New Brazilian Musical Barba Sells Out All Performances; Standby Line Will Be Offered Before Curtain | Playbill

Off-Broadway News New Brazilian Musical Barba Sells Out All Performances; Standby Line Will Be Offered Before Curtain

The work explores the true story of Fernando Barba, who discovered he has an extraordinary gift for creating music using his own body as an instrument.

New Brazilian musical Barba has sold out all performances for their run Off-Broadway at the Pregones Theater. The work exploring body percussion performance is set to play the Bronx venue through February 25. A standby line will be available 30 minutes prior to curtain for each performance. All tickets are priced at $20.

Barba tells the true story of Fernando Barba, who discovered he has an extraordinary gift for creating music using his own body as an instrument. The musical, born from collaboration with selected participants from the Beyond Workshop Series 2024, features a cast predominantly comprised of Latine artists from Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and other Latin American nations. Luis Salgado directs and choreographs.

The cast is led by Rafael Esteban Arias Castro as Barba, Talita Real as Dani, Tamarah Tucker Gonzalez as Tata, Jon Rodéz as André Hosoi, and Matt Graham as Antonio. They are joined onstage by Aimara, Miguel Barreto, Kianna Batista, Alyxandria Batty-Rivera, Maria Belisario, Legna Cedillo, Paula Colorado, Pedro Coppeti, Juliana Cuevas, Yan-Carlos Diaz, Valentina Escobar, David Fajardo Heredia, Jeremy Fuentes, Ashley Green, Sofia Grosso, Elias Husiak, Karoline Lantigua, Devon Lemont, Alex Llorca, Luisa María, Chantal Martin, Melissa Mattos, Kyle Morales, Ché Negron, Juanita Dilia Olivo, Santiago Orjuela, Lucía Perego, Caitlyn Piedra, Senna Prasatthong, Angelica Ramírez, Hikari Salgado-Ambert, Bibi Sánchez, Cami Taleisnik, and Ximena Valentina Alvear.

The creative team features associate director Valeria Cossu, associate choreographer Matthew Steffens, production consultant Heather Hogan, RL Producer Denisse Ambert, set designer Rodrigo Escalante, lighting designer Joe Doran, projection designer Manuel de la Portilla, costume designer Stella Katz, sound designer Germán Martinez, co-production consultant Majo Ferrucho, co-writer and lyricist Kim Bixler, and co-book writer, composer, and music director Carlos Bauzys.

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