Teatro Vista Transfers Smash Hit LA HAVANA MADRID to The Miracle Center

Buenas noticias!

If you couldn't get a ticket during its sold-out run at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre, Teatro Vista is transferring its current smash hit La Havana Madrid for two additional weekends of performances at The Miracle Center, 2311 N. Pulaski Rd., in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood.

Tickets are going fast, however, for six shows only: June 2-11: Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 4 p.m.

La Havana Madrid is recommended for ages 10 and up. Don't wait - all tickets are $25. For tickets and information, visit teatrovista.org.

La Havana Madrid is Teatro Vista ensemble member Sandra Delgado's world premiere play with music that reimagines a long-gone Caribbean nightclub that drew throngs of newly-arrived Latinos to Chicago's north side in the 1960s.

Inspired by real life stories of those who flocked to the club to celebrate and remember, Teatro Vista's theatrical recreation of the lively 1960s music club features live music and immerses audiences in the sounds of that decade from the mambo to the new sound of salsa.

In addition to conceiving and writing the play, Sandra Delgado plays the title role of La Havana Madrid, a mystical woman who conjures vibrant songs and true stories that bring life back to the fabled nightclub. Chicago comedian and producer Mike Oquendo portrays a character inspired by Tony Quintana, one of Chicago's Spanish language radio and television pioneers.

Colombian-American musician Roberto "Carpacho" Marin, joined by his band of 30 years, Carpacho y Su Super Combo, perform live at every show, chronicling the history of Caribbean Latino music from mambo to the birth of salsa. In fact, Carpacho's own story is one of the play's true vignettes.

Rounding out the cast as Cuban, Colombian and Puerto Rican patrons, staff and musicians who all met, danced, loved and lost at La Havana Madrid are Teatro Vista ensemble members Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel, Tommy Rivera-Vega and Marvin Quijada, and, in their Teatro Vista debuts, Donovan Diaz, Phoebe González and Krystal Ortiz.

La Havana Madrid is directed by Teatro Vista ensemble member Cheryl Lynn Bruce. The design team includes Ashley Woods (set), Elsa Hiltner (costumes),Heather Sparling (lights), Misha Fiksel (sound), Liviu Pasare (projections and video design) and William Carlos Angulo (choreography).

The Miracle Center residency is funded by The Chicago Community Trust and is part of Teatro Vista's new program TEATRO VISTA, TEATRO VECINO (Spanish for "neighbor).

"We are counting the days in anticipation of bringing La Havana Madrid to The Miracle Center," said Delgado. "I wrote La Havana Madrid as a show to be shared across generations of Chicagoans, and I am thrilled to be able to share it with the families in the Hermosa neighborhood. See you there. It's going to be a special celebration of Latinx, Chicago and music history at The Miracle Center every night."

To post a comment, you must register and login.