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In April, Sao Paulo’s Theatro Municipal presents two operas by Plinio Marcos: Navalha na Carne and Homens de Papel. Both productions are the first operas specially commissioned by the theater. Presented in a double bill, they bring iconic texts from Brazilian dramaturgy, which focus on existences seen as marginal, both in the 60s, when these plays were written, as today.

A new authorial musical opens in Brazil on April 1st: 'Nautopia', by Daniel Salve. The show features Beto Sargentelli, Eline Porto, Jonathas Joba and a great cast, when portraying the eternal back home of the young man who seeks healing through confrontation with its past and its internal and external demons.

Following a move from NY City to small-town Indiana, young Evan Goldman grapples with his parents' divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school. With known names in the Brazilian cast, the show is the only Broadway musical ever with a cast and band entirely made of teenagers.

Can you imagine Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' told to the sound of pop princess Britney Spears in a musical, contemporary and with a completely new gay reinterpretation? For this is Noites de Verao (Summer Nights).

The production is conducted by Luis Otavio Santos, who commands the Orquestra do Theatro Sao Pedro, and stage direction by Mauro Wrona. The show will also be streamed free of charge on the internet.

Disney In Concert - The Songs From Your Favorite Movies Live comes back to Brazil in march for presentations at Teatro Bradesco, in Sao Paulo. Show features songs from classic and current Disney’s movies performed by an orchestra and with incredible projections on a big screen. The premiere takes place on March 10 and tickets are already on sale on the website and at the physical box office

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. After a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Digital Press Highlight Award (DID) celebrates the resumption of the cultural sector and the season of new premieres, providing the opportunity to also resume their activities, as well as their tribute and recognition to the great highlights of Brazilian musical theater in the Sao Paulo City. The ceremony, which reaches its 4th edition, announced this Friday 04th, its nominees.

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. L. Candido (Mary Sunshine), Lilian Valeska (Mama Morton) and Eduardo Amir (Amos Hart) complete the main cast.

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. She lives a quiet life, but when she turns 18, she finds herself an orphan and feels something is missing from all that Paradise. That's where he “turns the corner” and meets Diego, a backpacker passing through the community, who enchants Luna leading her to believe that has finally found the last piece she needs to complete the perfect life.

Theatro Sao Pedro announces its 2022 season. The lyrical series will include eleven titles: La Serva Padrona; Livietta and Tracollo; The Capulets and the Montechios, by Bellini; West Side Story; Lecture on Waterbirds; Threepenny Opera, by Weill; Ariadne in Naxos, by Strauss; Viva La Mamma, by Donizetti and El Barberillo de Lavapies, among others.

“7 x Pecado - Broadway in Concert” is the show chosen for the reopening of Teatro Escola Basileu França in Goiânia. Sponsored by the Government of Goiás, is based on the Seven Deadly Sins and how they manifest themselves in contemporary life they punctuate the scene through the great Broadway hits.

Theatro Sao Pedro closes the opera season with the debut of the opera Signor Bruschino, by Rossini. With staging and lighting by Caetano Vilela, the production will be musically directed by Claudio Cruz, who will command the Theatro Sao Pedro Orchestra. The costumes are by Gabriel Villela. Saulo Javan plays Bruschino and Savio Sperandio, Gaudenzio.

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. Brazilian staging was created by Andrea Dupré & Daniel Tavares, who are also in the cast alongside Hugo Coelho and Marco Antônio Pâmio

With a sophisticated and amusing production, Barnum has been standing out as the great theatrical success in the city of Sao Paulo, in the post-pandemic. It was between one and another well-attended session that Barchilon kindly granted us this exclusive interview talking about influences, beginning of his career, Barnum and future projects.

Following the project Shakespeare is Pop, Sonhos Entertainment announces its new production: Royals - O Musical, based on The Taming of the Shrew. In its 2nd show, which proposes to revisit the Bard's works with modern reinterpretations in the musical format and LGBTIQA+ language, it will run for a short season at Teatro West Plaza, Fridays at 9PM.

Theatro Sao Pedro premieres the satirical ballet chante The Seven Deadly Sins, the last collaboration between Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht. The production will be musically directed by Ira Levin, who will command the Theatro Sao Pedro Orchestra. The Seven Deadly Sins opens on November 5th. In all, there will be 8 recitals until the 14th.

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 the suspects, in this hilarious 90-minute show.

Barnum, finally gets a Brazilian staging. With Portuguese version by Claudio Botelho, direction by Gustavo Barchilon, choreography by Alonso Barros and musical direction by Thiago Gimenes, we have in the cast the talents of Murilo Rosa for the title role and Kiara Sasso playing the powerful Charity. Other highlights are the actresses Giulia Nadruz bringing to life the antagonist Jenny Lind, , Diva Menner in the role of the mythical Joice Heth and actor Matheus Paiva as Tom Thumb.

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. Directed by Rodrigo Alfer and with Portuguese versions by Rafael Oliveira, the iconic gay musical features André Lau, Aquiles, João Hespanholeto, Luan Carvalho, Lucas Cordeiro, Raphael Mota, Ruan Rairo, Silvano Vieira, Victor Barreto, Tiago Prates and Gabriel Fabri, on the piano.

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. She has a pension for transvestites who, for the most part, live off prostitution. Despite the reality of violence in which they live, inside the house, the transvestites are welcomed by Brenda, who teaches them to want more out of life.