The Journey to Art With A Purpose

Hips Don't Lie! Salsa Will Make You Dance Our 2017-18 season closes with the DC premiere of  Dancing in my Cockroach Killers , a bilingual OFF-Broadway Boricua musical inspired by  Puerto Rican icons such as  Lolita Lebrón, Joe Cuba, and Iris Chacón. Sway to Latin rhythms  in this explosive mix of texts and music that delivers the full range of playwright  Magdalena Gómez ’s rhythmic realism, boundless hope, and rollicking humor.  A co-production with Pregones Theater/PRTT (New York) PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN PREVIEW on Wednesday, June 6, 8 pm $20 Tickets to Community Night performance on Thursday, June 7, 8 pm Dancing in my Cockroach Killers  runs  June 7 through July 1, 2018 , Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm.  TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE ¡Tus caderas no mienten! Te moverás al ritmo de salsa Cerramos nuestra temporada 2017-18 con el estreno en DC de  "Nuyoricans en ritmos entaconados" , una...

  RAGTIME Reviews Are Out!   " Powerful and emotional themes aside, this current and creator-blessed production  is breathtaking in all the ways that theater aspires to be ." - Thomas Ryan Ward " It's hard to imagine a better location for a production of RAGTIME than Deal, New Jersey. The predominantly Jewish community is adjacent to the largely African American population of Asbury Park (a city known for "New Music") and connected by the millionaire mansions of Ocean Avenue: RAGTIME in microcosm. The Axelrod Performing Arts Center is not just presenting RAGTIME, but living it. The 1998 Tony-winning musical has also never seemed more timely, considering the nation's recent headlines about immigrants and dreamers. Luis Salgado Axelrod has lately billed itself as New Jersey's newest professional theatre. Toward that end, they have enlisted Broadway actor / director / choreographer,  Luis Salgado . Salgado's Broadway credits include ...