CLR (National Council of La Raza)-the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization-today announced that this year's revamped 2009 ALMA Awards® will showcase more Latino talent in more arenas than ever before. NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía and Executive Producer Eva Longoria Parker made the announcement at a news conference at Beso Restaurant, Longoria Parker's Latin-themed restaurant in Hollywood. Among the major changes to this acclaimed show is the addition of a co-host, the actor, comedian, and talk show host George Lopez.
Carrie Fisher set box-office records at Berkeley Repertory Theatre with her hilarious solo show, Wishful Drinking. Then it became a New York Times bestseller and played to sold-out crowds on a six-city national tour. Now Fisher returns to Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre, her last stop before the show bursts onto Broadway! This limited run - 15 performances only - begins July 9 and ends July 23.
Carrie Fisher set box-office records at Berkeley Repertory Theatre with her hilarious solo show, Wishful Drinking. Then it became a New York Times bestseller and played to sold-out crowds on a six-city national tour. Now Fisher returns to Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre, her last stop before the show bursts onto Broadway! This limited run - 15 performances only - begins July 9 and ends July 23.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with Jonathan Reinis, Jamie Cesa, Eva Price & Berkeley Repertory Theatre, is proud to present the Broadway premiere production of Wishful Drinking, created and performed by Carrie Fisher and directed by Tony Taccone at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th St).
Mixed Blood Theatre's eleventh bilingual production is a crazed comedy about a quincea?era: the definitive event in the life of a young Latina. Sweet 15 (Quincea?era ) opens March 13th and runs through March 22 at the History Theatre in downtown St. Paul.
Mixed Blood Theatre's eleventh bilingual production is a crazed comedy about a quincea?era: the definitive event in the life of a young Latina. Sweet 15 (Quincea?era ) opens March 13th and runs through March 22 at the History Theatre in downtown St. Paul.
Written by one of TV and stage's top Latino comedians, Mixed Blood Theatre's eleventh bilingual production is a crazed comedy about a quincea?era: the definitive event in the life of a young Latina, when families celebrate their daughters' arrival into womanhood. Eddy Valderama wants to throw the ultimate 'Quince' for his daughter Sonora, ten years too late. Three generations of women respond his belated generosity in this hysterical play, replete with all the trappings and traditions of a quincea?era. Sweet 15 (Quincea?era ) opens March 13th and runs through March 22 at the History Theatre in downtown St. Paul. It will be performed in English and Spanish (with English supertitles). Purchase tickets at 612.338.6131 or mixedblood.com.
Acclaimed solo performer Carlo D'Amore has extended his life sentence: audiences and critics have responded with applause to his solo show No Parole, and it is now extending through January 25 at The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street.
In this wry, energetic semiautobiographical adventure play, acclaimed actor Carlo D'Amore takes the audience on a kaleidoscopic journey through the life of a flamboyant, live-for-the-moment con artist mother, who has no trouble posing as an attorney, professor, daycare worker, or nun --- as seen through the eyes of the young son who acts as her look-out, bail, partner-in-crime, and follows her across borders, into jail, and finally to the end of the road. No Parole plays at The Marsh San Francisco November 13 - December 12, 2008.
Arena Stage welcomes Josh Kornbluth, writer/performer of Red Diaper Baby and Love & Taxes, in his hilarious and provocative one-man show Citizen Josh. A Jonathan Reinis Production, Citizen Josh is written and performed by Kornbluth in collaboration with Arena's Associate Artistic Director David Dower.
Today Tony Taccone, artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, announced additional dates for two solo shows that he staged in Berkeley before launching them on tours across the continent. Danny Hoch's Taking Over had its world premiere at Berkeley Rep in January and hit it big in Montreal this July; next week it starts an All City Tour featuring free performances in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx in addition to previously announced dates in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Moreover, after a record-breaking run in Berkeley last winter, Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking careened through Hartford, San Jose, Santa Fe, and Washington, DC this summer; now it adds Seattle to a list of upcoming destinations that also includes Boston.
In order to complete his filming schedule on his new movie 'I Love Miami,' Jaime Camil will now join the cast of LATINOLOGUES on Broadway on Tuesday, December 6 instead of the previously announced start date of November 25. 'I Love Miami,' starring Jaime Camil, will be released in
April 2006.
The four-member cast of LATINOLOGUES welcomes a fifth when ultra sexy Latin star Jaime Camil joins the company on Friday, November 25th at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
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