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Interview with Carmelita Tropicana

Title
Interview with Carmelita Tropicana [videorecording] / [Video production company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer ] Billy Rose Theatre Division, Douglas Reside, curator.
Publication
  • New York : Billy Rose Theatre Division, [2025]
  • ©2025

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DVDUse in library NCOW 450Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Additional Authors
  • Troyano, Alina
  • Tropicana, Carmelita
  • Espejo, Ramón, 1969-
  • González, Javier Antonio
  • Reside, Doug (Douglas Larue), 1978-
  • Estate of Felipe Gorostiza
  • Parker/Hodges Productions
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Series Statement
Latine Oral History Project videos
Alternative Title
  • Interview with Alina Troyano
  • Alina Troyano interview
  • Carmelita Tropicana interview
Subject
  • Troyano, Alina > Interviews
  • Troyano, Alina > Friends and associates
  • Tropicana, Carmelita
  • Tropicana, Carmelita > Interviews
  • Fornés, María Irene > Friends and associates
  • Ferra, Max > Friends and associates
  • Machado, Eduardo, 1953- > Friends and associates
  • WOW Café Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
  • Hispanic American Arts Center (New York, N.Y.)
  • Actresses > Interviews
  • Hispanic American theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • Title from opening credits.
Access (note)
  • DVD playback copy must be viewed onsite at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewed by Dr. Ramón Espejo and Javier Antonio González.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., February 7, 2025.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
Language (note)
  • The interview is conducted primarily in English. For the first six minutes, the conversation is in Spanish.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Call Number
NCOW 450
OCLC
1525427382
Title
Interview with Carmelita Tropicana [videorecording] / [Video production company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer ] Billy Rose Theatre Division, Douglas Reside, curator.
Production
New York : Billy Rose Theatre Division, [2025]
Copyright Date
©2025
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Series
Latine Oral History Project videos
Access
DVD playback copy must be viewed onsite at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Cast
Interviewed by Dr. Ramón Espejo and Javier Antonio González.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., February 7, 2025.
Summary
Performer Alina Troyano, best known for playing a larger-than-life persona Carmelita Tropicana, discusses her work with Ramón Espejo and Javier Antonio González. Troyano discusses her move in childhood from Cuba to New York City, her early theater work, and the creation of Carmelita Tropicana, as well as other characters she has portrayed. She speaks of the theater venues where she has performed her work, especially the WOW Café and INTAR, and several of her mentors, including María Irene Fornés, Max Ferra, and Eduardo Machado.
Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
Language
The interview is conducted primarily in English. For the first six minutes, the conversation is in Spanish.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Added Author
Troyano, Alina, interviewee.
Tropicana, Carmelita, interviewee.
Espejo, Ramón, 1969- interviewer.
González, Javier Antonio, interviewer.
Reside, Doug (Douglas Larue), 1978-
Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
Parker/Hodges Productions.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOW 450
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