The House Theatre of Chicago has little interest in producing traditional plays. The previous productions it has taken to the Adrienne Arsht Center — such as The Sparrow, about a girl who develops special powers after surviving a tragic bus accident, and the sold-out engagements of Death and Harry Houdini,…
Shaping Miami into the artistic hub that it’s become couldn’t have been done without the steady, decades-long priming by The Performing Arts Network (PAN) in North Miami. PAN’s founders have been on the frontlines of Miami’s dance and performance scene since the 1980s. Nestled in a narrow commercial strip along…
Set aside for a moment any preconceived notions you may have about the French arts and culture. Toss out the idea of the beret with a striped shirt and a baguette stuck underneath an arm. So much more happens creatively in France and the French diaspora, but it seldom reaches…
The House Theatre of Chicago has little interest in producing traditional plays. The previous productions it has taken to the Adrienne Arsht Center — such as The Sparrow, about a girl who develops special powers after surviving a tragic bus accident, and the sold-out engagements of Death and Harry Houdini,…
Recently, the Miami New Times published the results of a study from The Humor Research Lab and the authors of The Humor Code, Peter McGraw and Joel Warner, the findings of which claimed Miami as the 48th least funny out of America’s top 50 largest Metro areas. As the head…
When Steve-O, the most infamous member of MTV’s Jackass, announced he was going to do stand-up, we worried it might be like the time Daffy Duck blew himself up to prove he had the best act ever. Thankfully, Steve-O has shown a remarkable amount of self-control and hasn’t tried many…
One of the first lines in Not Ready for Primetime, a patchy chronicle of the tumultuous inception of Saturday Night Live, is a pithy mission statement delivered by its creator, Lorne Michaels. He says his new variety show will be “absurd, young, and hip — and if you don’t like…
Little Eve is taking a bath with her father and playing with her rubber ducky. She sees something in the water that looks odd. “Daddy, Daddy, is that your rubber ducky?” she asks, eyes wide, in her baby voice. Then she tugs on it. “It becomes a moment of oops,”…
One of the first lines in Not Ready for Primetime, a patchy chronicle of the tumultuous inception of Saturday Night Live, is a pithy mission statement delivered by its creator, Lorne Michaels. He says his new variety show will be “absurd, young, and hip — and if you don’t like…
The standing ovation at the matinee of Miami City Ballet’s season closer, Don Quixote, Saturday, March 22, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts was a good indication that classical ballet lives and breathes in South Florida. Furthermore, it showed that it holds its own against the Ultra/WMC/MMW fests…
At the January Young Arts Foundation annual gala, Chanel Da Silva, dancer with the Trey McIntyre Project (TMP), kicked off her heels and broke it down on the temporary dance floor to Michael Jackson’s “Startin’ Somethin’.” Da Silva, a 2004 Young Arts Winner and Presidential Scholar in the Arts, wasn’t…
Little Eve is taking a bath with her father and playing with her rubber ducky. She sees something in the water that looks odd, “Daddy, daddy, is that your rubber ducky?” she asks, eyes wide, in her baby voice. Then she tugs on it and realizes it’s attached. “It becomes…
Water conservation isn’t a new phenomenon, but if you attend the Floridian performance of the National Water Dance at the Deering Festival of the Arts, you’ll see water conservation in a brand new light. The National Water Dance is created by Dale Andree, the event’s artistic director. With the help…
Let’s all admit it together, we love Nick Swardson. It feels a little guilty, considering that he is the guy that was one of the main writers behind Malibu’s Most Wanted, Grandma’s Boy, and Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star. But like it or not, once one of those…
Uh oh, did the Miami New Times just tweet something about DMT? Legal marijuana? Stripper poles? Beating the crap out of some douchebag and why he deserved it? Honestly, we have no idea what’s about to happen, but Joe Rogan is officially taking over the New Times marketing twitter account…
Comedian W. Kamau Bell is best known for his acclaimed and somehow cancelled talk show Totally Biased. He brought humor to issues other shows wouldn’t touch with a rational tone rarely found on television. On the bright side, he now has more time for stand-up, and he is more than…
It was a big night for South Florida theater as a year’s worth of blood, sweat, and tears paid off at the 38th-Annual Carbonell Awards, held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. All in all, Miami-Dade County ran the show with a total of nine awards, but it…
When it comes to dance, Miami may not have reached its apex in ways other cities have, but it sure has had momentum. Instrumental in pushing that energy, stamina, and vibrancy forward have been events like the Miami Dance Festival, which this year celebrates its 11th edition. From Thursday, April…
There’s still time to get tickets to this evening’s 38th annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s celebration of the community’s theatrical excellence. The ceremony will feature a multimedia tribute to the best plays of the season, a live band led by musical director Caryl Fantel, and musical performances by cast members…
Chris Hardwick is a busy man. He does standup, runs the podcast juggernaut that is Nerdist Industries, is the voice of Craig in the Nickelodeon series Sanjay and Craig, hosts the Comedy Central comedian game show, @midnight (which has recently been renewed for a second season), and he’s probably in…
We’ll probably never find Bigfoot, but if we do, I think we should send Joe Rogan to make initial contact. Worst-case scenario, the Jiu Jitsu black belt can try and defeat the Squatch, maybe breaking an arm before getting ripped to pieces by the giant ape. Best-case scenario, the two…
In Zoetic Stage’s Clark Gable Slept Here, the mystery begins before the show starts. Amateur sleuths in the audience may spend the moments before the curtain drawing their own conclusions about Robert F. Wolin’s lavish, symmetrical set design — a penthouse suite in a posh Hollywood hotel, its color palette…
