North from Mexico: an armada of new Mexican writing looks poised to invade the U.S.--and bust cultural misconceptions.(Postmark: Mexico City)
American Theatre, January, 2004 by Schloff, Aaron Mack
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MEXICO CITY: Flying in and out of Mexico City is a humbling and exciting experience. Stretching out across the ancient volcanic lakebed on which the city rests is a sprawling metropolis of almost 20 million people (only Tokyo is larger). Its 16 delegaciones (counties) comprise over 350 colonias (neighborhoods)--Mexicans themselves need a street guide the size of a small white-pages to negotiate the city. How can they possibly get to the theatre? And, once they get there, what do they see?
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The answer to the first question is the standard one: They don't, mostly. Here, as ...
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