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Bochincherefers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mentionHOLAmembers 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.
2015 HOLA Awards recipient (and 2015 HOLA Performer's Choice Award recipient) Héctor Luis Rivera and Kathy Tejada, shown above, left to right, were featured in New York weekly newspaper Impacto Latin News, where it highlighted the banner year their theater company Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos (TEBA) had in 2015. It also announced the company's upcoming production for 2016 – Franklin Domínguez's Lisistrata odia la política (based on the Aristophanes comedy Lysistrata), to be directed by Rivera and scheduled to premiere in early 2016 at the Broadway Blackbox Theater (located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood). To read the article, which is in Spanish, click here.
R.Evolución Latina and its Founder/CEO and Artistic Director Luis Salgado, shown at right, were featured in El Blog de Pablo (written by 2015 HOLA Awards recipient Pablo García Gámez), where their participation in the second annual Parranda de Reyes (in Queens's Jackson Heights and Elmhurst neighborhoods) was highlighted. The event, a celebration of Three Kings Day/Epiphany, will take place on Sunday afternoon, January 3, 2016. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here. In addition, he was profiled in the Puerto Rican daily newspaper El Vocero de Puerto Rico, where it highlighted about his life and career as a Broadway performer (specifically his current stint in the Broadway musical On Your Feet!: The Story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan;book by 2015 HOLAAwards honoree Alexander Dinelaris, music by Gloria and Emilio Estefan, directed by Jerry Mitchell, and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo). To read the article, which is in Spanish, click here. Due to popular demand, Teatro SEA is presenting additional performances of La Gloria: A Latin Cabaret. Written by Norge Espinosa and directed by Manuel A. Morán, the evening honors the music of Cuba's La Sonora Matancera, and its three singers: Celia Cruz, Myrta Silva, and Daniel Santos. The production stars Jeannie Sol, Morán and Milteri Tucker, and will now have performances in January and February at SEA's eponymous theater, located in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. This production is a collaboration with Cuba's internationally acclaimed puppet theater troupe, Teatro de Las Estaciones. For more information about the production, click here. Alfonso Rey wrote and directed the short film The Fly, featuring Ariana Rey Rodríguez. To see the film, click on the video below. If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLAand 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 HOLAmember, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLAmember, 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?
[Oscar] Isaac’s career also brings up uncomfortable questions about the merits of colorblind casting, which has been highlighted as a way to make Hollywood more diverse. Film (and pop culture in general) has held up a mirror to white men for so long that the mere presence of people of color—especially in a blockbuster film like Star Wars[: The Force Awakens]—is regarded as progressive.Colorblind casting might land a few promising actors prestigious roles, but it isn’t a sustainable strategy: It neither addresses the systemic problems that exists behind the camera nor does it compel Hollywood to tell more racially aware stories. –ANGELICA JADE BASTIÉN, The Atlantic
Read Angelica Jade Bastién's article in The Atlantic, which talks about the diverse casting in such projects as Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and whether acceptance of colorblind casting can lead to erasure), by clicking here.
Bochincherefers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mentionHOLAmembers 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.
Edna Lee Figueroa and 2015HOLAPerformer's Choice Award recipient A.B. Lugo (also see below) were mentioned in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (written by 2015HOLAAwards and 2015 HOLA Awards Performer's Choice Award recipient Héctor Luis Rivera), where they were mentioned in the blog's Best of NYC Theater list of 2015, under the categories of Best Leading Female and Best Leading Male, respectively. Also mentioned in the list were Telba Cavero, Samuel Garnica, Paul Montoya; and 2015 HOLA Awards recipients Natalia Ivana Escobar, Jorge Luis Figueroa, Franco González Yáñez, and Aileene Pérez. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here. [Clockwise from top left: E.L. Figueroa, Lugo, Cavero, Garnica, J.L. Figueroa, Pérez, González, Escobar, Montoya, Rivera.] 2015HOLAPerformer's Choice Award recipient A.B. Lugo (also see above) is starring opposite Évi Siskos, Artemis Siskos, and David Elyha in a production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It. Produced by TTO Entertainment and directed by José A. Esquea, the play will premiere in January 2016 (the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare) at the Flamboyán Theatre in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here or here.
Rose Gutiérrez is the creator of the webseries "Cornelia". In addition to creating it, she stars as the lead character and also wrote, co-directed, and produced it. Presented by End of Story Productions, the webseries also stars Danny García, J. Santana, Gloria Zelaya, Leticia Castillo and Lisann Valentín. To see the first four webisodes of the webseries, click here.
Lucio Fernández is singing with the group Máxima Alerta on their new song "Vive la vida". The music video for the bilingual (Spanish/English) song, directed by Ramón Cruz, can be seen below (Fernández solos on the first verse, the one sung in English). If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLAand 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 HOLAmember, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLAmember, 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?
Bochincherefers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mentionHOLAmembers 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.
2015 HOLA Awards recipient Modesto Flako Jiménez, shown at right, is co-starring Academy Award winner Frances McDormand and Elizabeth LeCompte in Early Shaker Spirituals. Developed and produced by The Wooster Group, the piece is directed by Kate Valk, and is being presented in December at Spiral Hall, as part of the Sound Live Tōkyō festival in the Minato-ku ward of Tōkyō, Japan. For more information, click here or here (note that the second link is in Japanese).
