Angela Leiva joins the musical school of Rock

From the same producers as Matilda, work that reached more than 160 thousand spectators in Buenos Aires, it was announced that School of Rock, the musical, will be staged, which will have Agustín “Soy Rada” Aristarán as its undisputed protagonist, in the role of the remembered character he made famous Black Jack. Also, this is the first time Angela Leiva she will play Rosalie “Roz” Mullins, the principal of the venerable Horace Green School.

The work will be premiered on June 20th at the Gran Rex theater. Nicknamed “The Queen of Song” since the beginning of her musical career, 2021 may have been Ángela Leiva’s best year yet. It was then that she became very popular when she was part of the Pol-ka strip. On 18/15, where she became a revelation actress.

In June, Leiva will take a new step in his career with the premiere of this musical which has already achieved worldwide success in places such as New York, London, China, Australia, New Zealand, Sao Paulo, South Africa, Madrid and Korea.

The move involves local production consisting ofr three casts of 39 boys and girls. rock schoolIt will thus become the only show on the bill with a mega band of children who will perform, dance and play live instruments.

We are talking about the opera by the famous composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and libretto by Julian Fellowes, based on the film starring Jack Black, a film that now has classic status thanks to its perfect combination of comedy and melody. Furthermore, 20 years after its first release, the protagonist of this beautiful story has reiterated several times his desire to “materialize a sequel”.

A bit of history

Filmed in the New York metropolitan area, School of rock, as it was known here, was filmed at Wagner College on Staten Island, which served as the exterior facade of the fictional Horace Green Elementary School. In September 2023, two decades have passed since the premiere of this comedy directed by Richard Linklater.

Newbie Fun Fact: Jack Black is a musician in real life. He is also a member of the rock band Tenacious D.

The musical tells the misadventures of Dewey Finn an unemployed man who, after being expelled from his own rock group, assumes the identity of his roommate and begins teaching music at a prestigious school. There he teaches his students the passion that rock and roll generates and they all decide to form a band to compete for a first prize.

In Argentina the show will be co-produced by the four well-known theater production companies: MP Producciones, OZONO Producciones, Carlos and Tomas Rottemberg and PRELUDIO Producciones.

The creative team is made up of the director Ariel Del Mastro, which will report to the General Management. Together with him there are Marcelo Caballero (director), Analía González as choreographic director and, among others, Jorge Ferrari responsible for the scenography.

The film became one of the highest-grossing films of 2003, and its live production toured the world with success equal to that of its legendary creators.