Gina Torres Celebrates Her Cuban Roots in Broadway’s Buena Vista Social Club
Like many starry-eyed native New Yorkers, Gina Torres grew up longing to see her name on a Broadway marquee. But her debut show, Face Value, lasted all of eight preview performances in 1993. Her next one, 1994’s The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, closed in less than a month. “Things didn’t pan out the way I hoped they would,” she says. “And life took me in another direction.” Still, even though the a…