MARCHING ONWARD

BY ROSALBA ROLÓN “Marching onward, marching onward, marching to that lovely tune”. These lyrics from the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin (1868 – 1917), kept pulling me in as I sat to listen to the first concert of March Is Music at our Pregones Theater. Radio Pirata hit the stage with a rich repertoire of…

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND!

BY ROSALBA ROLÓN “Raise your right hand! Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” This is how the first courtroom scene in Pregones/PRTT’s The Red Rose begins. The occasion? Puerto Rican activist Jesús Colón is called to testify,…

BUCKLE UP for 2023-2024!!

BY ROSALBA ROLÓN Let’s party! Pregones/PRTT’s 23-24 Season has arrived, bringing in-person theater, music, dance, exhibits, films, outdoors events, and multiple collaborations to our Bronx and Manhattan theaters and neighborhood public spaces. Our cable TV and online offerings will continue, as will our artists’ participation in a range of streamed interviews and events. A new…