LATEA TEACHES A ‘LESSON’ LATEA Theatre, the venerable Latino-oriented venue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, presents its first original production in four years with Eugene Ionesco’s “The Lesson,” directed by Gama Valle. Opening Friday, Feb. 16, the absurdist play about a small-town girl looking for a better life runs though Sunday, Feb. 25. Tickets: [...]
Synopsis: In “The Lesson,” a hopeful young girl looks for a better education, but in her small town there is only one person who can help her to reach her goal: an old teacher with a secret. In a thriller-like world, this Ionesco classic of the Theater of The Absurd makes [...]
One of New York City’s oldest and best-known Latino theaters is paying tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Teatro LATEA on the Lower East Side is presenting a week-long series of affordable events that began Monday, Jan. 15 — the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader — with a panel discussion on King’s [...]
Miguel Zenon Hot jazz returns to a cool venue on Saturday, Sept. 9 — thanks in large part to veteran alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon. Teatro LATEA, the Lower East Side theater space that usually hosts stage shows, is kicking off a bimonthly series of jazz performances featuring bands handpicked by Zenon, the San [...]
El huracán fue –como la quiebra criolla- una sorpresa anunciada. Todos sabíamos que ambas catástrofes se avecinaban; nadie creyó que llegaran a ser tan devastadoras, que pudieran cambiar totalmente la cómoda vida que llevábamos muchos puertorriqueños.María llegó, atacó y nos venció. Después partió, dejándonos con la impresión del ulular atronador de sus vientos durante una [...]