Florencia Cuenca and Jaime Lozano
Florencia Cuenca and Jaime Lozano’s
Broadway en Spanglish
Saturday, February 1, 2025 / 7:30 p.m.
Sixth & I
“This is genuinely impressive musical storytelling, backed up by bona fide vocal training.” – Broadway World
Husband and wife duo Jaime Lozano and Florencia Cuenca create musical magic with Broadway en Spanglish. A fusion of their Mexican roots with their journey to the American Dream, this multi-lingual musical cabaret features fresh interpretations and new arrangements of contemporary musical theater songs from Hamilton, Waitress, Frozen, and more. Lozano is a musical theater storyteller considered by Lin-Manuel Miranda as the “next big thing” on Broadway. Cuenca has performed Off-Broadway in Children of Salt (NYMF 2016 Best of Fest) and A Never-Ending, and named Best New Jazz Artist by Hot House Jazz (2016). The two have performed to sold-out crowds at venues such as Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, and Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series. Stirring mariachi music, humorous stories, and Cuenca’s rousing vocals make for a memorable night celebrating cultural diversity.
This performance is 75 minutes, no intermission.
Program Details
You’ll hear songs from Broadway shows such as Hamilton, Waitress, Disney’s Frozen, and others, along with exciting new arrangements by Lozano.
About the Artists
Jaime Lozano is a Mexican multi-hyphenate musical theatre storyteller considered by Lin-Manuel Miranda as the “next big thing” on Broadway. American Theatre Wing’s Jonathan Larson Grant 2022. Joe’s Pub Working Group 2020-2022. The Civilians R&D Group 2020-2021. JACK Resident Artist 2021. Lincoln Center Resident Artist 2023. Selected works: El Otro Oz (Off- Broadway & National Tour), Carmen La Cubana (European Tour), Children of Salt (NYMF 2016 “Best of Fest” Production), A Never-Ending Line (Off-Broadway), Desaparecidas (JACK). Albums: “A Never-Ending Line,” “Jaime Lozano and the Familia: Songs by an Immigrant” released by Broadway Records. “Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 2,” released by Concord Theatricals Recordings. Film: “In The Heights” (orchestrations), “Tick, Tick… Boom!” (cameo in Broadway composers scene). Currently working on “Broadway en Spanglish,” ROJA and Frida, The Musical. BFA: Music & Composition, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; MFA: NYU/Tisch, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program; part of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America, AFM Local 802, BMI and GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY member.
Florencia Cuenca is a Mexican actress, singer, writer and director based in New York City. She entered the artistic world at the age of three acting alongside her father in stadiums and theaters throughout Mexico and the US. Back in Mexico she is known for telenovelas and for being part of the successful Mexican musical Si Nos Dejan, the Mexican premiere of Shrek the Musical and Selena the Musical. Her first album “Aquí – The New Standards”, made her tour all around Mexico, Latin America and New York City, being awarded with the Hot House Jazz Award 2016 for Best New Jazz Artist. Off- Broadway: Children of Salt (NYMF 2016 Best of Fest) and A Never-Ending Line. She was recently seen playing the role of Estela in the world premiere of the musical Real Women Have Curves at A.R.T. As a singer-songwriter she has performed in prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, 54 Below and others. Director selected credits: Desaparecidas (JACK), A Never Ending Line (Mexico City). SDCF Fellow ’24. Currently she is working on her new album “Broadway in Spanglish” to be release by Concord Theatricals Recordings.
“Florencia Cuenca’s soaring Spanglish cover of ‘Burn’ is one of my favorite renditions of the song. She has that lagrima in her voice, and it is perfect for conveying Eliza’s heartbreak.”
– Lin-Manuel Miranda
Our Partners
This performance is made possible in part by generous support from The Galena-Yorktown Foundation.
Special thanks to the following lead supporters of Washington Performing Arts’s mission-driven work: Jacqueline Badger Mars and Mars, Incorporated; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
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