Edward Gallardo

A Long Way From the South Bronx

(A Pictorial History)

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Born to Fight 

             

Communion

                                                   

First Broadway Show

10th Birthday Present

       

        Lucho Gatica      

First Latin Star I See

         

Start Writing & Directing

My Own Shows

                                                     

 Rita Moreno Wins Oscar

Dreams are Possible

               

 Bette Davis

Comes to the Bronx

                  

JHS Graduation

                            

William Hickey

    Reccomends me to the HS of Performing Arts.  

Am Accepted But Don't Go

   

             First Resume Picture            

                                                             

              

"Funny Girl"

Played Hookey to See

Barbra Streisand

Standing Room - $2.50

 

                                                          

                                                                

On Stage with Robert Kennedy

Speaking at Morris H.S. 

                                                                

First Trip to Puerto Rico

Off-Off-Bway Debut in

"Oedipus Wrecks"

New York Theatre Ensemble

                  

                                                                                   

Off-Bway Debut

in Ronald Ribman's

"The Ceremony of Innocence"

American Place Theatre

Donald Madden

Olive Deering - Dolph Sweet

David Birney - Sandy Duncan

William Devane

Robert Shattuck

College / Working

Acting / Writing / Painting

Anti-War & Civil Rights Protests Start to Take Their Toll

                                                                         

"Bernie"

Written & Directed by

Edward Gallardo

New York Theatre Ensemble

Richard Niles

                                                                

             

Judy Garland Dies

                                                 

A Revolution is Born

           

 

March in First Gay Pride Day

                                            

"In Another Part of the City"

Written & Directed by

Edward Gallardo

New York Theatre Ensemble

 

First Interview

by Randy Wicker

"Miss George Alliance"

Playbox Theatre

Silvana Gallardo &

Harvey Keitel

    

                                         

  Meet Andy Warhol

   at the "Factory"

   

 

"Everybody Knows My Business"

Co-Authored with

Yolanda Gallardo

Manhattan Theater Club

Rita Moreno & Antonia Rey

"Cancelled"

   

"Nobody Ever Says Goodbye"

Written & Directed by

Edward Gallardo

New York Theatre Ensemble

                   

                     

College Graduation

C.C.N.Y.

"Waltz on a Merry-Go-Round"

Written & Directed by

Edward Gallardo

Silvana Gallardo

Yolanda Gallardo

Sonia Manzano

"Everybody Knows My Business"

Co-Authored with

Yolanda Gallardo

Little Theatre - YMCA

Mila Conway - Antonia Rey

Louis Quinones

                                                                        

   

"Cordelia"

Written by Edward Gallardo

Little Theatre - YMCA

Antonia Rey

Silvana Gallardo

Gilbert Gottfried

Gloria Irrizary

                                                                     

First Magazine Cover

                                                                       

 
              

Meet Composer

Bruce J. Taub

                                                                                   

First Meet Joe and Gail Papp

 
                                                                 

          

First Major TV Role

Chico in "Baretta"

'Under the City'

Robert Blake

Jill Haworth

  

                                                                   

          

"Hawaii Five-O"

'Elegy in a Rain Forest'

Jack Lord

Laurie Prange

   

                                                                  

          

On a break during filming

   

 

 

"Killer on Board"

Frank Converse

                                                       

"Killer On Board"

Co-Starring with Patty Duke

Bonnie Bartlett

Jane Seymour

George Hamilton

Frank Converse

Rafael Campos

Claude Akins

Beatrice Straight

Michael Lerner

 

"Killer On Board"

Joshua Bryant

Rafael Campos

                                                                                                                                           

Meet Billy Drago

       

"How The West Was Won"

Silvana on the Set with

James Arness &

Ricardo Montalban

                                                                       

"Waltz on a Merry-Go-Round"

Written by Edward Gallardo

Incidental Music by

Bruce J. Taub

Nosotros Theatre

Silvana Gallardo & Billy Drago

                                                                                                                                      

Get to appear on M*A*S*H*

                                                      

                                 

"Simpson Street"

Written by Edward Gallardo

Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

Antonia Rey

Maria Norman - Iraida Polanco

Marta De La Cruz

 Janette Collazo - Freddy Valle

Directed by Miriam Colon

                                                

    

"Simpson Street"

For Daily News Centerfold

                                                  

First Meet Hal and Judy Prince

          

"Simpson Street"

First New York Revival

                                                                        

"Simpson Street"

Triumphantly Tours Spain

Richard Adan

Emanuel Yeskas

Marta Del La Cruz

Maria Norman

 

                                                                    

"Simpson Street"

Starring Richard Adan

An incredibly gifted young actor

offensively known as the "Waiter"

murdered by Jack Abott thanks to 

Norman Mailer a few weeks after our return

                              

Richard Adan

Actor

Never forget him

"Simpson Street"

Mexico City & Guanaguato

Sharing the Marquee with the

Bolshoi Ballet

                           

"Simpson Street"

Mexico City & Guanaguato

Starring Miriam Colon

and Edwin Sanchez

        

Staged Reading of

Shannon Keith Kelley's

"Big Apple Messenger"

Starring with

Denzel Washington

Nathan Lane

Eddie Jones & Dave Florek

                   

With Emil Belasco in

"Big Apple Messenger"

WPA Theatre

Directed by

Steven Zuckerman

With Merwyn Goldsmith

Michael Huddleston

Eddie Jones & Dave Florek

Intar's Latino Playwrights-in-Residence Laboratory

A.I.D.S. begins to take lives

                                      

                                             

"A Little Spice ... and things not so nice"

A Cabaret by

Edward Gallardo

Music by Paul Radelat

Center for Inter--American Relations

Manizales

"Simpson Street"

in Colombia

                                          

