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Claudio Erlichman

           Publicist, graduated in Advertising & Marketing from ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing) and post-graduated from UCSD (University of California of San Diego), School of the Visual Arts and Parson's School/New School (New York).  He presented radio shows on musical theater at Radio Cultura FM and wrote about cinema at the site Pletz.com. In 2006, he organized and directed "Cante-com-a-gente" at Teatro Folha presenting famous musical movies "sing-a-long" sessions, event unprecedented in Brazil.

From 2008 to 2011, he worked in the Official Press of the State of São PauloIMESP, where he was executive editor of “Coleção Aplauso” - http://aplauso.imprensaoficial.com.br/, publishing about 310 books. Various books of “Coleção Aplauso” were finalists and winners of Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura (the highest award of Brazilian literature). “Coleção Aplauso” also won the Special Trophy from the Association of Art Critics of São Paulo (APCA), in recognition for the support and encouragement of arts and culture.

Currently, Claudio Erlichman collaborates with Rubens Ewald Filho, the most distinguished critic of cinema in Brazil, in the organization of a collection of guides of movies on DVD and Blu-ray and writes about musical theater in a weekly electronic newsletter “Colunas & Notas”, which is sent to a VIP mailing list of people connected to the area of culture and entertainment. He also works as a producer to the group Conteúdo Teatral (http://www.conteudoteatral.com.br/), where he contributes with advertising creation, develops projects and provides international consulting. Conteudo Teatral manages Teatro Folha, in São Paulo City, and Teatro Amil, in Campinas. There he also has the function of creative advisor for productions, researching for texts and ideas for projects such as:
 

2005 – O Estrangeiro (The Foreigner), by Larry Shue

2008 – O Mala (The Nerd), by Larry Shue

2010 – Enquanto Isso (The Norman Conquests), a trilogy by Alan Ayckbourn

2011– ...E O Vento Não Levou (Moonlight and Magnolias), by Ron Huntchinson

2012 – Equus, by Peter Shaffer

2012 – Um Violinista no Telhado (Fiddler on the Roof), a highly musical theater production, at Teatro Alpha in São Paulo, after a huge success at Teatro Oi Casagrande in Rio de Janeiro, obtaining the rights to produce the play and suggesting the brilliant directors Claudio Botelho and Charles Moeller, along with many other contributions which guaranteed the achievement of this production. 

2013 – A Minha Primeira Vez (My First Time), by Ken Davenport.

2014 – Todos Os Musicais de Chico Buarque em 90 Minutos, by Claudio Botelho and Charles Möeller

2015 – Dez Encontros (Blue Room), by David Hare

2015 – Nine, Um Musical Felliniano (Nine), by Maury Yeston e Arthur Kopit

2016 – Jogo Aberto (It’s Just Sex), by Jeff Gould

2016 – BroadWish - From Shtetl to Broadway, book and direction

2017 - O Empréstimo (El Crédito), by Jordi Galcerán




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First Show:

- Annie (in the USA) - Aí Vem o Dilúvio (in Brazil)

Favorite Show:

TOP 10 (Not in order of preference): -Cabaret -Godspell -Fiddler on the Roof -Follies -West Side Story -Morte Vida Severina -A Ópera do Malandro -How to Succeed in Business... -Hair -Company



Divided Into 6 Parts VOZES NEGRAS – A FORÇA DO CANTO FEMININO is the First Musical in a Series Format
Divided Into 6 Parts VOZES NEGRAS – A FORÇA DO CANTO FEMININO is the First Musical in a Series Format
July 6, 2022

Produced by Aventura, an innovative project raises guidelines on black feminism, the importance and role of black singers and songwriters in the history of Brazilian music. The season in Sao Paulo, which takes place at Teatro Sergio Cardoso and on the #CulturaEmCasa platform, will bring together musical theater and a forum of ideas.

Melodramatic and Cult: VINGANCA – O MUSICAL (Vengeance - the Musical) Returns to Sao Paulo's Stage
Melodramatic and Cult: VINGANCA – O MUSICAL (Vengeance - the Musical) Returns to Sao Paulo's Stage
June 22, 2022

A success of Brazilian musical theater in recent years, the show Vinganca (Vengeance) returns in June at Teatro Raul Cortez in Sao Paulo. After nine years, the cult musical by Anna Toledo with songs by Lupicinio Rodrigues returns in a new house and with a renewed cast

Proposing Discussions About the Feminine Being AZAFAMA Premiere at SP Escola de Teatro
Proposing Discussions About the Feminine Being AZAFAMA Premiere at SP Escola de Teatro
June 20, 2022

Lost in the face of cycles that repeat themselves 'again and again', Rosalina searches for answers in the stories of many women. Memories intersect, while truths and lies intertwine before the blossoming of a heroine, Rosa Linda, born of the earth, daughter of cursed women, and responsible for a great mission: to end Destiny.

