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Banner Ads Now Available on HOLA Website

April 30, 2014, 2:00 pm
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 2, 2014, 12:08 pm
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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 Ramos, shown at right, can currently be seen in Piggy Nation! The Musical. Written by Richard Rosser and Alec Wells and directed by Kim Moore (and musical directed by Rona Siddiqui), with choreography by Anna-Lee Wright and illustrations by Shane Sowell, the musical for all ages is being presented at the Snapple Theater Center at the theater district in midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here or here.

Lucio Fernández (see below) and his wife Megan Fernández were honored with a Cambio Award by the Communitarian Media Network and Cambio Publications Group for their work with the Grace Theatre Workshop at their annual gala, which took place in April at Fiesta at Wood-Ridge, New Jersey.

Héctor Luis Rivera is one of the stars of the film Pissin'. Written by Saulo Díaz and directed by Lucio Fernández (see above), the film will have its world premiere on Friday, May 9, 2014 at the Union City Museum/William V. Musto Cultural Center in Union City, New Jersey. For more information, click here.

Mauricio Pita, shown at left, booked a print ad campaign for a major hotel chain as well as a Trans-Fast commercial, scheduled to air in Mexico and the Phillipines.

Vivienne Jurado is starring in the film Dirty Shield (directed by Edgar Jimz). The film continues to hit the film festival circuit– its most recent stop will be at the Manhattan Film Festival in June and July, where it was an official selection. For more information, click here. 

Francisco Ramos is starring in the film The Hardest Love (written and directed by Henry B. Roa). The film was recently selected as an official selection of the Manhattan Film Festival, set to take place in June and July. 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?
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Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced – Nominees Include Christina Pérez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lili Estefan, et al.

May 2, 2014, 2:30 pm
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New York – May 1, 2014 –The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards.

The Daytime Emmy® Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2am-6pm during the 2013 calendar year. This year’s gala will be held the prestigious Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, June 22, 2014.

The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards gala, which honors the crafts behind the many shows that grace the Daytime genre, will be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on Friday, June 20, 2014.

In addition to its esteemed nominees, the following individuals were chosen from over 100 entries by a juried live panel in Los Angeles and will be awarded the prestigious Emmy® Award at our Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards on June 20, 2014.

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Winners
• Ernie Gilbert, Character Design for "T.U.F.F. Puppy" (Nickelodeon)
Eddie Gribbin, Background Design, Marten Johnmark, Storyboard,
Stephen Robinson, Production Design for "Peter Rabbit" (Nickelodeon)
• José López, Character Design, Yasuhiro Motoda, Character Animator for "Transformers Prime Beast Hunters" (HUB Network)
• Jennifer Oxley, Production Design for "Peg + Cat" (PBS)
• Christopher Voy, Color for "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (Cartoon Network).

In the category of Outstanding Morning Program in Spanish, "Despierta América" (Univision) is up against "Un Nuevo Día" (Telemundo). In the category ofOutstanding Entertainment Program in Spanish, three CNN Español programs ("Clix", "Destinos" and "Showbiz") are up against Univision's "El Gordo y La Flaca". The news special "Hecho en América" (mun2) is up against English-language nominees from Here TV, ABC and CBS for the Outstanding Special Class Special category.

In the category of Outstanding Daytime Talent in Spanish, CNN en Español's Patricia Janiot of "Nuestro Mundo" battles three correspondents of Univision's "El Gordo y La Flaca" (Carlos Calderón, Alejandra Espinoza and Rodner Figueroa), as well as that program's co-host (Lili Estefan).

Daytime Emmy nominee
Christina Pérez.
Behind the scenes there are numerous Latinos/Hispanics nominated for Daytime Emmys, including Christina Pérez, whose syndicated program "Justice For All with Christina Pérez" is up against the syndicated programs "Divorce Court" (hosted by Lynn Toler), "Judge Judy" (hosted by Judge Judy Sheindlin) and "The People's Court" (hosted by Judge Marilyn Milián) in the category of Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program. 

