Mexican-born award-winning multi-hyphenate musical theater artist and storyteller Jaime Lozano arrives with his Familia of performers at NYC’s iconic Sony Hall on Monday, August 25, to celebrate his new album – the third volume of his acclaimed project Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs by an Immigrant – which will be released by Grammy-winning label Concord Theatricals Recordings and available on all streaming platforms on August 22.
Featuring exciting collaborations with such Broadway and Latine stars as Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner Tony Succar, Grammy-winning music producer Trooko, multi-Grammy Award and National Medal of Arts winning artist-saxophonist Paquito D’ Rivera, Latin Grammy winner Jair Alcalá and his band El Plan, Tony, Grammy, Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), Max Mendoza Crumm (The Connector), Tamar Greene (Hamilton), Krystina Alabado (Mean Girls), Tony Award nominee Lorna Courtney (& Juliet), Mayelah Barrera (Much Ado About Nothing), Florencia Cuenca (Real Women Have Curves), Linedy Genao (The Great Gatsby), Aline Mayagoitia (Real Women Have Curves), Joel Perez (Tick, Tick . . . Boom!), Didi Romero (Six), and Mexican regional singer Xavier Zazueta (La Academia), the album authentically portrays the challenges that many first- and second-generation US immigrants face, in a statement about diversity, inclusion, and representation, finding a new home, learning a new language, dealing with discrimination, pursuing the American Dream, and building bridges instead of walls.
The concert line-up includes Cuenca, Alabado, Perez, Barrera, Greene, Romero, Crumm, and Zazueta, along with Marina Pires (How to Dance in Ohio), Rodney Ingram (Aladdin), and more special guests, joined by an 18-piece band, who will come together to make their voices heard, which is needed now more than ever.
During a busy rehearsal week, Jaime kindly gave us a glimpse into what to expect at the concert.
Have you ever played Sony Hall before?
Jaime: I have played there before, but just at galas. I once had the honor of performing at the Dramatists Guild Gala with my Familia. I love Sony Hall. We have been there as an audience, and those have been some of our favorite concerts, but this is the first time we are having our own concert, and I am beyond excited. It is one of the most beautiful venues in New York City.
What has you most excited about performing at this major venue?
We are definitely stepping out of our comfort zone. We have been performing at all the musical theater venues that we love, and we are very grateful to them and their teams and staff, but we wanted to take the next step. It is a larger venue than the ones we have been playing. To be honest, I’m scared. But we made the choice, and here we are. Scared but excited. We are not sure what the turnout will be but we believe in our community, in the power of honest storytelling; we believe in our stories, and we want those stories to reach more and more people every time. The release of this new album, Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 3, was the perfect excuse to try something different. Taking challenges excites me. Sharing my music and my stories excites me. Sharing the stage with my Familia excites me and makes me the happiest guy on earth.
I see you have some recent additions to the Familia, including Max Mendoza Crumm. How did you make a connection with him?
You know, I strongly believe in community, the power of being together. One of the things I have been doing since we started our project, Jaime Lozano & The Familia, is reaching out to people I admire, people I found out have some kind of Latine background. I have never been shy about just DM’ing people or reaching out to people. The Broadway community has always been very open and supportive with me, with us, and I feel so happy along the way to find these amazing performers and human beings. All of us with different stories. Some of us are immigrants, others are first, second, or third generation, and getting to know their stories and their journeys inspires me a lot. I saw Max in Jason Robert Brown’s The Connector, and instantly I became his fan. We have been following each other on social media, and finally, we were able to connect. And that is the case with many of the other amazing performers, such as Didi Romero, Tamar Greene, Lorna Courtney, etc. I love our community, and we need to work together to make things happen and to make a change in this very challenging industry, to start creating spaces for our stories. I couldn’t do it without the support of all these amazing performers who are now part of my Familia.
Why is this show and its content so urgent for you and our country?
We are all aware of what is going on out there in this country. It is not strange to us. I am a proud Mexican immigrant artist pursuing my dreams and a better life in this amazing and beautiful country. Our stories are valuable. Our stories are important. Our stories deserve to be told and heard. We deserve to be heard and seen. These are challenging times, but we need to stay together. We need to speak up. In my case, I do it using my art and my music, my songs. Having a platform to perform and to speak is a privilege and an opportunity that I don’t take for granted. I am here to write and sing about us, my people, mi gente . . . and doing our part to create a change.
Are there plans to release Songs by an Immigrant, Vol. 3 in CD or album format?
I wish. I hope. You know the music industry has changed a lot during the last few decades. I am so grateful for the support we have from Concord Theatricals Recordings and all their team. They believe in this crazy Mexican guy and his music. I hope we can get to more people so we can keep finding ways to share our music and songs. So far, there aren’t any plans yet, but we are working hard on writing, telling our stories, and raising our voices so more people know we are here and want to listen to us.
Many thanks, Jaime, for giving us a preview of the concert; I look forward to seeing you and the Familia there on Monday!
Jaime Lozano & The Familia plays on Monday, August 25, 2025, 8 pm (doors open at 6 pm), at Sony Hall, 235 W 46th Street, NYC. For tickets (priced at $39.11-83.91, including fees, plus a $20 minimum per person at tables), go online.
