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Breaking News: GUSTAVO BARCHILON, the Prince of Musicals in Brazil, Announces His New Shows for 2023
Multi-award winning director with plays like Barnum and 4000 Miles, Gustavo Barchilon (30) exclusively announces for BroadwayWorld his new works for 2023.
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Contemporary Version of Revue Theater is Presented with Drag Queens in REVISTA BABADEIRA
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 ch...
Inspired by Yuval Noah Harari's Best Seller Sapiens, Vera Holtz Opens the Monologue FICCOES
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...
Considered the Father of Aviation, Santos Dumont Will Have His Life Told in the Musical ALEM DO AR (Beyond the Air)
Alem do Ar is a musical freely inspired by the life of Santos-Dumont, not only the daring and determined inventor, but also the man who had doubts about his inventions. The show is produced by the Lia Maria Aguiar Foundation, starring the talents of Cassio Scapin, Mateus Ribeiro, Felipe Prestes, Hen...
Dreams of Freedom from the Past Emerge in UMA LEITURA DOS BUZIOS, a Show Inspired by a Popular Uprising in Bahia
A dip in the history of Brazil takes us to the Bahian popular uprising known as Conjuracao Baiana, Revolta dos Alfaiates or Revolta dos Buzios. The movement is the inspiration for the show Uma Leitura dos Buzios (A Reading of Buzios). The premiere took place in November 2022 at Teatro Antunes Filho ...
BWW Awards: DID AWARDS (Premio Destaque Imprensa Digital) Announces the Highlights of Musical Theater in 2022, in Sao Paulo City
The award, which brings together representatives of the digital press and celebrates musical theater in Sao Paulo City, held its 5th edition, the first being presential. The Brazilian musicals Brenda Lee and the Palace of the Princesses and Nautopia - The Musical were the most awarded of the night....
The Beloved Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL Opens Musical Version in December
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 ...
Alonso Barros Pays an Affective Homage to Musical Theater in His Debut Movie TEATRO BR
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 artisti...
Theatro Sao Pedro Opens Richard Strauss' ARIADNE AUF NAXOS Concluding the Lyrical Season for 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....
Awards: DID AWARDS (Destaque Imprensa Digital - Digital Press Highlight) Announces 5th Edition Nominees
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....
Musical BOSQUE DOS SONAMBULOS (Sleepwalkers' Forest) Delves Into LGBTQ Gothic Fantasy Romance by Throwing Audiences Between Eccentric Characters
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 go...
Edward Albee's Classic, THREE TALL WOMEN (Tres Mulheres Altas) Gets a New Production with Suely Franco, Deborah Evelyn and Nathalia Dill
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....
Musical A HORA DA ESTRELA or CANTO DE MACABEA, Celebrates the Centenary of Clarice Lispector
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 w...
Peter Quilter's DUETS: A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS (DUETOS) Opens in Sao Paulo
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 ...
World Famous Album CLUBE DA ESQUINA Gets Musical Theatrical Version Celebrating its Fiftieth Anniversary
CLUBE DA ESQUINA – OS SONHOS Não AVELHECEM (Corner Club – Dreams Don't Grow Old) was presented to the world in 1972, being the first double long play in the country and considered the best Brazilian album of all time. Now completing 50, it gets theatrical version, under the direction of Dennis ...
Gay, Colorful and Funny, GLAM – THE MUSICAL Opens with Drag Universe as its Theme
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....
Brazilian Pop Icon From the 80s is Honored in the Musical SIDNEY MAGAL: MUITO MAIS QUE UM AMANTE LATINO (Sidney Magal: Much More Than a Latin Lover)
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'...
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Musical MUSEU NACIONAL [TODAS AS VOZES DO FOGO] Celebrates the Tenth Anniversary of Cia Barca dos Coracoes Partidos
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....
ELAS BRILHAM DOC.MUSICAL Opens in Sao Paulo Celebrating Women in the History of Music in the 20th and 21st Centuries
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 spe...
Musical DOMINGUINHOS: ISSO AQUI TA BOM DEMAIS Honors the Late Master of Accordion
The musical tells certain passages in Dominguinhos' life and work, mixing reality and fiction, as the artist recalls his trajectory through facts, music and professional and affective partnerships, while talking to his greatest and faithful companion, the Accordion....
O PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE, O MUSICAL (The Little Prince) Opens Drawing a Parallel Between the Fable and What Lies Behind of One of the Best-Selling Books of All Time
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 hims...
Musical NEY MATOGROSSO – HOMEM COM H Celebrates the Trajectory of One of the Most Authentic Artists of Brazilian Culture
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 Ferna...
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Ney Latorraca's Career, Musical SEU NEYLA will Open in Sao Paulo, Combining Digital Technology and Live Theater
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....
For the First Time on Stage, Musical TEMPO CERTO (Right Time) Features Songs by Roberta Campos
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 P...
Never Seen Before in Brazil, Theatro Sao Pedro Opens Weill & Brecht's THE THREEPENNY OPERA (A Opera dos Tres Vintens)
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....
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