Daytime Emmy nominee
Lin-Manuel Miranda.
In addition, Tony Award-winning composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda is nominated (along with lyricist Luis Santeiro) for Outstanding Original Song for "Rhymes with Mando" for the PBS program "Sesame Street". It is nominated alongside another song from "Sesame Street" (written by Chris Jackson and Joseph Mazzarino), a song from the CBS program "Let's Make A Deal" (written by Cat Gray and Wayne Brady), Disney's "Sofia The First" (written by Craig Gerber and John Kavanuagh) and Nickelodeon's "Peter Rabbit" (written by Peter Zizzo).

Daytime Emmy nominee
Lili Estefan.
Of the programs with multiple nominations, "El Gordo y La Flaca" nabbed five nominations ("The Young and the Restless" from CBS, lead the pack with 26). Of the networks with multiple nominations, CNN en Español received four nods, while CBS lead the pack with 60 nominations (Fusion and mun2 only received one nomination apiece).

The 41st Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards is a presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS). A full list of all nominees in all categories can be downloaded from the Daytime Emmys website here.
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 2, 2014, 11:29 pm
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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.

The Raquel Almazán-helmed feature film White Alligator, will be screening at St. Francis College's Founders Hall (located in the Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn) on Saturday, May 10, 2014 as an official selection of The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. The film stars Viviana Leo (who also wrote the screenplay), Alexis Brandt, Alexis Suárez, J.W. Cortés, Jenniffer Díaz, Lisette Silva and Almazán (shown at right). For more information, click here or here.

Miriam Colón, along with Kate Del Castillo, Angélica María and Angélica Vale, headline the cast of Eve Ensler's Los monólogos de la vagina. Directed by Jaime Matarredona, the production will be presented in May at the Westside Theater, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Daphne Rubin-Vega will reunite with Adam Pascal for a joint concert on Friday, October 17, 2014 at the Highline Ballroom, located in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Rubin-Vega and Pascal originated the roles of lovers Mimi and Roger in Jonathan Larson's musical Rent (and for which both were nominated for Tony Awards). For more information about the reunion concert, click here.

Roger González booked a commercial for Univision.

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?
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 5, 2014, 1:50 pm
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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.

Doris Lola Mártir, shown at right, will play Madame Lucía in The Heights Players production of West Side Story. Written by Leonard Bernstein (music), Arthur Laurents (book) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) and directed by Thomas N. Tyler, the musical will have a May run in The Heights Players Theater located in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. For more information about the production, click here or here.

Edvin Ortega can be seen guest-starring in an episode of "Blue Bloods" (CBS).

Laura Patalano and Harmony Rose Santana star in You're Dead To Me (written by Adelina Anthony and directed by Wu Tsang). The short film has been hitting the film festival circuit; its next screening will be in May at the Inside Out LGBT Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information, click here, here or here.

The Steve Vega-helmed film short On The Run will be screened on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at The DL, located in Manhattan's Loísaida's neighborhood. The film stars Vega, Giovanni Olivera, Keke Lebrón, Félix Hiciano and Sabrina Sangiacomo. For more information, click here.

Víctor Cruz can be seen guest-starring in an episode of "The Blacklist" (NBC).

An article written by Ángel Fajardo was published in the Los Angeles-based Brooklyn & Boyle newspaper (Volume 2, Issue 1). The article, called "Remembering Phillip Seymour Hoffman", is a tribute to the late Academy Award-winning actor-director. To read the article, click here (in e-zine form) or in blog form by clicking here.

Marisol Carrere's I Am Julia, the film she co-produced (with Gloria Zelaya), co-starred in and wrote, is being screened on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña. For more information about the short film (directed by David Capurso), click here.

Gladys K. Nilsen is Miss Hawaiʻi Senior America 2014. She will represent The Aloha State in the Miss Senior America pageant, scheduled to take place October 28-30, 2014 at Resorts in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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?
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Nick Cordero, Bryan Cranston, Mary Bridget Davies, Sophie Okonedo, Others Win 2014 Theatre World Awards

May 6, 2014, 10:58 am
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2014 Theatre World Award
winner Nick Cordero.
The 2014 honorees for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance, the 6th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater for an Outstanding Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production and the John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre were announced Tuesday, May 6, 2014 by the Theatre World.

The winners will be celebrated at the 70th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony, which will be held Monday, June 2, 2014 at Circle in the Square. Theatre journalist Peter Filichia will once again host.

