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Carmelita Tropicana’s Legacy Lives On | Art News
Carmelita Tropicana, the fearless alter ego of Cuban-American performer Alina Troyano, has redefined downtown New York’s performance scene since the 80s with her razor-sharp humor and boundary-pushing explorations of identity, race, and gender. Celebrated in her final stage appearance at Soho Rep’s Tribeca venue — a play co-written with former student Branden Jacobs-Jenkins — Troyano’s legacy is both playful and profound, rooted in her early days at WOW Café Theater and now honored with an Obie Lifetime Achievement Award. Her new podcast, That’s Not What Happened, directed by her sister Ela…
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