Winner of the 2024 Bistro Award, Roberto Araujo and his show I Just Wanted You to Know returns to The Green Room 42 on Friday, September 20 at 7:00 PM. I Just Wanted You to Know features a five-piece band led by music director Yasuhiko Fukuoka. The show features musical staging by Jason Wise and is directed by Mónica Huarte.
The evening takes audiences through anecdotes from Araujo’s life, bringing an unapologetic honesty to his narrative. The new song list will feature songs by Stephen Sondheim, David Yazbek, Steven Lutvak, and more, all exploring ideas of identity, immigration, love, family, racism, acceptance, and belonging.
Araujo, hailing from Mexico City, has appeared in Mexico and the U.S. in such musicals as Rent, Guys and Dolls, Cats, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Xanadu, Les Misérables and In the Heights. He was featured as the singing voice of Joseph in Dreamworks’ Joseph: King of Dreams. As a cabaret performer, he brought an earlier show Do You Dream in Spanish to The Green Room 42 in 2019, and returned for an encore performance of the show later the same year. He’s also a winner of the “Outstanding Featured Performer Award” at the Fresh Fruit Festival. A multi-talented artist, Araujo is also a photographer and video producer whose work has been featured in Playbill, ANIMIZE and Beautiful magazine. He is also an Emmy-nominated journalist with the “On Stage” team at NY1.
The cover charge ranges from $25-$50. A livestream option is available for $20. For tickets, please visit www.TheGreenRoom42.com.
The Green Room 42 is located at 570 Tenth Avenue at 42nd Street, on the 4th Floor of Yotel, NYC
