Boomer by Paolo Caiazzo at Teatro de’ Servi: Un papà sul sofà, April 22 to 25, 2027

Boomer by Paolo Caiazzo at Teatro de' Servi: Boomer, un papà sul sofà (Boomer, a Dad on the Couch), a comedy by Paolo Caiazzo and Daniele Ciniglio directed by Caiazzo himself, is on at Teatro de' Servi, Via del Mortaro 22 in Rome, from Thursday, April 22 to Sunday, April 25, 2027. Performances are Thursday to Saturday at 21:00 and Sunday at 17:30, and tickets cost €25, according to the theater's official website. The cast is Paolo Caiazzo, Nicola Pavese, Daniele Ciniglio and Gioia Miale, and the show is presented by Clap Produzioni. The de' Servi is on a side street off Via del Tritone, about 100 meters from the Trevi Fountain, inside the limited-traffic zone: the easiest way there is Metro A to Barberini, then a few minutes' walk downhill along Via del Tritone. Tickets are sold on the official Teatro de' Servi website, which links to the authorized presale network, or by contacting the theater at 06 6795130.

Language: opera sung in its original language; no English surtitles are announced, so check with the theater.

Boomer at Teatro de' Servi: dates, times and tickets

Boomer, un papà sul sofà runs at Teatro de' Servi for four performances, from April 22 to 25, 2027, with a single ticket price of €25. The play is in Italian.

The schedule

The theater lists these times: Thursday, April 22 to Saturday, April 24 at 21:00, Sunday, April 25 at 17:30. It's a short run, long-weekend style, and the last performance falls on Liberation Day, with the city on holiday and the center crowded from the morning.

The price

The de' Servi website publishes a single price of €25. The theater also offers sign-up to its newsletter, which according to the website gives a 20% discount: worth considering if you plan to come back to Via del Mortaro during the season.

Where to buy

Tickets are sold online from the show page on the Teatro de' Servi website, which links to the authorized presale network, or by contacting the theater at 06 6795130 or info@teatroservi.it. With only four performances, one of them on the April 25 holiday, it pays to move early.

Subscriptions

The de' Servi offers several subscription formats for the 2026 and 2027 season. Boomer is one of the last plays in the drama program, before three more comedies that close the season.

The plot of Boomer, un papà sul sofà

Boomer, un papà sul sofà tells of the forced cohabitation between a middle-aged father and two 20-somethings in a small apartment in central Naples.

Daniele and the city

It all begins when Daniele asks his small-town family to let him move to Naples to finish his law degree. His father, Paolo, a not very lucky lawyer, doesn't blink and sets him up in a small apartment of his in the center. Drawn in and distracted by the nightlife, the young man falls behind with his exams and, to keep up his lifestyle, decides to rent out a room.

Nicola and his mother

The tenant is Nicola, a less fortunate peer who lives on odd jobs. The two have opposite characters and stories, and their only common ground is trouble in love. Nicola has an imaginary girlfriend, Daniele an unrequited crush on the girl across the hall. Nicola's mother Assunta, abandoned early by her husband, often drops in: anxious and helpful, she nonetheless hides, according to the presentation, a skeleton in the closet.

Enter the boomer

The shaky balance breaks when Paolo arrives, thrown out by his second partner, and asks his son to put him up. What was supposed to be one emergency night on the couch becomes a three-way cohabitation, with generational clashes and encounters. The father, after his initial dismay, decides to live his new single life to the full, and the young men, to get rid of him, try everything to find him a partner, from escorts to dating sites.

A new family

The question the presentation closes on is simple: between new balances and impossible loves, is there perhaps a chance within reach to build a different kind of family? The answer, as the production puts it in a classic Neapolitan billing line, goes to those who come to see it.

What kind of comedy Boomer is: generations face to face

Boomer is a situation comedy built on the generation gap: a father born in the boom years and two young men raised between dating apps and precarious jobs, forced to share the same couch.

The title

Boomer is the word today's 20-somethings use, ironically, for parents born after the war and their ways of thinking. The subtitle, a dad on the couch, announces the central comic image: the grown man camped out in his son's living room, in a reversal of family roles.

The mechanism

The structure is the classic comedy of errors: an enclosed space, characters coming and going, hidden secrets and clumsy attempts to fix things. Assunta, with her skeleton in the closet, promises the twist that reshuffles the relationships.

Naples in the background

The comedy is set in Naples, among nightlife, out-of-town students and apartments rented by the room: a picture the Rome audience will recognize too, since the same dynamics play out in the capital's university neighborhoods.

