BWW Review: QUEBRANDO AS REGRAS Musical Comedy That Pays Tribute To Tina Turner, Opens at Paris 6 Burlesque's Stage
by Claudio Erlichman - September 16, 2019
After a successful season in Rio de Janeiro, Tribute to TINA TURNER - Breaking Rules - A Musical Comedy, premieres in Sao Paulo on September 16.
by Claudio Erlichman - September 16, 2019
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
by Claudio Erlichman - September 13, 2019
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 a story about the importance of love, integrity and music in people's lives.
by Claudio Erlichman - September 13, 2019
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 a story about the importance of love, integrity and music in people's lives.
BWW Review: Known as the Samba Queen, MUSICAL DONA IVONE LARA - UM SORRISO NEGRO Opens in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - August 28, 2019
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 Ivone Lara, and affectionately called a?oeThe Queen of Sambaa??.
by Claudio Erlichman - August 28, 2019
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 Ivone Lara, and affectionately called a?oeThe Queen of Sambaa??.
BWW Review: Dealing with Affective Memory and with an Unpublished Libretto CHAVES - UM TRIBUTO MUSICAL (El Chavo - A Musical Tribute) Opens This Week in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - August 21, 2019
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 libretto by music director Fernanda Maia and direction by Ze Henrique de Paula. Chaves - Um Tributo Musical has its premiere scheduled for August 23 at Teatro Opus (Shopping Villa-Lobos), in Sao Paulo.
by Claudio Erlichman - August 21, 2019
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 libretto by music director Fernanda Maia and direction by Ze Henrique de Paula. Chaves - Um Tributo Musical has its premiere scheduled for August 23 at Teatro Opus (Shopping Villa-Lobos), in Sao Paulo.
BWW Review: David Bowie's LAZARUS Opens a New Theater in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - August 20, 2019
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 architectural project bears the signature of architect Isay Weinfeld. Producers Monique Gardenberg and Jeffrey Neale are responsible for curating the show, which opens August 22 with David Bowie's Lazarus, directed by Felipe Hirsch.
by Claudio Erlichman - August 20, 2019
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 architectural project bears the signature of architect Isay Weinfeld. Producers Monique Gardenberg and Jeffrey Neale are responsible for curating the show, which opens August 22 with David Bowie's Lazarus, directed by Felipe Hirsch.
BWW Previews: OUT OF WATER - A BRAZILIAN POCKET MUSICAL, the American Version of the Award-Winning CARGAS D'AGUA - UM MUSICAL DE BOLSO, Premieres in New York
by Claudio Erlichman - August 16, 2019
The Brazilian authorial musical Cargas D'Agua, written by Vitor Rocha, got an American version and has been playing in New York since last weekend, August 10th at TADA! Theater. The show had two successful seasons in Brazil and even performed in cities in the country side of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais and Brasilia.
by Claudio Erlichman - August 16, 2019
The Brazilian authorial musical Cargas D'Agua, written by Vitor Rocha, got an American version and has been playing in New York since last weekend, August 10th at TADA! Theater. The show had two successful seasons in Brazil and even performed in cities in the country side of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais and Brasilia.
BWW Review: ICARUS AND THE BLACK STARS Narrates and Goes Through the Successes of Brazilian and International Black Music
by Claudio Erlichman - August 13, 2019
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-based show, a 'documentary play' with playful features such as projections and videomapping, which make the audience travel through time and space. In this musical journey, featuring live music and musical direction by Alexandre Elias, choreographies by Victor Maia, the staging honors names such as Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Tim Maia, Wilson Simonal, Beyonce and James Brown.
by Claudio Erlichman - August 13, 2019
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-based show, a 'documentary play' with playful features such as projections and videomapping, which make the audience travel through time and space. In this musical journey, featuring live music and musical direction by Alexandre Elias, choreographies by Victor Maia, the staging honors names such as Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Tim Maia, Wilson Simonal, Beyonce and James Brown.
BWW Review: Using Cordel Literature, Musical 'O MAGICO DI O' Tells the Classic Story of the The Wizard of Oz
by Claudio Erlichman - August 07, 2019
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 Porto deals with home, go away and change of view bringing original songs. The opening is scheduled for August 10 at Teatro Joao Caetano.
by Claudio Erlichman - August 07, 2019
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 Porto deals with home, go away and change of view bringing original songs. The opening is scheduled for August 10 at Teatro Joao Caetano.
Breaking News: 7TH ANNUAL BIBI FERREIRA AWARD Nominees Announced, Non-Musical Theater Will Also Be Honored
by Claudio Erlichman - August 01, 2019
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 sera entregue numa cerimonia, no final de setembro, no Teatro Renault.
by Claudio Erlichman - August 01, 2019
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 sera entregue numa cerimonia, no final de setembro, no Teatro Renault.
