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With 16 shows eligible for consideration, Barnum leads the list with 8 nominations, followed by the musicals The Color Purple and Silvio Santos Vem Ai, with 7 nominations each.
The production features Emanuelle Araujo, in the role of sarcastic Velma Kelly; Paulo Szot, as the charming and unscrupulous Billy Flynn (a role he currently played on Broadway); and Carol Costa as the “innocent” and surprising Roxie Hart.
The story is based on the character Luna, who gives the show its name, a young girl who lived all her life in the Arereje Community, a hippie refuge created by her parents hidden from the big cities.
Theatro Sao Pedro announces its 2022 season.
“7 x Pecado - Broadway in Concert” is the show chosen for the reopening of Teatro Escola Basileu França in Goiânia.
Theatro Sao Pedro closes the opera season with the debut of the opera Signor Bruschino, by Rossini.
Staged in an amphitheater, the play COCK, by British author Mike Barlett, is directed by Nelson Baskerville, and premieres December 2nd through 18th, free of charge, at the Centro Cultural Oswald de Andrade.
Following the project Shakespeare is Pop, Sonhos Entertainment announces its new production: Royals - O Musical, based on The Taming of the Shrew.
Theatro Sao Pedro premieres the satirical ballet chante The Seven Deadly Sins, the last collaboration between Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht.
With book and lyrics by Kellen Blair and book and music by Joe Kinosian, MURDER FOR TWO is the perfect blend of music, mayhem and murder! Directed by Ze Henrique de Paula and musical direction by Fernanda Maia, the Brazilian staging stars Thiago Perticarrari as the policeman and Marcel Octavio, as
Barnum, finally gets a Brazilian staging.
Naked Boys Singing! is a musical revue in the traditional style of American vaudeville, with book by Robert Schrock, that features eight actors who sing and dance naked.
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.
The show by award-winning author Vitor Rocha, wich will have live seasons from October 2nd, was created entirely during the quarantine and, after having a streaming version, arrives on the stages of Teatro Viradalata, in Sao Paulo
Claudia Raia and Jarbas Homem de Mello are ready to return to the stage: Conserto Para Dois, O Musical opens in Sao Paulo on October 1st, at Teatro Procopio Ferreira.
With libreto, lyrics and direction by Ze Henrique de Paula and original music and musical direction by Fernanda Maia, the language used is inspired by German cabarets, strongly referenced in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weil.
As part of the cultural programming return in Brazil, Rua Augusta will receive an innovative show that will take drag art to one of the most diverse and cosmopolitan streets in Sao Paulo.
One of the most famous stories in universal literature will take Sao Paulo stage.
Izabella Bicalho's play, directed by Sueli Guerra, supervised by Joao Fonseca and musical direction by Tony Lucchesi, tells remarkable moments in the history of singer Elizeth Cardoso, nicknamed A Divina (the Divine), her great meetings with friends, historical partners, her passions and her shows.
The musical show Cordel Viajante, which performs online on YouTube from March 7 to April 11, is a musical journey through Brazilian popular culture, which combines Forro, Cordel Literature poetry and woodcut.
A great success for more than 10 years, with praise from critics and the public, attended by more than 200 thousand people, the musical comedy O Meu Sangue Ferve Por Você (My Blood Boils for You) runs a virtual season from February 26 to March 21.
Barca dos Coracoes Partidos will present Desancora, its first authorial show, with live and free exhibition over the internet.
Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories.
Jose Gomes Filho (1919 a?' 1982), more commonly known as Jackson do Pandeiro, was a Brazilian percussionist and singer who received the nickname a??King of Rhythma??.
From the union between cinema and theater, the show Oito was born.
