{"id":222220,"date":"2025-10-13T19:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/222220\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:24:07","slug":"julio-torres-sets-hbo-special-color-theories-after-off-broadway-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/222220\/","title":{"rendered":"Julio Torres Sets HBO Special ‘Color Theories’ After Off Broadway Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJulio Torres<\/a> has set a new comedy special titled \u201cColor Theories<\/a>\u201d at HBO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tA follow-up of sorts to his 2019 HBO special \u201cMy Favorite Shapes,\u201d \u201cColor Theories\u201d was taped during the month-long run of his recent off Broadway show of the same name at Performance Space New York. According to a press release for the live show, \u201cColor Theories\u201d sees Torres \u201cblending stand-up, design and dream logic into a whimsical exploration of color, emotion and identity that is equal parts comedy, theater and art piece.\u201d The show began previews on Sept. 3 before its official opening a week later. The run was scheduled to end on Sept. 21, but was extended twice due to high demand, eventually closing on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to Variety<\/a> before the show opened, he said, \u201cI\u2019m using color as a way of explaining things that we\u2019ve all observed before,\u201d he says. \u201cThat trope where a director gives an actor a note, like \u2018Be more purple, or orange,\u2019 I get that. So this feels like a way of explaining myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe show is quite purple,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s about anger within a bureaucratic system. The anger and frustration are red, and the bureaucratic system is blue, so combined, they\u2019re purple.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cColor Theories\u201d is written and performed by Torres, with additional performances from Ian Edlund, Nick Meyers, Drew Rollins and Joe Rumrill. Christian Palomares and Chris Douglas of Boundary Road Productions serve as co-executive producers. <\/p>\n

\n\tBesides \u201cColor Theories\u201d and \u201cMy Favorite Shapes,\u201d Torres\u2019 previous work at HBO includes creating the series \u201cFantasmas,\u201d which ran for six episodes in 2024, and \u201cLos Espookys,\u201d which ran for two seasons from 2019 to 2022. The latter was co-created with Fred Armisen and Ana Fabrega. Torres\u2019 other credits include writing and directing the A24 film \u201cProblemista,\u201d which he starred in opposite Tilda Swinton, and \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d on which he served as a writer between 2016 and 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julio Torres has set a new comedy special titled \u201cColor Theories\u201d at HBO. A follow-up of sorts to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,124890,88,1035,124891],"class_list":["post-222220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-color-theories","tag-entertainment","tag-hbo","tag-julio-torres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}