From The Editor: Bringing a Dream(er) to life in Phoenix
There’s no doubt that immigration is a hot-button issue. Jason Rose, the president of a Scottsdale PR firm, is hoping that his investment in a new musical production opening in Phoenix in January that deals with the travails of an Arizona “Dreamer” born in Mexico will be a success, and help bring opposing views together… […]
Anti-Trump play to debut in Phoenix
In a move sure to arouse more than toe-tapping, the Phoenix Theatre Company (PTC) is veering from solid entertainment to celebrating illegal immigration. Season ticket holders are paying to be propagandized by political leftism masquerading as a musical. ‘Americano!’ is being heralded as the centerpiece of The Phoenix Theatre Company’s 100th Anniversary Season for 2020. […]
Dreamer-Inspired Musical Americano! to premiere at Phoenix theatre Company
All his life, three words meant more to him than any others he heard or read before them: honor, courage and commitment. Although he can’t articulate just exactly why those words shaped his life, Phoenix resident, Dreamer and political operative Tony Valdovinos defies the odds and defines an experience uniquely Mexican-American. Mr. Valdovinos bleeds red, […]
Phoenix Theatre production ‘Americano defines the Americano immigration experience’
All his life, three words meant more to him than any others he heard or read before them: honor, courage and commitment. Although he can’t articulate just exactly why those words shaped his life, Phoenix resident, Dreamer and political operative Tony Valdovinos defies the odds and defines an experience uniquely Mexican-American. Mr. Valdovinos bleeds red, […]
Valdovinos: Against all odds dreaming of a better tomorrow is uniquely American
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case that could result in me being kicked out of the only country I have ever known. On Jan. 29 a musical called “¡Americano!” opens at The Phoenix Theatre Company based on my life story. It is a strange time to be me. It is a strange time […]
Tony Valdovinos: Political grunt becomes a main character
Tony Valdovinos thinks your ground game is weak… read full article at Arizona Capitol Times.
Phoenix Dreamer: “I’m American In My Heart and at My Thanksgiving Table”
This Thanksgiving, I’m cooking my own turkey. I’m 29, so it’s time for me to learn how to host a holiday meal by myself. I’m going to follow my mom’s recipe that she brought from Colima on the western coast of Mexico: Marinating the bird in a paste of spicy guajillo chili before roasting it. […]
Dreamer-Inspired Musical Americano! Places Billboards in Times Square
Americano! – a groundbreaking, true-story musical on the life of a Dreamer debuting in Phoenix in January- has launched new billboards in New York’s Times Square. The Americano! billboards are being seen on two of Times Square’s most iconic sign locations- the Nasdaq sign, the world’s most famous billboard and the Thomson Reuters sign both […]
Dreamer-Inspired Musical Americano! to premiere at Phoenix theatre Company
The production, based on the life of Tony Valdovinos, begins January 29, 2020, in Arizona. Full Article at Playbill
New Musical Stages True Story of Arizona Dreamer
Tony Valdovinos walked into a Marine Corps recruiting station in Phoenix on his 18th birthday to enlist, only to discover his parents hadn’t told him he was an undocumented immigrant. But he didn’t give up on serving the only country he had ever known—he did it in other powerful ways instead. This is the true […]