Category Archives: Theater
Happy Birthday, José Echegaray!
José Echegaray was born on this date in 1833 in Madrid, Spain, and died in 1916. The dramatist is one of only a dozen Latinos to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he won in 1904. Echegaray was a … Continue reading
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In the News: A Pulitzer for Hudes and a short story from Díaz
Woo hoo! Quiara Alegría Hudes, right, won the Pultizer Prize in Drama today, becoming only the second Latino to win in that category. She won for her play Water by the Spoonful. Here’s a great Associated Press article about Hudes. … Continue reading
At the theater: “Electricidad” and “In the Heights”
“At the Theater” is a feature in which I check out plays by Latino writers. The article is intended to be a look at the author’s work and not a review of the theatrical production – so no comments about … Continue reading
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At the theater: Quiara Alegria Hudes’s “26 Miles”
“At the Theater” is a new feature in which I will check out plays by Latino authors. The article is intended to be a look at the author’s work and not a review of the theatrical production – so no … Continue reading
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A Different Point of “View”
Arthur Miller has been Hispanicized. Artes de la Rosa, a performing arts organization in Fort Worth, Texas that promotes Latino culture, has reworked Miller’s A View from the Bridge by making the characters Puerto Rican and Dominican. They were Italian … Continue reading
