Latin theatre is on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. The Broadway hit of our generation is “Hamilton” written by Puerto Rican New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Saheem Ali Reimagines “Richard II” with André Holland for Shakespeare in the Park on WNYC Public Radio
Monday-Thursday, July 13-16, 2020
WNYC 93.9 FM, AM 820, WNYC.org
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The Public Theater dedicates this production to #BlackLivesMatter
Latin theatre is the root of all European theatre. There are also great theatre traditions in Africa, Asia and the Americas. New York City brings all of this together into something that is pure New York.
NYC has Broadway, Off-Broadway (499-100 seats) and Off-Off Broadway (99 or fewer seats).
Theatre Festivals in NYC
NYC & Company produces NYC Broadway Week and NYC Off-Broadway Week in winter and summer.
The Broadway League produces Viva Broadway during Hispanic Heritage Month.
The Public Theater produces Shakespeare in the Park in summer and the Under the Radar Festival in winter.
Summer’s Fringe Festival is Off-Off-Broadway. Teatro SEA produces the International Puppet Fringe Festival.
NYC Broadway Week Winter 2020
January 21 – February 9, 2020
2-for-1 tickets to popular Broadway shows with Latin connections including Ain’t Too Proud, Book of Mormon, Chicago, Frozen, Lion King, Phantom, West Side Story and Wicked
Viva Broadway 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT ~ Ana Villafañe of Broadway’s ‘On Your Feet!’ and NBC’s ‘Sunnyside’ and ‘New Amsterdam’ hosts a ¡Viva Broadway! cabaret concert series at the W Hotel
NYC Broadway Week Summer 2019
SALE Wed, August 14, 2019
SHOWS Sep 3-16, 2019
Find out which Broadway shows in this Broadway Week have a Latin connection. Then see how to get 2-for-1 Broadway tickets.
NYC Off-Broadway Week Winter 2019
NEW YORK CITY, Feb 11-24, 2019 ~ 2-for-1 tickets to 34 Off-Broadway shows including ‘Avenue Q’ (Filipino writer), ‘La Celestina’ (Spanish) and Jersey Boys (Colombian choreographer).
NYC Off-Broadway Week Fall 2018
September 24 – October 7, 2018 ~ 2-for-1 tickets to 30+ Off-Broadway shows including: “Avenue Q,” “El coronel no tiene quiene le escriba” and “Jersey Boys”
International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC 2018
Costa Rican, French, French-Canadian & Puerto Rican puppetry
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Wednesday – Sunday
August 8 – 12, 2018
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“Othello” Shakespeare in the Park
The Tony Award-winning Afro – Puerto Rican – American director tells the story of the Moor of Venice, classic Shakespeare with racial and religious themes that are surprisingly contemporary.
Delacorte Theater
Central Park, Manhattan
May 29 – June 24, 2018
Under the Radar Festival 2018
Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
between 4th & 8th St
East Village, Manhattan
Thursday, January 4 – 15, 2018
Latin Theatre Features
Our Lady of 121st St
Tuesday – Sunday
May 1 – June 17, 2018
SIGNATURE THEATRE
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS. Directed by PHYLICIA RASHAD, Tony® & Emmy® Award-winning director.
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Paradise Blue
April 24 – June 3, 2018
SIGNATURE THEATRE
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Written by Haitian-American Obie Award-winning playwright DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU. Directed by Puerto Rican-American Tony® Award-winning director RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON.
Jazz, gentrification, a sexy woman and hard choices make paradise blue.
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Teatro La Re-Sentida ‘La Dictadura de lo Cool’
Friday – Saturday
April 6 – 7, 2018
NYU SKIRBALL
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Greenwich Village, NYC
Txperimental theatre about the anarchy of the bourgeoisie
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Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
October 3 – November 12, 2017
SIGNATURE THEATRE
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS. Directed by Obie Award-winner Mark Brokaw.
Winner of Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Revival and Lead Actor Sean Carvajal.
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“On Your Feet!” Review
MARQUIS THEATRE, TIMES SQUARE, November 5, 2015 – August 20, 2017 ~ The inspiring Emilio and Gloria Estefan story
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(Review) ‘El amor en los tiempos del cólera’ (Love in the Time of Cholera)
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL, KIPS BAY, October 25, 2012 ~ The first stage production of the Gabriel García Márquez masterpiece
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REVIEW: La más grande historia jamás cantada
By Keith Widyolar The first original Colombian musical, “La más grande historia jamás cantada / The most amazing story ever sung,” made history by premiering on Broadway to an adoring crowd in New York last night at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. (more…)
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