Multiteatro Explained

Multiteatro is a theater complex located at 1283 Avenida Corrientes, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the site of the historical Teatro Smart and Teatro and Cinema Blanca Podestá.

History

Teatro Smart

In 1914, the Italian entrepreneur Domingo Perrupato erected the Teatro Smart Palacio at 1274 Avenida Corrientes.[1] In 1921, it was remodeled and in 1924, it was acquired by Blanca Podestá and her husband, Alberto Ballerini, who decided to move the theater to a new location. The original site became the Teatro Cómico, now the, and the new location, on the opposite side of the street, became the Teatro Smart.[2] Many of the stars of the Golden Age of Argentine Theater, including Luis Arata,[3] Amelia Bence[4] Olinda Bozán,[5] Gloria Guzmán,[6] Mecha Ortiz[7] Enrique Muiño,[8] Florencio Parravicini,[9] Juan Carlos Thorry performed there.

Teatro Blanca Podestá

In 1967, upon the death of Blanca Podestá, the theater was renamed in her honor as the Teatro Blanca Podestá.[10] It was the first theater to bear the name of an actress.[11] Throughout the 1970s, stage productions were held such as Coqueluche (1971-1972) with Ricardo Bauleo, Thelma Biral and Aurora Del Mar;[12] Las brujas de Salem (1972-1974) with Alfredo Alcón, Norma Barcaicoa and Alicia Bruzzo;[13] La idiota (1975) with Thelma Biral, Luis Medina Castro and Marta Cipriano;[14] Lorenzaccio (1978) with Alfredo Alcón, Aldo Barbero, Rodolfo Bebán and Marta Bianchi;[15] which continued into the 1980s with plays like Hotel Parliament (1986-1987) with Gerardo Romano, Arturo Maly, and Marta González.[16]

The theater was taken over by Carlos Rottemberg, who announced in 2000 plans for a major renovation of the theater. His plans included increasing the number of seats from one room with 700 chairs to four rooms with capacity for 1376 seats.[17]

Renaming

In March, 2001, Rottemberg announced the remodeled theater complex would open in April and be called the Multiteatro because no one remembers the people the buildings were historically named after.[18] On 10 April 2001 amid dignitaries, city officials and stars like Mirtha Legrand, Norma Pons, Linda Peretz, Graciela Dufau and China Zorrilla, the new theater opened. In one room "Pingüinos" with Pablo Rago and Valentina Bassi was premiering[19] and the other salons featured "Brujas" with Norma Pons, "Había una vez" a one-man show starring China Zorrilla, and "Los galanes peinan canas" directed by Manuel González Gil and starring Rodolfo Bebán, Guillermo Bredeston and Claudio García Satur.[20]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Contreras. Leonel. Historia cronológica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires 1536-2014. 2014. Editorial Dunken. Argentina. 978-9-870-27306-6. 325. 24 August 2015. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Historia. Lola Membrives Teatro. 24 August 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. dead. https://archive.today/20130723110938/http://www.lolamembrivesteatro.com.ar/historia2.html. 23 July 2013.
  3. Book: Pellettieri. Osvaldo. La emancipación cultural (1884 - 1930). 2002. Galerna [u.a.]. Buenos Aires. 978-9-505-56437-8. 320. 1. Spanish.
  4. Book: Bence. Amelia. Etchelet. Raúl. La niña del umbral: Amelia Bence: memorias. 2011 . Corregidor . Buenos Aires, Argentina. 978-9-500-51934-2. 52. Spanish.
  5. "Pellettieri (2002)", pp. 303-304
  6. Book: Pellettieri. Osvaldo. Díaz. Silvina. Fischer. Patricia Verónica. Heredia. María Florencia. Teatro del Pueblo : una utopía concretada. 2006. Galerna. Buenos Aires. 978-9-505-56061-5. 267. 1st. 24 August 2015. Spanish.
  7. item 52.411. Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 14 December 1938. Ed. 84. Núm. 13.315. 16825. 24 August 2015. República Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. "Mujeres. Comedia en tres actos. 102 páginas. Mecanografíadas. Versión castellana de Francisco Madrid Alier. Claire Boothe. Dada en el Teatro Smart, por la compañía de Mecha Ortiz. Bunos Aires, 1938.".
  8. Book: Pellettieri. Osvaldo. Burgos. Nidia. Historias del Teatro Argentino: en las provincia, Volumen iis. 2007. Galerna S.R.L.. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 978-9-505-56507-8. 524. 1a. Spanish.
  9. "Pellettieri & Burgos (2007)" p. 319
  10. News: Blanca Podestá. 24 August 2015. Efemérides. 17 May 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  11. Web site: Teatros. Viajar Hoy. 24 August 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  12. Web site: Coqueluche (1971/1972). Nuestros Actores. 25 August 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. 2010.
  13. Web site: Las brujas de Salem (1972/1974). Nuestros Actores. 25 August 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. 2010.
  14. Web site: La idiota (1975). Nuestros Actores. 25 August 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. 2010.
  15. Web site: Lorenzaccio (1978). Nuestros Actores. 25 August 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. 2010.
  16. Web site: Hotel Parliament (1986/1987). Nuestros Actores. 25 August 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. 2010.
  17. News: Freire. Susana. Festejos y un gran anuncio. 25 August 2015. La Nacion. 6 July 2000. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  18. News: Cruz. Alejandro . Rottemberg inaugura su multiteatro. 25 August 2015. La Nacion. 17 March 2001. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  19. News: Cruz. Alejandro . Quedó inaugurado el Multiteatro. 25 August 2015. La Nacion. 11 April 2001. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  20. News: Gran fiesta en la calle Corrientes. 25 August 2015. La Prensa. 2001. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.

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