In news that you probably already knew was coming, Sporting News has named Miami Heat president Pat Riley NBA 2010-11 Executive of the Year after he put together the biggest free-agent signings pretty much ever. Know who else saw this coming? Nearly everyone else on Earth.The NBA’s official award for top…
Miami theater this week: Meshuggah-Nuns, Cyrano, and The Red Thread
Dwyane Wade did a vicious Euro-step crossover on Kevin Garnett that transcended all time and space, and left KG a smoking heap of charred douche. Moments later, Wade crossed over Ray Allen so badly, Allen simply crumpled onto the court like his spine was removed from his body.Later on, LeBron…
And in other news…. Dwyane Wade is still pretty amazing.The Miami Heat took the 99-90 Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics in their Eastern Conference Semi-final hoedown.D-Wade dropped 38 points, James Jones added a career playoff high 25 off the bench, and Paul Pierce was ejected with seven minutes…
The NFL Draft was last night. And in keeping with the tradition of playing it safe, the Miami Dolphins used their fifteenth overall draft pick to select center Mike Pouncey from the University of Florida.It isn’t an especially noteworthy or exciting pick, unless you have a thing for spending your…
Dwyane Wade scored 26, Chris Bosh added 22, and LeBron James finished two assists shy of a triple-double in last night’s 97-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.But more important, we finally have the answer to the question: Who should have the ball in his hands when the game is on the line…
Robert is the only unmarried man in his circle of friends. This is mainly because he’s afraid of commitment and has three girlfriends. But mostly it’s because he’s afraid of commitment. On his 35th birthday, when he’s confronted by his five married couple friends, he tries to make sense of…
Of all of Alfred Hitchcock’s films, his 1935 classic The 39 Steps would probably be the most difficult to adapt to the stage. Yet this week, Actors’ Playhouse presents a theatrical adaptation of this complicated spy thriller — full of murder, secret organizations, conspiracies, and dudes in wigs — and…
Documentarian Morgan Spurlock takes on the ad industry in The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
The Miami Heat shot 39 percent from the floor, went 5-for-23 from the three-point line, got only 16 total points from their bench, zero points from their starting point guard, and 1 point from their starting center.But all everyone is going to remember from their 86-82 Game 4 loss to…
The Philadelphia 76ers jumped to an early lead, keeping the Miami Heat at bay for much of Game 3.And then the Heat said enough of that already and rallied their way to a 100-94 comeback win to take a commanding 3-0 series lead.The Heat should know that, although we fans…
French poet and dramatist Edmond Rostrand introduced us to Cyrano de Bergerac in his 1897 play. Since then, we’ve seen a lot of incarnations of the big-nosed romantic nobleman in film and theater (Steve Martin’s 1987 comedy Roxanne is probably the most famous). And now, composer David DiChiera is the latest…
The Red Thread: PlayGround Theatre’s magical Chinese journey
It’s one thing to get obliterated by the Miami Heat’s Big Three and their skull crushing offense. But when they rock an opponent’s face off with some suffocating defense, well then you really got something.The Heat used their smothering D, combined with their usual badass O and took down the…
After a sluggish start that undoubtedly had everyone jumping through plate glass windows and setting their pants on fire, the Miami Heat managed to get their shit together to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 97-89 and take Game One of their first-round series.The 76ers proved to be a scrappy bunch, mounting…
Last night, the PlayGround Theatre, which prides itself in bringing unique and innovative stories to the stage for all ages, unveiled the world premier of their latest foray into myth and fantasy with The Red Thread.Taking inspiration from a Chinese folktale called “The Magical Embroidery,” co-writers Stephanie Ansin (who also…
In a 1897 play, French poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand introduced us to Cyrano de Bergerac. Since then, we’ve seen many incarnations of the romantic, big-nosed nobleman in film and theater. (Steve Martin’s version in the 1987 comedy Roxanne is probably the most famous.) As the story goes, Cyrano is…
Borscht Film Festival 2011 picks
Mozart’s two-act opera Don Giovanni, which opens this Saturday at the Arsht Center, tells the tale of the womanizing Don Giovanni and his conquest of women. That is, until he meets the Commendatore, the father of Donna Anna, a woman he tried to seduce. Don Giovanni kills the old man…
Entering this season, the expectation for the Miami Heat was that they’d give the Boston Celtics a run for their money, and topple them as the best team in the Eastern Conference. But then the Celtics beat Miami three times, taking Suck to a whole other level. Expectations became so…
Myth, magic, and super powers collided at last night’s production of The Sparrow, which opened at the Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater.The House Theatre of Chicago brought their show (which debuted in 2007) to Miami for a month-long run, and it’s probably the most original production seen on the South…
GableStage’s disturbing and fascinating Blasted swept up five bronze rings this week at the 35th Annual Carbonell Awards held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.Sarah Kane’s polarizing play that features rape scenes and dead babies picked up awards for Best Director (Joseph Adler), Best Production, Best Scenic Design…
