John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
Thursday, Nov. 21 - Saturday, Nov. 23
National Theatre
http://thenationaldc.com/events/category/series/john-leguizamo-latin-history-for-morons/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9JANlZiN8
Fresh off its Tony-nominated hit Broadway run, Tony Award winner John Leguizamo’s one-man play LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS is inspired by the near total absence of Latinos from his son’s American history books. Known as modern theatre’s most prolific Latino playwright, Leguizamo embarks on an outrageously funny, frenzied search to find a Latin hero for his son’s school history project. From a mad recap of the Aztec empire to stories of unknown Latin patriots of the Revolutionary War and beyond, Leguizamo breaks down the 3,000 years between the Mayans and Pitbull into 110 irreverent and uncensored minutes above and beyond his unique style. Don’t miss the show The New York Times calls “a surprisingly poignant one-man play that slyly poses sharp and timely questions of what culturally defines American identity and who, in the nationalistic age of Trump, has ‘the right’ to be here.”
Recommended for ages 13 and up.
Run time: Approximately 1 hour, 50 minutes, no intermission
