WE STAND FOR SOCIETY AND SAFE HAVEN: Regarding Events of 12 June 2016, Latin Night at LGBTQ Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL PREGONES THEATER and PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THEATER stand with all persons who refuse to allow fear to deter the vibrancy of our cultures and silence the voices of our brethren. We celebrate, support,…
Buy Tickets November 5-6, 2016 IN THE BRONX Directly from Puerto Rico! MUNDO CRUEL is collaboratively adapted from Luis Negrón’s eponymous short story collection, winner of a 2014 Lambda Literary Award. Like the book, which garnered comparisons to the more popular works of Argentine author Manuel Puig, MUNDO CRUEL jolts the audience with the verve,…
“Look at her! She’s so beautiful!”, said Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to have flown space, as the space shuttle took her and fellow astronauts hundreds of miles away. Ms. Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut, was referring to Planet Earth. Earth was a female. It always has been. I remember that day in 1969 when Neil…
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…
What happens when a group of artists transitions from running their touring ensemble to leading it, programming venues and becoming a midsize theater institution? In the beginning… We thought we would be a touring troupe forever. In 1979, a group of like-minded Puerto Rican actors joined together in the fashion of Caribbean and Latin American…
Two people observing the same event may and will probably recount it differently. Multiply that by 10 or 20 people and you’ll probably end up with just as many versions. There is a difference, though, between witnessing, perceiving or researching an event and writing about it, and rewriting history to secure a position of privilege…
Sunday March 6, 2016 @ 3PM | FREE! A FREE Bronx Piano Sundays Concert! ABOUT Meral Guneyman MERAL GUNEYMAN – Turkish born jazz pianist Meral Guneyman’s talents have won her numerous competitions and allowed her to perform around the globe as a soloist and with symphony orchestras in her pursuit in the advancement of contemporary…
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,…
Take a look at the 2016 line-up. Tickets go on sale February 8, 2016. Mivos Quartet Free Opening Concert of our MARCH IS MUSIC 2016 series! March 2, 2016 Wednesday, 7pm FREE EVENT Click Here to RSVP Timbalaye Latin percussion Jazz with the one and only Ralph Irizarry! March 5, 2016 Saturday, 8pm Tickets start…
MIVOS QUARTET – “One of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” (The Chicago Reader), the Mivos Quartet is dedicated to introducing audiences to new music. The quartet actively commissions and premieres new works, often collaborating with composers like Helmut Lachenmann, Alex Mincek, and Anna Clyne throughout the composition process. Presented in collaboration with Carnegie…