The Fez 2019 - Articles Page 1.8

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.

The Flea Theater hosted a Mac Wellman Symposium: THE ART OF STACKING THE DECK October 4-6, 2019. The three-day symposium was a rare opportunity for Wellman enthusiasts to gather to share stories and dig deep into the mysteries of Wellman's writing.

Adam RealMan and Coney Island USA Present: The 12th Annual Coney Island Beard and Moustache Competition at Sideshows by the Seashore!

After its hugely successful run earlier this year, Briefs Factory are back by popular demand with a return season of their dazzling show, Briefs: Close Encounters once again taking over Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse Theatre from 23 - 27 October.

Following on the success of the 201718 SEASON OF WOMXN and 201819 COLOR BRAVE SEASON, The Flea announced today that its 201920 Season will be the SEASON OF ANARCHY: THE RETURN OF THE MACS as they welcome back playwrights, poets and activists Mac Wellman and Taylor Mac.

Taylor Mac's Broadway debut play, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, recently closed, but according to The New York Times, a new work of Mac's is debuting soon.

Kreeps with Kids Comedy Tour featuring Robert Kelly, Ron Bennington, Rich Vos and Jim Florentine on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 at 8 p.m. The show is recommended for ages 17 and above.

Billy Elliot o Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes. The story of his personal struggle and fulfillment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the 1984-85 UK miners' strike in County Durham, in North Eastern England. Hall's screenplay was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel about a miners' strike, The Stars Look Down, to which the musical's opening song pays homage.

Glamour, power and greed in the musical that made history on Broadway. This is 'Sunset Boulevard', a super production that premiered on March 22 at Teatro Santander, Sao Paulo, and marks the return to the stages of one of the most beloved Brazilian theater duo: Marisa Orth and Daniel Boaventura. They will be the protagonists of the seven Tony Awards winning musical, featuring songs by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Stand-up comedian Mike Marino - affectionately known to fans as 'New Jersey's Bad Boy' - brings his hysterical take on the Italian-American experience to The RRazz Room at Mizner Park Cultural Center. A native of Jersey City, Mike's material is largely inspired by his own life - from his Italian family roots to his edgy observations about everyday life. His riotous approach to stand-up has taken him from The Tonight Show, Comics Unleashed to sitcoms (including appearances on Frasier & Becker) to major nightclubs, theatres and casinos from New York City to Los Angeles and around the world. Mike's also been a highlight of Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival for seven years in a row. In 2008, Marino was inducted into the New Jersey Comedy Hall Of Fame, and on 2015, he was awarded the USO Bob Hope Comedy Award for his regular performances for our US military. He currently appears on his own DDV Radio Show Live From My Mother's Basement. and on a new web series A Marino Moment In History only on YouTube.  

Mike Marino comes to The RRazz Room at Mizner Park Cultural Center Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 7:30pm.

Fresh from a two-month run on London's West End, the high-energy mix of Brief Factory's circus and cabaret will come to life at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse on Saturday 23 March in their family-friendly show Brat Kids Carnival.

French festival Monticule completes the lineup for its 2019 edition. Over 50 artists will make the trip to the Domaine de Gayfié from June 19th - 23rd to celebrate the 5 years of a festival that is steadily leaving its imprint on the European stage, by escaping well-worn festival tropes and the race for the same big names, focusing instead on a more intimate, holiday-like experience where adventurous music, community and well-being take center stage.

Carnegie Hall today announced that 15-time Grammy Award-winning banjoist Bela Fleck, renowned bassist Edgar Meyer, and multi-award winning Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis will join the bill for Live from Here with Chris Thile on Saturday, March 9 at 5:45 p.m., in Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage. Opening the Migrations: The Making of America festival at Carnegie Hall, Chris Thile leads an evening that explores the ways in which Scots and Irish traditions helped shape and continue to influence American folk music today.

Trash, glamour, disco, burlesque, circus and guaranteed hilarity from the Briefs boys and spectacular special guests.

The BRIEFS BOYS have announced that the stunningly talented and beautiful COURTNEY ACT will be joining them on stage with her glorious act this FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER at 10.15pm - a CLUB BRIEFS not to miss!

The world's hottest all-male boylesque group will grab Christmas by the baubles in their dazzling headlining show BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS as it smashes into Christmas in Leicester Square for the festive season from 9 November 2018 - 3 January 2019 (press night Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 7.30pm - runs 100 minutes) in the stunning Spiegeltent.

The world's hottest all-male boylesque group will grab Christmas by the baubles in their dazzling headlining show BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS as it smashes into Christmas in Leicester Square for the festive season from 9 November 2018 - 3 January 2019 (press night Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 7.30pm - runs 100 minutes) in the stunning Spiegeltent.

Denise La Grassa has been performing her original jazz music and poetry in the Chicago region for over 25 years. La Grassa has toured and performed around the world in locations including New York, Scotland, Germany and Switzerland. La Grassa's original works explore relationships and social issues in 21st-century culture.

Starring Eline Porto and Beto Sargentelli, who also take on production alongside Lucas Mello, the musical The Last 5 Years written by Jason Robert Brown, arrives in Sao Paulo, for a short season. Directed by Joao Fonseca, musical direction by Thiago Gimenes and versions to Portuguese by Rafael Oliveira, the production, which relates in a different and special way the last years of the relationship lived by Cathy and Jamie, is a success in several countries and now opens in Brazil.

With direction by Kleber Montanheiro, the musical tells the story of Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian Bombshell, from her arrival in Brazil as a child, through radio, her first recordings, Brazilian cinema and Cassino da Urca, to stardom in Hollywood movies. The play is an adaptation of the award-winning book of the same name by Heloisa Seixas and Julia Romeu, which tells and sings for the whole family the 46 years of life of this little girl who brought Brazilian music and culture to the four corners of the world. The cast is formed by Amanda Acosta, Daniela Cury, Luciana Ramanzini, Maria Bia, Samuel de Assis and Fabiano Augusto.

The world's hottest all-male boylesque group will grab Christmas by the baubles in their dazzling headlining show BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS as it smashes into Christmas in Leicester Square for the festive season from 9 November 2018 - 3 January 2019 (press night Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 7.30pm - runs 100 minutes) in the stunning Spiegeltent.

Denise La Grassa has been performing her original jazz music and poetry in the Chicago region for over 25 years. La Grassa has toured and performed around the world in locations including New York, Scotland, Germany and Switzerland. La Grassa's original works explore relationships and social issues in 21st-century culture.