stephen schwartz told that the Brazilian non replica was the best he ever saw. Proud of this production, cast and Glinda/Elphaba actresses. Fabi and Myra are everything to me 🥺
Mickey this is huge. If international producers are reaching out to you don't be surprised if Broadway is next and you as a theatre critic truly become INTERNATIONAL. Flying all over to see shows.
The cake with chocolate on top you tried is a Brazilian carrot cake. That's why its orangey. Its made with rehular white flower, so when you add the carrots, the dough is a very light orange, almost yellow. And yeah, that's our winter for you, 20 something degrees Celsius, our summer on the other hand would be hell to most English people.
Eu pensei a mesma coisa, e aparentemente ele foi andando do Renault pra lá, que é perto, mas eu fiquei super tenso se imaginar ele andando por lá com aquela câmera hahaha
@matthyd.9394 Não é sobre achar a melhor ou pior cidade do mundo. Infelizmente o centro está mais caótico do que nunca e assaltos e roubos estão mais frequentes nessa região, mesmo durante o dia.
this was so fun to watch as a Brazilian from São Paulo! it is actually really hard to identify the "center" of the city, as it encompasses like 5 neighbourhoods haha
Brazilian fan here. Thank you for sharing our culture and speaking about our country with such respect and amusement. And yes, you can find Pão de Queijo in the UK, just look for brazilian restaurants, London is full of them!
This was truly fascinating. I am left wondering why on EARTH we don't have some kind of fan loyalty scheme in the UK and US - what a brilliant idea that is!
I've seen 3 productions of Wicked in Australia but this production in Brazil was amazing! I live in Brazil now and my husband is a make up artist in the theatre (multi award winning). The theatre scene here is huge and the productions are fantastic. Glad you enjoyed it matey
This has to be my favorite video of yours to date. I’m so delighted by everything you showed us. The city looks great (so large and full of life); the Producers were so kind not only flying you there, but also making sure you had company to go out and have fun; the theater looks incredible; the production feels magnificent (the food and drinks, the merch, the set, the costumes, the cast, THE LOYALTY PROGRAM!!!). Everything about this was so lovely! 💚
I don't know why I was so emotional watching this video. Maybe because I am a huge fan of yours as well as a Brazilian expat in the UK. The Brazilian hospitality is always amazing, no matter what crisis the country is going through. And if you want to learn how to make cheese bread in the UK, I can teach you 😜
What lovely wheelchair seats! We’re usually relegated to the back or the extreme sides of the house or both. The St. James has center orchestra, but under the mezz. The Palace also has center orchestra and not under the mezz.
"I'm not going to tell you which video game character this reminds me of because there's every chance it may have enormous cultural significance." *statue is from Legend of Zelda* 😂 Your trip looks like it was so much fun! I love the joy with which you approach everything 💙
@@michellecavalcante5883é no Ibirapuera mesmo, mas colocaram lá recentemente kkkk e é de Zelda mesmo, fãs de Zelda colocaram lá pra comemorar o lançamento do jogo
I am so glad you got to see this version! I saw the replica in 2016 three times and saw this version once. Gotta say though, when I went they didn't have any of those food options or the Glinda bubble, damn. Oh and also, not sure if you know this, but Teatro Renault is were the replica version was playing in 2016! And for anyone else that reads this: Elphaba and Glinda are real-life friends and were the "originals" of the replica, so this is also a contributing factor to so many people going to see this version.
That looked and I’m sure was absolutely amazing. However, it’s the energy, enthusiasm and honesty that you put in your videos that make them so watchable. It was all so interesting. One of your best videos to date, I feel, and I look forward to seeing the review.