 First presented in 1945, the Theatre World Awards, founded by John Willis, the editor-in-chief of Theatre World and Screen World, are the oldest awards given for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway debut performances. The Theatre World Awards are presented annually at the end of the theatre season to six actors and six actresses for "their significant, reviewable, debut performances in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production."

The 2014 Theatre World Award winners are Paul Chahidi (Twelfth Night, or What You Will), Nick Cordero (Bullets over Broadway), Bryan Cranston (All the Way), Mary Bridget Davies (A Night with Janis Joplin), Sarah Greene (A Night with Janis Joplin), Rebecca Hall (Machinal), Ramin Karimloo (Les Misérables), Zachary Levi (First Date), Sophie Okonedo (A Raisin in the Sun), Emerson Steele (Violet) and Lauren Worsham (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder).

The 2014 Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater winner is Celia Keenan-Bolger for her performance as Laura in The Glass Menagerie. The 2014 John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre winner is Christopher Plummer.

 The Theatre World Award winners were chosen by the Theatre World Awards Committee that includes David Cote (Time Out New York and NY1), Joe Dziemianowicz (New York Daily News), Peter Filichia (The Newark Star-Ledger, Emeritus) Harry Haun (Playbill), Matthew Murray (Talkin’ Broadway), Frank Scheck (New York Post) and Linda Winer (Newsday).

The Theatre World Awards, Inc. Board of Directors is headed by Dale Badway (President) with Tom Lynch (Vice-President), Stephen Wilde (Secretary), Tabitha Falcone (Treasurer), and Michael Kostel. For more information, click here.
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 6, 2014, 1:02 pm
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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.


David Zayas and Priscilla López, shown above from left to right, joined American football player Willie Colón, actress Rachel Ticotin and rapper Swizz Beatz as the newest inductees of the Bronx Walk of Fame. Unveiled by Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz, Jr. as part of the New York City borough's Bronx Week celebration, the Bronx Walk of Fame was launched in 1997 and has about 100 Bronx natives (as of this writing). For more information, click here.

Juan Villarreal booked a print ad for Amtrak for the Latino market, which can be seen at right (he can be seen playing the "birthday boy" at the center of the table).

Alicia Kaplan was honored with a Distinction of Honor from Casita María "Mata Con Hacha"/Galería y Museo de Arte Caborrojeño in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico for her work as an actress and producer.

Paul Montoya, shown at left, made the cover of Get Out!, a New York City-based nightlife magazine.

The city of Union City, New Jersey is hosting a screening on Friday, May 9, 2014 of three film shorts: Blink (directed by John Jay Hebert and starring Lucio Fernández), Bums (directed by Danilo Arroyo and starring Héctor Luis Rivera and Kathy Tejada) and Pissin' (directed by Fernández and starring Rivera). The screenings will take place at the Union City Museum/William V. Musto Cultural Center. For more information, click here.

Gladys K. Nilsen can be seen in the film Fort Tilden (directed by Charles Rogers). The film won the Grand Jury Prize in the Narrative Feature category at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival at Austin, Texas. For more information, click here. 

Rénoly Santiago will be directing the Mathilde DeHaye play Snow White and the Beast. It is scheduled for a June run at the Marilyn Monroe Theater at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, located in the Union Square area of Manhattan. 

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?
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 7, 2014, 2:14 pm
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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 at right, was profiled by The New York Amsterdam News, where he was interviewed about his current gig playing Kid Rizzo and one of the titular character's cut men in Rocky: The Musical (written by Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and Thomas Meehan, based on the screenplay of the Academy Award-winning film by Sylvester Stallone). To read the article, click here.

Caridad del Valle acted in an episode in "Mortales" (Telemicro).

Yvette Quintero acted in the Rob Santana film Heysoos. The film is hitting the film festival circuit, most recently, as an official selection of the Hoboken International Film Festival, taking place in May and June at The Paramount Theater in Middletown, New York. The screening for the film will take place on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 2pm. For more information, click here or here.

A.B. Lugo can be seen in the short film The Audition. Written and directed by Adrian Manzano, the film also stars Sofía Rodríguez, Carolina Ravassa and Tommy 5000 and will have its world premiere in June at the Alumni Auditorium at the Columbia University Medical Center in the Dominican Film Festival of New York. For more information, click here or here.

