While First Stage's recently opened world-premiere production is based on a popular historical novel for youth, this hopeful story about Mexican immigrants couldn't be more timely. Adapted by Alvaro ...
WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1124. STARTING THIS WEEKEND. YOU CAN SEE FIRST STAGES PERFORMANCES OF ESPERANZA RISING IN MILWAUKEE. JOINING ME NOW IS DAVID FLORES, WHO PLAYS ALFONSO OR PAPA IN THE SHOW. THANKS SO ...
“Esperanza Rising” by Pam Munõz Ryan (Scholastic, 262 pp., $5.99) Esperanza Ortega’s life is full of wealth, beauty and peace. She comes from a family who’s ranch, El Rancho de la Rosas, in ...