THE SOUND OF

MUSICALS

Musical theater is a genre that can be found inside the theater or the cinema, he found both sung anddanced scenes. It is a form of theater combining music, song, dance and dialogue. Currently the points of

greatest representation are the West End (London) and Broadway (New York), followed by Argentina, Australia,Spain, Mexico and Canada. And precisely because of the importance that Spain is taking in music, we decided

ustar this topic as the main theme of the magazine.

The three main components of a musical are: music, lyrics and libretto. The music and lyrics are whatform the soundtrack of the work. The script or book, comes from the Italian, and refers to the story itself. A

playwright writes texts to be represented. These texts are the result of thought and action of the characters andthe task of the actor is to give life, to make visible what is invisible, otherwise the spoken word is noise, empty

text. (From "To the theater" Gaston Martelli).

On the other side are the creative team that is responsible for the interpretation of the music, this groupincludes director, musical director and choreographer. Another working group is the production, which is

responsible for the technical aspects such as scenery, costumes, props, lighting, etc.

There is no set length for a musical. It can be anything from a fun and short act to several acts of severalhours. But most often they go for an hour or hour and a half to three hours. If the length exceeds the hour and

half an intermediate between acts is done, the first part is usually longer than the second. The emergence ofdialogue between songs can be narrated, recited or sung. Often the musical begins with a song that set the tone

of the show, it is presented to all or most of the main characters and shows the general argument.

We are really interested on letting people know everything about this world, concepts, definition, explanationbut also shows, schedules, curiosities or even work like an cultural agenda of theatre musicals. We hope you

enjoy every number of our magazine and in this first number we are going to talk about some new things thatare occurring concretly on Madrid.

Our aim is to change the path that seems to carry the musical, we need an army of new talent and an audiencelarge enough so that the results are profitable. One wonders how many creative people are willing to try the

expensive and risky process of creating Broadway musicals; especially when the film and television offer morelucrative employment. So we want to reach every single person interested in this world and also promote the

consumption of musical theater.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• COVER.......................................................................................................................................................................................1

• EDITORIAL................................................................................................................................................................................2

• XV YEARS OF THE STAGE.....................................................................................................................................................3

• “LES MISERABLES “ ARE BACK.........................................................................................................................................5

• “Surge Madrid” IS THE NEW OFF-BROADWAY IN SPAIN.......................................................................................7

• BACK OVER..............................................................................................................................................................................8

XV YEARS OF THE STAGE

Stage Entertainment is a producer of live entertainment based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Created by Joop van den Ende in 1998, it arose from the division live entertainment company Endemol and in a few years has become a benchmark in the industry, specializing in the productionof music, ice shows and other events. About 4,000 people work for Stage Entertainment in the world telling their productions, offices and theaters in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, United States, Russia, Belgium and Italy.

In Spain Stage Entertainment it is one of the main culprits of the rise of musical theater since 2000,and thanks to their productions on stage in Madrid and Barcelona and tours throughout the country; they have achieved much fame in our country today.

Since Stage started with "Beauty and theBeast" their success grew, creating great musicalslike "My Fair Lady (2001)", "Notre-Dame of Paris(2001)", "The Phantom of the Opera (2002) ""Gaudi (2002), "" Cabaret (2003) "," Cats (2003), ""Mamma Mia (2004), "" The Graduate (2005), ""Victor / Victoria (2005) "," The producers (2006), ""Jesus Christ Superstar (2007) "," High SchoolMusical (2008), "" Saturday Night Fever (2008) ","Chicago (2009), "" Les Miserables (2010) "," thelion King (2011) ", some new versions of" Beautyand the Beast "and" My fair Lady "and finally"Sister Act (2014) ".

This year they celebrate 15 years of producing musicals, and on their website they explain us how it has been for them this time: "15 years ago very few people believed in musicals in our country, no one knew us, but we raise the curtain for the first time in Gran Via with the musical "Beauty and the Beast". After many functions, premieres, applause, laughter and tears, and many new and unique sensations, we are the benchmark of musicals in Spain.

And it is an honor for us to have contributed to this love for the genre. In these 15 years more than 11.000.0000 spectators have seen one of our music ... It is undeniable that today the musicals is definitely rooted in Spain and is one of the most valuable options and preferred leisure. Enjoy a musical has become a real celebration.

A musical you see once in your life, and remember forever ... and that's even more true today in this digital age, because nothing, no one, can dethrone the magic, communion and unique experience that occur between viewer and Actor every night in a theater.”

To celebrate it, they have organized a gala at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid, which will review the progress made during this decade and a half through some of the most popular topics of their shows; interpreted by artists who in their time staged.Directed by Daniel Anglès (current resident conductor of “Les Miserables”), this gala-concert of two hours has musical direction by Alberto Favero (“Cabaret”), choreography by Sonia Dorado (“Priscilla , Queen of The Desert”), Montse scenery Amenós (Mar I Cel) and lighting design Carlos Torrijos (“ Hoy no me puedo levantar”).

The general director of Stage Entertainment Spain, Julia Gómez Cora, tells us that this gala will serve "to realize what we have been through over the years and dream of what we still have towalk." A path in which Stage has always had cleared that they have to mantain a constant programming, and been always producing a non-stop schedule with the objective of letting the public have musicals always present.

Finally they also published this sentences with which we want to end the article: “Together, we have created a long history full of emotionsand memories that we would like to share and celebrate with you all along this year. Be very careful, we still have many surprises ahead! "

“LES MISERABLES” ARE BACK.The production company Stage Entertainment Spain has announced the return to Spanish

stages of "Les Miserables". The legendary musical returns to the Cervantes Theatre in Malaga and this was thanks to the success obtained after passing through the city, where in just one month managed to gather more than 26,000 local people. Thus it will start in the city of Malaga a new stage, which will arrive in Barcelona and Madrid, where it will remain for a while.

