{{short description|Play written by Rick Najera}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox play | name = Latinologues | image = | alt = | caption = | writer = Rick Najera | based_on = | director = Cheech Marin | music = | lyrics = | choreography = | chorus = | characters = | mute = | setting = | premiere = October 13, 2005 | place = Helen Hayes Theatre | orig_lang = | series = | subject = | genre = | web = https://web.archive.org/web/20051018070844/http://www.latinologues.net/ }} '''Latinologues''' is a play written by Rick Najera and directed by Cheech Marin.<ref>Thomas A. Greenfield. {{cite book | title=Broadway: An Encyclopedia of Theater and American Culture | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-313-34265-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JFxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA324 | page=324}}</ref> It is structured as a series of monologues that highlights stereotypes about.{{Clarify|date=July 2011}} The long running play has performed throughout the US, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Miami and Chicago. Its cast has included Esai Morales, María Conchita Alonso, Fernando Carrillo, Jacob Vargas, and soap actress Cynthia Klitbo.
It opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre on October 13, 2005.<ref>{{cite web | last=Gans | first=Andrew | title=Latinologues Opens on Broadway Oct. 13 | work=Playbill | date=October 13, 2005 | url=https://playbill.com/article/latinologues-opens-on-broadway-oct-13-com-128564 }}</ref> The opening night cast consisted of Eugenio Derbez, Rene Lavan, Rick Najera and Shirley A. Rumierk. Lighting design by Kevin Adams, assisted by Aaron Sporer. Costume Design by Santiago, assisted by Jonathan Solari. The Stage Manager was Arabella Powell.<ref>{{cite web | title=Skewering the Strengths and Stereotypes of Latino Life | website=The New York Times | date=October 14, 2005 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/theater/reviews/skewering-the-strengths-and-stereotypes-of-latino-life.html }}</ref>
''Latinologues'' closed on Broadway on December 31, 2005,<ref>{{cite book | author = Rick Najera | date = 16 September 2013 | title = Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood | publisher = Hay House, Inc | pages = | isbn = 978-1-4019-4368-4 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1SBnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT128}}</ref> after 93 performances and 34 previews.
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051018070844/http://www.latinologues.net/ Official site] * [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=401915 IBDB]
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Category:American plays Category:2005 plays
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