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CARMEN MIRANDA: ENTRE DIVAS E BALANGANDAS, Renata Ricci's First Monologue, Opens in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - February 22, 2023

The monologue opens at Teatro Paiol in the “1st Festival of Monologues”. The play narrates a cut in Carmen Miranda’s life, when, already consecrated as one of the main Brazilian personalities in the United States, she returned for a show in Brazil, booed for supposedly having “sold herself to the Am...

Bringing the Competitive Universe of Cheerleaders to the Stage, BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL Opens in Brazil
by Claudio Erlichman - February 21, 2023

The show, with music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, lyrics by Amanda Green and Miranda, loosely based on the 2000 film of the same name, focuses on the competitive world of cheerleading and over-the-top team rivalries....

MOZART, WEILL, PURCEL and JANACEK Announced Among the Attractions of Theatro Sao Pedro's 2023 Season
by Claudio Erlichman - February 13, 2023

Lyrical season will have 11 titles, including the premiere of O Machete, by Mehmari. Throughout 2023, will be presented of Il Seraglio, by Mozart, Cinderella, by Viardot, The Cunning Little Vixen, by Janácek, Dido and Eneas, by Purcell, among others. The program also includes ballet shows, symphonic...

Considered the Father of Aviation, Santos Dumont Will Have His Life Told in the Musical ALEM DO AR (Beyond the Air)
by Claudio Erlichman - January 11, 2023

Alem do Ar is a musical freely inspired by the life of Santos-Dumont, not only the daring and determined inventor, but also the man who had doubts about his inventions. The show is produced by the Lia Maria Aguiar Foundation, starring the talents of Cassio Scapin, Mateus Ribeiro, Felipe Prestes, Hen...

Dreams of Freedom from the Past Emerge in UMA LEITURA DOS BUZIOS, a Show Inspired by a Popular Uprising in Bahia
by Claudio Erlichman - January 04, 2023

A dip in the history of Brazil takes us to the Bahian popular uprising known as Conjuracao Baiana, Revolta dos Alfaiates or Revolta dos Buzios. The movement is the inspiration for the show Uma Leitura dos Buzios (A Reading of Buzios). The premiere took place in November 2022 at Teatro Antunes Filho ...

BWW Awards: DID AWARDS (Premio Destaque Imprensa Digital) Announces the Highlights of Musical Theater in 2022, in Sao Paulo City
by Claudio Erlichman - December 15, 2022

The award, which brings together representatives of the digital press and celebrates musical theater in Sao Paulo City, held its 5th edition, the first being presential. The Brazilian musicals Brenda Lee and the Palace of the Princesses and Nautopia - The Musical were the most awarded of the night....

World Famous Album CLUBE DA ESQUINA Gets Musical Theatrical Version Celebrating its Fiftieth Anniversary
by Claudio Erlichman - October 26, 2022

CLUBE DA ESQUINA – OS SONHOS Não AVELHECEM (Corner Club – Dreams Don't Grow Old) was presented to the world in 1972, being the first double long play in the country and considered the best Brazilian album of all time. Now completing 50, it gets theatrical version, under the direction of Dennis Carva...

Musical DOMINGUINHOS: ISSO AQUI TA BOM DEMAIS Honors the Late Master of Accordion
by Claudio Erlichman - October 04, 2022

The musical tells certain passages in Dominguinhos' life and work, mixing reality and fiction, as the artist recalls his trajectory through facts, music and professional and affective partnerships, while talking to his greatest and faithful companion, the Accordion....

After Great Success in Rio de Janeiro, PONTO A PONTO (Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles) Opens for a Short Season in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - July 11, 2022

After the success of Rio de Janeriro’s season, the play Ponto a Ponto (Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles), directed by Gustavo Barchilon, opens in Sao Paulo on July 15, at Teatro B32. The show features Luiz Fernando Guimaraes giving life to a 90-year-old lady, Bruno Gissoni as her grandson and Renata Ricci in...

With Only Two Performances A NIGHT ON BROADWAY Talks About Two Brazilians in Search of the American Dream on the Great White Way
by Claudio Erlichman - April 18, 2022

Uma Noite na Broadway is a very funny musical comedy, directed by Fernanda Chamma, and starring Fabi Bang and Thiago Machado, that brings together hits from some of the great Broadway musicals successfully produced in Brazil. The play tells the story of two Brazilian artists at different times in t...

Cia. Da Revista Opens TATUAGEM, a Musical About Love and Freedom in Times of Oppression
by Claudio Erlichman - April 13, 2022

Cia. da Revista celebrates its 25th anniversary with the premiere of the musical Tatuagem, directed by Kleber Montanheiro, The show premieres on April 14 at Espaco Cia da Revista, where it runs from Thursday to Saturday at 9 pm and on Sundays at 7 pm. ...

Bellini's I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI, Opens at Theatro Sao Pedro
by Claudio Erlichman - April 11, 2022

I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera by V. Bellini, will be performed in April at Theatro Sao Pedro. With libretto by Felice Romani, the opera is not based on Shakespeare's famous text. Staged by Antonio Araujo and musical direction by Alessandro Sangiorgi, the cast includes singers Denise de Freitas (Ro...

