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January 4, 2008 |
Issue # 53 |
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Better Living Through Laughing
The South Beach Comedy Festival Returns
for its Third Year
By Mary Damiano
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Kathy Griffin headlines the South
Beach Comedy Festival, with two shows at the Fillmore at Jackie Gleason on
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“Miami: it’s not just for cocaine and whores anymore.”
—Comedian Ralphie May
Ralphie’s right. Miami does have a lot more to offer,
including the
South
Beach Comedy Festival, which will bring laughter-a-plenty to various venues
throughout Miami Beach.
Some of the biggest names in stand-up, including May, will
take the stage during the four-day festival, which runs January 16-19.
“The South Beach Comedy festival is more fun than a Jamie
Lynn Spears pre-natal class,” quips comedian Kathy Griffin, one of the events
headliners. “I'm going to say things we can all regret.”
Now in its third year,
the South Beach Comedy Festival delivers another bold line-up featuring today’s
top performers. The festival will welcome back the Emmy-Award winning
“D-Lister” Griffin, whose sold-out shows during the first year of the festival
was the talk of the town. Comedy Central’s “Insomniac” Dave Attell; brash funny
man Louis CK; Creation Nation’s Billy Eichner; “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
star Susie Essman; popular co-host of “Despierta América”, Univision’s live
morning news/entertainment show, Raúl González; international Colombian comedy
sensation, Andres Lopez; comic balladeer Stephen Lynch; the “Meanest Men in
Comedy Tour” Jeffrey Ross with Ralphie May; award-winning ventriloquist Jeff
Dunham; 2007 Drama Desk Award winning monologuist John Fugelsang; and the
raucous and irreverent Kristina Wong are among those who will make South Beach
the place to be for a laugh riot. |
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A Journey Through Jewish Film
Miami Festival Has Something for
Everyone
By Jan Engoren
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Michel Joelsas in The Year My
Parents Went on Vacation, the opening night film for the Miami Jewish Film
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Readers of a certain age may
remember the TV ads in the 1970s for Levy’s Jewish Rye
Bread: “You don’t have to be Jewish to love Levy’s
Jewish Rye.” The same goes for the
Miami Jewish Film Festival, which is sprinkled with
a Latin flavor, mirroring Miami’s diverse population.
Now in its 11th year and running
from January 19-27, the festival’s focus is on bringing
Jewish-themed films to an international audience,
especially the many Latin and Hispanic Americans (Jewish
and non-Jewish) living in Miami.
Ellen Wedner, the festival director
says, “This year we set out on a journey to explore many
powerful, spiritual and moral journeys, as well as
humorous and nostalgic memoirs of growing up.” Starting
last April, she personally handpicked each film that is
playing in the festival. |
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