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.
Robert J. Santana, shown at right, performed a self-written solo piece at the Urban Waves Summer Shorts Festival. Produced by Open Hydrant Theater Company, the short plays were directed by Luis Reyes Cárdenas and Sarah Rosenberg and presented in June at The Point, located in the Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point. For more information, click here.
The Francisco Lupini Basagoiti short film Tú. Yo. Baño. Sexo. Ahora. (starring Francisco Fuertes and Mauricio Pita) recently won the Audience Choice Award at the Springfield LGBT Film Festival, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. For more information, click here.
Jennica Carmona's film Millie and the Lords will have a special screening on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Camaradas El Barrio as part of the Puerto Rican Heritage week celebrations at the popular El Barrio boîte. The film, written and directed by Carmona (and co-produced by Joel Arandia), stars Jessica Carmona; Cedric Leiba, Jr.; and Mateo Gómez. For more information, click here or here.
Manuel A. Morán, shown at left, and Nelson Landrieu were interviewed by Lynda Baquero on NBC's "Visiones" as a result of Morán directing and producing the Teatro SEA production of Sueño. A trilingual (English-Spanish-Portuguese) musical retelling of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (complete with puppetry), it is adapted by Norge Espinosa (with English translations by Alan González and Portuguese translations by Adalberto Müller), and feature original music by Manuel Calzada and Alejandro Zuleta. The production boasts assistant direction by José A. Esquea, hair and makeup by Jeannie Sol, choreography by Daniel Fetecua, and scenic and puppet design by José López. Sueño will star Landrieu, Adriana Sananes, Daniel Soto, and Milteri Tucker (see below) among others, and will be presented outdoors in June at the La Plaza space of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. To see the interview, click here.
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The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theater, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theater. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. On Sunday, June 7, 2015, the 69th annual Tony Awards were presented.
In the 69 years of its existence (as of this writing), there have been numerous Latino nominees, but only fourteen (14) have won the award, including quite a few who have multiple Tony awards. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
• David Álvarez shared the Tony Award with Trent Kowalik and Kirill Kulish for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for playing the title role in Billy Elliot The Musical (2009).
• José Ferrer, shown at left, is the winner of three Tony Awards including receiving an award at the first Tony Awards ceremony, for Theatrical Performance by an Actor for his performance as the title character in Cyrano de Bergerac (he tied with Frederic March for his performance in the play Years Ago) in 1947. His other awards came in 1952 for Distinguished Dramatic Actor for The Shrike and for Outstanding Director for three plays (The Shrike, The Fourposter and Stalag 17). He remains the only person to win Tonys for directing and acting in the same year for the same project (essentially for directing himself).
• Jesús García shared a Special Tony Award for Excellence in Theater with the principal ensemble of La bohème (2003).
• Gerald Gutiérrez, shown at right, won back-to-back Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play with his work on The Heiress (1995) and A Delicate Balance (1996). He remains the first and only director to win a Tony for direction in two consecutive years.
• Wilson Jermaine Heredia won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featuring Actor in a Musical for his role as Angel Dumott Schunard in Rent (1996).
• Alex Lacamoire shared the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations with Bill Sherman for In The Heights (2008).
• Priscilla López won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (1980).
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, shown at left, won two 2008 Tony Awards for In The Heights, for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre and for Best Musical.
• Rita Moreno won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Ritz (1975).
• Karen Olivo won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Anita in West Side Story (2009).
• Sara Ramírez won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot (2005).
• Chita Rivera, shown at right, has won two Tony Awards, both for Best Actress in a Musical: The Rink (1984) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993). Her 2015 Tony Award nomination for The Visit ties her with Julie Harris with the most Tony nominations given to a performer, with ten (10) apiece.
• Rubén Santiago Hudson won a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role in Seven Guitars (1996).
• Paulo Szot won a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Émile de Becque in South Pacific (2008).
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.
