¡El Conquistador!
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 3, 2006
Closed Oct 22, 2006
Opened Oct 3, 2006
Closed Oct 22, 2006
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¡El Conquistador! is the story of Polonio Castro, a Colombian peasant, who after losing his crops (to US drug fumigation) and losing the lottery (for the 17th time) decides to leave his shack in the country and try his luck in the big city. Polonio finds work as the doorman of a fancy high-rise apartment building -- a building populated with characters who appear on video phone and are played by some of Colombia's leading television actors -- including Victor Mallarino -- filmed on location in Bogota. As Polonio passes his days, a crazy, dramatic telenovela-style story unfolds involving suspense, seduction, murder and revenge.
Added Performances: Monday - October 2 @ 8pm, Wednesday - October 18 @ 2pm
No Performances: Saturday - September 23 @ 2pm, Sunday - September 24 @ 3pm, Sunday - October 1 @ 7pm, Wednesday - October 4 @ 8pm, Saturday - October 21 @ 3pm
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If ever a theater piece could be called both cute and astute, it's El Conquistador!, which is now being performed in Spanish with English subtitles at New York Theatre Workshop. Explaining why it's cute is relatively simple: That has a good deal to do with the show's star and co-author Thaddeus Phillips, the only live actor in this creative, multi-media enterprise. He's utterly charming in the central role of a Colombian country bumpkin called Polonio, who gets a job at a doorman in Bogota; moreover, towards the show's end he doubles (actually quaduples) as a handful of the nutcase tenants in his building, not so subtly named the New World.
Explaining why El Conquistador! is astute takes a[...]