I thought it was very funny how you were affraid to say that the statue was similiar to a videogame character, when literaly this statue was an advertising campaign for the new zelda game that was happening in brazil hahahaha Hope you enjoyed your stay here
I watched the show back in May. I had never seen Wicked and whenn my dad asked if i wanted to go i didnt hesitate. It's brilliant, i cried basically the whole second act. I'm glad you enjoyed a piece of our theatre culture here! Fun fact: shows all have limited runs here in Brazil. We do not have resident shows in theatres like in the west end or Broadway, because our theatres are used for concerts, plays, musicals, talks, stand-up, and so on. We are starting now to have a stronger following for musicals, maybe in a couple of years this will change. Lots of love.
É muito interessante ver São Paulo (nasci lá) pelos olhos de um estrangeiro! A leitura que eles fazem da cidade é completamente daquela que a gente faz, seja quem mora nela ou viveu nela por um bom tempo! E pão de queijo é unânime! Paixão mundial! Adorei o vídeo Mickey!
I'm Brazilian and I simply love Wicked Brazil! unfortunately this year I couldn't go see the new version, I don't live close by (Brazil is a very large country) and other plans got in the way. But I am very happy to follow through your vlog, as I follow your channel for a long time.
Absolutely wonderful to see you going to Sao Paulo, and loved your presentation of your trip. Actually today, is 3 years ago I moved out of Sao Paulo, having lived there for about 8 years, working with theater, film and TV productions. I happen to be friends with Carlos, Vinicius and Cleto Baccic, as we were starting on a project together. Fantastic to see their WICKED production. They are amazing people, and more than thrilled that you had this opportunity. I very much enjoy your reviews. Thank you Mickey Jo.
Very excited for the review! Defying Gravity looked phenomenal and the themed food and loyalty scheme seem great ways for getting people in to repeat performances
Dear Mickey, I am a Brazilian musical theatre fan, and I am obsessed with Wicked. I have also been watching your videos for a while now. When I saw the video title, my eyes went WIDE. I couldn't believe it! A CZcamsr that I love going to see my favourite musical (which I saw live for the first time in this exact production, this very year) in my own country, in the city that I spent years of my life in. Watching you go around São Paulo felt surreal! I saw you walking past places I recognize (and you stumbling upon the Sé Cathedral was hilarious, tbh). Hearing you talk about trying to walk to all these different places had me laughing out loud, since I know how impossible that is. This video was such a comfy one. I felt happy watching it. But, most importantly, I teared up at your recording of the curtain call. Seeing the art in my country being recognized and spreading internationally like that made me feel weirdly proud and pulled at my heartstrings that were already quite beaten up by the fact that the Wicked run is over. Myra and Fabi are national treasures, and the entire cast worked so, so hard on making a beautiful show and putting their own Brazilian spin on it - special shoutout to Fabi's version of Popular and all the cultural references squeezed into that - that seeing it being recognized was just... beautiful. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Wicked Brazil in your review, but I'm already so happy that you're bringing attention to theatre in São Paulo. Thank you, truly, for such a lovely video 🩷💚
I’m from São Paulo and the statue you’d showed at 31:02 it’s actually from Zelda! There are a bunch of those around some places, don’t know why! Oh, I’m really in love with your channel and I think we saw this production of Wicked in the same day or something like that! I saw it on July 22, at 15h00. Loved it and loved your experiences here in Brazil! Ibirapuera and Masp are good places to visit! But I have to say, you filmed in some dangerous places in São Paulo, as Catedral da Sé and Teatro Municipal 😂😂😂
Having venues sponsored by different companies is exactly how we do our sports venues in the U.S., which does make for some crazy names like Loan Depot park in Miami for their national baseball team (the Marlins) 😅
This looks amazing -- seems like you had a fantastic time. Thanks for showing us all of this! On the theatres with corporate sponsorship, there are a few Broadway theatres like that -- there's the American Airlines Theatre, and the one that's now the Lyric started out named for the Ford auto company. (The Playbills from those productions have the Ford logo instead of just the word "Ford" in the space for the theatre name. The first show there was Ragtime, so that kind of made sense.) It's also pretty common for regional theatres, though I think you more often see those named for wealthy local families who donated money. (One of my local theatres was just totally rebuilt, and they had to do a lot of fundraising for it, so now it's like you walk up the Smith Family Walkway to the Jones Family Door into the Roberts Family Foyer and get a drink at the Brown Family Bar and so on, before you even get into the actual theatre itself.)
as a brazilian, i got so happy with your happinness in brazil! it's nice that we could pass that impression to you and your fans! i did not know your job before this video but i am totally in love with your pronunciation and i will totally keep up with the videos from now on!