Manuel A. Morán, shown at right, was profiled in the DNAInfo blog as a result of him directing and producing the Teatro SEA production of Sueño. A trilingual (English-Spanish-Portuguese) musical retelling of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (complete with puppetry), it is adapted by Norge Espinosa (with English translations by Alan González and Portuguese translations by Adalberto Müller), and feature original music by Manuel Calzada and Alejandro Zuleta. The production boasts assistant direction by José A. Esquea, hair and makeup by Jeannie Sol, choreography by Daniel Fetecua, and scenic and puppet design by José López. Sueño will star Nelson Landrieu, Adriana Sananes, Daniel Soto, and Milteri Tucker (see below) among others, and will be presented outdoors in June at the La Plaza space of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. To read the blog, click here.
David Zayas is currently filming the movie Lost Cat Corona (written and directed by Anthony Tarsitano). The film also stars Sean Young, Ralph Macchio, Gina Gershon and Paul Sorvino.
Rhina Valentín was profiled in The Bronx Times, where she was named one of the 25 Most Influential Women in the Bronx of 2015. To read the article, click at the image at left.
Christopher Morriss will be starring in the Samsun Knight play Vanishing Point. Produced by Middle Distance and directed by Sophie Weisskoff, the play will be presented in New York City in August as part of the New York International Fringe Festival (fringeNYC) at a downtown theater to be announced. For more information, 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?
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.
Luis Salgado, shown above left, was featured in El Blog de Pablo (written by Pablo García Gámez) as a result of two projects he is working on– one current and one upcoming. He can currently be seen in the musical On Your Feet! The musical is based on the lives of Gloria and Emilio Estefan (featuring their music) and has a book written by Alexander Dinelaris. Currently in previews at the Oriental Theater in Chicago, after its out-of-town tryout there, it will head to Broadway in October at the Marquis Theatre. For more information, click here. Salgado will also be directing the Puerto Rico premiere of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow (titled Jala la pala in Spanish). The production boasts an all-HOLA member cast in Éric-Dominique Pérez, Javier E. Gómez and Emmanuelle Bordas (shown above right, from left to right) and will run in August at El Corralón de San José in Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico. To read the blog (which is in Spanish), click here.
José Yenque, shown at right, was honored by the first annual Las Vegas International Latino Film Festival with its Humanitarian Award for the work he does managing Arts for a Better Tomorrow (ABT), the organization he founded. ABT is a bi-national (U.S.-Mexico), not-for-profit organization that harnesses the transformational power of the arts, to provide underserved youth with life skills, academic readiness, and a strategic path to a healthy, productive, and self-sustaining future. For more information about ABT and its work, click here or here.
Joel Pérez, shown at left, was profiled in Broadway World, where he mentioned his favorite Broadway show albums. (Pérez can currently be seen on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in the Jeanine Tesori-Lisa Kron Tony-nominated musical Fun Home, which is based on the Alison Bechdel novel of the same name.) To read the article, click here.
Sandor Juan is starring in the Tirso de Molina play El burlador de Sevilla. Directed by Victoria Collado, the production will take place in July and August at Repertorio Español, located in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. For more information, click here.
Vladimir Ríos completed the final of four photo series where he will portray The Warrior of Hope (as photographed by Lester Blum). The Warrior of Hope personifies the concept of "hope" for those who are ill, downtrodden, and oppressed against inequality, injustice, and disease. The photo series will be exhibited and have its opening in July at a gallery show at the Project Space of the Leslie Lohman Museum and Gallery in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. For more information, click here and here.
A.B. Lugo, Kathy Tejada and Alexandra Manzano, shown clockwise from top left in the photo at right, were featured in two blogs– Héctor Luis Sin Censura and ArteNY– for their work in the upcoming Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos production of A Solid Home. Written by Elena Garro and directed by Héctor Luis Rivera, the play will take place in June at the Broadway Blackbox Theater, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. To read the respective blogs, click here and here (note that the former, Héctor Luis Sin Censura, is in Spanish).
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?
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.
