HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mention 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.

Jesús E. Martínez, Soledad López and Ángel Gil Orrios were featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (edited by 2016 HOLA Awards recipient Héctor Luis Rivera) as a result of their participation in the Thalía Hispanic Theatre production of Apartment for Sale (tenant included)/Se vende apartamento (con inquilino). Written by Juan Carlos Rubio, the production co-stars López and Martínez and is produced, directed and designed by Orrios. The show will run in September and October at Thalía's eponymous theater located in the Sunnyside area of Queens. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here. [Above left: Martínez; above right, left to right: López, Gil Orrios.]

Cynthia Bastidas, shown at left, above, modeled clothing from Jennifer López and Rock and Republic on the fourth hour of NBC's "Today" (hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb).

Johanna Tolentino, shown at right, above, booked a guest-starring role on "The Blacklist" (NBC).

Alicia Kaplan and 2016 HOLA Awards recipient Alfonso Rey were both featured in separate articles in the New York weekly newspaper Impacto Latin News, where the former was highlighted for her recent tour of Colombia with the Danisarte production of Soliluna (created and directed by Kaplan) and the latter was lauded for his recent win of the Monologando Contando Ando festival for the solo show #Popular (written by Marcos Purroy and directed by Rey). To read the articles, which are in Spanish, click on the image at above right.

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?