A Surprising First Live Show, in the Hometown I Once Fled
Back in Honduras for the first time in a decade, a critic finds hopefulness in a city’s cultural ferment — including an energetic theater troupe.
Jean Navarro, left, and María Antonia Pacheco in the Casa del Teatro Memorias production of “La ciudad oscura,” a Spanish play adapted for a Honduras audience.Credit...Ezequiel Sánchez
By Jose Solís
On March 12, 2020, I went to an afternoon movie. I was struck by the heavy feeling in Midtown; people looked less determined, more afraid. There were interminable lines inside the drugstores, and at the IMAX theater that seats more than 4,000 people, there was me and a stranger who walked in during the previews.