José María Muscari spoke about the end of “Coqueluche”: “I would love for the play to do better”

José María Muscari referred to the end of his last staging, “Coqueluche” six months after its premiere. The theater director commented that the play was scheduled to land in the 2024 summer season in Mar del Plata, but due to work commitments of its protagonist, Julieta Poggio, they decided to stay in Buenos Aires. However, since the series led by Susana Roccasalvo, Relentless, Muscari said that he learned that the rhythm and evolution of the play is set by the audience: “I learned something from Carlos and Tomás Rotemberg, that no matter how much or little one imagines a future with a show, the course is set by the agenda and the spectators,” he analyzed. He also added: “We were clear that in the summer we were going to come to Mar del Plata. In fact, we had the season closed,” he continued, on a mobile phone from the Atlantic Coast. At the same time, she explained: “The Mar del Plata season could not be done because Juli Poggio had work with Big Brother, which was obviously a place with which she was committed before because it is where she came from. We chose to stay in Buenos Aires to make up for the Mar del Plata season,” he said. However, true to his style, he opened up about the arrival of Coqueluche and said: “To be self-critical, I could say that I would love for the work to do better. If it overflowed with spectators every night, the season would surely be extended. But I always knew that the second season of Coqueluche in Buenos Aires would not have the power it could have had in Mar del Plata, because people from all over the country congregate,” the artist acknowledged. To close, he said: “Realistically, I’m really happy with the work, I love the work we did. The cast is spectacular on and off stage. We have an audience every night, but both the production, the actors, and I thought it was good to close it after the summer and with the play up, not dying,” he concluded. 

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