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BWW Review: 26 Years After Making Success in Film, GHOST O MUSICAL Resurges on Stage as a Musical, in Many Ways Resembling the Movie
Based on the hit 1990 romantic drama film of the same name, GHOST, a timeless fantasy about the power of love, had its Brazilian premiere at Teatro Bradesco in Sao Paulo. The plot centers on lovers Sam and Molly, who are attacked as they are returning to their apartment. When Sam dies he becomes cau...
BWW Review: Tony Winner Paulo Szot Stars MY FAIR LADY Revival in Brazil
Regarded as one of most popular musicals of all time, the classic My Fair Lady turns 60 and receives this month a new theatrical production signed by the Director Jorge Takla. With a great cast and live orchestra, the show - based on the classic Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw - tells the story of ...
BWW Review: GODSPELL Has a Very Good Revival In Sao Paulo
Collecting premieres around the world since 1971, when it reached Broadway, the classical musical comedy by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, based on the parables of the Gospel of St. Matthew, is back to Sao Paulo with a new look, directed by Dagoberto Feliz...
BWW Review: 'URINETOWN' AND 'KISS ME, KATE' ARE THE BIG WINNERS OF 2ND PREMIO REVERENCIA at Teatro Alfa
Numa cerimonia de altissimo nivel que não ficou devendo em nada ao Premio Tony, foi realizada nesta terca feira, no Teatro Alfa a segunda edicão do Premio Reverencia, celebrando o teatro musical brasileiro....
BWW Preview: THE REALISTIC JONESES (Os Realistas) Brings Debora Bloch to Sao Paulo at Teatro Porto Seguro
With Direction by Guilherme Weber the play brings in the cast Debora Bloch, Emilio De Mello, Fernando Eiras and Mariana Lima. Unprecedented in Latin America, 'The Realistic Joneses' was the debut of Will Eno on Broadway, in 2014....
BWW Review: Magical: So Is The Musical RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA Which Premiered This Week In Sao Paulo.
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella is a musical in two acts with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Douglas Carter Beane based partly on Hammerstein's 1957 book. The story is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella, particularly the French version Cendrill...
BWW Review: Due To The Success In Rio, OU TUDO OU NADA (The Full Monty) Opens In Sao Paulo In Short Season At Theatro NET SP
The Brazilian stage production of the musical created out from one of the great movie box office hits in the 1990s - The Full Monty - conquered the cariocas in their season of 5 months, directed by Tadeu Aguiar and Portuguese version by Artur Xexeo. In this musical production version, with a book by...
BWW Review: The Peanuts are Here: MEU AMIGO, CHARLIE BROWN (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown ) opens at the Frei Caneca Theater
Charles Schulz's beloved comic comes to life in Clark Gesner's classic musical, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The whole gang is here: bossy Lucy is hopelessly in love with piano prodigy Schroeder who doesn't give her the time of day, perfectionist Sally is still mocking blanket-toting Linus, S...
BWW Review: Named as the Musical of the Decade, WICKED Opens in Sao Paulo
Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, an alternative telling of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. F...
BWW Review: With A Score By George And Ira Gershwin ANTES TARDE DO QUE NUNCA (NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT) Opens In Sao Paulo
?The Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, with book by Joe DiPietro, inspired by material by Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse, debuts at Teatro CETIP, in Sao Paulo, with adaptation by Miguel Falabella, who also assumes the role of playboy Jimmy Winter. The show is set in New York in the 20s, whe...
BWW Reviews: In The Midst Of The Biggest Water Supply Crisis In Sao Paulo, 'URINAL - O Musical' (Urinetown) Debuts With Very Crowded Sessions.
URINAL - O Musical, the Brazilian version of URINITOWN, directed by Ze Henrique de Paula, arrives in Sao Paulo at the Teatro do Nucleo Experimental, in Barra Funda. The stage production, whose project was awarded by Ze Renato Theater Award, has as its main inspiration the German cabarets of the firs...