Now that is Amazing customer service, those stage photos are usually only available to celebrities in the US. I have definitely seen it more than 20 times here in the US, wish they could have something similar.
There are actually places where you can order frozen cheesebreads in england! My family are brazilian and we get them ordered all the time, really easy to make just put them in the oven :)
every time I meet a brazilian, they talk down sao paolo BAD! thank you for correcting the record because I can't imagine myself depressed if this is what it's like in winter. haven't even gotten to the show itself but you make it look lovely.
I'm Brazilian and I say São Paulo is the best city in Brazil! It can be chaotic, but there is so much to do and you can find almost anything there. It has really nice, beautiful and walkable places (although there are many ugly and dangerous ones too, like every city in Brazil). I don't live there, but I go frequently and there's alway something new to do (and new musicals to see 😁).
hummm depends where the person you're talking to comes from i guess lol...I'm from Bahia and if I were ever to move states in Brazil I'd only ever go to São Paulo. That's a BIG CITY! It holds everything and has everything you could ever think of. It's very fast paced, much like NYC. That would be the best comparison I can make. The city has parts where it's not as beautiful like other regions of the country but it the pros of living there are huge.
It's a nice city, it's just not as unique and festive as Rio and some other cities in Brazil. I mean, you're going to see something very similar to most global metropolises. But certainly visiting the city is an incredible experience, especially for the Brazilian urban culture and gastronomy. There's no way to find the biggest city in the Americas boring. It is really worth getting to know the city and soon after seeing other views, such as Rio, the northeast, Minas, etc.
People say bad things because is huge, expensive to live, you spend a lot of money with transportation, too chaotic sometimes, noisy. people live to work, study, pay rent and ubers. Must people want all the things Sao Paulo has, but looking like Rio.
Thanks for visiting Brasil. I hope you enjoyed not only our theatrical scene but also our hospitality. We’ve been investing and growing the number of our musical theater productions since early 2000’s; and we export a lot of talented actors and performers to the world. I was already a fan of your reviews - since I travel to London every month to watch musicals there - and got really happy to see you had a good time in my city, back home, too. Thanks for coming, And please come again!
33:53 lol this is a statue of the goddess Hylia from the The Legend of Zelda series. A group of fans of the game place several of them in the city, in antecipation of the last game released (Tears of the Kingdom). I'm glad you liked the pão de queijo hahaha it's a typical food from the state of Minas Gerais. Can't wait for the review!
I absolutely loved this video. It was wonderful to see Sao Paulo and the amazing theatre experience. But most of all I enjoyed your enthusiasm for the travel and the show and all of the new experiences that were happening to you. Thank you for sharing this with us. And congratulations, I love that new ring that occasionally makes an appearance on your finger.😊❤
OMGHey! So good to see you excitement about your Brazilian adventure. Im from São Paulo, living in London for decades, and could recognise every corner of everything you showed us, especially the view from the hotel you stayed at as I used to live just right there. I live in Battersea and would be pleased to meet you and teach you how to make "pao de queijo" if you like. Cant wait for the next video about the review of the show. Well done, Mick!!!
