Press Quotes

“Carmelita Tropicana a tangy bonbon, the perfect hostess for a Havana-themed Bacchanal.”
-The Chicago Tribune

“Carmelita Tropicana has been lighting up New York’s performance venues with colorful, hilarious, and brain-twisting narratives.”
-Time Out New York

“The 70s and 80s saw the rise of young comedians —Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Sandra Bernhard, Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana —who wrote and performed with cunning, anger, brash exuberance and high craft.”
-The New York Times Book Review

“Carmelita Tropicana is a great improviser; that persona always holds the chaos together.”
-The Village Voice

“Una Camen Miranda con l’arma del ridicolo…talento ironico…Intelligenza bruciante.”
-Vogue (Italian)

Links to articles

New York Times
On the Home Front, the Personal Becomes Theatrical (and Political, Too)

Village Voice
Two Latinas, Two Lesbians, Two Laff Riots