PicksInSix Review: LA HAVANA MADRID
“WE MADE IT TO CHICAGO. STOP.”
The Colombian, Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrant experience plays out in the Teatro Vista/Collaboraction revival of “La Havana Madrid,” an arresting musical anthology of true stories framed from within the famous 1960s Caribbean Latino nightclub playing at The Den Theatre’s Heath Mainstage. Written by Sandra Delgado, whose electrifying performance is at the heart of the story, the Cheryl Lynn Bruce-directed “La Havana Madrid” returns to the stage in Chicago after sold-out runs at Steppenwolf and Goodman theatres in 2017. The new home, a shimmering, chandeliered house with state-of-the-art projections and the Carpacho Y Su Súper Combo headed by one of the story’s characters, Roberto “Carpacho” Marin, all combine to deliver one of the most unique and uplifting theatrical experiences you will see on stage in Chicago.
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