The new theater season in Madrid

The 2018/2019 season has already started in the capital's theaters and features a very large billboard in which musicals continue to dominate

Comedy Theatre. Source: ticketea.es

September and October are the months in which most works are released to take advantage of the circulation that Christmas brings and thus increase the box office; It's no secret. Therefore, this year the companies have combined their teams and the public will have a wide variety to choose from, spread across most of Madrid's theaters. Drama or comedy, modern or classical theater, in verse or prose; There is no shortage of options in this city.

You can see adaptations like moby dick, version by Juan Cavestany and directed by Andrés Lima, which is making its national tour in cities such as Gijón, Santa Cruz de Tenerife or Zaragoza to end in the capital's cinemas in January, from the 25th to the 17th of the following month, at the Teatro de La Latina.

The public has at its disposal several comedies such as lord nightingaleby the company Els Joglars and directed by Ramon Fontserè, in which the protagonist Santiago Rusiñol paints the work morphine in his studio-museum after being addicted to this drug and the effect causes the place to be destroyed and conflicts begin to emerge with strength and humor. It will be in Madrid from January 9th to September 27th next year at the Teatro María Guerrero. Or dramas like The Swallow, of the company Lazona and director Josep Maria Mestres, at the Teatro Infanta Isabel since April 12, 2019. The latter tells the story of a strict singing teacher who welcomes Ramón into her home, who wants to improve his vocal technique to sing at the memorial for his recently deceased mother. The chosen song has a special meaning for him and, apparently, also for the woman who agrees to help the young student.

The National Classical Theater Company has a large repertoire of works at the Teatro de la Comedia on these dates: The efforts of a house, which will be running until December 9th, a theater based on the play the pedestrians from Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: this house is a labyrinth, as are love, pain, the human heart and life; any Punishment without revenge which runs until February 3rd, a tragedy of honor set in the political context of the city-states facing each other in the convulsed Italy at the end of the quattrocento. The works that will be launched at the beginning of 2019 by this same company are also important.

But if you've visited Madrid in recent years, you'll know that one of the city's biggest cultural attractions is its musicals; and is that they continue to break box office records. It works like The Lion King (Teatro Lope de Vega), which has been performing for more than seven years almost every day, or billie elliot (Nuevo Teatro Alcalá) which started its second season in September; they bring millions of spectators to theaters in the center of Madrid and their revenue is also measured in these numbers. In addition, there are premieres such as Anastasia (Colosseum Theatre), west side history (Calderón Theater) or young frankenstein (Philips Gran Vía Light Theater); most of them adaptations of major film productions or Broadway hits, almost guaranteeing a good collection.

Thus, theater lovers and those who want to delve deeper into this world have hundreds of plays to choose from on these dates, both in large and neighborhood theaters, guaranteeing a revealing experience that, whether you like it or not, will make you want to see another very special performance. shortly.

Gran Vía, “Madrid’s Broadway”. Source: O País.

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