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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.





BWW Reviews: END OF THE RAINBOW - A Brazilian Theatre First Lady is Born
BWW Reviews: END OF THE RAINBOW - A Brazilian Theatre First Lady is Born
November 16, 2011

With the opening of O FIM DO ARCO IRIS ( End Of the Rainbow), in Rio de Janeiro, with the author Peter Quilter in the audience, Moeller and Botelho put once more in a higher level the Brazilian Musical Theatre, this time with the help of Claudia Netto (of '‘Company', 'Avenue Q' and ‘The King And I' fame), as Judy Garland. Claudia give us, for sure, the greatest musical and dramatic performance of a Brazilian actress in this new century.

ON BROADWAY!: A Revue of Showstoppers at Teatro Ipanema in Rio!
ON BROADWAY!: A Revue of Showstoppers at Teatro Ipanema in Rio!
October 12, 2011

O TEATRO IPANEMA está apresentando todos os sábados às 19 horas o espetáculo ON BROADWAY - OS GRANDES MUSICAIS, uma viagem pelo mundo mágico e irresistível do teatro musical.

BWW Exclusive: Claudio Botelho Talks Cameron Mackintosh & THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK in Brazil
BWW Exclusive: Claudio Botelho Talks Cameron Mackintosh & THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK in Brazil
August 26, 2011

Brazilian directors Charles Moeller & Claudio Botelho just received from Cameron Mackintosh greeting cards about the premiere of 'The Witches of Eastwick ' in Brazil. Mr. Botelho tells BWW, in a exclusive interview to Mr. Paulo Afonso de Lima,our Editor in Brazil, about their relationship with Sir Mackintosh, as well the next musicals they will produce soon in the Country.

THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK opens in Brazil!
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK opens in Brazil!
August 8, 2011

Chega ao Brasil mais um grande musical produzido pela TIME FOR FUN: As Bruxas de Eastwick, adaptação do filme homônimo, baseado no livro de John Updike, que estreia no Teatro Bradesco (Bourbon Shopping - Rua Turiassú, 2.100), em 14 de agosto e cumpre curta temporada de quatro meses em São Paulo.

GOLDEN COPA - History of Copacabana Beach Musical Opens in Rio
GOLDEN COPA - History of Copacabana Beach Musical Opens in Rio
July 26, 2011

GOLDEN COPA - O MUSICAL DE COPACABANA celebrates at Teatro Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, the musical History of Copacabana Beach from the beginning of the last century to today. The big casinos, the carnival as well as the birth of Bossa Nova are revived with 35 songs, actors, singers, dancers and a multimidia device. GOLDEN COPA is a valentine to the most famous beach in the world and the most beautiful place in Rio.

BWW Reviews: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - a Musical Masterpiece in Brazil!
BWW Reviews: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - a Musical Masterpiece in Brazil!
May 20, 2011

The new Brazilian production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (the first one was in the sixties) is a joy which makes Brazilian theatre profissionals proud of it. After COMPANY, AVENUE Q, SPRING AWAKENING, THE SOUND OF MUSIC,GYPSY and HAIR (all suberbs) Möeller and Botelho with this wonderful FIDDLER reached a point of no return: they have put Brazilian production and artistics values of Broadway musicals in a state of perfection that only the original and legendary ones can be compared.

CASSINO DA URCA: a Brazilian musical opens in Rio!
CASSINO DA URCA: a Brazilian musical opens in Rio!
April 18, 2011

The most famous casino in South America during the 30's and the 40's, the place where Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Bing Crosby, Illona Massey were top stars and Lee Shubert discovered Carmen Miranda for the world, is the subject of a new Brazilian musical, CASSINO DA URCA in Rio.

BWW Reviews: EVITA Revival is a Smash in Brazil!
BWW Reviews: EVITA Revival is a Smash in Brazil!
April 11, 2011

A new production of EVITA, the first one conceived and designed by a Brazilian creative team, opened to rave reviews at TEATRO ALFA, São Paulo, Brazil.

In the middle of Rio de Janeiro forest a Musical Theatre dive!
In the middle of Rio de Janeiro forest a Musical Theatre dive!
March 13, 2011

Due to the fabulous increase of Musical Theatre productions in Brazil, CAL-Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras, the most famous Drama School and Theatrical Research Institution in the Country, located in the middle of the amazing Rio de Janeiro forest, opened a program of several Musical Theatre workshops called MUSICAL THEATRE DIVE (MERGULHO NO MUSICAL). The project is directed by Mirna Rubim, a distinguished Brazilian singer and actress (THE SOUND OF MUSIC, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES) with the colaboration of Menelick de Carvalho.