Paolo Caiazzo: from the Bottega Teatrale to Made in Sud

Paolo Caiazzo, born in San Giorgio a Cremano on October 19, 1967, is a Neapolitan actor and cabaret comedian, writer and director of Boomer, un papà sul sofà.

Training with the Casagrandes

Caiazzo was born in the same town on the outskirts of Naples that gave the world Massimo Troisi. He took his first steps on stage at 20, in 1987, at the Bottega Teatrale del Mezzogiorno at Teatro Cilea, run by Antonio and Maurizio Casagrande: with them he began his career as a comic actor and earned his first recognition.

Television

After a long apprenticeship on private Campania TV stations, Caiazzo reached national programs: Quelli che il calcio in 2001 and 2002, Bulldozer, Colorado Cafè, Zelig Off, Notti mediterranee, Colorado Revolution, Tribbù and Domenica in. He also did one of the comic opening segments of Ballarò. Since 2013 he has been one of the faces of Made in Sud on Rai 2, in 2015 he took part in Fatti unici and in 2019 he had his own program, Made in Caiazzo.

Tonino Cardamone

The character that made him popular is Tonino Cardamone, the young retiree: he's the subject of a 2004 book in the Comix series, a 2007 DVD and several stage shows, performed at Teatro Acacia and the Trianon.

Comedy writer

Since 2005 Caiazzo has staged comedies he wrote himself, mostly in Neapolitan theaters, with titles built on catchphrases about freedom, secrets, misunderstandings, being a southerner and coffee that still makes you nervous. From 2014 to 2016 he played Tonino Esposito in Benvenuti in casa Esposito, written with Pino Imperatore and Alessandro Siani.

Film and awards

He made his film debut in 2012 with Angelo Antonucci's Impepata di nozze, followed by Francesco Albanese's Ci devo pensare in 2015 and Lello Arena's Finalmente sposi in 2018. In 2008 the mayor of San Giorgio a Cremano gave him the Massimo Troisi career award.

The cast of Boomer, un papà sul sofà

On stage alongside Paolo Caiazzo are Nicola Pavese, Daniele Ciniglio and Gioia Miale: four performers for four characters, the father, the two young men and Nicola's mother.

Daniele Ciniglio, co-writer

Daniele Ciniglio wrote the play with Caiazzo and is also on stage. The characters' names, Paolo, Daniele and Nicola, match those of the actors: a classic device of auteur comedy that ties each character to the actor who plays him.

The production

The show is presented by Clap Produzioni. The de' Servi lists it in the drama section of its program, under comedy.

A chamber piece

Four actors and an apartment: it's the right size for a hall like the de' Servi, where the audience is close to the stage and the lines land without amplification.

Teatro de' Servi: a hall in a convent garden

Teatro de' Servi, in the Trevi district, was built in 1950 in the large kitchen garden of the convent next to the parish of Santa Maria in Via, between Via del Tritone and the Trevi Fountain.

The opening

The hall was opened on April 26, 1957 by Eduardo De Filippo's company, with the world premiere of De Pretore Vincenzo: directed by Eduardo, sets by Titina De Filippo, music by Renzo Rossellini, with Achille Millo and Valeria Moricone, in her stage debut, in the lead roles.

The closures

After the premiere, according to the history published by the theater, the Vicariate imposed censorship on the show and the hall stayed closed for some months. In the 1980s new safety rules required works: closed for a year at the end of the 1983 season, reopened in 1984 with 252 seats, closed again in 1988 and back in business in early 1990.

Its calling today

Since July 2002 it has been run by the company La Bilancia. For more than 10 years the de' Servi has built its seasons on Italian comedies by living authors, alongside musical shows and its own productions: titles such as Se ti sposo mi rovino, Niente progetti per il futuro and Due cuori in chat have been on its program. A Neapolitan auteur comedy like Boomer fits squarely into this line.

How to get to Teatro de' Servi for Boomer

Teatro de' Servi is at Via del Mortaro 22, at the corner of Via del Tritone, steps from the Trevi Fountain: it's in the historic center, inside the limited-traffic zone, and the best way there is Metro A to Barberini.

By metro

From the Barberini stop, walk down Via del Tritone for a few minutes and turn toward Via del Mortaro. It's downhill on the way there, and after the 21:00 show a short climb back to the station.

By bus

Via del Tritone is one of the main surface transit routes in the center, and the lines running along it stop a few steps from the theater. For up-to-date lines and times, use the Rome transit company's journey planner. If you're coming from Piazza Venezia you can also walk up Via del Corso to Piazza Colonna and continue on foot.

By car

The de' Servi is inside the limited-traffic zone. If you drive, check the gate hours and leave the car in a garage outside the zone. Over the April 25 long weekend the center is very busy: taxi or metro remain the simplest options.

