The appearance of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19, and the functions canceled due to infections in some casts dominated the first months of the year. After the fear of a new closure of theaters, hope was reborn and the Buenos Aires billboard received a barrage of premieres, many of them postponed from 2021. Thus, we reached the end of the year with more than 3,924 active showsaccording to the slogan in its complete annual report, the platform Theatrical Alternative.
There were numerous proposals from commercial theaterbeing the ones that attracted the most viewers, the comedy “immature“, directed by Mauricio Dayub, with Adrián Suar and Diego Peretti; the extraordinary drama “piaff”, with setting of the British Jamie Lloyd and the superlative presence of elena roger; the musical comedy “Come from away”, by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, supervised by Carla Calabrese, and a selection of artists including Edgardo Moreira and Melania Lenoir; also “My mother, my girlfriend and I”, by Mechi Bove, under the baton of Diego Reinhold and the performances of Graciela Tenenbaum, Vicky Almeida and Sebastián Presta.
There was also room for options of a more bold character such as “Pura sangre”, directed by Carlos Casella and Jorgelina Aruzzi, in which the talented Griselda Sicialini She once again demonstrated how well she sings, dances and takes over the stage, accompanied by a group of virtuosos where the presences of Eddy García and Hervé Segata stood out. Likewise, they had the moment of glory of her proven hits like “dracula”, the musical of Pepe Cibrián Campoy and Ángel Mahlerwhich celebrated 31 years of its premiere at the luna parklater went to Movistar Arenaand currently offers functions in sea of silver. Always with the participation of Juan Rodó, Cecilia Milone, Josefina Scaglione and a large list of participants, sold out tickets.
Celebrations include the centenary of the Maipothe cathedral of the Buenos Aires magazine, the 150 years of Lyceum, the oldest private theater in Buenos Aires and the reopening, with a million-dollar investment, of the famous Politeamaby Juan José Campanella and a group of partners.
Outstanding facts of the official theater are the appointment of Gladis Contreras from Santa Fe, in the national cervantes and Gabriela Ricardes, as general and artistic director of the CTBA. It is the first time that a woman takes charge of the reins in both institutions. In the case of the CTBA, the launch of the 2023 programming generated claims from cultural entities and personalities who warned about the low participation of female directors and playwrights.
As for the Independent, there were hundreds of initiatives in which attractive artistic searches are noticed. This is the case of the one-person shows “Mary for Mary”, where Eleonora Wexler stood out, under the leadership of Marcelo Moncarz and “El hombre de acero”, by Juan Franciso Dasso, with the dazzling performance of Marcos Montes, and the works “El beso of the spider woman”, by Manuel Puig, directed by Valeria Ambrosio, with performances by Oscar Giménez and Pablo Pieretti and “A dangerous man”, the dazzling proposal by Ariel Núñez di Croce with 14 strong actors.
Between the irreplaceable losses of leading figuresare Enrique Pinti, Lino Patalano, Hilda Bernard, Rodolfo Bebán, Julieta Vallina, Arturo Bonín, Haydée Padilla and Carlos Balá.
