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Built in 1892 as a theater and started working as a movie theater from 1920, projecting back then silent films and nowadays is still active, making it the oldest theater in San Jos\u00e9. In 1999 it was declared Historic Architectural Heritage. The Municipality of San Jos\u00e9 wants to buy it to use it as the Municipal Theater. The theater has witnessed all sorts of cultural and social events throughout its history.<\/p>\n

In August 1890, the Spanish businessman, Tom\u00e1s Garita, began the construction of a new theater building, inaugurated in 1891 under the name \u201cVariedades Theater\u201d (Varieties Theater) with 384 seats. Its facade was decorated with images of \"\"dance, theater, lira, as well as masks and dragons. For the inauguration, the featured presentation was the French opera “La Mascota\u201d (The Mascot) by Edouard Audran and by the Fajardo Vazcona company of Spanish Zarzuela and Operetta.<\/p>\n

Once built the National Theater, the Variedades Theater functioned as an alternative to this. Costa Rica did not have a theatrical culture and that\u2019s why the National Theater attracted a little public, while the presentations of zarzuelas at the Variedades Theater sold out. Artistic presentations that couldn’t be presented at the National theater for space reasons, were mounted at the Variedades.<\/p>\n

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century\u2019s, the Variedades Theater gave significant space to social, cultural and politicalevents of the then burgeoning Costa Rican society. Presentation of silent movies began in 1906, together with zarzuelas and plays, becoming one of the most important cultural spots in the capital, as audience was very diverse, given the characteristics of the different shows that housed.<\/p>\n

Its walls and three floors of seats, were the first to hear on June 10th, 1906, the powerful voice of the national tenor Manuel “Melico Salazar\u201d. Beginning in the twenties, the Variedades Theater was devoted to the cinema. In November 1930, the theater projected the first Costa Rican film, “El Retorno\u201d (The Return), directed by the Italian Romolo Bertoni and produced by Mario Urbini, owner of the theater at that time.<\/p>\n

The theater was declared Architectural Heritage of Costa Rica, according to Executive Decree No. 28249-C, published in La Gaceta No. 232 on November 30th, 1999. Currently owned by the Leasing Company S.A., the theater remains projecting movie films, but several upgrades have been made to have the same technology in sound and image as the modern cinema malls. In recent years, there have been some activities such as the Costa Rican Film Festival, plays, concerts with groups like Malpais or the Nicaraguan Perrozompopo and other cultural activities and comedy shows such as \u201cLa media docena\u201d (The half-dozen), among others.<\/p>\n

The municipality of San Jos\u00e9, has raised the idea of acquiring the property to make the Municipal Theater, and give a permanent place to the newly created “San Jose Theater Company”. If this goal becomes a reality, San Jos\u00e9 would have three big theaters, the beautiful National Theater, the grandiose Melico Salazar and the most ancient of the three, the Variedades Theater, which would end up turning San Jos\u00e9 into an icon of the Latin American theatrical culture.<\/p>\n

Address:<\/strong> On 5 St., between central and 1st avenues, district: Carmen, canton: San Jose, province: San Jose, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10101.
\nGPS Coordinates: <\/strong>9.934417,-84.076322 (9\u00b056’3.90″N 84\u00b04’34.76″W)
\nWebsite:<\/strong> www.teatrovariedades.com<\/a>
\nPhone:<\/strong>+(506) 2222-6108<\/p>\n

Address map:<\/strong> Click here to view directions from Central Park, San Jose, Costa Rica TO the Variedades Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica at Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click aqu\u00ed para ver esta p\u00e1gina en Espa\u00f1ol Built in 1892 as a theater and started working as a movie theater from 1920, projecting back then silent films and nowadays is still active, making it the oldest theater in San Jos\u00e9. In 1999 it was declared Historic Architectural Heritage. The Municipality of San Jos\u00e9 wants … <\/p>\n

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