Madrid - "Raffaella - The Musical" won the award for "Best Original Musical" at the 2026 BroadwayWorld Spain Audience Awards, a recognition received for the massive audience and critical success of "Raffaella - El musical," the Iberian version of the musical arriving in Italy in February (at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome and Teatro Nazionale in Milan). "Raffaella - The Musical" is the first biographical musical dedicated to the extraordinary life and career of Raffaella Carrà, an timeless icon of Italian and international pop culture. It is a unique show that retraces Raffaella's personal and artistic journey, from her beginnings in Italy to her triumphant success in Spain: "'Raffaella - The Musical' is concert, theater, and ballet—a 360° experience that smiles at you and fills you with energy, adrenaline, and lightness, poetically telling the story of the birth of a star." "Raffaella - The Musical" enjoyed resounding success thanks to a delicate and fascinating narrative: an emotional journey through music, dance, love, television, and freedom of expression that blends "entertainment and biographical storytelling, bringing to the stage the unmistakable charisma, stage presence, and brilliant soul of the international Raffaella." The award represents the culmination of a project conceived by Valeria Arzenton in 2021, presented at the Sanremo Festival in 2024, and debuted in Madrid—reaching dozens of performances at Madrid's Teatro Capital in 2025 with over 150,000 paying spectators. (9colonne)