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Latin Theatre in New York City


Latin theatre in New York City is mostly Off-Broadway where great theater begins. Off-Off-Broadway theaters play important roles in their communities.

The Public Theater is producing artists of color.

Repertorio Español, built by Cubans, is one of NYC’s most successful Off-Broadway theaters. Award-winning Atlantic Theater Company is producing Latin theater.

Pregones/PRTT is Puerto Rican community theatre. Teatro SEA bilingual puppet theatre, is one of our favorite theatre companies.

The National Black Theatre is growing.

NYC Broadway Week is a popular 2-for-1 ticket promotion in January/February and September.

Off-Broadway Week is a popular 2-for-1 ticket promotion in February and September/October.

Thanks for sponsoring Latin theatre:
Atlantic Theater Company
Hostos Center
New York Tourism + Conventions
Repertorio Español
RISE Theatre Directory
Signature Theatre


Latin Theatre


"In the Valley of Coming Forth" (Dr. Herukhuti/CCCADI)

“In the Valley of Coming Forth” is an Afrofuturist Funk Ritual Play with Cosplay and a DJ After Party at Weeksville Heritage Center

WEEKSVILLE HERITAGE CENTER, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 🇺🇸 🇭🇹

Continue Reading “In the Valley of Coming Forth” is an Afrofuturist Funk Ritual Play with Cosplay and a DJ After Party at Weeksville Heritage Center

"The Other Side Story" by Ángel Vázquez (Hostos Center)

“The Other Side Story” is a One-Man Musical Comedy About the Brilliance and Resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora at Hostos Center

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Ángel Vázquez, Resident Artist at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, tells funny, but true stories, about the brilliance and resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. 🇵🇷

Continue Reading “The Other Side Story” is a One-Man Musical Comedy About the Brilliance and Resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora at Hostos Center

Buena Vista Social Club™ musical (Atlantic Theater Company)

Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again, at the Atlantic Theater Company

ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ A World Premiere Saheem Ali musical, with a famous creative team, a great New York cast, and a truly inspiring story. “Chan Chan” 🇨🇺

Continue Reading Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again, at the Atlantic Theater Company

NYC Off-Broadway Week (Andrys Lukowski/Adobe)

NYC Off-Broadway Week Fall 2023 Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to Select Latin Shows

La Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Oscar Wao, La Golondrina, Radojka at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay. Bite Me at WP Theater in the Upper West Side.

On-Sale Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Performances October 3-15, 2023

🇲🇽 🇩🇴 🇺🇾

Continue Reading NYC Off-Broadway Week Fall 2023 Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to Select Latin Shows

NYC Broadway Week Summer 2023 (LittleNY/Adobe)

NYC Broadway Week Summer 2023 Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to Great Latin Broadway

Chicago the Musical, Hamilton, Here Lies Love, JaJa’s African Hair Braiding, The Lion King, Moulin Rouge, and more.

🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇹 🇵🇷 🇰🇳

Continue Reading NYC Broadway Week Summer 2023 Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to Great Latin Broadway

Find your next project. Discover your next team. Do it on RISE.

RISE Theatre Directory Joins Diverse Theatre Professionals With Top Employers

Find your next project. Discover your next team. Do it on RISE.

Continue Reading RISE Theatre Directory Joins Diverse Theatre Professionals With Top Employers

More Latin Theatre

NYC Theatre Venues


David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Hosts Free Concerts and Dance Parties

Jaime Lozano “Navidad en Familia” Broadway song 🇲🇽
La Excelencia salsa dura for dancing 🇨🇴
DJ Hovy latin-influenced house music 🇨🇴

LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan

United Palace is Upper Manhattan’s Performing Arts Center

Sin Bandera “Frecuencia” Tour 🇦🇷 🇲🇽
“Faith in Blackness” movie 🇺🇸
Annette Aguilar & String Beans “In the North” album release party 🇳🇮
Buunni Community Open Mic 🇳🇵🇪🇹
Enrique Guzman “Inmortales del Rock n Roll” 🇲🇽
“The Chevalier” the Joseph Bologne film 🇫🇷 🇬🇵
El Rubio Acordeón merengue 🇩🇴
Jesús Adrián Romero “Terrenal Tour” Christian 🇲🇽
Héctor Acosta “El Torito” merengue & bachata 🇩🇴
“Mariposas de Acero” Mirabal Sisters musical theatre 🇩🇴
Myriam Hernandez “Invencible Tour” pop 🇨🇱

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan

Lincoln Center Theater

Newhouse Theater ~ “The Gardens of Anuncia” Michael John LaChiusa’s Graciela Daniele Story 🇦🇷

LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan

Hostos Center is One of New York’s Top Latin Performing Arts Centers

Los Pleneros de la 21 celebrate 40 Years with Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in “Una Navidad Nuyorkina” 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🎄
Papo Vázquez & the Mighty Pirates Troubadours Latin jazz parranda 🇵🇷 🎄
Playground Theater Open Mic with Eric Avilés

MOTT HAVEN, The Bronx

Atlantic Theater Company is a Tony, Pulitzer, Grammy, and HOLA Award-Winning Producer

Buena Vista Social Club 🇨🇺

CHELSEA, Manhattan

Queens Theatre is the Premiere Performing Arts Center in Queens

Casa de Muñecas 2 El regreso de Nora 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
NY International Mariachi Festival 🇲🇽
Ballet Nepantla “Nacimiento” World Premiere 🇲🇽
Charo flamenco comedy 🇪🇸
Tout à Trac “Pinocchio” theatre 🇮🇹 🇨🇦

FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens

The Public Theater Produces Shakespeare in the Park and Develops American Theatre

“Hell’s Kitchen” by Alicia Keys 🇺🇸
“Manahatta” by Mary Kathryn Nagle 🇺🇸
“The Ally” by Itamar Moses 🇮🇱
“Sally & Tom” by Suzan-Lori Parks 🇺🇸
“Jordans” by Ife Olujobi 🇳🇬
Shakespeare in the Park

NOHO, Manhattan

Repertorio Español Spanish-Language Repertory Theatre is one of Off-Broadway’s Most Successful Theaters

“El Quijote,” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 🇪🇸
“El último personaje de Cecilia B.,” Giovanny Cruz 🇵🇷
“En el tiempo de las mariposas,” Julia Álvarez 🇩🇴
“Eva Luna,” Isabel Allende 🇨🇱
“La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao,” Junot Díaz 🇩🇴
“La casa de Bernarda Alba,” García Lorca 🇪🇸
“La dama boba,” Lope de Vega 🇪🇸
“La golondrina,” Guillem Clua 🇪🇸
“La gringa,” Carmen Rivera 🇵🇷
“Lo preciso,” Rafael Ramírez flamenco 🇪🇸
“Radojka,” Schmidt & Ibarzabal theatrical comedy 🇺🇾

KIPS BAY, Manhattan


Latin Broadway Shows

Broadway shows play in Broadway theaters with 500 or more seats.

Chicago’s good bad-girl and bad good-girl lead characters were defined by Chita Rivera and Liza Minelli. Broadway’s longest-running show now cycles stars of stage and screen through its roles. 🇵🇷 🇮🇹

“Hamilton” is the Broadway hit of our generation. New York Puerto Rican Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Miranda family are special. 🇵🇷

The Lion King tells stories of Mother Africa. lionking.com

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is set in the Paris red-light district. 🇫🇷


Off-Broadway Theaters

Off-Broadway theaters have 100-499 seats.

54 Below

54 Below, in Studio 54’s notorious basement, is a cabaret where Broadway stars regularly perform. 54below.com

Atlantic Theater Company

A Tony, Pulitzer, Grammy, and HOLA Award-Winning producer and educator.

