Friday, April 15, 2011

THEATER / April 14-22

April 14 - Ongoing (8:00 pm and other schedules; see below) Ghetto Klown. John Leguizamo presents his newest one-man show, which tells his story from a childhood in Queens to his earliest days onstage in the avant-garde theater of 1980s New York. At Lyceum Theater, 149 West 45th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 944-4100. 

April 14 - Ongoing (8:00 pm and other schedules; see below) La Barbería. New World Stages presents this musical comedy about Benny Acevedo, a Washington Heights landlord and barbershop owner who must decide whether to sell his building or remain in the neighborhood he loves after receiving a multimillion-dollar offer for the building. Set to an original score of Latin Music, and performed primarily in Spanish. At New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street. For more information  click here or call (212) 239-6200. 

April 14 - Ongoing (11:00 am and other schedules; see below) El Quijote.  A festive adaptation of Cervantes' classic novel, composed of twelve scenes that tell different stories based on the original text. At Repertorio Español, 138 East 27 Street. For more information  
click here or call (212) 889-2850. 

April 14 -Ongoing (8:00 pm and other schedules; see below) En el tiempo de las mariposas (In The Time of the Butterflies). A play by Caridad Svitch, based on the novel by Julia Alvarez. The story of the Mirabal sisters, murdered in 1960 by  thugs on the payroll of dictator Rafael Trujillo, a crime that prompted the fall of the Trujillo regime and left a deep mark in Dominican history. In Spanish with English translation. At Repertorio Español, 138 East 27 Street. For reservations, schedules  or more information 
click here or call (212) 889-2850. 

April 14 – 17 (8:00 pm and other schedules; see below) El Apagón (The Blackout). This play, adapted from a story by José Luis González, centers around a Puerto Rican factory worker who is riding the train up to El Barrio to witness the birth of his first child, only to find himself and his best friend caught in the Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965. Accompanied by a three-piece Latin bang. In Spanish and English. At Pregones Theater, 571-575 Walton Avenue, The Bronx. For more information and to purchase tickets click here or call (718) 585-1202.

April 14-23 (8:00 pm and other schedules; see below) El Gringuito at Teatro LATEA.  Teatro LATEA presents this one-man show, written and performed by Eric-Dominque Perez, as part of The One Festival. Perez, a man of Puerto Rican and Corsican heritage -- "I guess that makes me a cursed Rican" -- explores his conflicting identities. At Teatro LATEA, 107 Suffolk Street. For more information click here or call  (212) 529-2948.

April 17-June 12 (8:00 pm and other schedules; see below) Growing Up Gonzales: Love, Lies, and My First Hooker. Written, produced, and directed by Felix Rojas, this one-man show stars Herbie Quinones as Cisco Gonzales, a forty-something Puerto Rican with a seriously confused identity. At the 6th Street Playhouse, 638 East 6th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 868-4444.

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