Lawyer of solid prestige, in front of one of the great Madrid offices, José María García-Luján feels the boil of theater in his veins. He has organized and promoted the Federation of Amateur Theater of Madrid, is an actor of many registers and has premiered in the Cultural Center of Las Rozas a multiple work that ignited the public. The wrong couple adds five short pieces. Paloma Pedrero , who returns from London after a relevant public and critical success, is the author of Solos en la noche and La noche dividida . José María García-Luján has written, for his part, the effective secretary , in due course and Yes, here it is . In addition, he has directed the five pieces and performed three. García-Luján could work as a professional actor if he decided to do so. Its versatility amazed the public that crowded the theater of the Cultural Center of Las Rozas and turned into an endless applause.

Nines Ayala , Antonio Díaz Narváez , Mayte Bellido , Rosa García-Luján , Espe Guillén and Sonia López , actresses and amateur actors, effectively fulfilled their roles. The scenographic changes, a little slow, did not help the discourse of the works, but the success, in any case, was solid and adds to the high theatrical quality of Madrid, one of the five great cities of the theater next to New York, London, Paris and Buenos Aires, with Berlin getting closer and Shanghai lurking. The theater is the thermometer with which the cultural temperature of the cities is measured. Last week they performed in Madrid above 150 comedies.

Before the elections of November 10, some political parties have already begun to link Madrid with the world of theater. The figures are overwhelming. In the capital of Spain, a million people attended the theater in 2018, more than the stadiums of the four First Division football teams. Leaving or releasing the theater in Madrid is politically a suicide. The public that fills the rooms of the commercial theater, of the alternative theater, of the amateur theater, can condition the electoral result in Madrid. There are many people from Madrid, among them García-Luján, who could write as Cervantes. "... since I was a boy I was fond of the cover, and in my youth my eyes were going after the show."

Luis María Anson , of the Royal Spanish Academy.

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