One-woman shows that resurrect the spirits of female icons like Janice Joplin and Billie Holiday rely on the communal memory of the public and the actresses’ ability to channel that legend. Sully Diaz ...

She was a rebel before it was cool: enchanting, hypnotic, tragic. We speak to La Lupe's biographer. La Lupe, Queen Of Latin Soul: The Original Alt.Latina A Cuban icon known as the Queen of Latin Soul, ...

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THE BASICS: LA LUPE: MY LIFE, MY DESTINY, the WNY premiere of the 2001 “play with music” by NYC playwright Carmen Rivera, presented by Raíces Theatre Company, directed by Victoria Pérez, starring ...

Host Leslie Grace performs La Lupe’s “La Tirana” at the 36th Hispanic Heritage Awards, accompanied by the American Pops Orchestra. Hispanic Heritage Awards is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

La Lupe was electric onstage. The Cuban singer, known for her belting power and undeniable charisma, began showing off her skills at a young age, winning local radio competitions and dazzling ...

La Lupe never seemed to second-guess herself onstage. The Afro-Cuban singer — who died 30 years ago this week, on Feb. 29, 1992 — was infinitely watchable, unafraid to kick and howl and twitch, as if ...

You need to hear "La Lupe." And because grainy YouTube clips and forays into the mostly forgotten catalogue of this irrepressible Cuban singer can only prove so rewarding, the best way to do that is ...

Victoria Lupe Yoli was a poor kid from Cuba whose dad wanted her to be a teacher. But La Lupe could belt out a song like no one else. In Carmen Rivera's adept biodrama, we watch her rise from amateur ...

Presented by and at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, 304 W. 47 St., NYC, June 27–Aug. 11. Victoria Lupe Yoli was a poor kid from Cuba whose dad wanted her to be a teacher. But La Lupe could belt ...