Astrid Hadad, a trained actress and singer, graduated from Centro Universitario de Teatro in Mexico City and embarked first on an acting and singing career spanning the extremes of Mexican TV soaps and an all-female production of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. Later she developed her own form of musical and artistic expression, performing in Australia, Latin America, USA, and Europe. She has published numerous CDs, contributed soundtracks to several movies, and her work has been documented in a number of TV productions.Whether Hadad is performing on Central Park's Summer Stage, at international theatre festivals around the world, or at the Bodega in Mexico City, she attracts mixed, devoted and passionate audiences, old and young, straight and queer, post-modern Latin-kitsch lovers, or serious admirer of popular Mexican music...Hadad is one of the most provocative stage acts since the Weimar Republic was in bloom a swirl of old songs turned inside out, performance art, political barbs and clothes so surreal they make Salvador Dali look like Norman Rockwell.
The New York Times
