“Príncipe Azul” (Prince Charming) – Los Angeles Multiespacio – Buenos Aires
[By Carlos Pacheco | La Nación] Two men find each other thirty years after they met. An intense love story united them then. And although there was no chance that it would develop, both keep it in their memory and now aim at fulfilling the promise made when, very young, they separated, to meet again one day a year at a certain time and place that witnessed moments they could not forget since.
Released in the 80’s, Prince Charming is, above all, a piece of sensitive characters realizing the utter impossibility of living in depth a love story between men. But also, from these beings, Eugenio Griffero reveals convulsive inner worlds that have not even managed to develop personally, and for whom, to hold an old memory is like an anchor in the lives they lead. The nostalgia does not stop this act of daily life, on the contrary, it strengthens it, although many things that surround the characters are very much linked to the decline.
The musical version that has just opened in Los Angeles Multiespacio (Corrientes 1764, Buenos Aires – Saturday, 22 hs.) reads the piece more directly and, although from the outset stresses the gay history, that does not make you lose the original primitive qualities. Ruben Cuello as director knows how to sustain this mystery surrounding the characters and that has to do with who they are at present in the scene. His memories are poignant, and songs, very limited and used only to emphasize certain situations, do not break with a flowing action, especially because the relationship between the two interpreters is growing stronger as the drama moves forward.