Brazilian subscriber here It’s so funny seeing how you were kind of lost in things that are obvious to me I was yelling at the screen when you were in Ibirapuera and went to another part of town to see a museum lol MASP is great, but that are two museums inside Ibirapuera - an afrobrazilian one - my favorite - and a modern art one
So happy you enjoyed the brazilian non-replica. I'm so glad you had the experience to see Wicked in my country. I discovered by this video I was in the same session that you were and probably you passed by me and I didn't notice! I was nex to to the store waiting for the show, and I regret so much I wasn't paying enough attention. But I have to tell you - there were much more merchandise months before the closing: T-shirts, mugs, cold blouses, pins, bottons and other things. But glad you got the official photobook of the musical. Brazil is waiting for your next visit! 💚💚💚💚💚💚
@@000euMJ Sim, ele estava nessa sessão. Ele disse que foi no sábado, e a sessão que trocou o Fiyero pro segundo ato foi a da noite. Então era a mesma que eu estava.
I just wanted to say what a great video. I’m Australian and currently in Brasil. Really wanted to see the production. So glad you went to see it. I think it’s probably the best staged version currently in the world. The flying is beyond magical. Fabulous the producers took you down. Brazil is an amazing count and I’ve visited over 30 times. Glad your camera wasn’t stolen in the street. Lol It happens a lot. Loved the look on your face after Desafiar Agravidade. Beijos 😘
Always enjoy your videos. However between your NYC videos and this I really hope you have more opportunities to travel and take us with you. Thank you for sharing these experiences with us. Looking forward to the official review.
Congratulations Mickey on being invited to São Paulo to review Wicked Brazil….. I hope this is the beginning of more exciting opportunities for you and possibly “Oh My God Hey International Edit “ featuring Aeron James of course. Congratulations also on your recent Engagement what a wicked few weeks you’ve had 💚💚💚💚💚
Ahhhhh my airport. My hometown airport of GRU Guarulhos. I’d recognise that airport anywhere. I fly home to see family every 2/3 years if I can and it brings me so much joy seeing other people experience my wonderful country. I hope you had a wonderful spectacular time in Brazil, and go back to visit soon for non work related stuff. It really is a fabulous country. Happy to give you Portuguese lessons 🥰🥰
@@rey3761 haha it’s something I’ve been told FOREVER. In real life, I look like the arosio actress so I put her as my profile picture. I am not the arosio actress. I wish
Mickey Jo, I’m so excited for you to be having this experience and taking us along. Thanks for this vlog, I hope you have many more interesting international adventures!
Oh my God Mickey! I'm a Brazilian fan of yours and watching this video just melted my heart! I'm so happy that you got to see this gorgeous production of Wicked and had such a lovely time here in São Paulo. It was very cool to see places I know through your lens. Btw, I never commented before but have been following you for a while, your work is absolutely amazing! ❤
I am so happy for you that you had this amazing opportunity! And thank you to all the folks with this Brazil show for making it happen so we could live vicariously through Mickey Joe.
Hello! Australian from Sydney here. When Wicked played last in Sydney (in like 2009 I believe) it was at the Capitol Theatre, which is an older heritage venue. Coincidentally, We have a run of the show starting here in August playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, which fun fact is inside/connected to a casino of all things, but is still very signposted. The Capitol and the Sydney Lyric are the two main (largest) venues for musicals here in Sydney but there are plenty of other theatres putting on productions (both musicals and other exciting stuff) as well. Glad you enjoyed the amazing Brazilian production :)
Thank you for appreciating this!! I live in Brazil but never got to see any theatrical productions (small faraway city yknow) which is quite sad, but I got very happy with your video
I’m a few (verrry slow) years into Portuguese on Duo - thank you for teaching me the word for ‘witches’ in this video! 😅 Looks as if you had the most amazing time, really enjoying this video so far. 💚
I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and NEVER go to Sao Paulo! I guess I should take a long weekend and explore! I try to go to NYC every 18 months and see as many shows as I can. I am going to support theater in Brazil now too. I wish we had more BIG productions here in Rio. I saw Company and Color Purple here and they were VERY good! If you ever come to Rio, it would be my pleasure to show you around! Thanks for your great videos!