A curious fact about Boomer by Paolo Caiazzo at Teatro de' Servi, April 22 to 25, 2027

The best curious fact links Boomer's calendar to the history of the theater hosting it. Teatro de' Servi was opened on April 26, 1957 by Eduardo De Filippo's company, with the world premiere of De Pretore Vincenzo. Boomer ends its run on Sunday, April 25, 2027: the last performance falls on the eve of the 70th anniversary of that first night. 70 years later, on the same stage, a Neapolitan comedy returns, written and directed by an actor raised in the very tradition of Neapolitan comic theater. Paolo Caiazzo trained at Antonio and Maurizio Casagrande's Bottega Teatrale del Mezzogiorno, at Teatro Cilea in Naples, and built much of his stage career in his city's historic halls, from the Totò to the Augusteo, from the Trianon to the Acacia. The theater hasn't announced the coincidence, but anyone who knows the de' Servi's history can catch it: an anniversary celebrated, in spirit, with the same dialect and the same laughter the hall was born with. There's also a second, subtler thread. San Giorgio a Cremano, Caiazzo's hometown, is Massimo Troisi's too, and in 2008 the town gave the actor the Massimo Troisi career award: a recognition that, for a Neapolitan comedian, weighs more than many others. In our opinion it's a small short circuit of memories that makes these four nights a bit special.

Something nobody tells you about Boomer by Paolo Caiazzo at Teatro de' Servi, April 22 to 25, 2027

What's rarely said about comedies like Boomer is that behind the lightness there's a very precise social snapshot. The plot stages situations many Italian families know well: the son who moves to the city to study and can't keep up with exams, the room rented out to make ends meet, the peer living on odd jobs, the separated father who finds himself homeless at 50. These are the themes of precariousness and blended families, told at the pace of farce rather than drama. Caiazzo has worked on this material for years: his most famous character, Tonino Cardamone, is a young retiree, a comic figure born from a social paradox. Boomer flips the pattern: here it's the father who ends up, in effect, in his son's position, a guest in someone else's home, dealing with dates and dating apps. Something else that's little known is how much the closeness between stage and audience counts in a hall like the de' Servi. With 252 seats, according to the theater's history, every glance and every pause reaches the audience: for a four-character comedy it's the ideal condition. My advice is to choose a central seat in the front rows, where you catch the actors' facial expressions.

My tip for Boomer by Paolo Caiazzo at Teatro de' Servi, April 22 to 25, 2027

My tip is to choose the performance based on the kind of evening you want. Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23rd, at 21:00, are the quietest nights: the center is busy but not yet overrun by the long-weekend crowd, and the walk to Trevi after the show is pleasant. Saturday the 24th the hall will probably be fullest and the atmosphere warmest, as always for comedies on a Saturday night, but book dinner early, because the area between Trevi and the Pantheon will be crowded. Sunday the 25th, at 17:30, is the right choice if you want to pair the show with a day in the center: in the morning you can follow the Liberation Day celebrations or simply walk through a city on holiday, in the afternoon you go to the theater and on the way out you're in time for an unhurried dinner. Buy tickets online well in advance: four performances in a mid-sized hall, right before a holiday weekend, risk selling out. Arrive at least 20 minutes before the start, also to pick up any reserved tickets and settle in calmly. If you're in town for a few days you can pair the show with nearby sights: the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Colonna and the Quirinal are all a few minutes away on foot.

Around Teatro de' Servi: what to see a few steps away

Within five minutes' walk of Teatro de' Servi are the Trevi Fountain, Galleria Alberto Sordi, Galleria Sciarra, Piazza Colonna and the Quirinal.

The Trevi Fountain

The Trevi Fountain is about 100 meters from the theater. In the evening it's lit and still busy, and after 23:00 the crowd thins and you can take in the basin more calmly, even during the long weekend.

The galleries

Galleria Alberto Sordi links Via del Tritone and Piazza Colonna under its glass and iron roof. Galleria Sciarra is a covered courtyard decorated with late 19th century paintings devoted to the female figure.

The Quirinal and Piazza di Spagna

Uphill you reach the Quirinal Palace, with its view over the city. A little farther is Piazza di Spagna. In the same area there's also Teatro Quirino Vittorio Gassman, one of the center's great drama theaters.

