(07/05/2023) - Something Rotten! is a musical comedy set in 1595. The story follows the Bottom brothers, who struggle to find success in the theatrical world as they compete with the wild popularity of their contemporary William Shakespeare. Directed by Gustavo Barchilon, the musical stars Marcos Veras, George Sauma, Laila Garin, Leo Bahia and a great cast.
(02/03/2023) - Based on the 1884 novel A Moreninha, by Manoel de Macedo, and bringing back the romantic atmosphere of the 1950s, to the sound of the oldies goldies immortalized by Celly Campello, Túnel do Amor (Tunnel of Love) opens at Teatro Liberdade, with 20 actors on stage.
(01/25/2023) - Dercy Goncalves passed away without a play honoring her ever having been performed on Brazilian stages. Yet! The monologue Nasci pra ser Dercy, with Grace Gianoukas, seeks to unite the popular appeal and the actress's charisma with a deep research that shows the importance of the actress for the Brazilian theater and for the female freedom.
(01/23/2023) - Starring Laila Garin in the title role, and directed by Kleber Montanheiro, CARMEN A PEQUENA GRANDE NOTAVEL presents the story of Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian Bombshell, for all-family, with language of Revue Theater.
(01/20/2023) - Multi-award winning director with plays like Barnum and 4000 Miles, Gustavo Barchilon (30) exclusively announces for BroadwayWorld his new works for 2023.
(01/18/2023) - Revista Babadeira is a musical by award-winning director Neyde Veneziano, where she updates the Revue Theater genre through diversity and inclusion, with dragqueens. With musical direction by Dagoberto Feliz, it has an original score by Danilo Dunas, scenery and costumes by Kleber Montanheiro and choreography by Paula Flaibann,
(01/12/2023) - Sapiens – A Brief History of Humanity, by professor and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, was the starting point for the play Ficções. After a successful season in Rio de Janeiro, the monologue, which marks the return of Vera Holtz to the stage after three years,opens on January 19th at Teatro FAAP, in São Paulo, for a season until March 26th.
(11/30/2022) - Musical A Christmas Carol, inspired by Charles Dickens' classic, has a Brazilian version and libretto by Daniela Cury, direction by Fernanda Chamma. Starring in this new Brazilian show are 80 artists on stage, young talents and renowned names in musical theatre. Among the highlights of the cast are Miguel Falabella and Arizio Magalhães.
(11/23/2022) - A theater with echoes and voices from the past that will interpret the past of three characters who were once friends and lovers. Miguel, a washed-up middle-aged transvestite artist; Sara, a middle-aged actress struggling to remain relevant in her career; and Paulo, who abandoned a promising artistic career.
(11/17/2022) - With musical direction by the German conductor Felix Krieger, who commands the Orquestra do Theatro Sao Pedro, and scenic direction by the Argentine Pablo Maritano, the never seen production in Brazil takes the stage at Theatro Sao Pedro on November 18th.
(11/11/2022) - The award, which brings together representatives of the digital press and celebrates musical theater in São Paulo City, presents novelties in 2022, including the sum of eight new categories.
(11/09/2022) - A gothic musical inspired by horror films from the 1960s and 1970s is the plot for the show Bosque dos Sonambulos (Sleepwalkers' Forest), which opens at Teatro Pequeno Ato. With libretto and direction by Matheus Marchetti and original compositions by Vitor Mascarenhas, the play embarks on a queer gothic fantasy told in songs.
(11/03/2022) - Directed by Fernando Philbert, and starring Suely Franco, Deborah Evelyn e Nathalia Dill the play brings a biting comedy that reflects on the passage of time through the settling of accounts between three generations.
(11/02/2022) - Macabea is a Brazil’s Northeastern migrant whose life is marked by the absence of affection and poetry. Her story is told by an actress, who decides to narrate her life in an exercise in alterity.
Critical and public success, the musical stars Laila Garin, Claudia Ventura and Leonardo Miggiorin with original score by Chico Cesar.
(11/01/2022) - The play comically portrays the encounters and disagreements of the contemporary love life of eight characters through four stories of a woman and a man - not necessarily couples - dealing with their own desires and traumas in search of love and facing loneliness.
A gloriously funny examination of the chaotic world of love and relationships.
(10/25/2022) - With 14 original songs played live, the story talks about friendship, love, respect, homophobia and especially, the struggle of an LGBTQIA+ person to conquer their space in society.