Juan Villarreal (also see below) and Yvette Quintero, shown left and center, with "Mortales" creator-writer-director-producer Kevin Martínez at right in the photo at right, were big winners of the Mortales Awards this year. The awards honor the actors of the popular Dominican anthology television series "Mortales" (which can be seen internationally on the Telemicro network). Quintero won an award for Best Comic Actress, while Villarreal won two awards, for Best Dramatic Actor and Best Male Actor, respectively.
Jennica Carmona's film Millie and the Lords was awarded Best Film at The People's Film Festival in New York City. The film, written and directed by Carmona (and co-produced by Joel Arandia), stars Jessica Carmona (who won Best Actress); Cedric Leiba, Jr.; Mateo Gómez; Millie Tirelli; Alfredo Romeo Suárez; Alfredo Huereca; and Gabriel Castillo. For more information, click here or here. (Shown at left: Jessica Carmona and Gómez in a still from the film.)
The feature film Medardo (written by and starring Julio Ortega, based on his award-winning stage play of the same name, and directed by Nitsy Grau Crespo) will be making its Ecuadorian premiere in movie theaters on Friday, June 5, 2015. In addition to Ortega, the film (which was shot in Ecuador) stars Lupita Ferrer, Edna Lee Figueroa, Juan Villarreal (also see above), Edison Carrera, Gloria Ospina, Fior Marte, and Inma Heredia. For more information, click here.
Jason Torres has been cast in the television pilot "Eden" (written by Erik Wegner and directed by Steve Rahaman).
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?
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.
Matt Antar, shown at right, is starring in the play Listen Up. Written and directed by Eddie Antar, it will be produced as part of the MRT Summer One-Act Play Competition, taking place in June at the Manhattan Repertory Theater, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here or here. In addition, he will return in the serialized cabaret theater production Juliana. Based on the novel by Vanda, it is directed by Ray Fritz and is featured on a monthly basis at The Duplex, located in Manhattan's West Village (the next edition, or "chapter", will take place on Tuesday, June 23, 2015). For more information, click here, here or here. For more information on all things Antar, click here.
Natalia Ivana Escobar is in the cast of the New York company of Point Break LIVE! Written, produced and directed by Jaime Keeling, the production went on a U.S. tour (titled the Force of Nature tour) in May, with stops in New York City, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Boston. The play is an interactive theater piece which spoofs the Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze movie vehicle, Point Break (written by W. Peter Iliff from a story by Iliff and Rick King, and directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow), and selects a member of the audience to portray Reeves's character, Johnny Utah, and given the lines on stage during the show. For more information, click here.
Francisco Huergo, shown at left, is starring in the short film Wavecrest (written and directed by Nicholas Giuricich), which will film in May and June in New York. For more information on all things Huergo, click here.
Alberto Bonilla starred in the short film Praise and Blame (written and directed by Shane Book), which also starred Costas Mandylor, Paul Collins, Pun Bundhu, and Bridget McKevitt. The film is expected to hit the film festival circuit.
Daniel Anthony Hidalgo guest-starred in a webisode of the webseries "Getting It Wrong" (written and directed by Justin Ayer). To see the webisode, click on the video below.
getting it wrong - episode 3 - Dating from Notwithstanding Productions on Vimeo.
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The 60th Annual Drama Desk Awards, hosted by Tony winner Laura Benanti, were presented Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Town Hall in New York City. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway-bound musical Hamilton, which premiered Off-Broadway at the Public Theater and is now headed to Broadway, won seven awards (plus a special award) — the most of any production of the season – including Outstanding Musical.
Miranda won three awards for Outstanding Book of a Musical, Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music. In addition to Outstanding Musical, Hamilton won awards for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Renée Elise Goldsberry), Outstanding Director of a Musical (Thomas Kail), and Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical (Nevin Steinberg). Out of competition, the Drama Desk Awards awarded Andy Blankenbuehler a special award "for his inspired and heart-stopping choreography in Hamilton, which is indispensible to the musical's storytelling".
The Drama Desk Awards honor outstanding achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway. Hamilton's win for Outstanding Musical was the first time an off-Broadway production has beaten its Broadway competitors in the category since 1983, when Little Shop of Horrors was awarded the honor.
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