Julián Juaquín is about to helm his film short El soplo del diablo (The Devil's Breath). Written by Juaquín, it stars Susana Pérez and Monte Bezell and will lens in June in New York City.

Manny Alfaro booked a voiceover for a McDonald's commercial.

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Danny Burstein on Acting, Balancing Family With Your Art and How Not To Be an A-Hole

May 9, 2014, 3:57 pm
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Danny Burstein.by
By A.B. Lugo.

Danny Burstein is a lot of things– actor-singer-dancer (the veritable "triple threat"), guest lecturer, husband, father. A Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award winner, the star of stage and screen just nabbed his fifth Tony nomination for his fifteenth (!!) Broadway show, Cabaret. He is an excellent performer, a total professional and a down-to-earth guy.

Born in Mt. Kisco, New York, and was raised in New York City, Burstein is the son of a painter and a Greek philosophy professor of Jewish heritage and a Costa Rican mother. He attended the High School of the Performing Arts and Queens College in New York City, and later earned an MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his role as Buddy Plummer in Follies, and nominated as principal soloist for the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for the same musical.

Find out a little bit more about "un tico en Broadway"– Danny Burstein.


Burstein as Luther Billis
in South Pacific.
First off, congratulations on your fifth Tony nomination for your role of Herr Schultz in Cabaret. When did you first realize you wanted to be a performer?
It may sound like a cliché, but I've always known I wanted to be an actor. I've always loved the dialogue form. I've always loved storytelling. My father gave me a copy of Peer Gynt when I was 11 and I couldn't put it down. When I got into the High School of Performing Arts, I finally felt as though I could actually make a living as an actor. They really shaped me and gave me the confidence I needed to move forward as a professional actor. I'll be forever grateful to my teachers there.


Burstein as Buddy Plummer
in Follies.
Describe the experience of being in your first Broadway show (A Little Hotel on the Side as a replacement performer). Describe your first Tony nomination (for The Drowsy Chaperone). 
My first experience was not as a replacement. I was in the show playing a small part. Later I was bumped up to a larger role when another actor left. I remember getting to the theater very early, before the stagehands got there. I would lay on the stage floor and thank my lucky stars to be there. Tony Randall had offered me the job. We had worked together several years before and told me he wanted me to be in his Broadway company, The National Actors Theater. I was honored. 
My first Tony nomination was quite unexpected. I hadn't received an Outer Critics or Drama Desk nomination so didn't expect a Tony nomination at all. But I felt like it was a breakout role and was happy it was recognized. The whole experience of The Drowsy Chaperone was a magical one. For everyone involved. Everyone involved in that show feels a special ownership of the show and connection to it. I'm so proud of all the wonderful work that went on every single night. 


Burstein (as Herr Schultz) with
Linda Emond and Alan Cumming
in Cabaret.
Tony Randall and his National Actors Theatre gave you the opportunity to open your first four or five Broadway shows. I hear you had quite a memorable first meeting with the late Mr. Randall. Tell me more.
Yes, the first time I met Tony he called me an "asshole". Which, because I'm me, made me howl with laughter. He didn't mean it. He was making a point. About "listening", the most important part of acting. I was being stubborn and he said that to make me listen and it did. He became a dear friend and a great mentor to me. He gave me my first job on Broadway, for goodness sake. I'd worked with him in 1987, I think, and he asked me to be a part of his company then & there - before there even WAS a company. It was 3 years before he'd finally raised the money to start the National Actors Theater. I loved being a part of that and learned so much from my experiences there. I miss him terribly to this day. But his beautiful wife, Heather, and his children remain great friends to this day.


Burstein as Lolly Steinman in "Boardwalk Empire".
What was it like for you to play Lolly Steinman in “Boardwalk Empire” and work with Martin Scorsese? 
I loved working with Martin Scorsese, who wouldn't, right? He'd seen me in South Pacific and it was shortly after that I was cast in the show. I thought I might be nervous working with him. It was the opposite, he was friendly, incisive and wonderfully creative. Everyone came to work bringing their "A-game", so instead of nerves it was dedication to the craft that I felt. I owe him a lot.

