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News SuperFreak: John Leguizamo's New One-Man Work Starts U.S. Tour, June 26 John Leguizamo, currently starring as Toulouse Lautrec in Baz Luhrman's theatrical film "Moulin Rouge," will be making his return to the live stage with a national tour of his new one-man work, John Leguizamo Live, this summer.

John Leguizamo, currently starring as Toulouse Lautrec in Baz Luhrman's theatrical film "Moulin Rouge," will be making his return to the live stage with a national tour of his new one-man work, John Leguizamo Live, this summer.

As in his earlier one-man performances, Leguizamo in Live will take to the stage and tackle topics in his own unique "in-your-face" comedic style. The four-part play will cover Latino history, childhood and family, relationships, and finally fatherhood. The tour will visit 20 cities in its summer run, June 26-Sept. 1, with a stop at NYC's Beacon Theatre in August.

The Colombian character actor who first caught the eyes of the theatre world with his one-man show Mambo Mouth — which won him an Obie and an Outer Critics Circle Award — later took the Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance for his Spic-O-Rama. His most recent stage work, Freak: A Semi-Demi-Quasi Pseudo Autobiography, garnered him a Tony nomination. All three efforts were later aired on HBO and won CableACE awards.

Also a viable film star, moviegoers may remember Leguizamo from "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" in drag as Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez or in Baz Luhrman's "Romeo + Juliet" as a Virgin Mary-gun toting Tybalt. His biggest role came in the 1999 Spike Lee joint "The Summer of Sam".

John Leguizamo Live will be touring the country throughout the summer. Tickets are currently on sale through Ticketmaster and the show's producing company Celebrity Entertainment Inc. at www.celebrityentertainment.net. The complete city-by-city tour dates follow:

June 26-29 - Newmark Theatre in Portland,OR
June 30 - Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA
July 4 - The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas,NV
July 7 - Auditorium Theatre in Denver, CO
July 10 - Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ
July 13 - State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN
July 14 - Palace Theatre in Cleveland, OH
July 15 - State Theatre in Detroit, MI
July 18 - Merriam Theatre in Philadelphia,PA
July 20-21 - Warner Theatre in Washington, DC
July 24 - Shubert Theatre in Boston, MA
July 28 - James L. Knight Center in Miami,FL
July 31-Aug. 1 - Shubert Theatre in Chicago, IL
Aug. 4 Majestic Theatre in Dallas,TX
Aug. 7 Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX
Aug. 11 Aerial Theatre in Houston,TX
Aug. 17-19 Beacon Theatre in New York, NY
Aug. 21 Spreckles Theatre in San Diego,CA
Aug. 24-25 Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, CA
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, CA

— by Ernio Hernandez

 
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