Anthony Ramos plays Usnavi in the upcoming film adaptation of In The Heights. He recently spoke to ET about his experience working on the film, the importance of the show, diverse casting, and more!
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND comes to life with mounds of sand, full-fledged shacks, an overturned boat that doubles as a platform, a wood-planked bridge, and a running stream of water that curls around the stage in a rock-lined canal.
Let me repeat: they built a river that flows through the theatre.
It's the most impressive set I've seen here, and that's saying something. At one point, rain falls down from the ceiling all around the stage, as if to replenish the river as it evaporates under Derek Critzer and Jonathan Scaringella's lively light design.
La Sala Adamo Boari del Palacio de Bellas Artes fue escenario de la mesa Periodismo y literatura, en la que plumas como Julia Santibáñez Escobar, José Luis Martínez, Jesús Alejo Santiago y Yanet Aguilar Sosa, ahondaron en la participación de las mujeres en el periodismo cultural, los nuevos retos tecnológicos de la era digital y la histórica relación entre periodismo y literatura.
'You're coming with me to Connecticut'...from Italy! Move over America's Got Talent! You don't want to miss this one-of-a-kind night at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT. Janine Molinari, founder of Dance Molinari (DMO) NYC/Chicago/Los Angeles, is bringing the best talents of this summer's popular television show Performer Coppa Italia together to the United States!
LA WOMAN RISING, a documentary by Nana Ghana, described as 'a love letter to the real and diverse women of Los Angeles,' includes original poems narrated by Executive Producer Rosario Dawson. Releasing worldwide on October 18, 2019, on iTunes, major VOD services, and DVD through Giant Pictures, the film will also have limited theatrical engagements at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills.
El cielo trepanado. Sobre Hospital Británico, de Héctor Viel Temperley, es el título de la obra por la cual Adán Medellín recibió el diploma del Premio Bellas Artes de Ensayo Literario José Revueltas 2019, cuya ceremonia se realizó en el Museo de Arte Moderno de la Casa de la Cultura Ernestina Gamboa en Gómez Palacio, Durango, en el marco del Festival Cultural Revueltas 2019.
The countless number of pink plastic flamingoes populating the upstage reaches is your second clue that director Tripp Cullman, that master of finding touching emotions through a quirkily altered reality, does not have naturalism on his mind for Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo.
If there's one thing Tennessee Williams is known for, it's the emotional suffering he forces upon his characters. In honor of The Rose Tattoo's Broadway revival, we're looking back at some of his most distressed leading ladies.
En un acto organizado por el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Literatura, Beatriz Espejo (Veracruz, 1939) estuvo acompañada de familiares, amigos, colaboradores y lectores que se dieron cita para rememorar la trayectoria de “la gran maestra del cuento” o de “la escritora de alta costura”, a decir del ensayista y editor Hernán Lara Zavala, quien junto a Ethel Krauze, Mauricio Carrera y Agustín Monsreal se encargaron de celebrar la obra de Espejo.
Battery Dance Festival's Tuesday and Wednesday night performances proved that choreography is only as wonderful as its music is rich. Led by Buglisi Dance Theatre, Ballet Nepantla, Vanaver Caravan, Ballet Boy Productions, and Battery Dance Company, this fact was never far from the concertgoers' minds as they swooned blissfully to fantastic dancing coupled with brilliant music.
Hollywood Power Broker Koshie Mills is the creator and executive producer of 'The Diaspora Dialogues' talk show and docuseries. A live taping is scheduled to take place on Friday, November 1, 2019 at the California African American Museum, 600 State Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037 at 6:30 pm. This year's panelist for Los Angeles include Shaka Senghor (College Professor/Author), Ebonee Davis (Model/Activist), and Nomzamo Mbatha (Actress/UN Goodwill Ambassador).
Segerstrom Center for the Arts proudly presents internationally renowned flamenco dancer Juan Manuel Fernandez Montoya “Farruquito” for one night only on November 6, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Heir to one of the most revered Gypsy flamenco dynasties in Spain, Farruquito returns to the Center with his brand new show Farruquito Flamenco as part of its North American Tour. In this new production, Farruquito has blended his own original music and choreography and expanded his company with additional musicians and dancers to honor the historic lineage of flamenco. Said The New York Times of this distinguished performer, “He is one of today's superlative dance artists.”
There are some stories that have a timeless quality, speaking to the aches and the joys of modern life regardless of the era in which they are told. Such is the classic tale of Don Quixote, a story that, when Miguel de Cervantes published it in 1605, took on a certain meaning and century after century has been seen through an evolving lens, from comic novel to tragic statement against nobility. But in Octavio Solis' new play QUIXOTE NUEVO, which opens Hartford Stage's 2019/2020 season, the infamous Spanish Knight of La Mancha has become the Latino Knight of La Plancha (Texas) battling border surveillance drones instead of windmills and fighting for the undocumented versus the poor citizens of war-ravaged Spain.
Mandy Gonzalez will 'take a break' from playing Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton on Broadway for a rare Southern-California appearance at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Saturday, October 26 at 8pm. Gonzalez will perform hits from Wicked, Hamilton, and more.
“La poesía es una voz libre que se teje, hila y colorea”, expresó la poeta, traductora y antropóloga tseltal Adriana López, al participar en el ciclo Las primeras raíces. Literatura en lenguas originarias de México en la Sala Adamo Boari del Palacio de Bellas Artes
Hartford Stage will open its 2019/2020 season with Quixote Nuevo, an inspired, Tejano music-filled, contemporary reimagining of the Miguel de Cervantes classic Don Quixote, by award-winning playwright Octavio Solis. Performances run through Sunday, October 13.
Lin-Manuel Miranda writes energetic and challenging musicals that require a dedicated and talented cast. Not only does Landmark Community Theatre have an exquisite cast for this production of Into the Heights, but their set is well-designed and the choreography is stunning, culminating in an energy-filled spectacle for the entire audience!
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The award-winning theatre company The Anthropologists will bring their critically acclaimed play Artemisia's Intent to Jersey City's Art House Productions this October. Winner of Best Solo Drama (2018 FRIGID Festival), Artemisia's Intent delivers a tour-de-force performance to unearth the life, work and words of 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi. The show will launch its Fall 2019 regional tour at Art House Productions (262 17th Street Jersey City, NJ 07310) on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19 at 8PM. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased online at http://bit.ly/ArtemisiaJerseyCity.