Shadia Fairuz, Ana Isabelle and Tito Nieves in a scene from “I Like It Like That” (Photo credit: Marisol Diaz)Īlso projected on the wall are supertitles for the English translation of dialogue and lyrics. Most importantly they’ve created a framework for the performance of over 30 salsa songs. The very talented and engaging ensemble that’s comprised of Tito Nieves, Gilbert Velázquez, Ana Isabelle, Rossmery Almonte, Caridad De La Luz, Shadia Fairuz, Chachi Del Valle, Joseph “Quique” González, Angel López, Sofia Klimovsky, Nelson Gonzalez, and Yesenia Santiago wonderfully enacts these archetypal characters.īook writers David Maldonado and Waddys Jáquez have crafted a flavorful and sturdy scenario that though hackneyed is emotionally involving.
There are also colorful neighbors and the villainous significant other of Juan’s former girlfriend weaving in and out of the action. His benevolent father owns a record store, his mother is nurturing, his younger brother is trying to get into Columbia Law School, one of his younger sisters becomes radicalized and the other is turning fifteen. The hotheaded young Juan has returned to his family after spending three years in prison for a neighborhood squabble over his hard-edged girlfriend. The show’s melodramatic climax takes place during and after the 1977 Blackout and there’s a riot along the way.
“FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD” is the famous 1975 New York Daily News headline on the newspaper one the characters is seen reading. Performed in both Spanish and English, it vividly portrays life among New York City Puerto Ricans in El Barrio, also known as Spanish Harlem, in the 1970’s. Darryl Reilly, CriticRousing salsa numbers make up for the slim and familiar plot of the exuberant small-scale musical, I Like It Like That.
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