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Alcanzar una estrella ("To reach a star") is a telenovela from Mexico that was first broadcast on Televisa in 1990.
This production was also shown in Latin America, such as Chile on TVN and on Univision in the United States and tells the story of an introverted girl who dreams of "reaching a star", her teen idol.
The stars of this telenovela were the singers Mariana Garza and Eduardo Capetillo ex-members of the Mexican pop band Timbiriche. They also sang the two theme songs for the telenovela, which was written by Ricardo Arjona. Arjona and other singers such as Patricia Manterola (from the group Garibaldi) also had acting cameos in this production. The story was produced by Luis de Llano, producer and manager of Timbiriche and Garibaldi, and written by Rita Macedo, de Llano's mother, who also took a role in this production which became her last in her career.
The success of this telenovela was such that it was made into a film Más que alcanzar una estrella and a sequel telenovela Alcanzar una estrella II, starring Sasha Sokol and Ricky Martin.
Lorena (Mariana Garza) is an introverted girl who dreams of "reaching a star"... singer Eduardo Casablanca (Eduardo Capetillo). She gets to meet him at a press conference to present his last album and his first telenovela. Lorena begins to write anonymous letters to Eduardo while her classmates ridicule her bad looks. Eduardo struggles to maintain a relationship with her goldigger girlfriend Déborah (Kenia Gazcón).