Delacorte Theater

The Delacorte Theater is the home of Free Shakespeare in the Park, produced by the Public Theater.

National Black Theatre

The National Black Theatre is growing.

New York City Center

New York City Center is the home of the Manhattan Theatre Club, and a major producer of Broadway revivals in Encores!

Pregones/PRTT

Pregones/PRTT combines the Pregones Theater and the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.

Signature Theater

The Signature Theater is a playwrights theater. It regularly develops artists of color.

Teatro SEA

Teatro SEA is New York’s Latin children’s theatre. It’s known for it’s puppetry and producing bilingual theatre.


Latin Off-Off Broadway

Off-Off Broadway theaters have under 100 seats. This is community theatre, where theatre begins.

The Flea

The Flea Theater is an experimental house for Black, Brown and Queer theatre in Tribeca. theflea.org

IATI Theater

IATI Theater is a bilingual Latinx experimental theatre in the Bowery section of the East Village. @iatitheater

ID Studio Theater

ID Studio Theater is a Colombian community theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx.

Intar Theatre

Intar Theatre, in Hell’s Kitchen, is one of the oldest Latin theatre companies in the United States. Since 1966. intartheatre.org

La MaMa

La MaMa is an experimental theatre for emerging playwrights in the Lower East Side.

Producers Club

The Producers Club is a small playhouse with five stages or screening rooms, and a bar lounge, in the Times Square Theater District.

Teatro Circulo

Teatro Circulo is a Latin bilingual theatre and rehearsal space in Manhattan’s East Village.

Teatro LATEA

Teatro LATEA is an experimental Latin community theatre at The Clemente in the Lower East Side.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

The Thalia Spanish Theatre is led by a Spanish director who has been producing bilingual theatre in Sunnyside, Queens for over 30 years.


NYC Theatre Presenters

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Hosts Free Concerts and Dance Parties

United Palace is Upper Manhattan’s Performing Arts Center

Hostos Center is One of New York’s Top Latin Performing Arts Centers


About Theatre


All the world’s civilizations have their own unique theatre traditions. In Mother Africa, ancient Egyptian passion plays go back as far as 2,000 BC. Native Americans, including the Maya, Aztec and Inca cultures, had their own theatre traditions. India, China, and Southeast Asia have rich theatre traditions too.

European Theatre

European theatre traditions begin with Aeschylus “The Persians” at the Greek Theatre of Dionysus in 472 BC. During the Middle Ages in Europe, religious theatre was used as a preliterate teaching tool, until it got rather unreligious and was banned. Those traditions live on today in holiday traditions across the Latin world.

Italian Commedia dell’arte, which we now call slapstick physical comedy (or TikTok or YouTube), became popular in the 1500s-1700s.

Latin Theatre

Latin theatre builds on Spanish Golden Age traditions (1590-1681) when all levels of society, from royals to street people, went to the theatre.

New York Theatre

It begins with Thomas Kean and Walter Murray’s Shakespearian and operatic theatre in the old Financial District in 1750. The first successful African American theatre was the African Grove Theatre which started at 38 Thomas St in Civic Center in 1821.

The first national American theatre was the short form comedy of minstrel shows from around 1850-1870. That racist nonsense still troubles us. In New York City, short form comedy evolved into vaudeville, radio, movies, television, and MTV. YouTube and Tik Tok are contemporary forms.

“Direct from Broadway” became a theatre marketing slogan when productions began national tours after the U.S. Civil War (1861-65). At the time all New York theatre was called Broadway theatre.

Latin theatre in New York City builds from Teatro Puerto Rico (1948-1994) which thrived with the Puerto Rican Great Migration of the 1950s.

Native American theatre traditions become part of Chicano theatre in the 1960s-70s.

Today what we call the Harlem Renaissance 3.0, is creating unprecedented opportunities for the “other” New York, artists of color. We are the 69%, and together, we are 100% New York City.

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