Blame it on my self-loathing. When I read about the Gusman’s Flickin’ Summer film series, I thought how could Fame, Flashdance, and The Wiz be projected on the same screen where I’ve enjoyed classics like The Sound of Music and Casablanca? What business do these frothy 80s flicks have in that august hall with the […]
Article · August 20, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
The actors do not even get across the threshold into the post-premiere cocktail party before they are ambushed by an ebullient fan. “You were like Faust!” a literary type tells Greg Weiner, who plays mid-level movie exec Charlie Fox. “Especially with your little red handkerchief,” she adds, in a nod to costume designer Ellis Tillman’s […]
Article · August 17, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
Rising up with Jumbo Ras and Prince Javed of Higher Trod A few years back, I asked dancehall star Beenie Man how a small island like Jamaica could harbor so many of the world’s musical treasures. His answer: “It’s magic!” Maybe. But a trailer for the documentary Rise Up reveals another secret: “There is a […]
Article · August 13, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
I guess the best excuse I can give for not catching Mad Cat’s Viva Bourgeois earlier in its run was that I was in Paris. While I was away, all the other critics raved, rightly, about this inspired adaptation of Moliere‘s classic, The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670). There is much to like about the ensemble, the […]
Article · August 10, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
The biggest show in town this pre-season is the showdown between the arts community and Miami-Dade officials forced to slash $427 million from the county budget in the face of falling property tax revenues. With more than $11 million out of the $14.8 million annual arts budget on the chopping block, arts advocates are taking […]
Article · August 6, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
Today Miami bids farewell to Eveyln McDonnell, one of our community’s most cherished voices on the arts. When Ev moved to the Magic City in the early aughts, she brought with her an impressive resume that included senior editor at the Village Voice and a list of books that have shaped how we think about […]
Article · August 3, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
Merce Cunningham passed away last Sunday, at the age of 90, the last survivor of the great founding choreographers of modern dance. Miami was blessed to celebrate his accomplishments while he was still alive, with Merce in Miami, a two-week celebration of his work led by MOCA and a small band of other local arts […]
Article · July 30, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
When Carson Kievman says, “We like to think of this as a ‘hidden gem,’”the emphasize is on “hidden.” If the green dot on my iPhone were not insistently blinking — It’s over there! It’s over there! — I never would have found the SoBe Institute of the Arts, tucked away at the back of the […]
Article · July 27, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
There doesn’t seem to be much left for Neri Torres to learn. Over the past decade, the Cuban-trained choreographer and dancer has developed a full repertoire of Afro-Cuban–inspired concert dance for her Miami-based company Ife-Ile. She is also a sought after commercial choreographer for projects such as the Andy Garcia movie The Lost City, Sesame […]
Article · July 23, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado
Lex Luther torments Christ, crucified on a swingset When you’re in danger, who will save you? Superman or Jesus Christ? That’s the dilemma posed by the hilarious play El EVANGELIO SEGÚN CLARK (The Gospel According to Clark) performed by Mexico City’s Kraken Teatro last weekend as part of the annual International Hispanic Theater Festival of […]
Article · July 20, 2009 by Celeste Fraser Delgado