As majestically described by who you previously met Candido Tirado, Nuyorican Theater is “Un Asopao” or a soup which contains a mix of diverse cultures incorporated  into Theater plays which are ultimately claimed or performed as Puerto Rican Theater. To recapitulate,  historically, the Nuyorican movement began in the late 60’s early 70’s with pioneers  who like Rene Marques ( Who is previously mentioned in the video tour as he is the one the blame for writing the “Oxcart” a big hit that provoked the creation of the Puerto Rican Travelers Theater) wrote plays about Puerto Ricans who faced discrimination and struggled to fully integrate into the culture of New York. In response to discrimination and struggle, theater houses like The Puerto Rican Travelers Theater and Pregones Theater  were formed along with the Poets Cafe as landmarks which proclaimed that the culture of Puerto Rico was alive and ready to offer a humane and artistic message to the citizens of a country accustomed to Broadway. It is interesting to note that these Theater houses are currently located in opposite boroughs of the city; the Bronx and Manhattan offering and serving to communities which might differ in socioeconomic status but who are provided with a similar artistic content.

From these landmarks also came playwrights who like Candido Tirado dedicate their life and soul to developing and enhancing the methods of delivering Puerto Rican Theater to the audience. With big hits like  Momma’s Boyz,  chosen as a “Chicago Top Ten in 2011” by the Huffington Post, Tirado has made sure to place Puerto Rico in map of top notch Theater. Furthermore, today, the history of the Nuyorican Theater can be traced back in a facile manner by visiting El Museo del Barrio which connects the past with the present and it aims to preserve and maintain works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community based in New York.    

Today, the almost 50 year work and dedication of the Puerto Rican Theater movement as a whole has been solidify with the merger between the greatest theater houses in New York (Pregones and The Puerto Rico Traveling Theater) with the assistance of established companies such as Ford and Time Warner Cable who have realized the importance of maintaining the diversity and inclusion of Puerto Ricans and Latinos into la Gran Manzana. Under the logo “Two Great Stages, One Great Theater ” the emergence and development of a greater number of artist and playwrights it is imminent and I can proudly say that I had the honor to peak into what I believe today is the climax of a movement.