a…
Get ready, bitches. Spring in South Beach just got a lot more sassy. And a lot more drunk. The South Beach Comedy Festival announced its 2014 dates today, as well as its first headlining act — none other than the brash, deadpan, unapologetically booze-hungry Chelsea Handler…
Mad Cat Theatre’s latest production lives up to its title, though perhaps not entirely as intended. Mixtape 2 is a presentation of several short film and theater works, and much like an audio mixtape inspired by situational events — such as a breakup — only certain “tracks” appeal to its…
Janeane Garofalo said it best in The Truth About Cats and Dogs: “We can love our pets. We just can’t looooove our pets.” (In the sexy way, she means.) For most people, the same is true of our college football teams. But don’t tell that to Miami comedian Dave Williamson,…
If Miami’s streets could talk, they would have enough unique stories to create a lifetime’s worth of plays and films. Consider Teo Castellanos, an actor, playwright, and director, as the personified voice of Miami. He has dreamed up Third Trinity, a one-act play and film he produced with fellow artist…
Circ X was one of 49 lucky winners of the Knight Arts Challenge, announced on Dec. 3. But Miami should also be considered as a winner. Thanks to the challenge that funds projects of our deserving local artists, Miami will now have its very own permanent resident cabaret. Circ X…
Comedy venues in South Florida are closing. Earlier this year — as recently as two months ago — there were more places than ever to perform and watch stand-up comedy. But in recent months, traditional clubs and independent rooms have shut down, and comedians and fans are left wondering what…
When looking back at the past year in theater, there’s no escaping the void. Companies that had become staples at awards shows and in best-of tallies were nowhere to be found, having vanished like the bee population. We got the proverbial goose egg from the Naked Stage. Its sole contribution…
When looking back at the past year in theater, there’s no escaping the void. Companies that had become staples at awards shows and in best-of tallies were nowhere to be found, having vanished like the bee population. We got the proverbial goose egg from the Naked Stage. Its sole contribution…
Haiti’s premiere contemporary dance company Ayikodans returns to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts this weekend for four shows. In collaboration with the Green Family Foundation, the Arsht will present the program in three parts, including the world premiere of Tribulations and a revamped version of Danse de…
Black Male Revisited: Revenge of the New Negro, continuing this weekend at the Miami Theater Center in Miami Shores, is unapologetically raw — and for good reason. The one-man show created and performed by Jaamil Olawale Kosoko reveals the warped, over-sexualized and emotional complexities of African-American men throughout the ages…
Every year, Art Basel sneaks up on us like a ninja. Then, for one whole week, it takes over our lives, dazzling our eyes, damaging our livers, and generally kicking our asses. Hell, it’s almost a week later, and we still feel like we’re in recovery. And all we do…
The Coconut Grove Playhouse is one step closer to the revival neighborhood activists have supported for years. Yesterday, the Miami-Dade County Commission adopted a resolution to save the historic building, planning to work with the City of Miami to settle the building’s debts. Under the resolution, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez…
You walk into a large room with high ceilings and walls made of massive mirrors. You are dressed in tights and a form-fitting leo, perhaps a pair of garbage bag shorts for the sake of menial comfort, and the floor has a slight spring beneath you. Every day that you…
There’s something about comedy that requires it to come from a really dark place. Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison, and a whole litany of comedians have such notorious dark histories that they usually read like the lyrics to rap songs. But unlike rap, it’s not made-up bullshit;…
