This new solo show stars gay Latina performer Marga Gomez. It's an autobiographical play set in two eras: the New York Latin show business world of the '60s, and Hollywood in the '90s. It follows the lives of an unconventional Latino family of three pursuing their dreams of fame and fortune.
Ms. Gomez's fate was sealed at a young age when her parents, Cuban comedian Willy Chevalier and Puerto Rican dancer Margarita, gave her a bit part on the stage of one of New York's legendary Teatros. The author uses her later misadventures on the set of Barry Levinson's science fiction flop Sphere in 1998 as a counterpoint to the aspirations and lives of her aprents. Ms. Gomez portrays her mom, dad, the bodega busybody, Queen Latifah, Kathleen Turner, and all of the vivid characters in this wild but true tale.