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Pregones/PRTT Announces World Premiere of PARROTS AT THE PAGODA and Citywide TeatroFest NYC 2025
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 18, 2025

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater has announced details of its 2025 Spring Season. Live theater highlights include the World Premiere of Parrots at The Pagoda and TeatroFest NYC 2025.

Pregones/PRTT Unveils 2024-25 Season Featuring Musical Performances & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2024

Pregones/PRTT announced its 2024-25 season featuring new productions, community events, and educational programs. Highlights include original plays, musical performances, and collaborations with local artists.

Photos: Inside CONNECTING STAGES: TALIA AWARDS Presented By Queen Sofía Spanish Institute and Connecting Stages: Talia Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 28, 2024

On Monday, June 17 Pregones/PRTT and the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute jointly hosted Connecting Stages: Talia Awards in NY in celebration of the New York City nominees and winners of the 2024 Talía Awards. See photos from the evening.

Photos: First Look at PARROTS AT THE PAGODA at Pregones/PRTT
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 22, 2024

Parrots at The Pagoda is a drag origins story set to take audiences soaring on a “parrot’s-eye-view” through the life and work of Puerto Rican musician, empresario, and drag artist—Johnny Rodríguez. Check out photos here!

PARROTS AT THE PAGODA Comes to Pregones/PRTT in June
by Stephi Wild - May 31, 2024

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater has announced the workshop production of Parrots at The Pagoda—a drag origins story set to take audiences soaring on a “parrot’s-eye-view” through the life and work of pioneering Puerto Rican musician, empresario and drag artist—Johnny Rodríguez.

THE DESIRE OF THE ASTRONAUT Comes to Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2024

  Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater has announced the 2024 run of The Desire of the Astronaut, an original musical theater play inspired by autobiographical accounts and actual training missions of NASA personnel. The production explores the alluring myth and popular iconography of space conquest and science fiction, centering on the character of Esteban Only, the last Boricua in space.

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater to Present THE RED ROSE Manhattan Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 22, 2023

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater will present Manhattan Premiere of its award-winning musical The Red Rose, conceived and directed by the Doris Duke Artist Rosalba Rolón with music by Desmar Guevara, additional music by Danny Rivera, and choreography by Yaraní del Valle.

THE RED ROSE Will Make Manhattan Premiere at Pregones/PRTT
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2023

​​​​​​​Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater has announced the Manhattan Premiere of its award-winning musical The Red Rose, conceived and directed by the Doris Duke Artist Rosalba Rolón with music by Desmar Guevara, additional music by Danny Rivera, and choreography by Yaraní del Valle.

Pregones/PRTT Reveals 2023-2024 Season in The Bronx and Manhattan
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2023

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater's 2023-2024 season has been revealed! Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!

Pregones/PRTT's TORCHED! to Make Off-Broadway Debut in June
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2023

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s original musical production TORCHED! will run for the first time in the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan, the company’s historic Off-Broadway house.

Roundabout Theatre Company Announces REFOCUS PROJECT, SEASON THREE
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 27, 2023

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the third season of The Refocus Project, its multi-year project to elevate and restore marginalized plays to the American canon. This year's series of readings will feature Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights: Prince Gomolvilas, Velina Hasu Houston, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, and Anuvab Pal.

MARCH IS MUSIC 2023 South Bronx Live Concert Series Announced At Pregones Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2023

Pregones/PRTT has announced its 2023 March Is Music series featuring 9 live concerts by world-class classical, jazz, folk, and fusion artists, plus the New York premiere screening of SANTOS – Skin to Skin, a film portrait of master percussionist John Santos.

Photos: First Look at ALOHA BORICUA at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 27, 2022

The original musical, created and directed by Jorge B. Merced, runs December 1-18 off-Broadway at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. Check out a first look at production photos here.

Cast Announced For  Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater's ALOHA BORICUA
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2022

 Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater announces the ensemble cast for its musical Aloha Boricua, the epic saga of the first mass migration of Puerto Ricans to Hawai’i. 

Musical About Historic Migration Of Puerto Ricans to Hawai'i Begins in December at Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
by Stephi Wild - Nov 3, 2022

 Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater's musical Aloha Boricua —the epic saga of the first mass migration of Puerto Ricans to Hawai'i— will run Off-Broadway and for the first time at Miriam Colón's historic Puerto Rican Traveling Theater on west 47th street, Manhattan, on December 1-18. 

HELLFIGHTERS ON A LATIN BEAT to Kick Off Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater's 2022-23 Mainstage Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 29, 2022

 Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s 2022-23 Mainstage Season will kick off with a new staging of Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat, a rousing Latinx musical play developed under the leadership of award-winning director and dramaturg Rosalba Rolón and composer Desmar Guevara.

Roundabout Theatre Company & Pregones/PRTT's THE REFOCUS PROJECT Season Two Now Streaming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2022

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that the second season of The Refocus Project, its multi-year project to elevate and restore marginalized plays to the American canon, is now available to stream online for free, through Sunday, October 16.

Robin De Jesús Will Host Latiné Musical Theatre Lab's First Annual Benefit Concert
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2022

The Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, a new organization that develops and advocates for new Latiné-written works of musical theatre in order to radically change who gets to tell musical stories on stages across the country, is presenting its first ever Benefit Concert. 

The Sol Project Announces Complete Schedule for SOLFEST 2022 in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 1, 2022

The Sol Project, the national theater initiative dedicated to amplifying Latiné voices and building a body of work for the new American theater, announced full details for the fifth annual SolFest: A Latiné Theatre Festival, produced in partnership with (Pregones/PRTT). The four-day program runs August 7-10 with both online and in-person events.

Roundabout Theatre Company Announces Final Two Readings for THE REFOCUS PROJECT, SEASON TWO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 22, 2022

Roundabout Theatre Company will present the second season of The Refocus Project, its multi-year project to elevate and restore marginalized plays to the American canon. The final two readings will be The Harlem Hellfighters On A Latin Beat on Thursday, June 23 at 7pm, and El Corrido De California on Monday, June 27, 7pm.