Afro-Latino rhythm and culture to heat up your holiday season! BOMBA, PLENA & POESÍA Rhythmic treasures of our Afro Caribe heritage, from Palés to Guillén! A classic, Baile Cangrejero sets the great masters of Afro-Latino poetry to the dynamic rhythms of bomba, plena and bolero. [tab: TICKETS] CLICK ON DATES FOR ADVANCE DISCOUNT TICKETS! Wednesday,…
The Appalachian-Puerto Rican Musical! BETSY! tells the story of a Bronx jazz singer forced to confront her twin Spanish Caribbean and Scotch-Irish roots. Her dilemma stirs up the ghosts of six generations of American women, and musical currents spanning four continents. Premiering at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan. [tab:TICKETS] Click on date to…
THE DESIRE OF THE ASTRONAUT World Premiere May 4-22, 2016 Pregones Ensemble’s latest production! Enter the world of Esteban Only – the last Boricua in space! Written and directed by Alvan Colón-Lespier. Musical Director Desmar Guevara. [tab: ABOUT] Floating in space thousands and thousands of miles away from us, Esteban Only is calling, yet his call…
Buy Tickets TWO DAYS – TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS! IN THE BRONX: Sunday April 8, 2018 @ 7pm IN MANHATTAN: Monday April 9, 2018 @ 7pm A night of 6 short plays about the BX’s most memorable dance clubs! The 2018 rendition of 48 Hours in El Bronx takes a tour through some of the most…
Buy Tickets December 18, 2016 7pm & 9pm IN THE BRONX Six urgent plays about the BX! 6 PLAYWRIGHTS • 6 DIRECTORS • 18 ACTORS unite in six 10-minute raw impressions of 6 Bronx sources and events. The short plays are created over the span of 48 Hours and performed live in one thrilling final…
October 20-22, 2017 El Apagón/The Blackout Strictly Limited Engagement! GET TICKETS here! While riding the New York subway uptown from Brooklyn to El Barrio, and eager to witness the birth of his firstborn, a Puerto Rican factory worker and his best friend, Trompoloco, are caught in the Great Northeastern Blackout. Performed in Spanish & English…
BUY TICKETS May 10-12, 2018 [embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0p8nOpyn58&width=400&height=250&autoplay=1[/embedyt] Flaco Navaja – THE Bronx sonero, breaks it down in Hell’s Kitchen! FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY! At The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan From Janis to Menudo to The Doors to Lavoe to Blades to Hendrix, FLACO NAVAJA takes us on the rollercoaster of inspiration a singer and storyteller…
October 7, 2017 The Harlem Hellfighters On A Latin Beat! Centenary Celebration! GET TICKETS here! Join us for a jazz-rag-danza concert celebrating 100 years of the 369th Infantry & its epic Regimental Band, including sixteen eminent Puerto Ricans! Based on our popular musical by the same name, first premiered in 2010. Performed in Spanish &…
From its success in Hell’s Kitchen and now on its way to Los Angeles, this sizzling Pregones production makes a quick one-week stop in The Bronx. Join the actors and musicians of Pregones as they prepare to represent the company in the Los Angeles Theater Center’s National Encuentro – the largest National Latin@ Theater Festival…
EL BOLERO WAS MY DOWNFALL Text in English. Songs in Spanish. Dual-language supertitles. Strictly Limited Engagement JUNE 1-30, 2017 BUY TICKETS! Days before leaving jail, LOCA LA DE LA LOCURA, nightclub entertainer and self-fashioned femme fatale, recounts a life of travestismo and the terrible turn that landed her in prison. A tribute to a great…