Overview
- Navarro appeared twice at New York’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, first as a bartender during the “La Negra Tomasa” number and later as an affluent 1950s Havana citizen.
- She said the experience was exhilarating after pre-show nerves, calling it surreal to go from a Nicaraguan refugee to stepping onto a Broadway stage.
- The audience response was enthusiastic, with some fans waving Nicaraguan flags and roughly 100 people waiting at the stage door for signed Playbills.
- Whoopi Goldberg and The View executive producer Brian Teta attended the performance, offering encouragement that Navarro said meant a great deal.
- The cameo fulfilled a January on-air invitation from the musical’s cast, with Navarro noting her personal connection to the show’s period costumes and the music she grew up with.