Summer 2023 in Buenos Aires promises to be one of the most active in recent years in the theater. With previews and reruns, from the first week of the year, there will be a very broad offer to enjoy the theater in the city. After two years of pandemic, anger over the brand new is soon felt on the bill.
Here, a review of much of what you can see why, in Buenos Aires, there are always more options.
On January 5, the long-awaited comes Married with children to the Great Rex. Undoubtedly the comedy starring Guillermo Francella, Florence PenaLuisana Lopilato, Darío Lopilato, Marcelo De Bellis and Jorgelina Aruzziwill be one of the phenoms of the billboard for the anticipation that has been dragging on and the impressive previous success of television.
Postponed several times due to the pandemic, the Argento family will finally be face to face sharing with their fans of all ages. With directed by Guillermo Francella and books by Axel Kuschevatzky and Diego Alarcón, the same duo responsible for Telefe’s fiction scripts, the great unknown is what the Argentos will do in this 2023 version.
Nicolás Cabré, the director
The day before, on January 4, the Comafi Multiteatro will be on stage Tom, Dick and Harrythe comedy that will mark the debut of Nicolás Cabré as theater director and protagonist Mariano Martínez, Bicho Gómez, Yayo Guridi, Mercedes Oviedo, Gabriela Sari, Rodrigo Raffetto Jorge Noya and the special participation of Maria Valenciala.
In the story, Tom and his wife are about to adopt a child and his brothers, Dick and Harry, are eager to help them impress the woman at the adoption agency. But they fail, because Dick has hidden boxes of whiskey and smuggled cell phones in the house and Harry is in possession of a corpse which he intends to sell illegally to a medical school.
Also on January 4th will be the day of the return on stage at Multitabaris Comafi di what’s left of uswith the Colombian Caroline Ramirezprotagonist of the series the queen of flowY Alberto Aiaka which had a short and successful season in 2022, with a heartwarming story about the love between man and pet.
Also at Multitabaris Comafi will be there the return of a classic of classics, witchesfrom January 11, with the almost complete cast of the original actresses: Nora Cárpena, Thelma Biral, Moria Casán and Graciela Dufau, joined by María Leal and Sandra Mihanovich, took turns in the role that Susana Campos occupied at the time.
The day before the return show, it will be the 32nd anniversary of its premiere, at the Atlas in Mar del Plata, when that January 3, 1991 began one of the most successful Argentine theater histories.
ART, a classic that returns
Continuing at Multitabaris, on the 18th it will be the turn of the stage return, in its third season, of the leading trio of ARTFernán Mirás, Pablo Echarri and Mike Amigorena, with the reversal of another classic, this time directed by Ricardo Darín and Germán Palacios.
In the Multiteatro Comafi there will be several performances, two of which are record-breaking. January 4 will be the turn of The anatomy lesson, a phenomenon like few others who has just turned 50 and who continues to celebrate in the middle of Via Corrientes.
The other more recent theatrical phenomenon is that of Knock Knock which, directed by Lía Jelín, returns to that room with the cast led by Diego Pérez and Ernesto Claudio. The comedy of obsessions is already in its thirteenth season and everything indicates that they will continue to add features.
A few days before, on the 11th, the comedy wild scissors it will cross a couple of blocks, from Corrientes to 800 where it debuted last year, to settle in 1200 avenue, in the Multiteatro and continue with its performances. The cast consists of Andrea Politti, Diego Reinhold, Mario Pasik, Linda Peretz and Alejandro Paker are added instead of Alejandro Müller.
Piaf, an incomparable phenomenon
If we talk about theatrical phenomena, piaf He’s one of them. After thirteen years, the protagonist game Elena Ruggero about the life of the iconic singer Edith Piaf, he broke all the molds when he returned to the Buenos Aires billboard. This year he arrived on the stage of the high school, no less than on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the El furor por piaf caused the announced 12 weeks of shows to be stretched to five months.
The show directed by Briton Jamie Lloyd raised the bar for all local productions with a sublime performance by Roger and the entire cast that accompanies him. It is re-released on January 7 and promises to continue to be a success.
From January 19, at El Nacional Sancor Seguros Adrián Suar and Diego Peretti will be installed again with comedy Immatures, directed by Mauricio Dayub and which this year has been a favorite with the public, pure gag between the actors.
A work that will celebrate its tenth anniversary is Lezama Park, with Luis Brandoni and Eduardo Blanco as the affectionate León and Cardozo and which, in addition to adding spectators in Argentina, has also done so in Spain. Directed by Juan José Campanella, it will be re-released on January 12 at the Politeama.
El Maipo will open its billboard on January 14 with Dalia Gutmann and her irreverent and entertaining show i have things to do which already comes with several successful seasons under its belt.
Many of the works that were on the bill this year are back in the halls of Paseo La Plaza: one is My mother, my girlfriend andor, with Sebastián Presta, Vicky Almeida and Graciela Tenenbaum, from 5 January.
The other is The Gronholm method, but now with a renewed cast: Martín Slipak and Marina Bellati join Rafa Ferro and Julián Cabrera in this acid and critical comedy about appearances and unorthodox ways to get a job. Directed by Ciro Zorzoli, they will be re-released on 11 January.
