Longtime buddies and collaborators Antonio Banderas and Andrew Lloyd Webber are becoming a member of forces below the banner of latest firm Amigos Para Siempre (APS), geared toward producing theatre, musicals and stay leisure exhibits, together with a few of Webber’s best-loved works, for main Spanish-speaking markets.
Underneath the initiative, Spanish-language rights to Webber’s exhibits will probably be ceded to the brand new firm by the UK composer’s London-based firm Actually Helpful Group.
Reveals earmarked for Spanish diversifications embrace The Phantom of the Opera, Sundown Boulevard, Starlight Specific, Jesus Christ Celebrity, Evita, Cinderella, Joseph and the Superb Technicolor Dreamcoat and College of Rock.
The title of the corporate, which interprets as “buddies eternally”, derives from a music Webber composed for the 1992 Summer time Olympics in Barcelona, which was carried out on the closing ceremony by Sarah Brightman and José Carreras.
The pair introduced the brand new initiative at a media occasion within the Spanish capital of Madrid on Monday.
“Not solely is Antonio Banderas leisure royalty, he’s additionally one of the vital versatile, artistic minds I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with,” stated Webber.
“It’s really thrilling to accomplice with Antonio to convey my work, in addition to different good Broadway and West Finish titles, to new markets. Whereas tens of millions of individuals within the Spanish-speaking world already love our exhibits and music, the urge for food for extra, and the extent of musical and theatrical expertise, is extraordinary. I can’t wait to work with Antonio to convey the very highest-quality Spanish language productions to the world.”
Performing star Banderas, who has been primarily based in his Spanish hometown Malaga since 2019 after a stint residing within the UK and almost 20 years in Los Angeles, now devotes a lot of his time to his Soho Theatre, alongside characteristic movie taking pictures commitments.
He launched the Malaga venue, with the backing of Spain’s Caixa Financial institution, in late 2019 with a Spanish-language manufacturing of Broadway traditional A Refrain Line.
He and Webber have been shut because the actor performed Ché, reverse Madonna, in Alan Parker’s 1996 adaptation of Evita.
“I had the good privilege to work intently with Andrew in the course of the recording and taking pictures of his celebrated musical Evita in 1996, but it surely was after I noticed Jesus Christ Celebrity again within the early ’70s that I grew to become hooked up to the music, the theatre and the fabulous expertise of Andrew Lloyd Webber.” stated the actor.
“It wouldn’t be incorrect to say that I grew to become an actor due to the large affect and the sturdy impression I skilled after I noticed Andrew’s musicals. To have the chance to work with one of the vital revered and admired composers of all occasions, providing his superb works for Spanish-speaking audiences, is among the highlights of my profession in present enterprise.”
The brand new firm will probably be overseen by Emanuel Nuñez, Managing Director of NuCo Media Group and Actually Helpful Group President, Jessica Koravos.
