By first time in Mexico and translated into Spanishhe Tec de Monterrey presents the musical comedy Something Rotten!which was nominated for 10 Premios Tonyan award that highlights the best of theater.
The musical of American origin that satirizes the world of theater in the Renaissance era, will have 5 functions from November 22 to 24 in the Luis Elizondo Auditorium.
“We are lucky because we are the first nationally that we are going to stage this musical in Spanish.
“It is a great commitment. Working at Tec and with talented and disciplined students is a great responsibility”commented director Luis Franco.
Luis Franco, director of Something Rotten! Photo: Luis Rizo.
Something Rotten! follows the story of playwright brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, who try to compete against William Shakespeare. In their quest to create the perfect work, they embark on situations hilarious and absurd.
The presentations at the Luis Elizondo Auditorium will feature live music and more than 30 artists on stage.
“It is full of music, comedy and tap dancing that many years ago at Tec we did not present. “It is a very large company of Tec student actors.”accurate.
The comedy is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theather Internacional (MTI).
“Something Broken! It’s full of music, comedy and tap dancing.”
A musical satirist
For the adaptation of this musical in englishcommented director Luis Franco, there was the translator collaboration and theater artist Alvaro Cerviño.
“We found one of the best translators in Mexico. Álvaro Cerviño is a very prepared man, who works on musicals in Mexico City; translates them and supports these productions.
“Es shakespearian researcherthat’s what he did his master’s degree in London. “It is a great show that we have in our hands”he asserted.
From 1966said the director, at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, teatro musical. After 10 years of not carrying one out, they return to the scene with Something Rotten!
“We have invested approximately thousand 584 hours of work among what we have allocated for choreography, tap workshop, assembly of actors and orchestra”he added.
Luis Franco is theater coordinator at Art and Culture and has belonged to Tec for 26 years.
Something Broken! will have 5 presentations at the Luis Elizondo Auditorium. Photo: Luis Rizo.
Sobre Something Rotten!
Something Broken! was written by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’ Farrell. In 2015, the musical was nominated for 10 premios Tonyof which one won:
- Actor (musical)
- Actor featured role-musical: Brad Oscar and Christian Borle (winner)
- Book Musical
- Choreographer
- Costume design
- Director
- Musical
- Orchestrations
- Original Music Score
“Here the first musical in history is born if we talk about fiction. It is a very affectionate mockery of the great musicals and the big titles”assured the director.
Luis Franco invited the community In general, don’t miss the musical, which will be presented on November 22 at 8:30 p.m.; on the 23rd at 4:00 p.m. and on the 24th at 7:30 p.m.
“It is an extraordinary magic that is combined with dancing, singing and acting to be able to give us a show of around 2 hours 15 minutes with an intermission”he pointed out.
Find the tickets Something Rotten! at the Luis Elizondo Auditorium box office or at Ticketmaster.
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