Also in La Plaza there will be Fede Cyrulnik with comedy, from January 6; Mellera Lauriente, from 7; Pablo Angeli with Carmen, a new solo show, from the 8th and, from the 22nd, Pablo Fabregas and Fernando Sanjiao will also premiere the show together. A few days later, on the 26th, Malena Guinzburg will do it with a show by her.
In February, the only person Brokenwith Raquel Ameri, will arrive from the beginning to take up residence in La Plaza from Tuesday 7. The show is about gender-based violence from the point of view of the mother of a femicide and Ameri has received several awards for her heartbreaking performance.
Two madmen returning
In January will also be the return of Soledad Silveyra and Verónica Llinás with Two crazy auctions, the work with which they toured almost the whole country this year. The comedy will return on January 6 on the Astral stage.
Metropolitan Sura also announces its programming very early in the new year. Already on January 4 he will be back on stage Veronica’s roomwith Silvia Kutika, in an unusual theme for the theater, such as the horror genre.
Also in that theater will re-release nakedfrom January 5, with a change of cast: Ludovico Di Santo joins Gonzalo Heredia, Brenda Gandini, Sabrina Rojas, Mercedes Scápola and Esteban Lamothe in the comedy that toured half the country.
Julio Chávezwith her impressive interpretation of Charlotte, a transvestite who lived in Berlin, at the time of Nazism and communism, returns on January 6 with I am my woman also at the Met.
Another who returns that day and is in that room MotherYesthe comedy with Viviana Puerta and Anita Martinez, which offers a broader, more real and relaxed look at motherhood. The same happens with Juampi González which will be premiered To separate.
The delirious and brilliant comedy tarasconi he will make his return to the Metropolitan on 10 January. In the segment that brought together the theater with works that had a previous path at the start, there will be Othelo, it ends badlythe version of the Shakespeare classic directed by Gabriel Chamé Buendía, from 21.
Already in February those who will debut in the segment are Brotherhoodfrom Thursday 2, the same day on which a house full of water, with Violeta Urtizberea. And they will return, from 8, success Petroleum, by Grupo Piel de Lava (after their first tour of Spain), and another award-winning piece by Mariano Tenconi Blanco, the prisonersstarting at 11.14 is added Translation who did a season at Cervantes.
Les Luthiers, the return
The legendary Les Luthiers, on the other hand, will take the stage of the Opera on January 12, when they will debut Mastropiero’s setbacks.
El Picadero is also preparing a very varied lineup to kick off throughout 2023. On January 5, Luis Machín will make his debut with Freud’s last session, focused on the figure of Sigmund Freud in a discussion on various topics with a brilliant academic. The cast is completed by Javier Lorenzo and directed by Daniel Veronese.
From 11, in that same room, the musical will be presented for the first time in Spanish. Piero or the secrets of the nightby Guus Ponsiöen, a Swiss-Argentine co-production; Y The madman and the shirta classic off that since 2009 has been played continuously for more than ten seasons.
DogsNelson Valente’s comedy will return to that room in downtown Buenos Aires on January 16 and will debut the following day Three, by Pablo Bellocchio with Gastón Cocchiarale. In the Picadero they will be too Nanutria Get up Y whatever we call youby Mama Giardina. and they will add up the red rooma dull classic, by Victoria Hladilo, from 13.
Already in February the Picadero will have in its programming the extraordinary life by Mariano Tenconi Blanco, with Valeria Lois and Lorena Vega; the award winner printers, the biodrama of Lorena Vega and her brothers; Y Stand up with Agustina Aguilera.
In February, a classic must-see pearl is the amateur by Mauricio Dayub, which reopens in this case, in the hall of the actor and director, the Chacarerean Teatre, in the Palermo district.
And the second month of the year is also the reopening of the season at the Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires with You understand, from the Constanza Macras company; two replies, black ice, by Luciana Acuña and Luis Biasotto; Y What does the river do of sisters María and Paula Marull. And two long-awaited previews: Yearsby Mariano Pensotti and, natural Scienceby Mariano Tenconi Bianco.
Nicolás Vázquez will be Tootsie
Outlining a very interesting year in theater options, several major premieres are expected as early as March such as tootsie, an ambitious production which brings to the stage the classic story interpreted in the cinema by Dustin Hoffman. In this case, he will be the person in charge of playing the legendary character Nico Vazquezaccompanied by Julieta Nair Calvo, among others.
Vázquez and the cast will perform at Lola Membrives, directed by Mariano Demaría and artistic direction by Renata Schussheim for a project that arouses great expectations.
the hit musical The misfortune He prepares to return to La Plaza, from March 21st. For its part, the Metropolitan is preparing for the return of March guilty girls, which this season has conquered the box office.
For April, it will be the premiere of Let’s vote which proposes a debate on mental health, produced by Adrián Suar and a cast led by Agustina Cherri and Juan Gil Navarro and, in May, that of Dear Evan Hansen.
Other operas awaiting their turn to return to the stage will be Vasawith the protagonist of Humberto Tortonese and the single person pride, with Andrea Garrota. And already in June the musical Matilda, with Laurita Fernández, It will be another of the great previews of this 2023 full of proposals.
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Source: Clarin
