The keys to the theatrical version of Waiting for the Float: who are the protagonists and the celebrities who attended the premiere

The cast in full force in the new version of Waiting for the Float on the day of its premiere (RS Photos)

The actors come on stage together for the final bow. The public does not stop applauding each of the makers of the reversal of this success. Figures such as Campi, Paola Barrientos, Pablo Rago, Ana Katz, Sebastián Presta, Valeria Lois and Mariano Torre put themselves in the shoes of the characters of Waiting for the Carriage, which became a classic on the big screen since its premiere in 1985. but whose history on the stage goes back much further.

On October 12, 1962, Waiting for the Carriage, by the Uruguayan writer Jacobo Langsner, premiered in the Verdi Room of the National Comedy of Uruguay. This grotesque was welcomed by critics, while on the other hand it received strong rejection, with questions such as the one published at that time by the Montevideo newspaper El Día: “Under the disguised appearance of the theatrical grotesque, the “The author abhors Uruguayan Christian families, the traditional worship that our population pays to their dead, and other no less deep-rooted feelings.” Only 27 performances were held that year.

After a few years of silence, the play was performed once more in 1974 at the Circular theater in Montevideo, becoming an unprecedented success. It remained on the bill for seven years, with an audience rarely seen before and critics, on this occasion, were on their side, paying homage to the man who, just a little over a decade before, had questioned his style of humor. .

The film Waiting for the Float far surpassed the success that the play had already achieved in the theater

Just one year following that revival, the play crossed the pond and reached Argentina, premiering in Buenos Aires at the Teatro del Centro in 1975. After that, with different casts, it was put on the billboard once more in 1979 and in 2000. However, before its arrival on the stage in our country, it was adapted for television and on the Channel 9 screen it might be seen within the Alta Comedia cycle, in 1972.

Despite its good impact in the theater, it was not until its landing in the cinema, directed by Alejandro Doria and with a luxury cast, that it reached the hearts of all Argentines. It became a cult film, with fans who see it beyond a simple success and recite each of the passages of the work by heart.

One of the most beloved characters and who has the most development in the plot is Elvira Romero de Musicardi, who in the 1985 film was played by China Zorrilla – and was also in the 1972 television version – in this theatrical version she is played by Paola Barrientos.

The role played by China Zorrilla is played this time by Paola Barrientos (Archive / Courtesy of the Press)

For his part, Elvira’s husband and one of mother Cora’s sons, Sergio Musicardi, who in the film was played by Juan Manuel Tenuta – and also in the theater in the 1975 version – on this occasion it is Pablo Rago who plays him. characterizes.

The role in which Juan Manuel Tenuta shone, is in charge of Pablo Rago

Another of the Musicardi brothers is Antonio, who was played by Luis Brandoni on the big screen, while he is currently played by Mariano Torre.

Three empandas, from one of the most iconic phrases in the history of national cinema. The role of Luis Brandoni is in the hands of Mariano Torre

Antonio’s wife, Nora de Musicardi. In the film version she was directed by Betiana Blum, while in this version that recently premiered on Broadway she was directed by Valeria Lois.

The role played by Betiana Blum on this occasion is played by Valeria Lois

The last of the three Musicardi male brothers, Jorge, shone in the film with the help of Julio de Grazia, now he does so with the characterization of Sebastián Presta.

The eternal Julio de Grazia gave life to Jorge in the cinema, in this case it will be Sebastián Presta who plays him

Susana de Musicardi, Jorge’s wife and whose conflict with Mama Cora is the genesis of the plot, is played by Ana Katz. In the cinema, she had relapsed into Mónica Villa.

Ana Katz is in charge of playing the role of Susana, Jorge’s wife, who was played by Mónica Villa in the 1985 film.

One of the dilemmas from the moment the news of this adaptation became known is who would step into the shoes of Mama Cora, the undisputed Antonio Gasalla, and finally that challenge fell to Martín Campi Campilongo.

Campi is in charge of the role of Mama Cora, in which Antonio Gasalla shoneLuis Brandoni and his partner Saula Benavente (RS Photos)Romina GaetaniEduardo BlancoJosé María MuscariJosé María and Mónica ListortiDiego Peretti and his girlfriend AndreaJoaquín Pollo Álvarez Sabrina CarballoDenise DumasRoberto Moldavsky and his partner MicaelaRodrigo LussichSebastián Wainraich and Dalia GutmannTeté CoustarotFabián Doman and Viviana SalamaCarla PetersonVirginia Lago (RS Photos)