John Leguizamo
HBO has been in business with John Leguizamo for years, and there’s no sign it’s over: they’ll be airing his fifth HBO special on March 22.
Ghetto Klown has been a phenomenon since John Leguizamo produced the first edition of his one-man show, and HBO knows it: they’re bringing a filmed version of his amazing one-man show, directed by Fisher Stevens, who directed the Broadway production and the national tour, on March22 at 10P.
Leguizamo’s been a busy Latino actor/writer/performer, before and after Ghetto Klown was taped last November at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Currently he can be seen right now in the Ice Cube/Kevin Hart cop-comedy Ride Along; he’s part of John Favreau’s Chef, that premiered at SXSW, and he just completed production on two other impressive projects: Cymbeline, a modern-day take on Shakespeare’s play, and Stealing Cars, with William H. Macy.
But Ghetto Klown has been something special for Leguizamo all the way along. He’s called it “therapy,” and a “cautionary tale” that spans his childhood, his early acting career, and his recurring feelings of “self-doubt, negativity and depression.” It will join his other successful adaptations of one-man shows for HBO, including Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, and Sexaholic…A Love Story.
HBO has already announced at least some of the replay days, including March 22 at 9P and 4:15A, and March 31 at 10:30P. You can catch it on HBO2 on March 24 and 29 as well.
Here’s HBO’s trailer for the upcoming special:
