The works corresponding to the remodeling and enhancement of the Presidente Alvear Theater continue to be carried out by the Buenos Aires Theater Complex, waiting for its reopening.

According to a statement, at this stage, works will be carried out to improve the room, stage and dressing rooms, among other spaces and works.

In the same statement it was reported that these works will culminate in the middle of this year..

Located in the heart of Calle Corrientes, this enclosure means one of the cultural emblems of the City. For this reason, the tasks were intensified to restore its splendor.

Likewise, in terms of building infrastructure, the enhancement, planned by the CTBA's own maintenance staff, includes fire systems; new power lines in dressing rooms, stage and rooms; plumbing and refunctioning of air and ventilation systems.

promptly, Regarding the scenic infrastructure, new stage machinery technologies are being incorporated and the conditions of the stage box are being improved to achieve greater versatility.. Designed by an interdisciplinary team of technicians, engineers and a stage designer, seeks to enhance pre-existing scenic resources including new technologies. The orchestra pit and stage box system is being renovated, and a fire curtain will be incorporated.

On the other hand, an interior design art work is being developed that seeks the articulation of original materialities of the theater architecture with other contemporary ones. The artist and set designer Julieta Ascar is in charge of the aesthetic conception of theatrical architectural restoration, and the renovation design of the stage box. Seeking to combine traditional arts and crafts with new technologies, the starting point is to revitalize the organic forms of the original architecture of the auditorium., including the chromatic palette recovering materials such as bronzes, wood and original paint colors.

Room, specifically, will include the enhancement of the wooden carpentry, the seats and the renovation of the endings, incorporating materials that will improve acoustics. The dressing rooms are also being renovated and will be equipped with new furniture made in the Buenos Aires Theater Complex's own workshop.

The first stage was completed in May 2019 and work was done on the restoration of the dolomite cladding and the canopy of the façade; painting work was done, rehabilitation of electrical installations and lighting fixtures, air conditioning and new carpentry in the entrance hall and 1st level; Installations were made for a new cafeteria/bar space and rehabilitation of ticket offices and restrooms on the ground floor; and the toilets were rehabilitated, the stairs and dressing room for artists.

The Alvear Theater has a capacity of around 800 viewers, distributed in the audience, a pullman sector, a social gathering and a sector of boxes.