Since its premiere in Madrid in November 2010 are more than 1 million viewers who have seen Les Miserables in Spain. The musical returns July 7, 2015 the Cervantes Theatre in Malaga after traveling the main cities of the Spanish geography and after becoming the most successful tour by Stage Entertainment to date, breaking fundraising records in many theaters for which he has passed and reaping some amazing reviews.

So far the only dates announced for this new stage are the Cervantes Theatre in Malaga, where LesMiserables is hidden from 7 to 19 July 2015. Tickets for these functions are already on sale.

The cast of this new phase of "Les Miserables" will be led by Daniel Diges as Jean Valjean, with Ignasi Vidal giving life to Javert, and much of the cast that has been part of the tour of the musical, though not confirmed other performers.

This reimagined production of Les Miserables, directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell and Matt Kinley inspired designs in paintings of Victor Hugo, it was released in the UK in 2009 coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the original production. Later it was seen in France, Spain, Japan, Korea and Australia, and was the inspiration for the creators of the award-winning film based on the musical epic. Currently this production is in the same sign at the Imperial Theatreon Broadway.

This production of Les Miserables just been awarded in Spain with the distinguished Ercilla Award for the best theater in 2014.

Among the curiosities of musical we can find:

- In the history of Broadway, Les Miserablesmusical is the third longest in the lineup after The

Phantom of the Opera and Cats, both produced byCameron Mackintosh.

- There are approximately 101 artists andtechnicians in each function.

- Each function requires about 392 full suitscompounds by 1,782 articles and 31 wigs.

- In 2012, Cameron Mackintosh, was fascinatedwith the musical talent of the Spanish version of

Seen by over 70 million viewers worldwide, translated into 22 languages and performed in more than 42 countries and 300 cities, Les Miserables is a timeless story, a story whose values persist over time. A century later the topics covered in the novel by Victor Hugo still in force and many very close to the current public occasions: the struggle for freedom, courage and the people's revolution are some of the central themes of the play.

The score created by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil has become part of the musical memory of millions of people who have enjoyed this musical and have made songs like "I Dreamed a Dream," "One More Day" or "Save him "great hymns. It has been recognized with two Tony Awards (Best Music / Score and Best Book), two Grammy two Victoire de la Musique awards and Molière prize.

“Surge Madrid” IS THE NEW OFF-BROADWAY IN SPAIN

Last year, during the month of May took place the first sign of Scenic Creation, Surge Madrid, imitating the off festivals in London and New York, and with the intention that the initiative had the support of the people, and not voluntarism stay only a few professionals in almost permanent state of precariousness. The convocation was successful and in almost all districts of the city theater performances and events related to the scene were offered; in a series of events similar to the Fringe. Among all acts highlighted a symposium bar Slaughterhouse Roger Hall, ballet critic of El País, and Juan Ignacio Garcia Garzon of ABC, which maintained a high level ofdiscussion on the situation of theater criticism in Spain, or some poetry events with writers and journalists as Antonio Lucas, who could be compared with those made in local more established in the capital and wrapped by prestigious cultural institutions.

This year the Second Exhibition, which has the support of the Community of Madrid will be held: in 20 alternative theaters 49 works will be released and 199 activities linked to the scene, as performances, poetry readings, will be made even some recreation figure of Charles Bukowski, who is loved by the younger generation writerand not lack of one way or another in anyalternative festival. Natalia Ortega y AlbertoGarcía are responsible for the vastprogramming, centered in the theater butwith an important representation of dance.The budget, you guessed it, it is lower thanlast year, from 400.0000 euros to 300,000 andalso have restricted the number of rooms,although the amount of budget for theproduction is higher, as explained in thepresentation of the event Director of CulturalPromotion of the Community of Madrid,Antonio Gimenez Beautiful, and promotion has declined considerably, although there are names like Denise Despeyroux, author of the acclaimed "Fresh meat", which no longer needs presentation, which opens Tenderness black. The passion of Mary Stuart, in Lazonakubik with actors like Esther Bellver, Joan Carles Suau and Fernando Cayo and Carmen Werner, choreographerProvisional Danza, which will offer its show "Just walk" in Aranjuez.

The activities are not only theatrical, have been called "transverse activities" and treated since Sunday walks by Jesús Rubio Gamo or clandestine gatherings of Regina Fiz, festivals that are improvised performances anywhere and Paloma Diaz, Claudia Faci and Marta Izquierdo and the musical section the bewilderment of Fito Mansilla and girl Vintage, photography by Los Abajonistascompositions, including urban gifts made by Magdalena Gallery.

As Teresa of Jesus has generated unprecedented interest among youth, we have in "Surge" one Teresística, by Lacosaneutra & cia in the Laruc Space promises to start in the viewer physical sensations. For their part, Ricardo Bareta and Eva Tejero will be devoted to activities almost forgotten, as are the readings of theater, in his piece "Only two voices", as will Miguel Murillo with "I, Bukovsky" in Lifts of 23 to 25 April, a text written in homage to the writer who happens to be a paradigm of self-destructive.

If something has "Surge" is the answer to the fact cultural guide it. Hence the confusion that can produce such large doses of representations that give no respite to the viewer point in time, with a certain calm in what may be interested. It emerges is thus a metaphor for a time whenthe report is the broth where one can find his hidden gold piece. Of course the thing is impossible if it is not within the dimensions of a festival so that no less a foregone guide. But the interesting thing about "Surge" is that, for the second time, we have a few days off Madrid's performances. Madrid, like London, New York .... We can dream, right ?.