Ocesa Teatro

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Ocesa Teatro is a division of Grupo CIE, it is the largest theatre producer in Mexico and Latin America. It is dedicated to producing and promoting musicals and theater in Mexico and Latin America, specially in Mexico City.

1 History
2 Productions
- 2.1 Musicals
- 2.2 Plays
3 Critisism
4 Trivia
5 Links

[edit] History

OCESA is a division of Grupo CIE dedicated exclusively to promoting, managing and producing shows and administering venues where these shows are presented at. In 1997 a separate division was created specifically for theater, both musical and drama. The first play to be produced was "Confesiones de Mujeres de 30" (Confessions of women in their 30's) and Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Both plays became a great success and so did OCESA's Theater division. After having an argument with the Orfeon Theater where Beauty and the Beast was playing the company decided to build or buy their own theaters for big and expensive Broadway shows. In 1999 RENT MEXICO and The Phantom Of The Opera were simultaneously playing at the restored Alameda Theaters. In 2000 Telmex bought both theaters and they became part of the "Telmex Cultural Center" which consists of two theaters, an art gallery and a small shopping center, an agree was singed so that only shows produced by OCESA could be played in both theaters. OCESA Teatro is now a days, the biggest producer of dramatic and musical theater, each year it produces at least two broadway style shows and two or three plays. All shows and productions, have famous artists from diverse media (Movies, telenovelas, music) cast in the main roles. Their shows are of the highest quality and competition is almost nonexistent.

[edit] Productions

[edit] Musicals

Musical	Opening Date	Closing Date	Performances	Spectators	Theater	Notes
Beauty and the Beast	May 1997	June 1998	420	650,000	Orfeon
Rent	June 1999	January 2000	220	120, 000	Alameda Theater 2	Cesar Romero Who played angel might repeat his role in broadway in late 2007 (Cesar Romero wont play Anger on Broadway, unfortunately)\|-	The Phantom of the Opera	December 1999	January 2001	400	550,000	Alameda Theater 1	The Most Expensive of all productions to date
Man of la Mancha	April 2000	August 2001	443	220,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Theater 2	The Scenery was completely different from that on broadway
Jesus Christ Superstar	March 2001	December 2001	230	130,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Theater 1
Chicago	October 2001	September 2002	329	250,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Theater 2	Bianca Marroquin (Roxie) was invited to do her crossover from Mexico to Broadway in the same leading role for three different seasons, last one with Rap-singer Usher and toured USA and Canada for about three years with Chicago in the same leading role,Roxie Hart.	The Full Monty	March 2002	June 2002	130	70,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Theater 1
Les Miserables	November 2002	August 2004	711	850,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Theater 1	Longest running musical in the past decade in Mexico
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	April 2004	May 2005	440	300,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Theater 2	The translation and scenery were completely different from a previous Mexican productions due to a struggle to get the rights from the play. The only production in which Joseph flies
Fiddler on the roof	November 2004	March 2006	503	600,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Theater 1
Besame Mucho El Musical	July 2005	October 2006	512	350,000	Centro Cultural Telmex Teatro 2	OCESA's First original Production
SelenaEl Musical	May 2006	August 2006	100	80,000	Blanquita Theathre	OCESA's Second Original Production
Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar	May 2006	Currently Playing, Closing soon	300 up to now		Centro Cultural Telmex Theathre 1
The Producers	December 2007	Currently Playing	100 up to now		Centro Cultural Telmex Theathre 2	Produced with association with MTI
Beauty and the Beast second season	Opening summer 2007				Centro Cultural Telmex Theathre 1	The musical is planed to be a celebration of OCESA's Theatre division 10th Anniversary

[edit] Plays

"Confesiones de mujeres de 30" (Confessions of women in their 30's)
Master Class
"Nosotras que nos queremos tanto"(We, who love each other so much)
The Vagina Monologues
Las Obras Completas de Wiliam Shakespeare Abrebviadas (The complete works of William Shakespeare Abridged)
Defendiendo al Cavernícola (Defending the caveman)
Las Viejas Vienen Marchando (Old Ladies Come Marching)
Todos tenemos problemas (Sexuales) (We all have (sexual) problems)
La prueba (Proof)
No mas Sexo (Jeffrey)
Tres Mujeres Altas (3 tall women)
La Obra del Bebe (The Baby's Play)
Que pasó con el apagón? (Black Comedy)
Generacion Atari (Atari Generation)
El método Gronholm (The Grönholm Method)
Orgasmos, la Comedia (Orgasms The Play)
Des- Madres (Mum's the word)
Duda (Doubt)
Visitando al Sr. Green (Visiting Mr Green)
Emociones encontradas (Mixed Emotions)

[edit] Critisism

Ocesa teatro is criticized for always having a selected group of stage actors or famous actors that continuously appear in the company's musicals, closing the doors to young up coming actors.

[edit] Trivia

OCESA teatro has two musicals and eight plays currently playing in Mexico City
Originally Bésame Mucho was intended to be a preview of the musical which had plans to go to broadway.
Selana el Musical (OCESA's Second Original Production) Was a huge flop, many factors contributed to this are a poor book, which was rewritten months before the opening date, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took control of Avenida Reforma a very important avenue in Mexico city wich is a few blocks away from the theathre.