Manizales

Theatre Festival Parade

With Luz Marina Zuluaga

Miss Universe 1958

Party at her home in Manizales

for "Simpson Street"

 

"Levin"

Playrwights' Forum

John Glover

Trini Alvarado

Staged Reading

Directed by Arthur Masella

                                            

Miriam Colon's Spectacular

Return to Puerto Rico in

"Simpson Street"

Freddy Valle

Laura Elena Surillo

"Simpson Street"

Second New York Revival

Directed by and Starring

Miriam Colon

                                            

"Women Without Men"

Written by

Edward Gallardo

New York Shakespeare Festival

Gilda Miros

Socorro Santiago

Wanda De Jesus

Olga Merediz

Lisa Loomer - Shelly Colman

Directed by Santiago Garcia

Winner of the NYSF's First National Contest of Latino Plays

                                             

"Mujeres Sin Hombre"

"Women Without Men"

Puerto Rico

Alba Nidia Diaz

Yasmin Mejias

Magali Carasquillo

Ofelia DaCosta

Ivette Rodriguez

Valli-Marie Rivera

Directed by Vicente Castro

                                                                   

"Mujeres Sin Hombre"

"Women Without Men"

Mexico City & Morelia

Ofelia DaCosta

Ivette Rodriguez

Alba Nidia Diaz

Magali Carasquillo

Yasmin Mejias

Valli-Marie Rivera

Directed by Vicente Castro

"The Dinner Guest"

Henry Street Settlement Playhouse /

Abrons Arts Center

Gina Belafonte & Carla Pinza

Directed by Carla Pinza

                                              

Meet Chita Rivera

   

With Cecilia Vega Ciccone

Reception at Gracie Mansion

Festival Latino - "Fantasma"

              

"Fantasma"

New York Shakepeare Festival

Libretto by Edward Gallardo

Music by Marc Allen Trujillo

Fully Staged Reading

Josie de Guzman - John Aller

Olga Merediz - Jessie Corti

Lauren Mitchell - Thom Sesma

Tommy Hollis  - Alex Paez

                                            

"Women Without Men"

Texas

Directed by Roberto Pomo

     

"Fantasma"

World Premiere

Southwestern College

Chula Vista

Directed by Bill Virchis

         

          

"Simpson Street"

Los Angeles

Nosotros Theatre

Directed by

Marc Allen Trujillo

"Women Without Men"

Los Angeles

Bilingual Foundation of the Arts

Denise Blasor - Myriam Tubert Elise Hernandez - Alina Cenal Maggie Palombo - Caroline Perez - Rosa Fernandez

Directed by Charles Bazaldua

"Carmen Libre"

Book & Lyrics by

Edward Gallardo

Music by George Bizet

Directed by

Arnold Mittelman

Muiscal Director - Joseph Illick

Coconut Grove Playhouse - Greater Miami Opera Association, Producers

                                       

"The Petrified Prince"

Book by Edward Gallardo

Music & Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa

Directed by Harold Prince

Choreography by Rob Marshall

Scenery by Jim Youmans

Costumes by Judith Dolan (Drama Desk Award Winner)

Lighting by Howell Binkley

Musical Direction and Arrangements by Jason Robert Brown

Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Barge Puppets by Jim Henson Productions, Inc.

George C. Wolfe - NYSF, Producer

Candy Buckley (Drama Desk Award Nominee)

Alexander (Gaberman) Chaplin

Daisy (Prince) Chaplin

Marilyn Cooper - Gabriel Barre

Loni Ackerman - Jane White

Mal Z. Lawrence

                                              

"The Petrified Prince"

Company

                                                         

"The Petrified Prince"

Alexander (Gaberman) Chaplin

Daisy (Prince) Chaplin

"Simpson Street"

Third New York Revival

Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

Carmen Rosario

Douglas Santiago

Directed by Alba Oms

"The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"

Montreal

Lyrics by Edward Gallardo

Music by Gary William Friedman

Directed by Bryna Wassmerman

Saidye Bronfman Center

In Yiddish with French and English Simultaneous Translation

Lisa Gunn

Making her Broadway Debut

in "Annie"

"Jammin' In The Slam Zone"

Written by

Edward Gallardo

Henry Street Settlement Playhouse / Abrons Arts Center

Directed by David Becker

"Resurrecting Levin"

Written by

Edward Gallardo

in collaboration with John Flaxman

Denver Center Theatre Company

1998 U S West TheatreFest

Donovan Marley, Artistic Director

Bruce Sevy, Director of New Plays Project

Fully Rehearsed Staged Reading Directed by

Arthur Masella

Starring Rocco Sisto

Jacqueline Antaramian

Denver Center Theatre Company

                                    

                                                      

 

A New Musical

Book and Lyrics by Edward Gallardo

Music by Fernando Rivas

Directed by William Virchis

Featuring Additional Songs by

Selena Quintanilla-Perez

Produced by Selena Forever, LP

Tour begins in March 2000

Family

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Mother

Grace Mallory

         

 Father 

Edward Francis Gallardo

   

Grandmother

Rita Torres nee Mallory     

Wedding

                          

Sister

Former Singer

Joan Gallardo (Marin) Bartko

        

Sister

Writer

Yolanda Gallardo

Sister

Actress

Silvana Gallardo

Brother-In-Law

Billy Drago

& Son

Darren E. Burrows

Partner

Composer

Bruce J. Taub

Nephew

College Student - Athlete - ROTC

Edward Marin

Nephew (Godson)

College Student - Athlete

Christopher Marin

Pets

Maggie and Lulu

                          

Gretchen

Amanda

Damian & Dudley

Robin

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