BWW Review: Celebrating 100 Years Of History, ZORRO Receives Musical Version With a Lot of Flamenco Dance and Gipsy Kings' Songs.
by Claudio Erlichman - July 31, 2019
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.
by Claudio Erlichman - July 31, 2019
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
by Claudio Erlichman - July 17, 2019
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 place on July 20 at 20h. The recitals follow on days 23, 24, 26, 27 and 30, always at 8 pm, and on Sundays 21 and 28 at 6 pm.
by Claudio Erlichman - July 17, 2019
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 place on July 20 at 20h. The recitals follow on days 23, 24, 26, 27 and 30, always at 8 pm, and on Sundays 21 and 28 at 6 pm.
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
by Claudio Erlichman - July 16, 2019
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.
by Claudio Erlichman - July 16, 2019
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
by Claudio Erlichman - July 14, 2019
'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 characteristic work of Brazilian Modernism: its ability to still provoke spectators, more than ninety years after its creation. Behind the apparent comedy, we are faced with a tragic character that sums up many of the impasses of contemporary Brazil. After all, Macunaima is, at the same time, an indian and a quilombola who is seen, by force of circumstances, moved to the big city, where everything is different and frightening. He is also a survivor: on returning to his quest, he discovers that he has been decimated. There is no more place for him in the world. Maybe there is no world anymore.
by Claudio Erlichman - July 14, 2019
'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 characteristic work of Brazilian Modernism: its ability to still provoke spectators, more than ninety years after its creation. Behind the apparent comedy, we are faced with a tragic character that sums up many of the impasses of contemporary Brazil. After all, Macunaima is, at the same time, an indian and a quilombola who is seen, by force of circumstances, moved to the big city, where everything is different and frightening. He is also a survivor: on returning to his quest, he discovers that he has been decimated. There is no more place for him in the world. Maybe there is no world anymore.
BWW Review: Discussing On Homophobia and Racism MADAME SATA, UM MUSICAL BRASILEIRO (Madame Satan, A Brazilian Musical) Opens in Sao Paulo.
by Claudio Erlichman - July 10, 2019
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, 2019, at Teatro Jaragua. The dramaturgy is signed by Rodrigo Jeronimo and Marcos Fabio de Faria.
by Claudio Erlichman - July 10, 2019
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, 2019, at Teatro Jaragua. The dramaturgy is signed by Rodrigo Jeronimo and Marcos Fabio de Faria.
BWW Review: With Direction by Theatre du Soleil's Ariane Mnouchkine AS COMADRES Opens at Teatro Anchieta for Short Season
by Claudio Erlichman - July 04, 2019
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).
by Claudio Erlichman - July 04, 2019
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).
Sucesso Teatral Comemora 300 Apresentações No Rio
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2019
O sucesso arrebatador de O Filho Eterno traz a peca de volta para o Rio de Janeiro. Depois de rodar por mais de 50 cidades pelo pais e ir ate Lisboa, o espetaculo chega ao Teatro Clara Nunes, na Gavea, para curtissima temporada de 5 a 14 de julho para comemorar 300 apresentacões. Baseado no premiado livro de Cristovão Tezza, a montagem de Daniel Herz mostra a luta diaria de um homem as voltas com seu filho portador da Sindrome de Down. A adaptacão teatral, que foca no desafio das nossas limitacões e na relacão entre pai e filho, ficou a cargo de Bruno Lara Rezende.
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2019
O sucesso arrebatador de O Filho Eterno traz a peca de volta para o Rio de Janeiro. Depois de rodar por mais de 50 cidades pelo pais e ir ate Lisboa, o espetaculo chega ao Teatro Clara Nunes, na Gavea, para curtissima temporada de 5 a 14 de julho para comemorar 300 apresentacões. Baseado no premiado livro de Cristovão Tezza, a montagem de Daniel Herz mostra a luta diaria de um homem as voltas com seu filho portador da Sindrome de Down. A adaptacão teatral, que foca no desafio das nossas limitacões e na relacão entre pai e filho, ficou a cargo de Bruno Lara Rezende.
BWW Review: With Songs by Raul Seixas, Musical MERLIN & ARTHUR, UM SONHO DE LIBERDADE Opens In Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - June 05, 2019
Absolute success in its Carioca season, the show Ao som de Raul Seixas 'Merlin e Arthur, Um Sonho de Liberdade' premieres on June 7, in Sao Paulo, and brings a creative artistic innovation: the languages of theater, cinema and design will be used for the first time together in the musical theater.
by Claudio Erlichman - June 05, 2019
Absolute success in its Carioca season, the show Ao som de Raul Seixas 'Merlin e Arthur, Um Sonho de Liberdade' premieres on June 7, in Sao Paulo, and brings a creative artistic innovation: the languages of theater, cinema and design will be used for the first time together in the musical theater.
RENT to Play at The Biz August 2019
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2019
The cultural phenomenon RENT will play at The Biz Aug. 15-18.
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2019
The cultural phenomenon RENT will play at The Biz Aug. 15-18.
