Saturday March 5, 2016 @ 8PM MARCH IS MUSIC 2016 series! ABOUT Timbalaye TIMBALAYE – A septet with a Latin twist and a fresh innovative sound combines contemporary jazz with rhythmic elements from all over Latin America and Africa, as well as Cuba and Puerto Rico. Timbalaye was created by Ralph Irizarry, world renowned percussionist…
Friday July 10 & Saturday July 11, 2015 at 8PM TRES The explosive Marques/Stinson/O’Farrill jazz trio returns to our Bronx stage! [tab: ABOUT] TRES is a multifaceted collaborative trio influenced by contemporary jazz, hip-hop, Latin jazz and punk, playing an all-originals repertoire composed by each musician: Catalan pianist Albert Marques, and Americans double-bassist Walter Stinson,…
TAKING OUR PLACE: Dan Guerrero Does It On Stage [We asked Rosalba Rolón to share a few personal notes about artist Dan Guerrero’s impressive trajectory and his acclaimed autobiographical performance ¡Gaytino! Enjoy!] “We went to the front of the line and we took our place.” This is one of my favorite lines of Dan Guerrero’s…
Friday June 26, 2015 at 8PM Creating Connections: Latina artists on the move! Dancing to the beat of NYC, six artists explore the Caribbean/Latina-American experience through dance and performance. [tab: ABOUT] Following a collaborative process, this multi-media event pays tribute to the original troupe of dancers/choreographers who crafted the dance/theater piece Out of La Negrura…
Our recent, multi-voiced and multi-media blog series is now archived for you to read, comment, and share in conjunction with the Off-Broadway run of BETSY! —the Appalachian-Puerto Rican Musical— starting April 9 at PRTT! Thanks to our partners at Roadside Theater, the good people at Café Onda, HowlRound, and Imagining America, and the BETSY! Circle…
LET’S TALK is an easy mix of performance and conversation among artists, scholars, and lovers of the arts! LET’S TALK is your chance to learn something new about the making and sharing of theater, music, dance, and multimedia. LET’S TALK takes you behind the scenes and up close with the muse and the technology. LET’S…
October 1-25, 2014, in MANHATTAN A brand new staging of “the quintessential Boricua play,” celebrating the merger of Pregones Theater and Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. Featuring the return to the stage of acclaimed actor and original Apagón cast member Jorge B. Merced, together with rising Latino stage, film, and music star Flaco Navaja. Directed by…
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…
[tab: TICKETS]CLICK ON DATES FOR TICKETS Friday, November 14 @ 7:00 PM* Saturday, November 15 @ 3:00 PM Saturday, November 15 @ 7:00 PM Sunday, November 16 @ 3:00 PM Sunday, November 16 @ 7:00 PM *Special conversation and reception with Ms. Colón following screening. [tab: ABOUT]FILM SCREENING AND CONVERSATION WITH MIRIAM COLÓN The film,…