López Tarso was born on January 15, 1925 in Mexico City and was always passionate regarding acting in film, theater and television and only stopped when he had health problems or during the covid-19 pandemic.
At 96, two years ago, López was ready to return to the stage in person and, in order to do so, he was in the process of physical rehabilitation, his son Juan Ignacio Aranda reported.
“The pandemic has made us very sedentary and the play ‘A life in the theater’ is very demanding, neither my father nor I are in the physical condition to do it,” Aranda told the media.
With “A life in the theater”, father and son talked regarding the life of a consecrated actor and another with an uncertain future. In it, the frustrations, dreams and personal emotions of their characters are exposed through the theater.
The play celebrated the 70-year career of López Tarso, one of the most important Mexican actors and who has made more than 50 films in his career, and countless plays and television programs.
In theater, the first actor interpreted more than 100 works such as “Oedipus Rex”, “Hippolytus”, “Macbeth”, “Othello”, “King Lear”, “The Miser”, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, “Dracula” and ” 12 Men in Fight”, among dozens of works.
In 2007 he obtained the “Ariel de Oro” for his film career and was also distinguished with the 2015 National Award for Science and Arts.
-With information from EFE.
