
Piñero
Drama
Overview
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Top Cast


Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero
Benjamin Bratt
Miguel Piñero


Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin
Giancarlo Esposito
Miguel Algarin


Talisa Soto
Talisa Soto
Sugar
Talisa Soto
Sugar


Nelson Vasquez
Nelson Vasquez
Tito Goya
Nelson Vasquez
Tito Goya


Panchito Gómez
Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate
Panchito Gómez
Acting Inmate


Michael Wright
Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser
Michael Wright
Edgar Bowser


Michael Irby
Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod
Michael Irby
Reinaldo Povod


Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother
Rita Moreno
Miguel's Mother


Jaime Sánchez
Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father
Jaime Sánchez
Miguel's Father
Rome Neal
Rome Neal
Jake
Rome Neal
Jake
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