Conductor

A drag origins story inspired by the life and times of Johnny Rodríguez, standout vocalist and trios musician, pioneering female impersonator and empresario, owner of legendary El Cotorrito club in Puerto Rico, and brother to the also legendary Tito “El Inolvidable” Rodríguez. Prepare to be transported into his world, rife with vibrant costumes and timeless songs, every element crafted to immerse you in the journey of this queer trailblazer and all-around icon.

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A Mainstage Production of Pregones/PRTT

Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (PRTT)

Backed by a 5- piece band, Parrots at the Pagoda is a drag origins story where five queer youths play out their shared obsession with Latin music giant Tito Rodríguez and his lesser-known brother Johnny Rodríguez, standout musician, pioneering drag artist, and owner of legendary El Cotorrito club in Puerto Rico.

Parrots at the Pagoda

Pregones Theater

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s original musical play 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 1-23. Aloha Boricua dramatizes the one-way transoceanic trip to the Hawaiian archipelago made by poor sugarcane workers and families whose lives were upended by the U.S. military invasion of Puerto Rico and the devastation of Category 4 San Ciriaco Hurricane in 1898-99. Premiered in 2009 under the direction of Jorge B. Merced and composer Desmar Guevara, the show lifts the voices and weaves the stories of five characters in search of home and opportunity, and pays tribute to the myths and truths of the Hawaiian people who welcomed them at the end of their journey.

Aloha Boricua

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s 2022-23 Mainstage Season kicks 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. It is the story of extraordinary valor and musicianship that made the 369th Infantry of the New York Army National Guard the most celebrated regiment of the World War One era. As the U.S. prepares to enter armed struggle, genius bandleader and conductor James Reese Europe assembles an all-Black regimental band of unprecedent high caliber. Now firmly established as a point of pride in African American history, it is less known that Lieut. Europe recruited 17 of his illustrious musician-soldiers in Puerto Rico, among them the great Rafael Hernández and Rafael Duchesne.

Conductor

Desmar Guevara

Events

Past events

1 - 25 May, 2025

A Mainstage Production of Pregones/PRTT · Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

20 - 29 Jun, 2024

Parrots at the Pagoda · Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

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