ACE Awards: The actor Mario Alarcón, took the highest award

The Gold to Alarcón made “The comic view” won five awards (including its author and another of its protagonists, Stella Galazzi), one less than “Trans Golden Age”adaptation of Gonzalo Demaria on “Don Gil of the Green Tights”by Tirso de Molina who won the Comedy, Directing (by Pablo Maritano) and Female Revelation (for Payuca) categories, among others.

For its part, “Hello Dolly” won four awards (highlighting the general direction and female lead for Arturo Puig and Lucía Galán, respectively) and “Jauría”, by Jordi Casanovas, won three awards, all of them weighty: Best Drama o Dramatic Comedy, Directed by Nelson Valente and starring Vanesa González.

The ACE gala -which this year distinguished the activity carried out in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that reduced activity-, was conducted by Gabriela Radice with live television through La TV Pública .

Among the outstanding voices of those who raised their statuettes were those of the play “La vis comica” (by the choreographer Leandra Rodríguez who maintained that “the scenic art needs our activism” and its author and director Mauricio Kartun, capable of requesting for the reopening of the Teatro Presidente Alvear).

The trans actress Payuca also pointed out that “my little personal struggle is that I begin to be recognized more for my talent than for my sexual condition.”

During the first section of the delivery and from the mention to the businessman Carlos Rottemberg, who requested it, there was a long applause in homage to Enrique Pinti, who died yesterday, and another tribute was given when Roberto Moldavsky – who prevailed in the humorous category – pointed out that “the legacy that Enrique Pinti leaves us is that we have to take risks with humour”.

Towards the end of the night of more than 150 minutes, Nora Lafón, president of ACE, also remembered Pinti with a personal anecdote and added Agustín Alezzo, one of the victims of the coronavirus who died in July 2020. at 84 years old.

The list of items and who prevailed in them is as follows:

• -Golden ACE: Mario Alarcon
• -Male revelation: Matías Recalt for acting in “After us”
• -Choreography: Leandra Rodríguez for “La vis comedian”
• -Female revelation: Payuca for the leading role in “Siglo de Oro Trans”
• -Acting in a play for a single character: Marco Antonio Caponi for “The Romance of Bacchus and the Cow”, by Gonzalo Demaría
• -Production: Theatrical Complex of Buenos Aires for “El adulador”/ “Siglo de Oro trans”
• -Costumes: María Emilia Tambutti for “Trans Golden Age”
• -Actress in alternative theater: Lorena Vega for “Imprenteros y Hnos”
• -Alternative theater actor: Diego Gentile for “The heart of a dog beats”
• -Alternative Theater Direction: Oscar Barney Finn for “Moon Boy”
• -Work in alternative theater: “The decision”, by Pacho O’Donnell
• -Argentine author/author: Mauricio Kartun for “La vis comedian”
• -Male performance in musical: Carlos Casella for “Happyland”
• -Comedy show: “Moldavsky, the 2019 candidate”, by and by Roberto Moldavsky.
• -Scenography: Mariana Tirante for “Siglo de Oro Trans”
• -Female performance in musical: Lucía Galán for “Hello Dolly”
• -Music direction: Ángel Mahler for “Hello Dolly”
• -Actress/supporting actor in drama and/or comedy: María Rosa Fugazot for “After us”.
• -Original Music: Axel Krygier for “Happyland”
• -General musical direction: Arturo Puig for “Hello Dolly”
• -Musical: “Hello Dolly” by Michael Stewart/ Jerry Herman, version by Fernando Masllorens and Federico González del Pino.
• -Actor in drama and / or dramatic comedy: Osmar Núñez for “Agamemnon”
• -Actress in comedy: Stella Galazzi for “La vis comica”
• -Actress in drama and/or dramatic comedy: Vanesa González for “Jauría”
• -Actor in comedy: Mario Alarcón for “La vis comedian”
• -Comedy Direction: Pablo Maritano for “Siglo de Oro Trans”
• -Comedy: “Trans Golden Age”, Gonzalo Demaría’s adaptation of “Don Gil de las Calzas Verdes”, by Tirso de Molina.
• -Direction in drama and/or dramatic comedy: Nelson Valente for “Jauría”
• -Drama and/or dramatic comedy: “Jauría”, by Jordi Casanovas

In addition, recognition was given to producers: Carlos Rottemberg for the open programming of the Multiteatro and the Multitabaris during the pandemic; Pablo Kompel for the open programming of the Metropolitan in times of pandemic; Sebastián Blutrach for the open programming of the Picadero and its terrace in times of pandemic, Teatro Nacional Cervantes for the digital programming throughout the country, the continuation of contests and federal aid for production.