In 1783, a group of citizens set up as Accademia degli Aerostatici built the first real theater of the city that replaced the old "big room of comedies" located in the adjacent palazzo Pretorio. Since then, this pleasant place of aggregations was widely used: here were recited comedies, held balls and events related to the carnival.
Over time innumerable expansion or restructurings works as wella as fires have happened. Among the mostly represented shows during 1800 there were comedies by Goldoni as well as Alfieri and Shakespeare tragedies. Also opera and operetta were widely represented obtaining considerable success. In 1902 the theater, for the first time, was the site of a movie broadcast. Its present appearance dates back to 1966.
Today, the teatro Comunale is used both as a cinema, and as a stage for a number of shows. Every year in winter it is home to a various theater season with the first names of the top national art scene.
Here is the program of season 2017:
Thursday, January 12
at 9:00 pm – Notturno di donna con ospiti, by Annibale Ruccello, with Giuliana De Sio, directed by Enrico Maria Lamanna.
Saturday, January 21
at 9:00 pm – Prince – Purple Rain Live, Rock Opera, tribute concert.
Saturday, February 11
at 9:00 pm – L’Inquilina del piano di sopra, by Pierre Chesnot, directed by Stefano Artissunch, with Gaia De Laurentis, Ugo Divero.
Thursday, February 16
at 9:00 pm – Le Donne di Puccini. The female figure in the Italian opera, with the Orchestra of the Puccini Festival Foundation.
Saturday, February 25
at 9:00 pm – L’Avaro (The Miser), by Molière, with Andrea Buscemi, Eva Robin's, Livia Castellana, Nicola Fanucchi, Martina Benedetti, Maria Luisa Pepi, Francesco Tammacco, Pantaleo Annese.
Saturday, March 4
at 9:00 pm – Antigone, by Vittorio Alfieri , with Marco Viecca, Daniela Placci, Rossana Peraccio and Eros Emmanuil Papadakis, directed by Marco Viecca – Fondazione Gabriele Accomazzo per il teatro.
Saturday, March 11
at 9:00 pm – Le libere donne di Magliano, by Mario Tobino, directed by Andrea Buscemi, with Livia Castellana.
Friday, March 17
at 9:00 pm – Ti amo o qualcosa del genere, written and directed by Diego Ruiz, with Roberto Ciufoli.
Saturday, April 1
at 9:00 pm – Dal vinile al digitale la musica sta andando male, written and directed by Sergio Mascagni.
TEATRO COMUNALE DI PIETRASANTA – TheaterSeason
Pietrasanta, piazza Duomo
January, 12 / April, 1st
h 9:00 p. m.
Tickets Parterre € 21,00, concessions € 18,00. Tickets Gallery: € 12,00, concessions € 10,00