The Teatro Fígaro is a performance venue in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, located at number 5 on Calle del Doctor Cortezo, which was inaugurated on November 11, 1931, by the company of Eugenia Zuffoli. Its construction was promoted by the businessman Ildefonso Anabitarte. Felipe López Delgado was the architect of the project, a work for which he received the second medal of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1932.
History
Initially designed as a cinema –the Cine Moderno–, as the first performance hall following the recommendations of GATEPAC, the Group of Spanish Artists and Technicians for the Progress of Contemporary Architecture.
After the Civil War it reopened as a cinema, remaining as such until 9 October 1969, when it resumed its stage activity with the premiere of Las criadas by Núria Espert’s company. In January 2008, the actress and businesswoman Blanca Marsillach del Río took over the programme, adding the name of her father Adolfo Marsillach to the theatre.
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