August 3, 2019 in THE BRONX – Outdoors Location: Rincón Criollo / Casita de Chema. Award-winning FREE live performance and community celebration series! Music, theater, dance, literary arts and activism! Featuring Pregones/PRTT Ensemble with Jorge B. Merced in scenes from “La Guaracha”, Caridad de La Luz, Los Pleneros de La 21, Mariachi Real de México, Roya Marsh, Ariel Francisco, Sandra María Rivera, and more!
September 11, 2019 in THE BRONX – Real-time screening of large scale video installation by net.art pioneer Wolfgang Staehle, presented in partnership with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and in observance of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Video will start at 8:00 am and will show the entire course of the day, with the planes crashing at 8:46 am and 9:03 am, followed by the aftermath, running until sundown. Live music improvisation featuring Edsel Gómez, on piano, and Iván Renta, on saxophone, at 6pm. FREE event. Seating is limited — RSVP now!
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…
By January 29th, when the show closed, nearly 25,000 audience members had seen I Like It Like That – A Musical at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (PRTT) since it began last September. Think for a moment of the significance of this. PRTT has 186 seats available for this production. We performed 8 times a…
Two productions will crown our stages this Summer: EL BOLERO WAS MY DOWNFALL at Pregones Theater in The Bronx, and the Broadway district opening of SPAMILTON at Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan. Allow me to brag a bit. Two of the things we do extremely well at PregonesPRTT are: adaptations and collaborations. El Bolero…
On July 1st Pregones + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater began a brand new Season of fabulous programming. July 1st is the equivalent of our New Year’s celebration. With it, comes the traditional New Season’s resolutions, the return of our audience’s favorite programs and the birth of brand new artistic experiments. All the way to June…
September 9-23 in MANHATTAN – The autobiographical musical of The Queen of Freestyle: Judy Torres. The beloved star shares the secret and sacred truth of her experiences, and of how her own music and the fans who follow her have actually saved her life.
March 7-April 21 in MANHATTAN – EXTENDED! This year’s favorite Off-Broadway sensation! Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Spanglish! A show about family, music and cultural identity. A celebration of diversity and a bold commentary of Spanglish culture. Written and performed by Elizardi Castro. Directed by Cándido Tirado.
September 29 in THE BRONX Special Location: Willis Avenue Community Garden – Free live performance series! Music, theater, dance, poetry and activism! Featuring Bombazo Dance Company, Mazarte Dance Company, Noemí Segarra/PISO from Puerto Rico, and more!
July 28, 2019 in THE BRONX — Pregones/PRTT’s annual summer block party featuring the multicultural artists of Lincoln Center Out of Doors’ LA CASITA. Through poetry, music, and stories, a powerful community of artist-activists give voice to the everyday heroes working to uphold and extend LGBTQ, women’s, civil, immigrant, and human rights. FREE admission, all are welcome!