April 21 - 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 21 - 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 21 - 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 21 - 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 21 - 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 21 - 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 21 - 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 21-23 (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 21-25 (8:00 pm and other schedules; see below) Aloha Boricua. Based on the writings of Manuel Ramos Otero, this musical combines traditional Puerto Rican music with reggaeton to tell the story of the Puerto Rican migration to Hawaii. In Spanish and English with titles. At Pregones Theater, 571-575 Walton Ave, the Bronx. For more information click here or call (718) 585-1202.
April 21-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.
April 21 (11:00 am) La Casa de Bernarda Alba. This play by Federico Garcia Lorca and directed by Rene Buch tells the story of a domineering mother trying to marry off her five daughters. Presented in Spanish, with live simultaneous English translation available. At Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 889-2850.
April 27 - ongoing (11:00 am and other schedules; see below) La Gringa. In this play written by Carmen Rivera and directed by Rene Buch, native New Yorker Maria travels to her homeland, Puerto Rico, for the first time to meet the family she's never known. At Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 889-2850.
April 28 (2:00 pm and 7:00 pm) Way to Heaven (Himmelweg). This play written by Juan Mayorga, Spain's National Theater Award recipient, and directed by Matthew Earnest, examines the make-believe utopia of Theriesenstadt, the Nazis' model Jewish settlement in the Czech Republic. In English, with simultaneous Spanish translation available. At Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 889-2850.
April 29 (8:00 pm) La Vida Es Sueno (Life is a Dream). This play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca and directed by Rene Buch tells the story of prince Segismundo, who receives a horoscope predicting that he'll bring disaster to the country, and goes to prison to try and keep the country safe. In Spanish with simultaneous English subtitles. At Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 889-2850.
Reading this post I was trying not to laugh some of the names are so funny..but will definitely attend at least 3 of these cultural events
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