Donizetti's LE CONVENIENZE ED INCONVENIENZE TEATRAL (Viva La Mamma) Opens at Theatro Sao Pedro
Donizetti's LE CONVENIENZE ED INCONVENIENZE TEATRAL (Viva La Mamma) Opens at Theatro Sao Pedro
June 13, 2022

With performances on June 16, 17, 18 and 19, the show is musically directed and conducted by Andre dos Santos, who leads the Orquestra Jovem do Theatro Sao Pedro, stage direction by Julianna Santos. Viva La Mamma, also known as Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali satirizes the operatic work, approaching the cliches of the opera universe.

Critical and Cathartic Teatro da PombaGira Opens MAQUINA (MACHINE)
Critical and Cathartic Teatro da PombaGira Opens MAQUINA (MACHINE)
June 10, 2022

Maquina (Machine) is an extended experience, an immersion outside the real time of the system, with a live and pulsating audience inside Teatro Mars. The production celebrates the thought of radical insurgencies of life, as the delusional power of bodies on stage, a way of surviving in favor of life, as only living bodies can de-mortify.

Musical BRENDA LEE E O PALACIO DAS PRINCESAS Tells the Story of the First Activist Who Founded the First Support House for People With HIV/AIDS in Brazil
Musical BRENDA LEE E O PALACIO DAS PRINCESAS Tells the Story of the First Activist Who Founded the First Support House for People With HIV/AIDS in Brazil
June 7, 2022

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 prostitution. Despite the reality of violence in which they live, inside the house, the transvestites are welcomed by Brenda, who teaches them to want more out of life.

BWW Previews: Unequal lives Interperse in the New Musical EM ALGUM LUGAR ENTRE AS ESTRELAS (Somewhere Between the Stars)
BWW Previews: Unequal lives Interperse in the New Musical EM ALGUM LUGAR ENTRE AS ESTRELAS (Somewhere Between the Stars)
June 3, 2022

With an independent production, the show written and directed by well-known names in Sao Paulo's musical theater opens at Espaço ao Cubo. Em Algum Lugar Entre as Estrelas (Somewhere Among the Stars) brings together stories from three characters about stories of love, escape and recognition. Among the conflicts, the perspective of a woman whose marriage was crossed by the military dictatorship, homosexual relationships in the 90s and current liquid loves.

BWW Previews: CONSERTANDO A BROADWAY Opens at Espaco Ao Cubo
BWW Previews: CONSERTANDO A BROADWAY Opens at Espaco Ao Cubo
May 25, 2022

The show tells the story of four young musical theater students who dream of stardom. Bringing themes such as racism, fatphobia and social prejudice, the saga of the protagonists takes place in the fight against unattainable standards and profiles imposed by the musical theater industry. After years of having their dreams explored and frustrated, they decide to travel to New York to try their big break and maybe fix Broadway!

BWW Previews: George Orwell Meets Brecht and Weill In the Musical CABARET DOS BICHOS
BWW Previews: George Orwell Meets Brecht and Weill In the Musical CABARET DOS BICHOS
May 21, 2022

Musical Cabaret dos Bichos is an adaptation of G. Orwell's novel Animal Farm. With libreto, lyrics and direction by Zé Henrique de Paula and original music and musical direction by Fernanda Maia, the language used is inspired by German cabarets, strongly referenced in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.

BWW Review: Bake a Leg: SWEENEY TODD Opens in Sao Paulo with Sold Out Tickets
BWW Review: Bake a Leg: SWEENEY TODD Opens in Sao Paulo with Sold Out Tickets
May 18, 2022

Sondheim's macabre musical Sweeney Todd, arrives in Brazil. The show opened on March in Sao Paulo for a short season and takes place on the 033 Rooftop of Teatro Santander. With direction by Ze Henrique de Paula, the Brazilian production stars Rodrigo Lombardi (Sweeney), Andrezza Massei (Mrs. Lovett), and Mateus Ribeiro (Tobias Ragg).

BWW Previews: Dealing with Universal Themes COLETIVO IMPERMANENTE Premieres O QUE MEU CORPO NU TE CONTA?
BWW Previews: Dealing with Universal Themes COLETIVO IMPERMANENTE Premieres O QUE MEU CORPO NU TE CONTA?
May 11, 2022

Arranged on a large board of bodies, 16 artists from Coletivo Impermanente, directed by Marcelo Varzea, take turns each session and reveal autobiographical stories in O Que Meu Corpo Nu Te Conta? The immersive experience transits through universal themes such as sexual harassment, ageism, fatphobia, racism, infertility, compulsion, among others.