 Scorsese's NEW YORK NEW YORK among the shows opening in Brazil in 2011!
Scorsese's NEW YORK NEW YORK among the shows opening in Brazil in 2011!
January 22, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK (with a stage adaptation of Earl Mac Rauch) EVITA, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,WITCHES OF EASTWICK,BABY as well as CASSINO DA URCA (a Brazilian original musical) are among the shows in the works for 2011 in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

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. Seria muita pretensão. Essas divagações associadas à crítica de um espetaculo de Teatro Musical, ou melhor de um musical da Broadway de 40 anos de idade, montado e interpretado por brasileiros em 2010, pode parecer uma GRANDE E DESPROPORCIONAL tolice. Mas não é. O HAIR de Claudio Botelho e Charles Möeller só estreou há dois dias mas, podem acreditar, já entrou para a História. História de uma manifestação teatral ou de uma 'preferencia', vamos assim definir o musical, que no Brasil teve uma penosa trajetória para os que faziam de suas vidas uma sacrificada 'defesa' (no sentido jurídico da palavra) do genero, argumentando, tentando explicar ao pai, a mãe, aos vizinhos (numa era que INTERNET bem poderia ser o nome esquisito de um inferninho em Copacabana) o 'porque' de se amar uma coisa tão descabida, esquisita e 'suspeita'.Eu, por exemplo, não tenho pejo em dizer, saía muitas vezes da minha casa em Laranjeiras, às quatro da manhã das terças feiras, para esperar ansioso na Banca da General Osório a kombi que trazia, de uma 'tacada', o VARIETY e o NEW YORK TIMES de domingo, que ia, num gesto de desmedida alienação todo para o lixo, com excessão é claro do suplemento ARTS & LEISURE que era folheado e refolheado durante por toda a semana. Isso até a proxima madrugada de terça feira chegar. E os Lps? Biblioteca do IBEU!!!! Quantas vezes THE MUSIC MAN, BYE BYE BIRDIE e OLIVER sumiam do grande arquivo cheio de gavetões e as multas à uma simpática bibliotecária, chegavam a abalar o orçamento doméstico. Depois veio a 'portinha' de uma loja chamada MODERN SOUND, que era mesmo moderna: vendia,acreditem ou não, musicais da Broadway!!! Nesta época o CD poderia tambem ser o título de uma ópera rock, pois simplesmente não existia em nenhum dicionário (e desconfio, materialmente, no mundo). Tempos mágicos para nós eram aqueles, que seríamos bem capazes de esbofetear uma bisavó se ela ousasse falar mal de MINHA QUERIDA LADY ou de IRMA LA DOUCE.

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, musical theatre and television star.

DIETRICH bio musical opens in Rio: Brazilian star Sylvia Bandeira is Dietrich on stage!
DIETRICH bio musical opens in Rio: Brazilian star Sylvia Bandeira is Dietrich on stage!
September 27, 2010

A biografia musical 'Marlene Dietrich - as pernas do século', primeira montagem teatral brasileira sobre Marlene Dietrich, estreia dia 1º de outubro próximo no Solar de Botafogo. A peça conta com texto especialmente escrito pelo dramaturgo Aimar Labaki, e direção de William Pereira. No papel título está Sylvia Bandeira, ao lado de José Mauro Brant, Marciah Luna Cabral e Silvio Ferrari. O patrocínio é de Light / Lei de ICMS; B. Braun e Neoenergia / Lei Rouanet.

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.

Photo Flash: THE WILD PARTY in Rio de Janeiro
Photo Flash: THE WILD PARTY in Rio de Janeiro
July 15, 2010

The first Brazilian production of Joseph M. March epic poem THE WILD PARTY just opened at Teatro Ipanema in Rio, with music by Brazilian composers Ronaldo Dal'Bianco and Jeronimo Azevedo.

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.

Actor, dancer, choreographer and director: CARLOS LEÇA now in La Cage Aux Folles
O MAMBEMBE: A 1904 BRAZILIAN MUSICAL REVIVED IN RIO!
O MAMBEMBE: A 1904 BRAZILIAN MUSICAL REVIVED IN RIO!
May 24, 2010

O MAMBEMBE foi escrito em 1904 pelo maior dramaturgo brasileiro no gênero dos musicais: Artur Azevedo (em colaboração com José Piza). De lá para cá foram muitas montagens da peça, sempre com grande sucesso de público e crítica.

Suely Guerra's dance musical piece based on Jose Saramago: JANGADA DE PEDRA.
Suely Guerra's dance musical piece based on Jose Saramago: JANGADA DE PEDRA.
May 22, 2010

Created by one of the most distinguished Brazilian Musical Theatre choreographers, Suely Guerra and her COMPANHIA DA IDÉIA,JANGADA DE PEDRA ( STONE RAFT) based on the book of Portuguese writer Jose Saramago opens in Rio de Janeiro for a limited engagement.

ZORRO: Gypsy Kings musical opens in Brazil.


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