You also can be seen in the films Transamerica and Nor’easter, as well as the “Law & Order” television series, “Louie” and  “Boardwalk Empire”. How do you feel about the differences between performing on stage versus on screen? 
There is no difference. It is all honesty. You just have to be honest with what the role demands. Make choices, challenge yourself and have fun. Don't be afraid to monkey with the material a bit. Make mistakes and learn. I like stretching myself in different genres. But they all boil down to the same technique; honesty. How can you make every single moment as real as possible? That's the mystery, isn't it?


Burstein as Aldolpho in
The Drowsy Chaperone.
Has your Latino heritage ever informed a role and if so, which one(s)? 
Yes, Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone. Basically, I was doing a bad imitation of my uncle Franco. Also, I did a play in La Jolla that was half in Spanish, half in English and that was fun. And I have occasionally used my Spanish for commercials & voiceovers.


Burstein and his wife,
the Broadway star
Rebecca Luker.
You are married to the Broadway star Rebecca Luker. How do you balance the work of being a performer with also being a husband and father? 
I don't know. You just live your life. I'm happily married. I love my sons. I love my work. I've been able to balance everything by my dedication to them all. But if push came to shove, I'd choose my family every time. I love my work, I've dedicated my life to do it. But my family will always come first.

You have been a guest lecturer at many universities such as Yale, NYU, University of California-San Diego and Queens College. What bit of advice can you give to our blog readers or to any aspiring performers about the business and succeeding in it?
Only become an actor if you are 900% sure it's what you want to do. If you find you HAVE to do it. Otherwise, it's too hard a life. A "success" as an actor is defined in many ways by many different people. To me, it's means surviving in this business. Making a living and doing the work. People who are still here are successful in my book. When I first started out, all I wanted was to do good work and have the respect of my peers. I'm starting to feel like that's all coming together.

Thank you so much and good luck this awards season.


Danny Burstein was nominated for a 2014 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance in the revival of Cabaret on Broadway, now playing performances for a limited run (until Sunday, January 4, 2015, as of this writing) on Broadway at Studio 54. For more information, click here or here. 

[Broadway production photographs by Joan Marcus.]
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David Henry Hwang: Racial Casting Has Evolved – And So Have My Opinions

May 12, 2014, 12:08 pm
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My own opinions about race face casting have evolved over the years. Today, I see it as largely an employment, rather than an artistic, issue. On Broadway and in the major New York theatres, roughly 80% of all roles are currently cast with white actors. Social justice concerns aside, this would be a poor diversity statistic in any industry, and a bad business model. As audiences grow more diverse, the theatre continues to draw from an increasingly shrinking, aging portion of the population. –DAVID HENRY HWANG, Tony-winning playwright


Check out David Henry Hwang's article in The Guardian regarding racial casting and how his beliefs as evolved by clicking here.
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 12, 2014, 3:14 pm
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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.

Andrea Navedo, shown at right, will be soon seen in the television series "Jane The Virgin". The pilot was recently picked up for a season of episodes by The CW. For more information, click here.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez's award-winning play La Luz de un cigarrillo was most recently published in Tramoya, a theater journal in Mexico. Rodríguez's play was published by Universidad Veracruzana Press alongside playwrights Nilo Cruz and Migdalia Cruz (no relation).

Pablo Andrade can be seen in the film short The Tablecloth (written and directed by Youssef Lahlou). The film is being having its world premiere on Monday, May 12, 2014 at the SVA Theater in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Juan Carlos Díaz, shown at left, shall be leaving New York City to play the character of Olivander from the popular Harry Potter novels at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan. [Blogger's note: Omedetou!   おめでとう！].

Christina Pagán and Luis Galli are in the cast of The Zombies: A Musical. Written and directed by Max Resto, the musical is scheduled for a June and July run at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. 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?
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May 13, 2014, 12:49 pm
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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.

David Zayas, shown at right, acted in one of the plays that closed out the season of the theater company New York Madness (NYMadness). With a focus on emerging writers, NYMadness hosts a hot night of short plays all based on a theme proposed by the more established Featured Guest. This particular incarnation boasted David Bar Katz as the Featured Guests and plays by Cecilia Copeland, Libby Emmons, Judith Leora, Michael Panes, Michael Puzzo, Abby Rosenbock and Morris Akiba Katz. Directors included Claudia Weill, Shira-Lee Shalit, Dina Vovsi, Frank Licato, Michele Travis, Danya Taymor and Julie Kramer. The event took place on Monday, May 12, 2014 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here. 

