Leguizamo to Release GHETTO KLOWN Album in March
By: Nicole Rosky Jan. 18, 2011
Fania Records announced today a new association with award winning actor John Leguizamo and Westbeth Entertainment. The CD titled "GHETTO KLOWN" - MUSIC FROM MY HOOD, curated by Leguizamo, will include tracks from the famed Latin music label and will be accompanied by a booklet with liner notes and photos.
This production will be released in conjunction with John Leguizamo's return to Broadway with his new show, GHETTO KLOWN. The show, conceived and performed by Emmy and Obie Award winner John Leguizamo, will play at Broadway's Lyceum Theater (149 West 45th Street) . Previews begin on February 21st and opening night is March 22, 2011. Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens directs; the show is presented by Westbeth Entertainment, Daveed D. Frazier and Nelle Nugent. The CD will be available at the show and released in traditional music retail channels in March.
"I am honored to be able to collaborate with the legendary label and re-visit all my favorite classics, said Leguizamo. It is a dream to create my own compilation with the songs I grew up with and were an inspiration for all my shows."
About Fania
Código Music has acquired both the West Side Latino and Fania catalogs, giving it the greatest repertoire in tropical music, comprising more than four thousand albums by the masters of the genre. Today Fania is home to more than 200 of the top artists' catalogs in tropical music. These artists mixed a cornucopia of styles that transcended the boundaries of traditional Latin music and set the path for the genres of Latin big band, Afro-Cuban jazz, boogaloo, salsa and Latin R&B. They include Beny Moré, Sonora Matancera, Orquesta Aragón, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, Tito Rodríguez, Ray Barretto, Cortijo, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco, Joe Cuba, Larry Harlow and Rubén Blades, to mention a few.
GHETTO KLOWN is the next chapter in John Leguizamo's hugely popular personal and professional story. It follows in the unabashed, uncensored, and uninhibited tradition of his Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, and Sexaholix...a Love Story. In Leguizamo's trademark style, the piece explodes with energy, leading audiences on a fever-pitch adventure and heating up the stage with vivid accounts of where he's been and the colorful characters who have populated his life. Leguizamo takes audiences from his adolescent memories in Queens to the early days of his acting career during the outrageous 80s avant-garde theatre scene, and on to the sets of major motion pictures and his roles opposite some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
To follow "Ghetto Klown: visit www.GhettoKlown.com ; www.twitter.com/ghettoklown; www.facebook.com/ghettoklown
Westbeth Entertainment, Arnold Engelman-President, is a producing organization that has successfully and consistently produced critically-acclaimed, financially successful, ground-breaking entertainment for 30 years. From Eddie Izzard to Billy Connolly, John Leguizamo to Lewis Black, The Jim Henson Company to Margaret Cho, Wigfield to Hedwig, and The Family Guy to Tenacious D, WestBeth has been the creative catalyst, partner and producer of some of the most innovative productions in North America. www.westbethent.com
Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos
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