A director masters changing stages

From: Americas | Date: September 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Accomplished in a number of artistic disciplines, Argentine Sergio Renan receives top billing for his stewardship of the Colon Theater

Sergio Renan, Argentina's director of cultural affairs, hardly looks like a man who has paid his dues in the hard-scrabble world of show business. However, beneath his composed persona, is an unrelenting passion that has made him one of the most durable features of his country's performing arts. On stage and in the movies, as both an actor and director, he has "done it all," sometimes superbly. Nothing, though, has endeared him more to the theater-going ...

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