- i know, that s what--miriam was walking by in the 60s. - miriam colón, which was the founder, right? - the founder of this theater. and she saw this boarded up, and she says, there s gotta be a theater in there. - the legendary miriam colón became well-known in the theater community after her performance in the acclaimed play the oxcart by puerto rican playwright rené marqués. but she was also the latina in hollywood in the 50s and 60s and became best known for her role as mama montana in scarface. - she hated hollywood. she was like-- - why d she hate hollywood so much? - because she was so distant from her people. - right. - and in 67, she founded the puerto rican traveling theater. she was taking theater to the people. and she says, that s my calling. i have some people inside from the company that wanna say hello to you again. you wanna come in? - yeah, yeah. ♪ oh, i know some of you. - you know these people? - of course i do. some of the great new york talent. this theater has pumped out crazy amounts of talent, like caridad de la luz, also known as
- i know, that s what--miriam was walking by in the 60s. - miriam colón, which was the founder, right? - the founder of this theater. and she saw this boarded up, and she says, there s gotta be a theater in there. - the legendary miriam colón became well-known in the theater community after her performance in the acclaimed play the oxcart by puerto rican playwright rené marqués. but she was also the latina in hollywood in the 50s and 60s and became best known for her role as mama montana in scarface. - she hated hollywood. she was like-- - why d she hate hollywood so much? - because she was so distant from her people. - right. - and in 67, she founded the puerto rican traveling theater. she was taking theater to the people. and she says, that s my calling. i have some people inside from the company that wanna say hello to you again. you wanna come in? - yeah, yeah. ♪ oh, i know some of you. - you know these people? - of course i do. some of the great new york talent. this theater has pumped out crazy amounts of talent, like caridad de la luz, also known as as la bruja, one of the leading spoken word
latin innovation and how we adapt. so we took a firehouse so we could get our own theater. - i know, that s what--miriam was walking by in the 60s. - miriam colón, which was the founder, right? - the founder of this theater. and she saw this boarded up, and she says, there s gotta be a theater in there. - the legendary miriam colón became well-known in the theater community after her performance in the acclaimed play the oxcart by puerto rican playwright rené marqués. but she was also the latina in hollywood in the 50s and 60s and became best known for her role as mama montana in scarface. - she hated hollywood. she was like-- - why d she hate hollywood so much? - because she was so distant from her people. - right. - and in 67, she founded the puerto rican traveling theater. she was taking theater to the people. and she says, that s my calling. i have some people inside from the company that wanna say hello to you again. you wanna come in? - yeah, yeah. ♪ oh, i know some of you. - you know these people? - of course i do. some of the great new york talent.