Another well-known fact, yet one rarely mentioned

It's well known that Teatro de' Servi was born with Eduardo De Filippo: the theater says so itself, and Eduardo's name appears in every presentation of the hall. Less often remembered is that that first night was also a city scandal. De Pretore Vincenzo, the Eduardo comedy chosen for the April 26, 1957 opening, was a world premiere, and right after it the Vicariate stepped in and imposed censorship on the show, amid heated controversy. The hall, built in the kitchen garden of a convent next to the church of Santa Maria in Via, stayed closed for some months. It's an odd beginning: the theater born in a religious garden was stopped by a religious intervention, and the play that opened it was a Neapolitan comedy. 70 years later the de' Servi is a hall devoted to contemporary Italian comedy, and Boomer brings a Neapolitan author back to its stage. For an actor like Caiazzo the link with Eduardo isn't only symbolic: the Casagrande school where he trained is a child of the Neapolitan comic theater tradition that Eduardo took to its highest level. When you walk into the hall you can remember it looking at the stage: it's the same space where it all began.

The right photo to take at Boomer by Paolo Caiazzo at Teatro de' Servi, April 22 to 25, 2027

The right photo, on the way out of the show, is taken at the corner of Via del Mortaro and Via del Tritone: the lit Teatro de' Servi sign, with the street's evening traffic behind it, captures the character of a theater hidden a few meters from one of the busiest roads in the center. During the show filming isn't allowed, as in every theater: your phone stays off. The second photo, the one everyone wants, is 100 meters away: the Trevi Fountain at night. After the 21:00 show, when the crowd starts to thin, you can find a free spot on the basin steps and frame the lit fountain. My advice is to move a few steps to the side, where the perspective takes in the whole basin. If you choose the Sunday matinee you can do the reverse: before the show, in the April afternoon light, the glass and iron roof of Galleria Alberto Sordi and Piazza Colonna offer tidy frames. For a more personal keepsake, the show poster at the theater entrance, with the names of Caiazzo and the cast, is the photo that records the evening.

Some important events that happened here in history

The history of Teatro de' Servi begins in 1950, when the building was put up in the large kitchen garden of the convent next to the parish of Santa Maria in Via, in the Trevi district. On April 26, 1957 Eduardo De Filippo's company opened the hall with the world premiere of De Pretore Vincenzo, performed by Achille Millo and Valeria Moricone, with sets by Titina De Filippo and music by Renzo Rossellini. Right after, the Vicariate imposed censorship on the show, amid heated controversy in the city, and the theater stayed closed for some months. In the years that followed, up to the late 1970s, the de' Servi became a landmark for Rome audiences, with Italian and foreign companies, concerts and chamber opera. The 1980s brought new safety rules for entertainment venues: at the end of the 1983 season the hall closed for a year, reopened in 1984 with 252 seats, closed again in 1988 and resumed activity in early 1990. In July 2002 management passed to the company La Bilancia, which renewed the systems and spaces, partly with architect and set designer Massimo Marafante, and built a program founded on Italian comedies by living authors. In April 2027, 70 years after the opening with Eduardo, the stage welcomes a Neapolitan comedy by Paolo Caiazzo and Daniele Ciniglio.

Who has passed through Boomer by Paolo Caiazzo at Teatro de' Servi, April 22 to 25, 2027

Across the de' Servi stage, according to the history published by the theater, have passed names that tell half a century of Roman entertainment. Besides Eduardo De Filippo and his company, with Titina De Filippo on sets, Achille Millo and Valeria Moricone, Italian actors such as Aldo Giuffrè, Fiorenzo Fiorentini, Silvio Spaccesi, Giusi Raspani Dandolo and Jole Fierro, and foreign actors such as Robert Alda and Eva Bartok. On the music side came conductors such as Massimo Pradella and Renzo Rossellini, opera singers such as Katia Ricciarelli and Giuseppe Sabatini, ensembles such as Massimo Coen's I Solisti Romani, and also Eduardo Bennato and Momix. Aldo Giuffrè, Neapolitan and an Eduardo interpreter, is the name closest to Boomer's line: Neapolitan comedy speaking to the Rome audience from the de' Servi stage. In April 2027 come Paolo Caiazzo, a face of Made in Sud and Colorado Cafè trained in the Casagrande school, with Nicola Pavese, Daniele Ciniglio and Gioia Miale. And, in a sense, so do the Made in Sud viewers who in Rome meet live a comedian they know from TV: a kind of audience the de' Servi, with its comedy seasons, has always known how to welcome.

Which performance of Boomer to choose

Boomer's four performances offer three kinds of evening: weeknights, Saturday and the holiday matinee.

Thursday and Friday

The Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23 performances at 21:00 suit those looking for an intimate hall and a center that's still livable. You come out around 23:00, in time for an almost empty Trevi Fountain.