Actor-humanitarian-producer-teacher José Yenque, shown at left, was featured in the Daily 49er blog, where his acting workshop and his acting career are highlighted. To read the blog, click here.

Basílica Bliachas (see below) is starring in and producing the pilot webisode of the webseries "Made in New York" Written and directed by Yolanda García Serrano, the webseries also stars Noëlle Mauri, RJ Batlle, Arthur Griffith and Seth James. For more information about the webseries, click here.

Production work has wrapped up for the film Yo, la peor de todas. Written and directed by Francisco Lupini Basagoiti and produced by Francisco Fuertes, the film starred Carmen Cabrera, Basílica Bliachas (see above), Ana Verónica Muñoz, Laura Gómez, María Joaquina Núñez and Miguel Belmonte and is expected to hit the film festival circuit soon.

Emely Grisanty, click at right, was the subject of a blog in the Lo que tú perdistes section of the U.S. Latino version of Yahoo!, where her tour-de-force performance in the solo show Edipo (adapted and directed by Walter Ventosilla from the Greek myth of Oedipus) was highlighted. The production took place in May at the Producers Club Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. To read the blog (which is in Spanish), 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?
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Roberto Orci Tapped to Direct STAR TREK III (Replacing J.J. Abrams)

May 14, 2014, 10:10 am
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Director-screenwriter-producer
Roberto Orci.
Roberto Orci has been tapped to helm the upcoming sequel of the second Star Trek series of films. He replaces J.J. Abrams, who directed the previous two films (Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness); he will be directing the seventh Star Wars film and will only produce this Star Trek feature. Orci (with J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay) will also pen the screenplay.

Orci, born in Mexico City to a Mexican father and Cuban mother was raised in Canada and the United States. In addition to his screenwriting, directing and producing credits on such film projects as Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Watchmen, he is the co-creator, along with Alex Kurtzman and Abrams, of the Fox science fiction series "Fringe", on which he served as consulting producer. His television projects include "Hercules: the Legendary Journeys", "Xena: Warrior Princess", "Alias", "Hawaii Five-0" and "Sleepy Hollow". The Hollywood Reporter listed Orci as one of the 50 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood of 2007. 

Orci is currently in pre-production (as co-creator and executive producer) for the upcoming television series "Matador", which will premiere on Robert Rodríguez's El Rey Network. The television series will star Gabriel Luna, Alfred Molina, Julio Oscar Mechoso and Elizabeth Peña.

For more information, check out the Justin Kroll article in Variety by clicking here.
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Slate Confirms What Many Latinos (And Non-Latinos) Already Know– The Prevalence of Español in the Estados Unidos de América

May 14, 2014, 10:47 am
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An article by Ben Blatt that was published in Slate regarding the language(s) spoken in the United States, complete with maps, confirmed what many sources (the Pew Hispanic Center, Nielsen, the U.S. Census, U.S. Latinos in general) already knew– that the United States is a multilingual society and predominately a bilingual society– one that speaks English and Spanish.


Esta tierra fue hecha para ti y para mi.
This land was made for you and me.

Other than English, according to Slate, the most commonly spoken language in the United States is Spanish (with French a very, very distant second). Spanish is the most commonly spoken language (other than English) in 43 of the nation's 50 states.

What is interesting is that Blatt did not find this prevalence of español in los Estados Unidosde América to be that interesting at all. The Rebeldes of Latino Rebels theorize that Blatt didn't find it interesting because he (and Slate, by extension), think that Spanish is here to stay in the U.S. of A and that Spanish is, in fact, now mainstream.

(Something to note: Contrary to the opinion of some in the United States, the U.S. does NOT have an official language at the federal level.)

To read the article in Slate, click here.
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 15, 2014, 1:31 pm
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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.

Daphne Rubin-Vega, shown at right, will be joining the cast of Eve Ensler's Los monólogos de la vagina (directed by Jaime Matarredona) in June, which is currently playing at the Westside Theater, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information about the production, click here or here. 