BWW Reviews: Interactive and Sensorial Fuerza Bruta Arrives in Sao Paulo With the Show WAYRA
Fuerza Bruta chega ao Brasil com Wayra. O show e um grande sucesso entre publico e critica e ja esteve em muitos lugares ao redor do mundo. Em Nova York, Fuerza Bruta tem uma companhia permanente no Teatro Daryl Roth desde 2007. Na Argentina, onde a companhia nasceu, Wayra residiu nos anos de 2010, ...
BWW Reviews: Now in Brazil, SIM! EU ACEITO! UMA COMEDIA MUSICAL
I Do! I Do! opened on Broadway in 1966, with lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, starring Robert Preston and Mary Martin, with eight Tony nominations, winning best actor. Who gave life to the couple in the American tour were the heartthrob Rock Hudson and comedian Carol Burnett. This gr...
BWW Reviews: Director Wolf Maya Revivals NUNSENSE in Sao Paulo
After 30 years of it first stage production in Brazil, director Wolf Maya revivals 'Nunsense' in São Paulo....
BWW Reviews: With Top Names of Brazilian Musical Theatre, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Runs Until June 29th in Sao Paulo
In an unprecedented initiative in Brazil, SESI-SP produces The Drowsy Chaperone, part of SESI-SP Educational Project Musical Theatre (that includes the show and vocational training in music theater), and (this is amazing) free tickets....
BWW Reviews: After 44 years of its Debut, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is Revived in Sao Paulo Under Much Controversy
With a young, cohesive and full of energy cast, the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar gets a revival in São Paulo, in a version with high levels of emotion, watching the last days of Jesus....
'BWW REVIEWS: CRAZY FOR YOU opens in Sao Paulo with original Stroman choreography.'
After watching Crazy for You in New York City in 1992, Claudia Raia dreamed of one day producing this musical in Brazil. Two decades later, she finally makes her wish come true with an outstanding show at the Teatro Bradesco, São Paulo, directed by José Possi Neto, original choreography by Susan ...
BWW Reviews: Prior to BLACK ORPHEUS on Broadway, Möeller e Botelho open in Rio the remarkable TODOS OS MUSICAIS DE CHICO BUARQUE IN 90 MINUTES.
Charles Moeller and Claudio Botelho, who are in charge of the book and concept of BLACK ORPHEUS to be seen this year on Broadway, produced by Stephen Byrd, open in Rio 'All Chico Buarque's Musicals in 90 minutes', a theatrical love letter to one of Brazilian most gifted stage, movie and popular comp...
BWW Reviews: HOW TO SUCCEED Opens in Rio!
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (Como Vencer na Vida sem fazer Forca) opened in Rio de Janeiro with a revised Brazilian production, directed by top musical theatre directors Claudio Botelho and Charles Moeller. Mr. Botelho and Mr. Moeller will soon reach the London West End and Broa...
BWW Reviews: MILTON NASCIMENTO - A Musical Tapestry of Wonders
Milton Nascimento - Nada Será Como Antes, is really a theatrical tapestry of wonders that celebrates the work of one of the most gifted Brazilian composers. At the new Theatro Net in Rio de Janeiro, Moeller and Botelho once again make history in Brazilian Musical Theatre with this delicate piece of...
BWW Reviews: Brazilian WIZARD OF OZ is a Sparkling Emerald
Charles Moeller and Claudio Botelho bring to Brazil the most expensive musical ever produced here. An amazing concept and strong production values, as well as a gifted cast and creative team, turn the Brazilian production of Wizard of Oz in a landmark of the contemporary musical theater in this Coun...
BWW Reviews: END OF THE RAINBOW - A Brazilian Theatre First Lady is Born
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...
BWW Reviews: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - a Musical Masterpiece in Brazil!
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...
BWW Reviews: EVITA Revival is a Smash in Brazil!
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....
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