(718) 518-4455 Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture Box Office
Company: Hostos Repertory Company Written by: Tere Martínez Directed by: Angel Morales With: Olga Agostini, Sandra Berríos, Melissa Carballo, Max Morat and Yaraní del Valle Set design: Regina García Costume design: Harry Nadal Lighting design: Jack Jacobs Sound design: Barbara Vlahides Photos by: Marino Corniel Free outdoor performances in partnership with New York City Parks Foundation’s CityParks Theater, presented by Time Warner: Sunday, August 10 @ 8pm Tuesday, August 12 @ 8pm Language: Bilingual with English supertitles. Ticket Prices: Free Admission Synopsis: When an unexpected visitor challenges the cultural contradictions of a Puerto Rican family in East Harlem, everyone is forced to reexamine the past, present, and future of their home island.Borinquen, the proud matriarch carries the native Taíno Indian name for Puerto Rico; her Americanized daughter Minerva has uprooted and made Connecticut's suburbs her new home; her ex-boyfriend Carlos, a former Young Lord holds on to his youthful idealism for the island's independence – along with his unrequited love for Minerva.
“Borinquen resonated at Hostos.” – Antonio Bones, Tiempo, New York “With candid vision and humor, this play explores the reality of Puerto Rican immigration.”
Borinquen Lives in El Barrio ran June 6-8 during TeatroStageFest 2008 at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street, Bronx. The show was presented with Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, Wallace Edgecombe, HCA&C Director. With additional support by Hostos Community College President Dolores M. Fernández and Probost Daisy Cocco de Filippis. Presenting Partner Sponsors
(212) 225-9920 Repertorio Español Box Office
Dates: Friday, June 13th (8:00 PM), Saturday, June 14th (8:00 PM), Sunday, June 15th (3:00 PM & 6:30PM) Company: Repertorio Español Written By: Jorge Amado. Stage Adaptation by Veronica Triana and Jorge Alí Triana. Directed by: Jorge Alí Triana Starring: Francisco Gattorno, Denise Quiñones or Selenis Levya With: Pedro Serka, Anthony Alvarez, Silvia Sierra, Puy Navarro, Tatiana Vecino, Rosie Berrido, Laura Gómez, Gredivel Vásquez, Alberto Morgan and Indio Meléndez Production design: Robert Federico Photos by: Michael Palma Location: Repertorio Español Language: In Spanish with live English interpretation Ticket Prices: $35 - Students/Seniors: $15 Presented in partnership with Repertorio Español Synopsis: Be it magical realism or wishful thinking, Doña Flor gets it all! She manages to live and sleep with her conventional new husband and her irresistible (deceased) first spouse. In this sexy stage adaptation of Brazil’s best-selling novel by Jorge Amado, “the best of both worlds” come together in a delightful comedy directed by Colombian Jorge Ali Triana that is bound to defy physical boundaries and expand the definition of love.
“Raucous and bawdy, Repertorio Español’s production of Doña Flor and Her Two Husbands begins with a bang: carnival, exuberant music and dancing.” – Rachel Saltz, The New York Times "A sensual feast and a joyful celebration… The staging, scenery, music, costumes, lights and choreography are excellent… the actors are wonderful." – Juan Fernando Merino, El Diario/La Prensa
Directions by subway: 6 or R train to 28th Street, walk East to Lexington Avenue and then one block south to East 27th Street. Presenting Partner
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Dates: Saturday, June 14 (3:00 PM & 7:00 PM) in English, Sunday, June 15 (3:00 PM) in Spanish Company: Thalia Spanish Theatre Produced, Designed & Directed by: Angel Gil Orrios Writen by: Pablo Picasso Original Music: Basilio Georges Choreography: Aurora Reyes With: Aurora Reyes, Erika de Julia, Silvia Siller, Kathy Tejada, Angela Perez, Walter Guzman, Hector Luis Rivera, and Yloy Ybarra as Pablo Picasso. Guitars: Basilio Georges and Jed Miley Photos by: Michael Palma Location: Teatro Heckscher at El Museo del Barrio Ticket Prices: $20 - Students/Seniors: $15 (use code ST08 at checkout) Sponsored by American Express, Contributing Sponsor of TeatroStageFest. Presented in partnership with El Museo del Barrio. Presented with el Museo del Barrio Synopsis: "Everything you find in these poems, you can also find in my paintings.” A fusion of Pablo Picasso’s poetic texts titled The Burial of Count Orgaz, projections of his paintings, Cubist masks, and the passion of live flamenco takes audiences on a unique theatrical journey into the mind of the man who forever transformed contemporary art. Experimental poetry provides access into the artist’s childhood memories in Málaga and the influences surrounding his art. Presented in one of the City’s leading art institutions El Museo del Barrio. Directions by Subway: Number 6 train to Lexington Ave. and East 103rd St. Walk 1 block North to 104th Street and 3 blocks west to 5th Avenue.
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