''Sólo Para Mujeres'' (''Just For Women'' in

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) is a Mexican

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play. It has been running for about a decade. This show was inspired by the 1997

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''. ''Sólo Para Mujeres'' came after the success of its predecessor, ''Sólo Para Hombres'' (''Just for Men''), a play that starred Lorena Herrera, among others, and which came about after Herrera's participation in the famous

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, ''

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''. ''Sólo Para Hombres'' featured Herrera and other famous Mexican actresses

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on stage with scant outfits. ''Sólo Para Mujeres'' followed the same lines:

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s would dance, for an audience that consists mainly of women, wearing underwear only or suggestive clothing. Although

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is not directly connected with the play, many of the actors on ''Sólo Para Mujeres'' have had previous experience acting in

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s for the largest Mexican

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network. Among those are

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, Sergio Sendel, Alfonso de Nigris and the play's producer,

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. Former Menudo Johnny Lozada also participated at the play for a number of years. The play was not expected to be as successful as ''Sólo Para Hombres'' was: Mexico, as with most of

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, still has a society with relatively

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views, and so the first expectations for ''Sólo Para Mujeres'' were that it would last, at most, a couple of years. The play managed, however, to outlast ''Sólo Para Hombres''.

Cast

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as himself *

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as himself *

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as herself *

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as herself *

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as herself * Diego Schoening as himself ; Menudo *

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* Johnny Lozada *

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* René Farrait *

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Cast * Fernanda Carrillo as Mònica Robles *

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aa Joe Navarro *

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as Gustavo Casasola *

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as Don Mateo Corona *

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as Gavino Goana *

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as Ramona ;

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as Arley Mena *

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as Vasily Kilichenko * Tommy Vásquez as Arnoldo Santamaría ; Mi Marido Tiene + Familia &

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as Imelda Sierra de Córcega * Rafael Inclan as Eugenio Córcega * René Casados as Audifaz Córcega * Marco Muñoz as Tulio Córcega * Gaby Platas as Ampola ''Polita'' Casteñeda *

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as Crisanta Díaz * Emilio Osorio as Aristóteles Córcega * Joaquín Bondoni as Cuauhtémoc "Temo" López * Laura Viganti as Daniela Córcega *

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as Pepe * Marcos Montero as Ignacio Meneses * Jessica Coch as Marisol Córcega *

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as Xavi Galán * Fedrico Ayos as * Gonzalo Vega Jr. as Axel Legorreta Córcega * Lola Merino as Ana Romano * Germán Bracco as Guido * Azúl Guaita as Yolotl Rey * José Pablo Alanís as Andy Rey * José Manuel Alanís as Santi Rey * Juan Diego Covarrubias ; Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso Cast * Carolina Galtán as Catalina Marín * Robert Manrique as Santiago Sanín * Javier Jattin as Tony Campana * Francisco Bolivar as José Luis Vargas * Luis Pablo Llano as Daniel Cerón ; Por Amar Sin Ley Cast *

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as Alejandra Ponce * Julian Gil as Carlos Ibarra *

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as Roberto Morelli *

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as Gustavo Soto *

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as Victoria Escalante *

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as Alonso Vega *

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as Benjamin Acosta *

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as Sofía Alcócer *

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as Alan Páez * Geraldine Bazán as Elena Fernández * Víctor García as Juan Lopez *

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as Javier Rivas

Seasons

All Stars (Season One)

* Raúl Magaña * Juan Carlos Casasola *

* German Gutierrez * Juan Carlos "Chao" Nieto * Eduardo Rivera * Alberto Vazquez Jr. * Hugo Acosta * Eduardo Rivera

Evolution (Season 2)

* Roberto Asad * Poncho De Nigris * Armando Gonzalez *

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* Eduardo Rodriguez *

* Marco Mendez

Reloaded (Season 3)

* Ferdinando Valencia * Juan Carlos Franzoni * Jorge Boyoli * Tony Vela * Pepe Gamez * Marco Corleone * Felipe Sánchez * Juan Carlos "Chao" Nieto * Clever * Arturo Vázquez *

Limited Edition (Season 4)

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as David Ladesma * Juan Vidal *

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* Javier Gómez * Emmanuel Palomares * Nacho Casano * Juan Ángel Esparza * * José Carlos Farrera * César Urena * Rafael Nieves *

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* Raúl Coronado * Edu Moñuz * Ezequiel Meilutis * Ricardo Crespo * Marcos Montero * Ramiro Fumazoni * Ricardo Franco * David Ortega

Motorcycle accident

On May 5, 2005, during the filming of a

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at a

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street, a man who was allegedly driving over the speed limit drove into the scene and crashed his car against the

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s used by five members of the ''Sólo Para Mujeres'' play, killing actor

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and injuring three others. Many among the public are clamoring for a full investigation of the incident. Among some publicly expressed doubts are the fact that the street had not been closed before the filming of the video, and also that the members of ''Sólo Para Mujeres'' were not provided with protective

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s before getting on their motorcycles. Also, driving motorcycles on the street where the accident happened is prohibited by the law. Members of the play declared that it was not of their knowledge that driving motorcycles was prohibited on the particular street where the accident happened, because they had passed there on their bikes before and no one had admonished them for it. On the other hand, the man who drove the car into the motorcycles was released on

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until the case is seen at a Mexican

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. Mayer demonstrated great displeasure when given the news that that man was not in

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anymore.

Current activities

This show is currently touring the US with presentations in

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, Phoenix and

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References

External links

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Official site
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