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Paulo Afonso De Lima Paulo Afonso de Lima lives in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,where he has been
for more than thirty years a recognized Theatre Director and Drama
Teacher. Mr. Lima has directed more than seventy plays and musicals in
his Country, including HAMLET, FAUSTO by Goethe, THE DRESSER by Ronald
Harwood, HUGHIE by O'Neill, SONDHEIM TONIGHT (the first time the work
of Stephen Sondhein was presented to a Brazilian audience),FRED AND
JUDY-THE SONGS OF GARLAND AND ASTAIRE, GARDEL-O MUSICAL, WHITE NIGHTS
- a theatrical adaptation of Dostoievsky work, AMERIKA ( a musical
piece on Kafka famous book with music of George Gershwin and Scott
Joplin), LES MISERABLES ( not the musical but the staight adaptation
of Victor Hugo work by French playwright Guy LaForret, with more than
seventy actors. This production was also staged by Mr. Lima in
Portugal with a Portuguese cast), A FALECIDA by Nelson Rodrigues (the
most important Brazilian playwright), OEDIPUS by Sophocles, as well as
university productions of CABARET, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, STEEL PIER,
DANCING IN THE DARK ( a musical approach for the stage of Lars Von
Thiers motion picture - music by Björk),THE BLUE ANGEL by Pam Gems and
recently, SWEENEY TODD (among many others), all of them at CAL, the
most famous drama school in Brazil. Mr Lima is recipient of many
Brazilian theatre awards in his career and in 1983 was invited by the
U.S. Government to visit during one year many American theatre
centers. About the staging of THE DRESSER, Mr Harwood (in Rio de
Janeiro for the opening night) declared to Brazilian newspapers : "Mr.
Lima approach to my play has a theatricality that, in more than fifty
productions worldwide, I have never expected to find. Bravo!". Paulo
Afonso de Lima is a contant researcher of the evolution of the Musical
Theatre in America, in his Country and in the whole world. His book A
BROADWAY É AQUI (Broadway is Here) about the amazing increase of the
American Musical Theatre among Brazilian audience, will reach
Brazilian bookstores later this year.

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BWW Reviews: HAIR- The Sun Shines in Rio

BWW Reviews: HAIR- The Sun Shines in Rio

November 8, 2010

O que poderia escrever um crítico de arte estando cara a cara com a MONALISA no Museu do Louvre? E um crítico literário analisando os defeitos e as qualidades de OS MAIAS de Eça de Queiroz? Um crítico de música teria como criticar a NONA de Bethoven? Pois é.

Marilia Pera Directs New Brazilian Musical: THE GIRL IN THE RED BIKINI

Marilia Pera Directs New Brazilian Musical: THE GIRL IN THE RED BIKINI

October 14, 2010

MARILIA PERA, one of the living legends of the Brazilian Theatre (she was the first woman in the whole world to play the Ben Vereen role in a production of Pippin)directs A GAROTA DO BIQUINI VERMELHO (GIRL IN THE RED BIKINI),a Brazilian bio-musical about Sonia Mamede- a legendary Brazilian movie, mu

É COM ESSE QUE EU VOU: a samba musical opening in Brazil!

É COM ESSE QUE EU VOU: a samba musical opening in Brazil!

August 21, 2010

Claudio Botelho and Charles Möeller after a wonderful concept of GYPSY (a solid hit, now in São Paulo) and before a big production of HAIR, open in Rio a musical with the best of the most important Brazilian rhythm: the samba.

THE WILD PARTY Opens in Brazil

THE WILD PARTY Opens in Brazil

July 3, 2010

A VERSION OF JOSEPH MONCURE MARCH WORK OPENS IN BRAZIL WITH AN ORIGINAL SCORE BY BRAZILIAN COMPOSERS RONALDO DAL'BIANCO AND JERONIMO MENEZES.

CHARLIE BROWN in Brazil !

CHARLIE BROWN in Brazil !

April 2, 2010

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN chega pela primeira vez aos palcos brasileiros com o título em português de MEU AMIGO, CHARLIE BROWN.

Jerry Herman's LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Opens in Rio

Jerry Herman's LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Opens in Rio

February 23, 2010

A GAIOLA DAS LOUCAS (LA CAGE AUX FOLLES) estreia no Brasil dirigida por Miguel Falabella (THE PRODUCERS, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN,GODSPELL),que protagoniza a história ao lado de Diogo Vilela (CABARET).

THE KING AND I Opens in Sao Paulo!

THE KING AND I Opens in Sao Paulo!

February 17, 2010

Dirigido por Jorge Takla e com direção musical do maestro Jamil Maluf, O REI E EU (THE KING AND I) finalmente estreia no proximo dia 27 de fevereiro em São Paulo.




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