Based on Plinio Marcos' Work, Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo Presents the Operas NAVALHA NA CARNE and HOMENS DE PAPEL
by Claudio Erlichman - April 06, 2022

In April, Sao Paulo’s Theatro Municipal presents two operas by Plinio Marcos: Navalha na Carne and Homens de Papel. Both productions are the first operas specially commissioned by the theater. Presented in a double bill, they bring iconic texts from Brazilian dramaturgy, which focus on existences se...

Past and Present, Dream and Reality are Mixed Up in NAUTOPIA
by Claudio Erlichman - March 31, 2022

A new authorial musical opens in Brazil on April 1st: 'Nautopia', by Daniel Salve. The show features Beto Sargentelli, Eline Porto, Jonathas Joba and a great cast, when portraying the eternal back home of the young man who seeks healing through confrontation with its past and its internal and extern...

Mazel Tov: 13 – O MUSICAL Opens With an All Teen Cast and Band
by Claudio Erlichman - March 25, 2022

Following a move from NY City to small-town Indiana, young Evan Goldman grapples with his parents' divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school. With known names in the Brazilian cast, the show is the only Broadway musical ever with ...

Using Britney Spears's Songs NOITES DE VERAO – O MUSICAL Gives a Contemporary and Gay Reinterpretation to Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
by Claudio Erlichman - March 23, 2022

Can you imagine Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' told to the sound of pop princess Britney Spears in a musical, contemporary and with a completely new gay reinterpretation? For this is Noites de Verao (Summer Nights)....

Theatro Sao Pedro Opens Lyrical Season with Two Operas by GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
by Claudio Erlichman - March 14, 2022

The production is conducted by Luis Otavio Santos, who commands the Orquestra do Theatro Sao Pedro, and stage direction by Mauro Wrona. The show will also be streamed free of charge on the internet. ...

BWW Review: DISNEY IN CONCERT: Greatest Names of Brazilian Musical Theater and Villa Lobos Symphonic Orchestra Bring Unforgettable Movie's Melodies
by Claudio Erlichman - March 08, 2022

Disney In Concert - The Songs From Your Favorite Movies Live comes back to Brazil in march for presentations at Teatro Bradesco, in Sao Paulo. Show features songs from classic and current Disney’s movies performed by an orchestra and with incredible projections on a big screen. The premiere takes p...

AWARDS: DID AWARDS (Destaque Imprensa Digital - Digital Press Highlight) Announces 4th Edition Nominees
by Claudio Erlichman - March 05, 2022

With 16 shows eligible for consideration, Barnum leads the list with 8 nominations, followed by the musicals The Color Purple and Silvio Santos Vem Ai, with 7 nominations each. After a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Digital Press Highlight Award (DID) celebrates the resumption of t...

WEST SIDE STORY and THE THREEPENNY OPERA Announced Among the Attractions of Theatro Sao Pedro's 2022 Season
by Claudio Erlichman - December 22, 2021

Theatro Sao Pedro announces its 2022 season. The lyrical series will include eleven titles: La Serva Padrona; Livietta and Tracollo; The Capulets and the Montechios, by Bellini; West Side Story; Lecture on Waterbirds; Threepenny Opera, by Weill; Ariadne in Naxos, by Strauss; Viva La Mamma, by Doniz...

Through Famous Broadway Hits, 7 X PECADO - BROADWAY IN CONCERT Talks About the Seven Deadly Sins
by Claudio Erlichman - December 07, 2021

“7 x Pecado - Broadway in Concert” is the show chosen for the reopening of Teatro Escola Basileu França in Goiânia. Sponsored by the Government of Goiás, is based on the Seven Deadly Sins and how they manifest themselves in contemporary life they punctuate the scene through the great Broadway hits....

Rossini's SIGNOR BRUSCHINO, OR THE ACCIDENTAL SON for the First Time in Brazil at Theatro Sao Pedro
by Claudio Erlichman - December 01, 2021

Theatro Sao Pedro closes the opera season with the debut of the opera Signor Bruschino, by Rossini. With staging and lighting by Caetano Vilela, the production will be musically directed by Claudio Cruz, who will command the Theatro Sao Pedro Orchestra. The costumes are by Gabriel Villela. Saulo J...

Award Winning Play By English Author Mike Bartlett, Talks About Male Sexuality and Identity
by Claudio Erlichman - November 30, 2021

Staged in an amphitheater, the play COCK, by British author Mike Barlett, is directed by Nelson Baskerville, and premieres December 2nd through 18th, free of charge, at the Centro Cultural Oswald de Andrade. Brazilian staging was created by Andrea Dupré & Daniel Tavares, who are also in the cast alo...

BWW Review: Musical BRENDA LEE E O PALÁCIO DAS PRINCESAS Spotlights Brazilian HIV/AIDS Activist
by Claudio Erlichman - October 12, 2021

Brenda Lee e o Palacio das Princesas is a musical that brings a bit of the history of Brenda Lee, called the “guardian angel of transvestites”, activist who founded the first support house for people with HIV/AIDS in Brazil. She has a pension for transvestites who, for the most part, live off prosti...

BWW Review: Leaving His Comfort Zone, Vitor Rocha Writes and Acts in BOM DIA SEM COMPANHIA, a Musical Out Of the Box Discussing Current Issues
by Claudio Erlichman - September 30, 2021

The show by award-winning author Vitor Rocha, wich will have live seasons from October 2nd, was created entirely during the quarantine and, after having a streaming version, arrives on the stages of Teatro Viradalata, in Sao Paulo...