Actor, comedian, writer and producer John Leguizamo began his career on the experimental theater stages of New York’s East Village, where his electrifying and highly physical performing style earned critical raves in one-man shows “Mambo Mouth” and “Spic-o-Rama.” Leguizamo’s successful stage creations were based on his childhood experiences growing up in a poor Columbian immigrant family in Queens, and his strong association with Latino culture meant he was often cast in rather flat, peripheral Latino character roles as gangsters and drug dealers on film. But the multi-talented and tireless