(10/19/2022) - Based on the official biography of the singer, it features the actors Juan Alba, who plays Sidney Magal as an adult, and Luis Vasconcelos, who plays the Latin idol in his youth. In addition to remembering the various successes of the Brazilian popular music icon, the musical will outline the artist's trajectory, revealing the backstage of his life.
(10/12/2022) - Destroyed by a massive fire in September 2018, the year of its bicentennial, the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro lost much of its impressive collection of around 20 million items. Tragedy – in all its real and symbolic value – was the starting point for the creation of a show.
(10/05/2022) - The musical was conceived to give voice and tell the stories of women who broke prejudices, conquered machismo and opened the doors to the future of humanity. More than a show, Elas Brilham - Vozes que Iluminam e Transformam o Mundo – DOC.MUSICAL intends to celebrate women and open a space for speech, which is so necessary, for them.
(10/03/2022) - In a never seen production in Brazil El Barberillo de Lavapies by Spanish composer F. A. Barbieri, Opens at Theatro Sao Pedro, with musical direction by Priscila Bomfim, scenic direction by Mauro Wrona and participation of the Academia de Opera and the Orquestra Jovem do Theatro Sao Pedro. The show also includes Hispalis Companhia de Flamenco.
(09/27/2022) - Inspired by one of the greatest classics of universal literature, points out the reopening of Teatro Villa Lobos. In the cast names like Thiago Machado and Bruna Guerin tell the adventures of the intrepid boy sewn into the story of the author himself, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who put a lot of himself when he wrote the work.
(09/12/2022) - Originally titled Bullying, O Musical - featured on the São Paulo stages in 2019 and 2021, the show with libretto and direction by Allan Oliver was reformulated and is now called Cyberbullying.
(09/09/2022) - After the huge success of the musical Silvio Santos Vem Ai, Paris Cultural chose to honor the chameleonic singer Ney Matogrosso, one of the most unique figures in Brazilian music and culture, in the musical Ney Matogrosso – Homem com H, with libretto by E. Boechat and M. Toledo, direction by Fernanda Chamma and musical direction by Daniel Rocha.
(09/08/2022) - One of the best known actors in Brazil, Ney Latorraca celebrates 60 years of his career using a new technology in Brazilian theater. The musical comedy Seu Neyla, by Heloísa Perisse and directed by Jose Possi Neto, brings together the digital world and theater, in real time.
(09/01/2022) - The plot follows the last year of a couple's relationship, exploring themes such as liquid relationships and the attempt to control time, very present in the current times. The musical features Daniel Cabral, Eri Correia, Alvaro Real and Vanessa Mello, with artistic direction and libreto by Rafael Pucca, direction by A. Real and musical direction and arrangements by Thiago Perticarrari.
(08/30/2022) - Produced for the first time in Brazil, has the musical direction by American conductor Ira Levin, who leads the Orquestra do Theatro São Pedro, and scenic direction by Alexandre Dal Farra. Opening on September 1st, there will be seven recitals until September 11th.
(08/24/2022) - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of career of samba singer Alcione, 'Marrom, O Musical' opens at Teatro Sérgio Cardoso under the direction of Miguel Falabella. Alcione 'A Marrom' ('the brown one') is one of the most famous Brazilian samba singer. She first gained international recognition in the late 1970 and has had nineteen golden records.
(08/04/2022) - The show has lyrics and music by Zeca Baleiro and Newton Moreno, with musical direction by Marco França and features Cassio Scapin as the corrupt and demagogue Odorico Paraguacu, candidate for mayor of Sucupira. As there is no cemetery in the city, which forces residents to bury their dead in neighboring municipalities, the politician is elected with the slogan “Vote for a serious man and win a cemetery”!
(07/19/2022) - West Side Story opens on July 8th at Theatro Sao Pedro. A masterpiece by Bernstein & Sondheim, direction by Charles Moeller and Brazilian version by Claudio Botelho, the musical direction is by Claudio Cruz, who leads the Orquestra do Theatro Sao Pedro. The production also has a cast headed by Giulia Nadruz (Maria) and Beto Sargentelli (Tony)
(06/22/2022) - 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
(06/20/2022) - 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.
(06/13/2022) - 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.
(06/10/2022) - 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.
(06/07/2022) - 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.
(05/18/2022) - 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).
(05/10/2022) - 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.