HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip". In this sense, we use it to highlight HOLA members or Friends of HOLA who are getting acting, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.

Mario Golden, Vivienne Jurado, and A.B. Lugo, shown clockwise from top left, were featured in Broadway World, where their co-starring roles in the Domnica Rădulescu play Exile is My Home is highlighted. Produced by Theater for the New City (with support from OneHeart Productions), the play is having its world premiere and will be directed by Andreas Robertz. The play also stars Nikaury Rodríguez, Noemí de la Puente, David Van Leesten, and Mirandy Rodríguez, and will run in April and May at the Theater for the New City in Manhattan's East Village. To read the article, click here. For more information on the production, click here or here.

Judy Torres will be singing her hits at Harrah's Philadelphia in Chester, Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 16, 2016 (where she will share the bill with Stevie B, Tiffany, The Jets, and others), and at the historic St. George Theater in Staten Island on Saturday, April 23, 2016 (where she will share the bill with George LaMond, The Cover Girls, Lisette Meléndez, Noel, Nayobe, and others). For more information, click here (for the show at Harrah's Philadelphia) and here (for the show at the St. George Theater). To see a schedule of her upcoming performances, click here.

Liliana Inés Barrera is the line producer and production designer of the New York production unit of the upcoming feature film Almas de furia. The film co-stars Lucio Fernández, Tony Rodríguez and Mônica Steuer, is co-produced by Rodríguez and is being co-directed by Pablo Yotich (Argentina unit) and Fernández (New York unit).

Anthony Ruiz is assistant directing the pilot "The Last Hand" (written by Paula Pizzi and Ed Trucco, and directed by Trucco). The pilot, which is currently shooting in New York City, stars Pizzi, Nelson Landrieu, Mariana Parma, Carolina Ravassa, Iván Camilo, and John J. Concado.

The II Semana Teatral de Miami en Off-Broadway festival, produced by Ángel Gil Orrios of Thalía Spanish Theatre and Yoshvani Medina of ArtSpoken Performing Arts Center, is being presented in March and April at Thalía's namesake theater located in the Sunnyside area of Queens. The festival brings productions preseneted in Miami to New York. The productions are listed below (HOLA members are marked in boldface).

• Sœur de
Written by Lot Vekemans and directed by Christophe Thébault
Presented by Krizo Théâtre
With Ana Elle

• Dos viejos pánicos
Written by Virgilio Piñera and directed by Juan Roca
Presented by Havanafama
With Viviana Morales and David Ponce

• Cuando duerme conmigo
Written by Eduardo Román and directed by Yoshvani Medina
Presented by ArtSpoken
With Yenilen Mola and Francisco Porras

• Las sillas
Written by Eugène Ionesco and directed by Marilyn Romero and Gerardo Riverón
Presented by RodArte
With Marilyn Romero and Gerardo Riverón

For more information on the II Semana Teatral de Miami en Off-Broadway festival, click here.

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?