Los Big Names, the new play starring Marga Gomez, will complete its limited engagement and will play its final performance on Sunday, May 14th at 7PM at the 47th Street Theatre (304 West 47th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenues). Directed by David Schweizer,
Los Big Names is produced by Tony Award-winning producer Jonathan Reinis and co-produced by The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre /Miriam Colon Valle in association with Jamie Cesa.
At the final performance, the production will have played 10 previews and 41 performances.
Los Big Names is "an autobiographical play set in two eras: the New York Latin show business world of the '60s and Hollywood of the '90s. It follows the lives of an unconventional Latino family of three pursuing their dreams of fame and fortune. Ms. Gomez's fate was sealed at a young age when her parents, Cuban comedian Willy Chevalier and Puerto-Rican dancer Margarita, gave her a bit part on the stage of one of New York's legendary Teatros. The author uses her later misadventures on the set of Barry Levinson's science-fiction flop Sphere of 1998 as a counterpoint to the aspirations and lives of her parents. Gomez portrays her mom, dad, the bodega busybody,
Queen Latifah,
Kathleen Turner and all of the vivid characters in this wild but true tale interweaving a moving family saga with an all-out skewering of celebrity," state press notes.
Los Big Names will be play through Sunday, May 14th with performances scheduled as follows: Monday and Wednesdays through Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 2 & 8PM, and Sundays at 3 and 7PM.The running time of the performance is 90 minutes with no intermission. All tickets are $45. Tickets may be purchased by phoning Telecharge at 212-239-6200. The running time is 90 minutes. Visit
www.losbignames.com for more information.
