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Last night I had the pleasure of going behind the curtain with the talento artistico of the theatre. TimesTalks (as in the New York Times) along with Teatro Stage Fest sponsored a panel discussion with Graciela Daniele, Eugenio Derbez, Bianca Marroquin, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The talk was moderated by a dry Robin Pogrebin, a cultural reporter for the New York Times.

The talk was introduced by the director of Teatro Stage Fest, Susana Tubert, who said that the artists in the panel were “not Latino artist, rather artists who happened to be Latino” (a line that doesn’t sit well with me- as if one has nothing to do with the other or as if being Latino just happens to be with no wider implication).

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the mind behind the words and music to the Tony nominated In the Heights, garnered the most applause, while the mostly white theater going crowd seemed unfamiliar with Eugenio Derbez, who ironically enough had a few Mexican farandula cameras anxiously waiting outside.

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