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BWW Preview: SILVIO SANTOS VEM AI!, UMA COMEDIA MUSICAL is on Its Way
Silvio Santos Vem Ai!, Uma Comedia Musical (Here Comes Silvio Santos! A Musical Comedy)
written by Marilia Toledo and Emilio Boechat, directed by Fernanda Chamma and Marilia Toledo, presents a small part of the life of the television host and businessman Senor Abravanel (played by actor Velson D'So...
BWW Preview: The Disco Era Arrives in Sao Paulo with DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL
Donna Summer Musical is a show with book by Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, and Des McAnuff and music and lyrics by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, Paul Jabara, and others, based on the life of Donna Summer.
The musical shows the Queen of Disco at three times of her life: Duckling Donna ...
BWW Review: Classic of Brazilian Literature Inspires Musical BERTOLEZA and Gives Voice to Black Women
Directed by Anderson Claudir, the musical adaptation of Aluisio Azevedo's O Cortico, a classic work of Brazilian naturalist literature, the protagonism is reversed The voice now comes from Bertoleza: a woman, black and enslaved who has a relationship with Joao Romao, an ambitious and opportunist Por...
AWARDS: The Winners of the 3rd Edition of PREMIO DESTAQUE IMPRENSA DIGITAL (Highlight Press Digital Award) Were Announced.
Happened last night, December 10th, the online broadcast of the third edition of the Premio Destaque Imprensa Digital (DID - Highlight Digital Press Award). Composed by Culture and Entertainment digital vehicles, in addition to those specializing in musical theater, the award evaluated 32 musical sh...
BWW Review: Musical LYSON GASTER NO BOROGODO Pays Tribute to Acclaimed Revue Theater Actress
The play portrays the career of actress Lyson Gaster, stage name of Augustine Belber Pastor, Spanish created in Piracicaba, who with his revue theater company traveled Brazil in the 1920s, 30s and 40s to great success. The show stays until December 15 at Teatro Alfredo Mesquita, then continues sea...
BWW Review: In a Flower Power Mood NOVOS BAIANOS – O MUSICAL Has Season at SESC Vila Mariana Until December 15th
Novos Baianos is a Brazilian rock and MPB group from Salvador, Bahia. It was formed in the 1960s and enjoyed success throughout most of the 1970s. The band members were Paulinho Boca de Cantor (vocals), Pepeu Gomes (electric guitar), Moraes Moreira (vocals and acoustic guitar), Baby Consuelo (vocals...
BWW Review: Inspired by Shamanism CASA ROSA DOS VENTOS (Windrose's House) Opens in the Various Rooms of a House in Perdizes
The itinerant show Casa Rosa dos Ventos (Windrose's House) opens December 6 with direction by Fabiana Tolentino. The play is a production of M.O.T.I.M (Women Organized by an Infinite Movement Theater), which works on themes such as feminism, art and spirituality. Conceived by Fabiana Tolentino, it a...
BWW Review: Satirizing and Paying Tribute to the Genre, Award-winning Musical [title of the show] ([nome do espetaculo]) Arrives in Sao Paulo
Winner of the 2018 Humor Award, Broadway musical comedy [title of show] finally arrives in Sao Paulo in a short season, from Saturday to Monday, at Nucleo Experimental....
BWW Review: Bringing Together Two Brazilian Passions: Music and Soccer, SAMBA FUTEBOL CLUBE Opens in Sao Paulo
Finally in Sao Paulo the show that tells and sings the relationship of Brazilian Popular Music with Soccer, intertwining songs from Pixinguinha to Skank, with texts and chronicles from Nelson Rodrigues to Carlos Drummond de Andrade....
BWW Review: Talking About Truth and Fidelity Among Married Couples A MENTIRA (Le Mesonge/The Lie) Opens In Sao Paulo
After Paris and West End success, A Mentira (Le Mesonge/The Lie) - starring Miguel Falabella and Zeze Polessa - opened this week in Sao Paulo, with original stage play by Florian Zeller. Directed and translated by Miguel Falabella, also has in the cast Karin Hills and Frederico Reuter. The play open...
BWW Review:Phantom of the Opera Wins the 7TH BIBI FERREIRA AWARDS
BWW Review:Phantom of the Opera Wins the 7TH BIBI FERREIRA AWARDS...
BWW Review: QUEBRANDO AS REGRAS Musical Comedy That Pays Tribute To Tina Turner, Opens at Paris 6 Burlesque's Stage
After a successful season in Rio de Janeiro, Tribute to TINA TURNER - Breaking Rules - A Musical Comedy, premieres in Sao Paulo on September 16....
BWW Review: With Songs by Luan Santana and Talking About The Importance of Music and Love, Musical ISSO QUE E AMOR Opens in SP
Directed by Ulysses Cruz, with songs by Luan Santana, musical Isso Que e Amor opens in Sao Paulo on September 13th and tours 6 more capitals. The musical is idealized by producer Gustavo Nunes, Leonardo Bertholini's direction and direction of movement and Guilherme Terra's musical direction, telling...
