Volume 112 - May 15, 2009 Notes
Three new Latino Theatre Anthologies have come out this summer:
“Fábulas, Sexo y Poder: Teatro argentino al final del siglo XX” editor George Woodyard from University of Kansas.
“Las Fronteras Míticas del Teatro Mexicano” editor Stewart A. Day from University of Kansas
“Teatro Chileno y Dictadura: Cuatro Obras Contestatarias” editor Oscar Lepeley from University of Toledo
All anthologies are available through:
LATR Books
Spanish and Portuguese
1445 Jayhawk Blvd.
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66049-7590
woodyard@ku.edu
It’s TONY SEASON!!!
I’m not as excited as I was last year, mainly because there aren’t any new Latino musicals or plays on Broadway, so no nominations. But there are at least four Latino actors and one Latino playwright nominated:
Best Leading Actress in a Musical: Josefina Scaglione as Maria in West Side Story
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Karen Olivo as Anita in West Side Story
Best Leading Actor in a Musical: David Alvarez as Billy in Billy Elliot, the Musical
Best Leading Actor in a play: Raúl Esparza in Speed the Plow
Best New Script: Moisés Kaufman for 33 Variations.
My predictions:
Best New Play: God of Carnage
Best New Musical: Billy Elliot, the Musical
Best Revival of a Play: Waiting for Godot
Best Revival of a Musical: HAIR
Conversation:
Henry Godinez, resident artistic associate at the Goodman and curator of the Goodman’s Latino Theatre Festival.
Highlights
No podcast for JUNE due to summer vacation.
A conversation with Latina playwright Elaine Avila, assistant professor at the University of New Mexico