Billy Martin Mejía can be seen in En medio del dolor. Written by Rafael Jorge and directed by Luis Corporán, the film will have its world premiere on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Village East Cinemas (located in, natch, Manhattan's East Village neighborhood) as part of the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF). For more information, click here or here.

José Sánchez will soon be acting in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Directed by Peter Dobbins, the Storm Theatre Company production will have a May and June run at The Storm Theatre, located in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood. For more information, click here, here or here.

J.W. Cortés booked a national Lockheed Martin print ad campaign.

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?





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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 16, 2014, 11:15 am
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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.

Kiki Meléndez, shown at right, is featured and interviewed for an article in the New York Daily News regarding her career as an actress and standup comedienne and her "docu-comedy"Journey of a Female Comic (written by Meléndez with Lynn McCullough and co-directed by Meléndez and Erick Crespo), which has been playing at AMC movie theaters in Southern California for the last couple of weeks and which opens in AMC movie theaters in New York City this weekend. The film also features appearances from Nadine Velázquez, Esaí Morales, Lupe Ontiveros, María Conchita Alonso, Jacob Vargas, Guy Ecker, Johnny Ray Rodríguez, Susan Rybin, among others. To read the article, click here. 

J.W. Cortés sang The Star-Spangled Banner on Thursday, May 15, 2014 before the "Hurricane" Junior Wright-Steve Bujaj WBC boxing match at The Millennium Theatre in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn.

David Vega was interviewed in an article in the Spaniard newspaper El Diario Montañes (serving the Cantabria and Santander regions of Spain) where the Hollywood premiere of the film Airplane vs. Volcano (written and directed by James and Jon Kondelik, billed as The Kondelik Brothers), in which he stars, was featured. The film also stars Dean Cain, Robin Givens and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. To read the article (which is in Spanish), click on the image at left. For more information, about the film, click here.

Rosa Rodríguez is one of the stars of the play When Janey Comes Marching Home. Written by Kym Gomes and John Grabowski and based on the book of interviews of female veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conducted and compiled by Laura Browder, the play is being produced by the Brava Company and Chelsea Rep LAB as part of the Planet Connections Festival. Proceeds from the production will benefit the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN). The production will have a production on Friday, May 30, 2014 at the Paradise Factory, located in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here.

Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos (TEBA) is presenting an English-language production of the Spanish play Suicide is Prohibited in Springtime. Written by Alejandro Casona and directed by Héctor Luis Rivera, it will have a June run in the Broadway Blackbox Theater in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood and star A.B. Lugo, Alexandra Manzano, María Richardson, Jennifer Quinn, Dennis Maragliano, Rivera and Ángel Alcántara.

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?
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#SupportLatinoWork–– Kiki Meléndez in JOURNEY OF A FEMALE COMIC (in L.A., San Diego & NYC)

May 16, 2014, 12:48 pm
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LATIN HOLLYWOOD FILMS 
presents

Kiki Meléndez
in
The Journey Of A Female Comic


Take a look at the life of actress, writer,
comedienne and producer KIKI MELÉNDEZ
as she tries to make it in Hollywood in this
critically-acclaimed "docu-comedy".

Written by Lyn McCullough and Kiki Meléndez
Directed and produced by 
Erick M. Crespo and Kiki Meléndez

Featuring appearances by Edward James Olmos, 
Nadine Velázquez, Esaí Morales, Lupe Ontiveros, 
María Conchita Alonso, Jacob Vargas, Guy Ecker, 
Johnny Ray Rodríguez, Susan Rybin, and others



For more information (including screening times and
locations), visit www.journeyofafemalecomic.com.

SUPPORT LATINO WORK. 
#SupportLatinoWork
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 19, 2014, 10:07 am
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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.

Carlos Carrasco and Marlene Forté, shown at left and at right, flanking RRAFF Co-Director Ángela María Ortiz S. in the photo at right, received honors at the 2014 Reel Rasquache Art and Film Festival (RRAFF) in Los Angeles, California. Carrasco received the Career Achievement Award, while Forté received the Pioneer Award. For more information, click here.

