THEATER REVIEW - Broad Stage = MYTHICAL PLAYGROUND: BRAZIL - TINEE WAS THERE

MYTHICAL PLAYGROUND: BRAZIL

THE REVIEWS ARE IN!!!

Friday night around the dinner table, the girls (Esmé &Üla’ - 7 & 10 year old sisters ) shared what they witnessed and experienced at Mythical Playground: Brazil.

Esmé really liked the girl on the piano (Actress Julia Keefe), but she preferred (Actress Cassandra Nwokah) the house slave.

She was fixated on how Cassandra was bent and learned different ways to convey age and culture with clothes and accents.

Cassandra gave space around everything she said, to convey import.

Üla’s was most impressed with the student (Actor Colin Simon) of the Shaman (Actor Vikas Adam) (Esmé called the Shaman the Chief).  She acted out his bird imitation and the Shaman’s lines word for word.

Üla really liked when he (Colin) rolled out his long name and she (Julia) asked what it meant and he said, “boy.” She so got the joke.

Esmé jumped on the fact that the student’s (Colin) voice went up when he asked the girl (Julia) “can you play more for ME?”

They both loved the (Interaction & Sing-A-Long) call to response portions.  And it didn't seem like too much for them.  They absorbed it all.

They both alluded to the Termite joke in different ways this weekend.  Parodying it and when a comparison was made with a group of people on a show, Üla said, no mom, the termites are white those people aren't.  And we all loved the interaction on the fly when the kid in the audience said, “She doesn't look like a termite.” Colin's ad lib and said "No, she doesn't, she looks like a Princess."  So well played.

And I had fears that more and more children would rise from the audience and overwhelm the performers – but it was perfect. 

We enjoyed it and are still unraveling the complexity that Mythical Playground: Brazil gave a basis for.  Thank you

MYTHICAL PLAYGROUND: BRAZIL - TINEE WAS THERE!!

MYTHICAL PLAYGROUND - BRAZIL

LIVE AT THE BROAD STAGE

TINEE WAS THERE!

Santa Monica, CA - The BROAD STAGE in Santa Monica and the IPANEMA THEATER TROUPE with Brazilian director Gulu Monteiro and Costume Designer Swinda Reichelt, this newest theatrical creation guides us through the dynamic music, heritage and culture of Brazil. Mingling modern traditions with the folklore of old, Monteiro weaves a new classic tale for children and the young at heart.  

Ipanema Theater Troupe

The unique spirit of 18th century Brazil as we explore their heritage through music and culture and follow the story of a Native boy who falls in love with a European girl who encounters the wisdom of the girl’s African caretaker.

Starring:  

VIKAS ADAMCLARA BELLAR

STEVEN HOUSKA

JULIA KEEFE

CASSANDRA NWOKAH

COLIN SIMON

GULU MONTEIRO

DREW LOVE

ANAS SAHIBI

EROCK M dos SANTOS

AMEN SANTO

TINEE WAS THERE - IS CARNIVAL GOING TO THE DOGS?

Rio Dog Carnival: Brazil sees 100 pets and their owners turn out for the cameras at the Copacabana's annual 'Blocao' pet party

TINEE with two dogs celebrating Carnival!

When asked why around 100 dogs had been dressed to the ears in elaborate, colourful clothing and encouraged to “dance” along the Copacabana, one enthusiastic owner cheered: “Dogs love Carnival, too!”

It may have been one of the more bizarre street parties in the build-up to Brazil’s biggest celebration of the year, but Rio de Janeiro’s dog-owners (and one or two brave cat-owners) put on an extraordinary show on the city’s streets yesterday.

Known locally as the Blocao – a play on the words “bloco”, meaning street party, and “cao”, meaning dog – the Rio Dog Carnival provided owners and pets alike with the chance to let their hair down.

“The animal excitement is taking over Copacabana,” said Blocao organiser Marco Antonio Toto. “The neighbourhood of Copacabana has currently the most dog owners per square metre. It deserves this prestigious party. Our animals deserve this celebration.”

A brass band and a singer started the festival off with a performance of Rio’s anthem Cidade Maravilhosa, which translates as “Marvellous City”, as owners gathered together on the city’s famous beach.

Several canines wore tiny tutus, a few were dolled up like Snow White and one had a forehead full of Indian bindis.

Rio is in the process of holding hundreds of street parties in the weeks leading up to the world-famous Carnival, which opens on 28 February.

The annual celebrations have drawn some of the heat from street protests which continue to make headlines ahead of this year’s World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, though they have diminished in size.