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BWW Review: George Orwell Meets Brecht and Weill In the Musical CABARET DOS BICHOS
by Claudio Erlichman - September 28, 2021

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. George Orwell's Animal Farm takes place on a farm led initially by Mr. Jones. ...

BWW Review: DRAG NIGHTS Opens September 10th on Clube Barbixas de Comedia Revealing New Talents
by Claudio Erlichman - September 08, 2021

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. Drag Nights, a project by drags Thelores and Alexia Twister, will open on September 10, from 9 pm, at Clube Barb...

BWW Review: R&H CINDERELLA Returns to Sao Paulo With Stellar Cast
by Claudio Erlichman - September 01, 2021

One of the most famous stories in universal literature will take Sao Paulo stage. Cinderella, o Musical premieres on September 2, at Teatro Liberdade, after being seen by more than 200,000 people in its previous productions. With Fabi Bang spearheading the new cast, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderell...

BWW Review: After a Successful Season in Rio De Janeiro, ELIZETH A DIVINA – O MUSICAL Makes a One Night Only Presentation with Online Broadcast
by Claudio Erlichman - April 15, 2021

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. ...

BWW Review: Sung In Forro Classics and Told In Cordel Literature Rhymes, CORDEL VIAJANTE Opens On March 7th
by Claudio Erlichman - March 04, 2021

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....

BWW Review: Great Success on Stage O MEU SANGUE FERVE POR VOCE (My Blood Boils For You) Wins Free Virtual Season
by Claudio Erlichman - February 25, 2021

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. The play pays homage to the Genero Brega (tacky styl...

BWW Review: BARCA DOS CORAÇÕES PARTIDOS Performs Authorial Show With Free Live Streaming
by Claudio Erlichman - February 19, 2021

Barca dos Coracoes Partidos will present Desancora, its first authorial show, with live and free exhibition over the internet. The show will be broadcast from Teatro Riachuelo stage on February 20 (Saturday), at 8 pm, on YouTube, on the channels of Barca dos Coracoees Partidos, Sarau Agencia and Tea...

BWW Review: Live broadcast of musical A HORA DA ESTRELA or CANTO DE MACABEA, with Laila Garin, celebrates the centenary of Clarice Lispector
by Claudio Erlichman - December 17, 2020

Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories. Born to a Jewish family in Western Ukraine, as an infant she moved to Brazil with her family, amidst the disasters engulfing her native land following the First Wo...

BWW Review: New Show of Barca Dos Coracoes Partidos JACKSONS DO PANDEIRO - UMA HOMENAGEM SINCOPADA Premieres in Virtual Format
by Claudio Erlichman - October 08, 2020

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??. He is described by Allmusic as a key promotor of Northeastern Brazilian musicand one of the most inventive and influential Brazilian ...

BWW Review: OITO (Eight), Directed and Choreographed by Alonso Barros, is Inspired by the Tarot and Makes Comments On the Word, the Body and the Soul.
by Claudio Erlichman - September 29, 2020

From the union between cinema and theater, the show Oito was born. A contemporary format 'phygital' - physically live and digitally transmitted, remembering that the real world and the digital world are increasingly closer together. Directed and choreographed by the award-winning Alonso Barros, it ...

BWW Review: Diogo Vilela Honors Cauby Peixoto in CAUBY, UMA PAIXAO, in a Free Live.
by Claudio Erlichman - September 22, 2020

As part of the project PALCO INSTITUTO UNIMED-BH EM CASA, in its second edition, this icon of Brazilian music will be honored in the monologue CAUBY, UMA PAIXAO, an adaptation by Flavio Marinho of the great musical CAUBY, CAUBY, with DIOGO VILELA. The presentation will take place on September 24 (T...

BWW Review: Renata Ricci Returns to the Stage with the Online Show FRENCH KISS- NA INTIMIDADE
by Claudio Erlichman - September 10, 2020

a?oeI never imagined acting on a stage for a virtual audience. We are all being challenged by the art of reinventing ourselves a??, says Renata Ricci, actress, singer, dancer and creator of the musical French Kiss- Na Intimidade (French Kiss- In Intimity), which is having a very short season online ...

BWW Review: In a Brazil-Portugal Live, Saulo Vasconcelos and Carolina Puntel Will Take You To THE BEST OF BROADWAY IN 60 MINUTES
by Claudio Erlichman - July 08, 2020

Saulo Vasconcelos and Carolina Puntel will take you to the Broadway universe in The Best of Broadway in 60 Minutes, via Volto platform (www.volto.live) The live will be done July 9 at 6 pm in Brazil and at 10 pm in Portugal. It will be a journey through the universe of Broadway, with music as the ma...

AWARDS: The Winners of the 3rd Edition of PREMIO DESTAQUE IMPRENSA DIGITAL (Highlight Press Digital Award) Were Announced.
by Claudio Erlichman - December 11, 2019

Happened last night, December 10th, the online broadcast of the third edition of the Premio Destaque Imprensa Digital (DID - Highlight Digital Press Award). Composed by Culture and Entertainment digital vehicles, in addition to those specializing in musical theater, the award evaluated 32 musical sh...

BWW Review: In a Flower Power Mood NOVOS BAIANOS – O MUSICAL Has Season at SESC Vila Mariana Until December 15th
by Claudio Erlichman - December 03, 2019

Novos Baianos is a Brazilian rock and MPB group from Salvador, Bahia. It was formed in the 1960s and enjoyed success throughout most of the 1970s. The band members were Paulinho Boca de Cantor (vocals), Pepeu Gomes (electric guitar), Moraes Moreira (vocals and acoustic guitar), Baby Consuelo (vocals...

BWW Review: Inspired by Shamanism CASA ROSA DOS VENTOS (Windrose's House) Opens in the Various Rooms of a House in Perdizes
by Claudio Erlichman - December 02, 2019

The itinerant show Casa Rosa dos Ventos (Windrose's House) opens December 6 with direction by Fabiana Tolentino. The play is a production of M.O.T.I.M (Women Organized by an Infinite Movement Theater), which works on themes such as feminism, art and spirituality. Conceived by Fabiana Tolentino, it a...

BWW Review: Satirizing and Paying Tribute to the Genre, Award-winning Musical [title of the show] ([nome do espetaculo]) Arrives in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - November 15, 2019

Winner of the 2018 Humor Award, Broadway musical comedy [title of show] finally arrives in Sao Paulo in a short season, from Saturday to Monday, at Nucleo Experimental....

BWW Review: Bringing Together Two Brazilian Passions: Music and Soccer, SAMBA FUTEBOL CLUBE Opens in Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - November 06, 2019

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....

BWW Review: Talking About Truth and Fidelity Among Married Couples A MENTIRA (Le Mesonge/The Lie) Opens In Sao Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - October 06, 2019

After Paris and West End success, A Mentira (Le Mesonge/The Lie) - starring Miguel Falabella and Zeze Polessa - opened this week in Sao Paulo, with original stage play by Florian Zeller. Directed and translated by Miguel Falabella, also has in the cast Karin Hills and Frederico Reuter. The play open...

BWW Review:Phantom of the Opera Wins the 7TH BIBI FERREIRA AWARDS
by Claudio Erlichman - September 27, 2019

BWW Review:Phantom of the Opera Wins the 7TH BIBI FERREIRA AWARDS...

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....

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...

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 Ivon...

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 libr...

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 ar...