About the Theater in Havana...
Havana, just to give one example, offers shows for the most different tastes, from the classical theater frequently represented by the Hubert de Blanck company, to the experimental and avant-garde theater of Teatro el Público or Argos Teatro. The contextualizations of foreign works that adapt to the Cuban reality are frequent, although there have been and continue to emerge Cuban playwrights whose creations are not only premiered in theaters throughout the island, but have also been transferred to the cinema, such as, the film by Lester Hamalet, Old House, inspired by the classic Cuban theater play La casa vieja by the playwright Abelardo Estorino; or The broken gods by Ernesto Daranas, based on the play by Carlos Felipe Hernández, Requiem by Yarini.
Main Theaters of Havana
Grand Theater of Havana Alicia Alonso
Address: Prado st between San Rafael and San José st. Centro Habana.
Phone: (53 7) 861 7391/ 861 5873
National Theater of Cuba
Address: Paseo st. and 39 st. Plaza de la Revolución.
Phone: (53 7) 879 6011-15/ 879 6022/ 879 3558
Theater Martí
Address: Dragones Street # 58 between Prado and Zulueta. Habana Vieja
Tel.: (+53) 78667152
National Theater of Guiñol
Address: Mst between 21 and 19st.Vedado.Plaza de la Revolución
Phone:(+53) 7832-6262
Theater Variedades America
Address: Galiano between Neptuno and Concordia ST. Old Havana.
Phone: (53 7) 862 5695/ 862 5416
Bertolt Brecht Cultural Centre
Address: 13 st corner to I st.Vedado. Plaza de la Revolución.
Phone: (53 7) 832 9359/ 832 0843
Theater Karl Marx
Address: 1st St betweend 8 and 10st.Miramar, Playa
Phone: (53 7) 203 0801 - 05
Sala Adolfo Llauradó
Address: 11st between D and Est.Vedado. Plaza de la Revolución
Phone: (+53) 7832-5373.
Theater Mella
Address: Linea st between A and Bst.Vedado. Plaza de la Revolución
Phone: (53 7) 833 5651/ 833 8696
Theater room el Sótano
Address: Kst between 25 and 27 ST. Vedado. Plaza de la Revolución
Phone: (+53) 7832-0630.
Theater Raquel Revuelta
Address: Calle Linea y Calle B, Vedado . Plaza de la Revolución.
Theater room Hubert de Blanck
Address: Calle Calzada e/ A y B, Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución.
Phone.: (53 7) 830 1011
Argos Theater
Address: Ayestarán y 20 de Mayo,Cerro
Phone.: (53) 78785551
“The príncipe jardinero y fingido Cloridano, of Santiago de Pita y Borroto”, edited between 1730 and 1733 in Sevilla, is considered the first Cuban theatrical play. Between the main Theatrical Cuban Collectives founded after 1959 we can mention the Escambray Theater Group, Estudio Theater, The Rita Montaner Company and some other contemporary groups recognized inside and outside the country, like the El Público Theatre Group and Argos Theatre.