Mauricio Pita, shown at left, will be singing at a concert called Sueño Pop Crossover. Produced by Seplo Productions, the concert will take place on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Tammany Hall, located in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. In addition, he will also be performing in the musicals My Superhero, Roberto Clemente and Los desertores (The Dropouts). The musicals (the former written by Manuel Morán and Alejandro Zuleta, the latter by Radamés Gavé, Morán and Richard Marino) are both presented by Teatro SEA and directed by Morán. The former also features Jesús E. Martínez in the cast, while the latter co-stars Flor Bromley and Rafael Fuentes. Both shows start in May and run in repertory at SEA's namesake theater located in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísiada neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Raquel Almazán, Mando Alvarado, David Dávila and Linday Hicks are having a workshop of the The Capitol Plays. Produced by Lone Star Theatre Company, the workshop of five plays inspired by Texas lawmaker Wendy Davis and her fight for women's rights in that state. Directed by Christopher Romero-Wilson, the plays depict different events (true or fictional) that could all take place at the Texas Capitol. The workshop will take place on Monday, May 19, 2014 at the Davenport Theatre (formerly the 45th Street Theatre), located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Elaine Del Valle is making a return engagement to the Nuyorican Poets' Café for her critically-acclaimed and award-winning self-penned solo show Brownsville Bred (directed by Pamela Moller Kareman). The show, which has toured the U.S. and has performed off-Broadway, will run in the Loísaida landmark performance space on Monday evenings in July and August. For more information, click here.

Javier E. Gómez is currently shooting the horror film Don't Look in New York and Pennsylvania. Directed by Bryan Killay, he co-stars opposite Bella Plotkin, Lindsay DiFulvio and Luciana Faulhaber. For more information, click here or 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?
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 19, 2014, 11:30 am
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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.

Ilion Troya, shown at right, booked the role of Juan Bernardino in the Luce Amen musical I Will. He booked the role after reading about the casting notice in the daily announcements that HOLA sends to its members via e-mail and then self-submitting. The musical will be presented in June at the Cabrini Repertory Theater in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood as part of the Thespis Theater Festival. For more information, click here or here.

Adyana de la Torre is directing the Lindsay B. Davis play Bad Dates in the City. The two-hander, starring Davis and Omar Bustamante, will be presented on Friday, May 23, 2014 at Theater for the New City in Manhattan's East Village as part of the LES Festival of the Arts. For more information, click here.

The short film You're Dead To Me (written by Adelina Anthony and directed by Wu Tsang) continues its run in the film festival circuit and winning awards along the way. The film starring Laura Patalano and Harmony Rose Santana won the Best Short Film award at the Reel Rasquache Art and Film Festival (RRAFF) in Los Angeles, California. For more information, click here or here.

Sandy Hernández booked an on-camera role for a new Univision app teaching people how to speak Spanish.

Susanna Guzmán booked a guest-starring role on "Louie" (FX).

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?
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HOLA Member Bochinche

May 21, 2014, 12:43 pm
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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.

Javier Fano, shown at right, booked a role in Marco Antonio Rodríguez's Barceló con hielo. Directed by José Zayas, the play's cast also includes Modesto Lacén and Rodríguez and will have its world premiere in June at Repertorio Español (located in Manhattan's Rose Hill neighborhood). Fano booked the role after the production team saw his headshot on HOLA's online directory of talent and called him in to audition. For more information on the production, click here or here.

Laura Riveros will be performing in Swell. The play is based on the graphic novel by Juliacks, who partially co-adapted it with Kathleen Amshoff and Sam Creely. Directed by Amshoff, the production will have a New York premiere in June as part of The Comic Book Theater Festival, taking place at The Brick Theater, located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. For more information, click here.

Roger González will act in an episode of "Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall" (Investigation Discovery).

Edvin Ortega can be seen in The Coffee Shop. The film, directed by Jana "AJ" Mattioli, will have a screening in The West End Lounge (located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan) on Friday, May 23, 2014. For more information, click here. In addition, Ortega will begin a monthly residency on Monday, May 26, 2014 at Adventureland Long Island in East Farmingdale, New York, with the musical revue Larger Than Life– The Ultimate Boyband Tribute. For more information, click here. Finally, he was also interviewed by Cyrus Webb for the BlogTalkRadio program "Conversations Live". To listen to the interview, either click here or click below.


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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?
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