Saturday

Saturday, April 24 at 21:00 is the most festive evening: on a Saturday night the Neapolitan comedy audience joins in, laughs and applauds mid-scene. It's the choice if you want a big-night atmosphere.

Sunday, April 25

Sunday, April 25 at 17:30 is the performance for those coming from outside Rome for the long weekend or who prefer not to get home late. It's also the last chance: after that, the comedy leaves Via del Mortaro.

Where to eat near Teatro de' Servi

The Trevi area is full of restaurants geared to passing tourists, with high prices and variable quality: for dinner before or after the show, move a few streets away, toward the streets below the Quirinal or toward the Pantheon.

Before or after

With the 21:00 show, dinner comes after, Roman style: book a place that takes guests after 23:00, which over the April 25 long weekend becomes almost essential. With the Sunday matinee you come out at dinnertime, and the center offers plenty of options.

A coffee or a gelato

Between the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon there are historic cafés and gelato shops. A stop at the counter before the show, as Romans do, costs less and takes just the right amount of time.

Booking

Over the long weekend, places in the center fill up early: booking your table before buying the ticket, or right after, avoids waiting when you come out of the theater.

Accessibility and practical information

Teatro de' Servi is a mid-sized hall, renovated several times to meet safety rules. For information on accessibility for people with reduced mobility and on reserved seats, contact the theater before buying, at 06 6795130 or info@teatroservi.it.

With teens

Boomer is a comedy for adults and older teens: the theme of conflict between parents and 20-something children lends itself to a family evening with teenagers. The plot mentions dating sites and escorts: it isn't meant for small children.

April in Rome

In late April Roman evenings are mild but still cool after sunset: a light jacket is enough. It's a period of heavy tourist traffic, especially around April 25, and the historic center calls for a little patience.

Punctuality

In an intimate hall like the de' Servi, entering after the show has started disturbs everyone. Arrive with a margin of at least 20 minutes.

Frequently asked questions about Boomer, un papà sul sofà

When is Boomer, un papà sul sofà on in Rome?

Boomer, un papà sul sofà is on at Teatro de' Servi in Rome from Thursday, April 22 to Sunday, April 25, 2027. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 21:00 and Sunday, April 25 at 17:30, according to the calendar published by the theater.

How much is a ticket for Boomer at Teatro de' Servi?

A ticket for Boomer at Teatro de' Servi costs €25, the single price listed on the theater's official website. You buy it online from the show page, which links to the authorized presale network, or by contacting the theater at 06 6795130.

Who is in Boomer, un papà sul sofà?

The cast of Boomer, un papà sul sofà is Paolo Caiazzo, Nicola Pavese, Daniele Ciniglio and Gioia Miale. The play is by Paolo Caiazzo and Daniele Ciniglio, directed by Caiazzo himself, and presented by Clap Produzioni.

What is the comedy Boomer about?

Boomer tells of a lawyer father who, left by his second partner, moves onto the couch of his university-student son in Naples, where a roommate also lives. The three-way cohabitation sparks generational clashes, and the young men try every way to find him a new partner.

Who is Paolo Caiazzo?

Paolo Caiazzo is an actor and cabaret comedian born in San Giorgio a Cremano in 1967, trained at the Casagrandes' Bottega Teatrale del Mezzogiorno. He's known for Colorado Cafè, Zelig Off, Made in Sud and his character Tonino Cardamone, the young retiree.

Where is Teatro de' Servi?

Teatro de' Servi is at Via del Mortaro 22, at the corner of Via del Tritone, in the Trevi district, about 100 meters from the Trevi Fountain. The handiest metro stop is Barberini, on line A.

Is Boomer suitable for kids?

Boomer, un papà sul sofà is a comedy for adults and older teens, built on the relationship between fathers and 20-something sons. Some plot points, such as dating sites, make it a poor fit for small children.

Final tip on Boomer, un papà sul sofà

Boomer, un papà sul sofà is a family comedy built on a simple, recognizable idea: the father who ends up as his son's guest, and the world of 20-somethings that finds a 50-year-old in the house needing to be sorted out. Paolo Caiazzo brings to the de' Servi 30 years of Neapolitan comic theater and national TV comedy, with a cast of four in a hall where every line hits home. In our opinion it's the right choice for an evening of laughs without intellectual pretensions, for anyone who knows Caiazzo from Made in Sud and wants to see him live, and for families with teenagers who will recognize themselves, at least in part, in the conflicts on stage. My tip is to book now, because there are only four performances and they fall on a holiday weekend, choose Thursday or Friday for a quiet evening and Saturday for the big-comedy atmosphere, and end with a walk to the Trevi Fountain, 100 meters from the theater that opened 70 years ago with Eduardo.

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