More Than Passing Fashion - Latino works at the Lincoln Center Festival - New York City

“The Lincoln Center Festival has long been recognized as a cultural melting pot. But this year, one flavor dominates the rest as the festivals theater offerings take a distinctly Latin turn. Over the next month, the festival will present four major productions of Spanish-language works. Chiles Compañí Teatro Cinema begins the Festivals Spanish-language offerings on July 10 with “Gemelos,” a play based on the Hungarian writer Agota Kristofs novel “The Notebook.” Mexicos Ciertos Habitantes will present “De Monstruos y Prodigios: La Historia de los Castrati,” which tracks three centuries of cutaway vocal achievement in a style mixing live vocal, violin, and harpsichord performance with extreme physical comedy. Argentinas “Un Hombre se que Ahoga” is a free adaptation of Chekhovs “The Three Sisters” by troupe Proyecto Chejov. And “Divinas Palabras” comes via the Centro Drámatico Nacional of Madrid, Spain, and brings the tragicomic spectacle of wretched Galician villagers captivated by a devil-like rogue who offers a shot at redemption.”

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