BWW Review: Known as the Samba Queen, MUSICAL DONA IVONE LARA - UM SORRISO NEGRO Opens in Sao Paulo
Audience and critical success in Rio de Janeiro MUSICAL DONA IVONE LARA - UM SORRISO NEGRO now opens in Sao Paulo. The show will take place at Teatro Sergio Cardoso, from August 29.
The musical portrays the life and times of Brazilian singer-songwriter Ivone Lara da Costa, better known as Dona Ivon...
BWW Review: Dealing with Affective Memory and with an Unpublished Libretto CHAVES - UM TRIBUTO MUSICAL (El Chavo - A Musical Tribute) Opens This Week in Sao Paulo
The show will pay a beautiful tribute to Roberto Gomez Bolanos and his most famous creation, our dear El Chavo, in a great production in the best Broadway style.
The staging promises to surprise fans of the show - and the general public - with original choreography by Gabriel Malo, unpublished libr...
BWW Review: David Bowie's LAZARUS Opens a New Theater in Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo's artistic scene gets a new stage this week. Unimed Theater comes with the promise of becoming a space of excellence for culture in the city. Located in one of the most central points of Sao Paulo, on the corner of Rua Augusta and Alameda Santos, just one block from Paulista Avenue, the ar...
BWW Review: ICARUS AND THE BLACK STARS Narrates and Goes Through the Successes of Brazilian and International Black Music
The show exalts black protagonism in a show that narrates and goes through the successes of Brazilian and international Black Music. On the scene, Ícaro Silva plays the commander Icarus, who pilots a spaceship and lands in various corners of the world at different times. It is a theatrical show-bas...
BWW Review: Using Cordel Literature, Musical 'O MAGICO DI O' Tells the Classic Story of the The Wizard of Oz
Cariri City, Ceara, is the starting point of the show O Magico di O, a place without rain and hope, from where a group of northeasterns go to Sao Paulo City in search of a better life. Using a Cordel Literature version of the classic The Wizard of Oz, the musical idealized by Vitor Rocha and Luiza P...
Breaking News: 7TH ANNUAL BIBI FERREIRA AWARD Nominees Announced, Non-Musical Theater Will Also Be Honored
Foram anunciados nesta quinta-feira, 1o de agosto, os indicados para a 7a edicao do Premio Bibi Ferreira. Sao cerca de 30 peças concorrendo em 31 categorias.
Liderando as indicacoes estao os musicais As Cangaceiras, Billy Elliot e Sunset Boulevard, concorrendo em 10 categorias cada um. O premio se...
BWW Review: Celebrating 100 Years Of History, ZORRO Receives Musical Version With a Lot of Flamenco Dance and Gipsy Kings' Songs.
With direction by Ulysses Cruz and starring Marcos Mion, Leticia Spiller, Bruno Fagundes, Nicole Rosemberg, the show tells the origin of the masked hero's story, mixing romance and a lot of humor....
BWW Review: RIGOLETTO, Premieres in Sao Paulo Bringing as Subjects Harassment, Revenge, Curse and Power
The 2019 lyrical season of Sao Paulo's Theatro Municipal brings one of the most important operas of Italian romanticism, Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. With scenic direction by Jorge Takla and musical direction by conductor Roberto Minczuk, and sumptuous scenarios by Nicolas Boni, the premiere takes p...
BWW Review: Back to Sao Paulo's Stages, CAZUZA - PRO DIA NASCER FELIZ: the Brief and Vertiginous Trajectory of One of the Greatest Idols of Brazilian Music
Cazuza - Pro Dia Nascer Feliz, musical that was already seen by 200 thousand spectators returns to Sao Paulo's stages in short season, from July 19 to August 25, from Friday to Sunday, at Teatro Porto Seguro. Libretto by Aloisio de Abreu with direction by Joao Fonseca....
BWW Review: Proposing a Reflection on Contemporary Life, A Barca dos Coracoes Partidos Company Opens MACUNAIMA - UMA RAPSODIA MUSICAL
'Macunaima', Mario de Andrade's masterpiece, won a new theatrical production by Barca dos Coracoes Partidos Company. The direction by Bia Lessa proposes a reflection on contemporary life, transforming the text into a musical rhapsody. The show is part of the permanent relevance of the most character...
BWW Review: Discussing On Homophobia and Racism MADAME SATA, UM MUSICAL BRASILEIRO (Madame Satan, A Brazilian Musical) Opens in Sao Paulo.
Putting together poetry and a reflection on the struggle of the ignored by society, the show of Grupo dos Dez, with direction by Joao das Neves (In Memoriam) and Rodrigo Jeronimo, MADAME SATA - UM MUSICAL BRASILEIRO (Madame Satan - A Brazilian Musical), performs season from July 12 to September 8, ...
BWW Review: With Direction by Theatre du Soleil's Ariane Mnouchkine AS COMADRES Opens at Teatro Anchieta for Short Season
The musical brings the first direction by Ariane Mnouchkine outside the Theatre du Soleil and it reunites a list of twenty Brazilian actresses that take turns in diverse roles.
The short season runs from July 5 to 28 at Teatro Anchieta (Sesc Consolacao)....
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