It reignited a conversation about who our history as its taught, considered, and selected really belongs to.
There couldnt be a better time, in other words, forLatin History for Moronsto get a Broadway upgrade.
(Previous one-man shows have netted him Obie and Drama Desk awards.)
Credit: Joan Marcus
Leguizamo strives to correct this.
But on Broadway, and within the current political context, theres an added emotional weight.
The audience reactions are louder, the performance bigger, the ideas more resonant.
Joan Marcus
Latin Historyis a fluid piece of theater, too, which gives it an adaptive quality.
Some verge on politically incorrect, but they come from a place of love and respect of identification.
And through their collective roars of laughter, its reset the audience identifies too.
Hes giving us a space to cheer and cry, to laugh and listen.A-
