Reinaldo Povod
Reinaldo Povod (1960 - July 30, 1994 Brooklyn) was an American playwright.[1]
Life
Reinaldo Povod, known to his friends as Rei (Ray) grew up on the Lower East Side. The son of a
Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father of Russian descent.[2] In 1977, his play Cries and Shouts played at the Nuyorican Poets Café, where Mr. Povod was a protege of Miguel Piñero.[3]
Bill Hart brought Mr. Povod to the attention of Public Theater
.
In 1986, Cuba and His Teddy Bear opened on Broadway, with Robert De Niro in the lead, for which Mr. Povod received the George Oppenheimer/Newsday Award (The Oppy).[4]
In 2009, Cuba and His Teddy Bear received its Chicago premiere by the Urban Theater Company and People's Theater of Chicago.[5] Reinaldo Povod co-authored the play Super Fishbowl Sunday with longtime friend and collaborator Richard Barbour, which was produced in 2001 at the Krane Theater in Manhattan, directed by Mr. Barbour.[6]
The play Super Fishbowl Sunday has since been adapted into a screenplay by Richard Barbour and Joseph Barbour and is in pre-production at Bergen Street Ent.[7]
Mr. Povod died at the age of 34 from TB and complications from AIDS.
Awards
- 1987 Whiting Award
Works
- Cries and Shouts
- Cuba and His Teddy Bear. Samuel French, Inc. 1986. ISBN 978-0-573-69028-0.
- La Puta Vida Trilogy (This Bitch of a Life). S. French, Inc. 1987. ISBN 9780573662041.
- Nijinsky Choked His Chicken, 1987
- Poppa Dio!
- South of Tomorrow
- Super Fishbowl Sunday
- A Brownsville Archipelago
- Miami Vice "Everybody's in Showbiz"[8]
References
- ^ WILLIAM GRIMES (August 2, 1994). "Reinaldo Povod, A Playwright, Is Dead at 34". The New York Times.
- ^ Playwright Reinaldo Povod Brings the Mean Streets of His Youth (and De Niro) to Broadway
- ^ ""The Prey of Demons, Miguel Pinero Wrote Like an Angel" by Don Shewey".
- ^ "People*s Theater of Chicago". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ "Chicago Stage Reviews - Review and Features of Chicago Theater".
- ^ "Super Fishbowl Sunday (Closed July 30, 2001) | Off-Off-Broadway | reviews, cast and info | TheaterMania".
- ^ https://www.myspace.com/joey2stops/blog [dead link]
- ^ "The Miami Vice Chronicles".
External links
- "REINALDO POVOD ", doollee
- "Cuba & His Teddy Bear", IBDB
- Kristina Johnson (September 1, 1986). "Playwright Reinaldo Povod Brings the Mean Streets of His Youth (and De Niro) to Broadway". People Magazine.
- Whiting Foundation Profile
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