Some say that the year only begins after Carnival. Perhaps for this reason, these weeks of March see the premiere of some plays of GLS interest in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, not to mention Curitiba, which from the 17th will host its now traditional theater festival, with homo plays on the program. .
The first play to debut is the comedy Baião de Dois, starring Vida Vlatt, the eternal maid Ofrásia do Clodovil. The production is made up of six sketches. Actor André Rangel shares the stage with the comedian. Among the scenes in the show is "The Stepmother and Snow White". The actor plays a rebellious Snow White, while Vida, excuse the pun, brings the stepmother to life.
Baião de Dois premieres this Thursday (05/03) at 22pm at Teatro do Ator (Praça Roosevelt, 172) with a slightly steep price (R$40), but with an unusual promotion: gays, cuckolds and smokers pay half price . The idea for the discount for these audiences came from actress Vida Vlatt.
"I thought it would be cool to do this promotion, because one way or another everyone ends up getting a discount. Furthermore, I will help smokers, as they will spend more than an hour without smoking, laughing a lot and won't even remember that cigarettes exist , at least during the play! And since I love gays, and no one ever thinks about a promotion for them, I couldn't leave them out, poor things, they suffer so much that they need a stimulus to come and have fun and forget. your horns!!!! They deserve to get 50% off", laughs Vida when talking about the promotion.
The promotion of the play also features B celebrities as guests on the opening night. Among the "illustrious" the presence of Sonia Abrão, Solange Frazão, Helô Pinheiro, Fafy Siqueira, Christina Rocha, Décio Piccinini, Léo Áquila and Jaqueline Petkovic stands out.
Interactive piece
Queen the party is a production by the theater group Garagem 21 that invites the public to drink wine and dance to disco music to celebrate the birthday of Queen, the goddess of madness, in a dance club on the last day of the third millennium.
Cesar Ribeiro wrote the text and the interactive piece is directed by Sergio Silva Coelho. The performance opens on Saturday (07/03) at 18:30 pm at Satyros 2 (Praça Roosevelt, 134) and runs until April 26th. Shown on Saturdays and Sundays, Queen is part of the Naftalinas na Garganta project, a series of 4 pieces that will occupy the Satyros "matinee", from March to October 2009. Next will be Sixty Minutes to the End, Cold Cigarette in Warm Nights and Only Whiskeys Are Happy. Entrance costs R$20.
Special direction
Next Thursday (12/03), locals can watch the play "Todo Amor que Hár Nessa Vida" at Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim (Av Vieira Souto, 176). The text is by Rogério Garcia, who also plays the role of protagonist Brian OConnor, a university professor who discovers he has a degenerative disease.
The production features the directorial debut of actress Zezé Motta. In the play, Brian is married to artist Johann Weiss (Filippo Leandro). Both try to overcome prejudice and disease in the United States in the 90s, although the play's publicity says that the production is not "activist, didactic or flag-raising".
"Todo amor…" runs until May 17th. The play will be shown from Thursday to Sunday. Thursday to Saturday at 05pm and Sundays at 21pm. Tickets cost R$20 (Thursdays and Sundays) and R$25,00 (Fridays and Saturdays).
Meeting of the Waters
To close the month, on Wednesday (25/03) the premiere of "O Encontro das Águas", a play by journalist and playwright Sérgio Roveri (from Andaime and Abre as Asas Sobre Nós). The central axis of the plot is about chance and its transformative power. In the play, in which one of the protagonists is homosexual, two young people pass each other on a bridge. Marcelo, touched by a tragedy for which he believes he is guilty, thinks about ending his own life. Apollonius, a mysterious craftsman, begins a dangerous game using sarcasm and poetry.
"The meeting…" runs until 14/05 with screenings on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21pm at Teatro Augusta (Rua Augusta, 934). Tickets cost R$30.