CIA. DEBORAH COLKER Premieres the Season of CURA (Healing) in Sao Paulo
CIA. DEBORAH COLKER Premieres the Season of CURA (Healing) in Sao Paulo
May 10, 2022

Deborah Colker has devoted her time in recent years to finding a cure. In this case, a solution to the genetic disease that his grandson has. From this personal anguish, the new work of the Cia. de Dança Deborah Colker was born. Cura is about science, faith and the struggle to overcome and accept our limits, facing discrimination and prejudice.

BWW Previews: KAMBALACHO: A Drag Show Made in Brazil
BWW Previews: KAMBALACHO: A Drag Show Made in Brazil
May 10, 2022

Drag Nights brings to the stage of Clube Barbixas de Comedia, a Drag show totally Made in Brazil. Proving that Brazilian drags exalt their own culture and from there they talk about their points of view about our reality. A show where you will enjoy great classics without any “cambalacho” (gimmicks).

BWW Awards: BARNUM is the big winner of the 4th edition of the DID AWARDS FOR MUSICAL THEATER
BWW Awards: BARNUM is the big winner of the 4th edition of the DID AWARDS FOR MUSICAL THEATER
May 4, 2022

After a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Digital Press Highlight Award (DID) resumed its activities in honor and recognition of the great highlights of Brazilian musical theater in the city of Sao Paulo. The ceremony, which held its 4th edition announced, the winners, celebrating the 16 new shows nominated between Nov. 2019/Dec. 2021.

BWW Review: After 10 Years, THE ADDAMS FAMILY Returns to Haunt and Entertain at Teatro Renault
BWW Review: After 10 Years, THE ADDAMS FAMILY Returns to Haunt and Entertain at Teatro Renault
May 4, 2022

The family that captivated the hearts of thousands of viewers in Brazil is back! T4F reopens the Teatro Renault stage again to welcome the eccentric, scary and funny characters that enchant generations. In the main roles Marisa Orth and Daniel Boaventura , share the cast with famous names in musical theater like Kiara Sasso, and Fred Silveira.

BWW Previews: BALLET GALA INTERNATIONAL Arrives in Brazil for One Single Performance at Teatro Bradesco
BWW Previews: BALLET GALA INTERNATIONAL Arrives in Brazil for One Single Performance at Teatro Bradesco
April 28, 2022

Talented soloists from France, Spain, Italy, Argentina and Romania will perform the most significant moments in the world ballet repertoire, on May 1st, at Teatro Bradesco, in São Paulo. Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Hunchback of Notre Dame de Paris, the Tarantella and Giselle’s Adagio, are some of the works that make up this unmissable night.

With Only Two Performances A NIGHT ON BROADWAY Talks About Two Brazilians in Search of the American Dream on the Great White Way
With Only Two Performances A NIGHT ON BROADWAY Talks About Two Brazilians in Search of the American Dream on the Great White Way
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 their careers trying to win on The Great White Way.

After 56 Years of its Opening, MORTE E VIDA SEVERINA Returns to Teatro TUCA
After 56 Years of its Opening, MORTE E VIDA SEVERINA Returns to Teatro TUCA
April 14, 2022

The most popular work by Joao Cabral Melo Neto returns to Teatro Tuca, where it premiered in 1965. The new production is directed by Elias Andreato and brings together, on stage, 13 young talents from various Brazilian cities, and 5 musicians, who will set the tone for the compositions of Chico Buarque, under the musical direction of Marco Franca

Cia. Da Revista Opens TATUAGEM, a Musical About Love and Freedom in Times of Oppression
Cia. Da Revista Opens TATUAGEM, a Musical About Love and Freedom in Times of Oppression
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.

BWW Exclusive: Meet the Brazilian Cast of 4000 MILES (Ponto a Ponto)
BWW Exclusive: Meet the Brazilian Cast of 4000 MILES (Ponto a Ponto)
April 12, 2022

For the first time in Brazil, and with a opening date scheduled for early June, at the Copacabana Palace Theater, Rio de Janeiro, the new Barho Producoes production, Ponto a Ponto - 4000 Milhas is a finely crafted play that examines how two strangers find their way in today's world. Due to be released simultaneously with the English production starring Timothee Chalamet at the Old Vic Theater, it was named the #1 Play or Musical by Time Magazine in 2012.



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