Lou Briel

Briel's presently featured as an MC and singer in the Puerto Rican Folkloric Revue, (designed for tourists), and including native folkloric music and dance, for English-speaking audiences. This spectacle is staged throughout the island and it also has a Spanish version. This performance is produced by Entertainment Concepts Inc. As of 2008, Briel is featured, along Yoyo Boing, Shorty Castro, Dreuxilla Divine, Jose Miguel Class, and Francisco Rosa, at the La Receta de la Abuela Tour (Grandma's Recipe Tour), throughout the island of P.R., sponsored by MCS Classic Care, and produced & MC'd, by Luisito Vigoreaux.

As of 2007, Lou Briel has been performing in Solo para Hombres.. y para Mujeres tambien, in New York City, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo, as a singer, pianist, and musical director alongside, Nancy Alvarez, host of ¿Quién Tiene La Razón?, broadcast by Telefutura.

In 2006, Lou Briel carried out a nine-month engagement at the Show Time nightspot, with his club act, Bohemia Live.

In 2005, he directed and performed in the inspirational video clip Dios Alumbra a Puerto Rico (God Enlightens Puerto Rico). It was the first time that 40 Latin pop and Christian gospel music celebrities joined for a laudable purpose, the eradication of child abuse.

In 2004, Lou Briel reprised his role of "Lubrielito" as the leading actor in the family oriented TV film Yo Creo en Santa Claus (I Believe in Santa Claus). The film was produced by Leo Fernández III and also starred Lorel Crespo in her child role as "Lucía". The film was broadcast by Televicentro and WAPA-America. He was also the main director and composer, performing also on the soundtrack and title song of the movie.

From 1995 to 2001, Lou Briel produced and hosted his own variety show titled Voces en Función, (Voices in Performance) where he presented guest stars and young new talents. The show was taped in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico at the Teatro Yagüez and broadcast by WIPR-TV. {See:VEF}

In 1991, he played the leading role as an actor-comedian in the TV sitcom called Cara o Cruz, (Heads or Tails), broadcast by WAPA-TV, opposite singer & actor, Edgardo Huertas, (whose first daughter Ambar, is Lou Briel's goddaughter). This show was written and directed by Spanish comedian, Joaquín Monserrat ("Pacheco").

In 1985, Lou Briel starred, hosted and was the script-writer of a television musical-comedy show in Telemundo called En Broma y en Serio, (Joking & Seriously) together with Puerto Rican comedian and singer Dagmar, produced by Paquito Cordero. He also produced, wrote and hosted a children's television series called: Teatrimundo, broadcast by Telemundo alongside Sandra Zaiter. He characterized himself as "Lubrielito", a 7-year-old child, whose best pal and "puppy love" was "Dagmarita", a fellow child role, portrayed by Dagmar.

Anexo 3 broke up and Lou Briel started working on his solo career. In 1984, Briel reached popularity with the song: "Yo puedo" ("I Can"), a song written specially for Puerto Rico's Diva Yolandita an inspirational song about perseverance. He toured throughout Latin American countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Santo Domingo, and also toured the United States. He also reached one of the first places, in the song festival called "Festi-Buga" in Buga, Colombia, with this song.

Lou Briel also wrote several songs that participated in other song festivals, such as the 1981 Festival de la Canción de Trujillo (Trujillo's Song Festival) in Perú, and the 1992 Festival de la Voz y la Canción de Mérida (Méridas's Voice & Song Festival) in Yucatán, México.

Lou Briel (born October 19, 1954, Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer, composer, comedian, producer, pianist, and host, among other things.