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Damián Betular to Make Stage Debut as Edna in Hairspray, Opening May 2026 at Teatro Coliseo

Fer Dente directs a large-scale staging backed by streaming platform Olga with Club Media.

Overview

  • The MasterChef Celebrity judge takes on his first acting role as Edna Turnblad in a Buenos Aires production led by Fer Dente.
  • Producers Olga and Club Media move into live theatre production with this commercial revival.
  • Tickets are already on sale through the Coliseo box office and Ticketek, with reported prices around 26,000 to 62,000 pesos.
  • Betular has trained for months in acting, singing and dancing to meet the role’s demands.
  • Edna’s performance lineage includes Divine (1988 film), John Travolta (2007 film) and Enrique Pinti (2008 Buenos Aires run), and the new creative team features choreographer Vanesa García Millán, vocal director Eugenia Gil Rodríguez and musical director Damián Mahler.