BWW Review: For One Night Only TIAGO BARBOSA Presents His Show: ESTRADA - SONHOS NAO ENVELHECEM, at Theatro NET SP
by Claudio Erlichman - May 21, 2019
Brazilian actor who is famed for his role as Simba in the Brazilian and Spanish stage of The Lion King, Tiago Barbosa returns to Brazil with the show ESTRADA (Road). The one-man show brings together on stage the memories and successes of his career as a singer and actor.
by Claudio Erlichman - May 21, 2019
Brazilian actor who is famed for his role as Simba in the Brazilian and Spanish stage of The Lion King, Tiago Barbosa returns to Brazil with the show ESTRADA (Road). The one-man show brings together on stage the memories and successes of his career as a singer and actor.
BWW Review: COM TODAS AS LETRAS, Musical Comedy LGBTQ + Opens in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - May 20, 2019
Com Todas as Letras, a romantic musical comedy with songs by LGBTQ + Brazilian artists, approaches the LGBTQ + universe in his libretto. Showing the diversity, difficulty and struggle of each one of its characters, the play opens in Sao Paulo, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, at Espaco Cia da Revista.
by Claudio Erlichman - May 20, 2019
Com Todas as Letras, a romantic musical comedy with songs by LGBTQ + Brazilian artists, approaches the LGBTQ + universe in his libretto. Showing the diversity, difficulty and struggle of each one of its characters, the play opens in Sao Paulo, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, at Espaco Cia da Revista.
BWW Review: SE ESSA LUA FOSSE MINHA Opens in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - May 17, 2019
'Se Essa Lua Fosse Minha' by Elton Towersey and Vitor Rocha, is an unpublished Brazilian musical that opened on May 7 at the Teatro do Nucleo Experimental in Sao Paulo.
by Claudio Erlichman - May 17, 2019
'Se Essa Lua Fosse Minha' by Elton Towersey and Vitor Rocha, is an unpublished Brazilian musical that opened on May 7 at the Teatro do Nucleo Experimental in Sao Paulo.
MALVADAS Coming to Faap Theater Tonight!
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2019
MALVADAS is coming to Brazils' Theater Faap on May 8, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2019
MALVADAS is coming to Brazils' Theater Faap on May 8, 2019.
BWW Review: For the First Time in Brazil ANGELS IN AMERICA is Staged in Full
by Claudio Erlichman - April 26, 2019
Angels in America is a two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner which he describes as 'A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. The play is a complex, often metaphorical, and at times symbolic examination of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s. Certain major and minor characters are supernatural beings (angels) or deceased persons (ghosts). The play contains multiple roles for several of the actors. Initially and primarily focusing on a gay couple in Manhattan, the play also has several other storylines, some of which occasionally intersect. The two parts of the play are separately presentable and entitled Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, respectively, at Teatro do SESC Vila Mariana.
by Claudio Erlichman - April 26, 2019
Angels in America is a two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner which he describes as 'A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. The play is a complex, often metaphorical, and at times symbolic examination of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s. Certain major and minor characters are supernatural beings (angels) or deceased persons (ghosts). The play contains multiple roles for several of the actors. Initially and primarily focusing on a gay couple in Manhattan, the play also has several other storylines, some of which occasionally intersect. The two parts of the play are separately presentable and entitled Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, respectively, at Teatro do SESC Vila Mariana.
BWW Review: NELSON GONCALVES O AMOR E O TEMPO
Opens on May 3 at Teatro Gazeta
by Claudio Erlichman - April 25, 2019
After three successful seasons in Rio de Janeiro, the musical comes to Sao Paulo in homage to Nelson Goncalves, the King of Radio, who would complete 100 years on June 21. Performed by Guilherme Logullo and Jullie, the play makes an incursion into striking moments of one of the greatest idols of Brazilian music, who sold more than 80 million records throughout his career.
by Claudio Erlichman - April 25, 2019
After three successful seasons in Rio de Janeiro, the musical comes to Sao Paulo in homage to Nelson Goncalves, the King of Radio, who would complete 100 years on June 21. Performed by Guilherme Logullo and Jullie, the play makes an incursion into striking moments of one of the greatest idols of Brazilian music, who sold more than 80 million records throughout his career.
BWW Review: Unpublished Musical AS CANGACEIRAS, GUERREIRAS DO SERTAO (The Cangaceiras, Warriors of Backcountry) Opens at Teatro do SESI-SP
by Claudio Erlichman - April 22, 2019
Cangaco was the banditism phenomenon of Northeast Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This region of Brazil is known for its aridness and hard way of life, and in a form of 'social banditry' against the government, many men and women decided to become nomadic bandits, roaming the hinterlands seeking money, food and revenge. With text and lyrics by Newton Moreno, direction by Sergio Modena and musical direction by Fernanda Maia, the show is free inspired by testimonies of women involved in the Cangaco and exalts the female force. Tickets are free.
by Claudio Erlichman - April 22, 2019
Cangaco was the banditism phenomenon of Northeast Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This region of Brazil is known for its aridness and hard way of life, and in a form of 'social banditry' against the government, many men and women decided to become nomadic bandits, roaming the hinterlands seeking money, food and revenge. With text and lyrics by Newton Moreno, direction by Sergio Modena and musical direction by Fernanda Maia, the show is free inspired by testimonies of women involved in the Cangaco and exalts the female force. Tickets are free.
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