2015 HOLA Awards recipientPablo García Gámez, shown at left, was featured in Vice Versa magazine where it mentions that his award-winning play Noche tan linda (which won several HOLA Awards in 2014) was presented in December by LugarOtro Estudio Teatral (under the direction of Romina Oslé) at the Teatro del Abasto in Buenos Aires, Argentina. To read the article, which is in Spanish, click here. Carlo Lorenzo García is directing a production of David Mamet's American Buffalo. Produced by the Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company, it will be run from January through March 2016 at Angel Island Theater, located in the Lake View section of Chicago, Illinois. For more information, click here, here, and here. Marlene Forté did a guest-starring role on "Code Black" (CBS). If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLAand 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 HOLAmember, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLAmember, 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?
Bochincherefers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mentionHOLAmembers 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.
Larissa Santiago, shown at right in a Chic Boutique dress, walked in the Imagen Runway Trends fashion show (sponsored by Imagen Nuestra Revista). The runway show took place in December at the Caribe Hilton, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Due to popular demand, Vladimir Ríosand Lester Blum's photo seriesI Still Remember is extending its current exhibition at the Staten Island LGBT Community Center (located in the Tompkinsville section of Staten Island) until Saturday, January 23, 2016.The photo series is a narrative taken by photographer Blum featuring Ríos (who also served as artistic director) as one of the two lead characters. The photo series, which deals with the HIV/AIDS pandemic in late-1980s/early-1990s New York, has been published as photo books and is hitting the art gallery circuit. The exhibition opened on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 in commemoration of World AIDS Day. For more information, click here. Raquel Almazán was featured in a NowThis (NT) video, where she was a panelist at the National Immigration Integration Conference (NIIC), which took place in December in New York City at the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge (located in Brooklyn Heights). For more information on the conference, click here, or on the video below. Immigrants Tell Us What They Want From a... - NowThis Election | Facebook Luis Salgado was interviewed by Rhina Valentín for the talk show "Open" (BronxNet), where he talked about his life and career as a Broadway performer (specifically his current stint in the Broadway musical On Your Feet!: The Story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan;book by 2015 HOLAAwards honoree Alexander Dinelaris, music by Gloria and Emilio Estefan, directed by Jerry Mitchell, and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo). To see the interview, click here or on the image below. BronxNet - Video Categories - Open Artist Spotlight
If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLAand 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 HOLAmember, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLAmember, 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?
Check out Mathew K. Rodríguez's article in Mic which talks about the dearth of Latino films in 2015 and the challenges Latinos still face in the entertainment industry (in which HOLA Associate Director A.B. Lugo was extensively quoted) by clicking here.
Bochincherefers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mentionHOLAmembers 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.
2015 HOLA Award recipients Modesto Flako Jiménez and Mathia Vargas, shown at right, in character, were featured in American Theatre magazine for their 2015 HOLA Award-winning role in the production Yoleros. Written by Álex Vásquez Escaño and directed by Martín Balmaceda, the show is being remounted in December by Brooklyn Gypsies and Teátrica at The Bushwick Starr, located in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. The show also stars 2015 HOLA Awards recipient Sully Bonnelly. To read the article, click here. Nicolet Lisotto booked a commercial for Simply Straight hairbrush.
Maritza Vives and 2015 HOLA Award recipient Edward Azcorra, shown above, left to right, were featured in the Arte NY blog (written by 2015 HOLA Performer's Choice Award recipient J. Edgar Mozoub, please see below), where they are performing in Dinorah Coronado's Secreto de mujeres. Directed by Edison Carrera, the play consist of two productions– one with an all-female cast playing the principals, and one with an all-male cast playing the principals (Vives and Azcorra are, incidentally, playing the same role). The production will be presented by Teatro Tocando Puertas in December at the Poet's Den Theatre in Manhattan's El Barrio neighborhood. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here.
Also mentioned in the Arte NY blog (written by 2015 HOLA Performer's Choice Award recipient J. Edgar Mozoub, please see above) are Eduardo Leáñez and Inma Heredia, shown above from left to right, They will be performing at the December edition of the monthly performance series Actors With Accents. Produced by Leáñez and Patrick E. Horrigan, the next edition will take place on Friday, December 18, 2015 at Teatro Círculo, located in Manhattan’s East Village. To read the blog, click here. Marco Antonio Rodríguez has announced that his award-winning play La Luz de un cigarrillo will be remounted in February 2016. Exact show dates, a theater, and full casting (Teresa Yenque has been announced as reviving her role as Lydia) for the HOLA Award-winning production are still to be announced.
Luis Salgado, shown at left, was interviewed in Broadway World Spain, where he talked about his life as an actor, singer, dancer, producer, and Broadway performer (specifically his current stint in the Broadway musical On Your Feet!: The Story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan;book by 2015 HOLAAwards honoree Alexander Dinelaris, music by Gloria and Emilio Estefan, directed by Jerry Mitchell, and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo). To read the interview, which is in Spanish, click here. In addition, he and fellow On Your Feet! castmember Doreen Montalvo were interviewed by Latin American News channel Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 (NTN24) about their roles in the production. For more information, click here. To see the interview, which is in Spanish, click on the video below. Actores de "On Your Feet" presentaron en NTN24 el musical de Gloria y Emilio Stefan If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLAand 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 HOLAmember, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLAmember, 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?