I like how theatres in Brazil have sponsors and have the brand plastered onto the name of the theatre like it's a sports stadium, there's something admirable in its tackiness
What an amazing adventure! Thrilling!! I bet seeing Defining Gravity like that was a once in a lifetime experience. I got goose bumps just watching it here!🤩😍🥰
I'm so happy Wicked Brasil is being valued internationally!! It's such an amazing production. I was in absolute awe when I saw it as well, having seen the replica production with Myra and Fabi a few years ago. So happy you liked it too!! Please come back for more shows (and pão de queijo)!! It was cute to see the culture shock to
A fun fact about the actresses who play Glinda and Elphaba is that they will star in the Brazilian production of Matilda the musical later this year. The actress who plaus Elphaba will play Mrs. Wormwood and the one who plays Glinda will be Miss Honey
That's awesome!!!!! #cometoBrazil (again). I never thought I'd see the name of my city in one of your videos!! I'm from Porto Alegre, Brazil, and it appeared briefly on the airplane map hahah
Stagey Brazilian living in London here! I'm more than thrilled to have watched this video, it's incredible to see the city I lived in and your highlights on our theatre community, which is extremely talented and brilliant! I'm very proud! (On the other hand, I was like "MICKEY, for god's sake, put your phone away, this is a dangerous spot, you're going to get mugged"). I'm glad you've enjoyed this experience! You can find Pão de Queijo and many other delicacies in any Brazilian store here in London, but I recommend Cantinho da Maya in Southwark.
Also, it has just been announced that Mira (Elphaba) and Fabi (Glinda) are playing Mrs Wormwood and Ms Honey in the Brazilian production of Matilda. These two have a massive fan base and are dragging crowds to the theatre!
Loved the travel vlog vibe, and how excited you were! You're absolutely right about comfort being most important part of long haul travel. It's nice to see more professional non-replica productions happening. I saw one of the first amateur productions (Australia was the first region to be granted rights for amateur use) and it was done quite well considering the significantly lower budgets. It'll be interesting to see if any of the ideas from newer productions filters back to the 'standard' like the Ozdust lighting from London filtered back to Broadway.
To answer your question Wicked in Australia has toured Australia 2 times already & it's always been in a musical theatre at least in Sydney. It's coming to Sydney again for a third time this month until like December I think & it's going to a newer theatre this time unlike the other 2 times. The newer venue is in a casino though so guess you can add another one with a carpark/car drop off area😜😂 I wish there were more non replica shows in Australia
I saw a clip of that, did they eventually fix it so she actually got on her dang broom? Cuz this is the first time I’ve ever seen an elphaba get on the broom, and the first time the flight has actually made sense
I just watched your one hour video, and you made it so interesting! Thanks for all the entertainment! I'm looking forward to watching your review and other videos of yours!
I watched Wicked 4 times this season and I was blown away every time, this year's montage is incredible, the cast is very talented and our Elphaba and Glinda are wonderful. I was very happy with your video and I hope you come back to our country more often.
I have never watched a one hour youtube video before! And I’m so glad I did! Thank you for sharing this! I really hope they fly you down here again for another show.
I'm so glad that I've been following your channel, when I saw you were here I was shocked. As always, great content, amazing vibe and thank you for your kind words about my country
This is soo great!!! I'm Brazilian, but I live in Rio and couldn't find the time or money to go to São Paulo. It crushed me to know that there was such a great version of this show that I love so nearby and I simply couldn't go. But it's so incredible watching you go there and enjoying it so much 💗 I love your chanel
Surprised to find this title in my subbox. Started watching your videos during the Cinderella review era. - This is the 2nd Wicked production in Sao Paulo. The previous one was at Teatro Renault (the Lion King theater), which is actually closer to the center of the city. Those theaters in the center city are the more walkable ones, but I would never do that for evening shows. But more walkable-ish, is nothing like what you get in the West End or Broadway, still spread around. - Didn't get to see the Teatro Santander production, but watched the previous one, a few years after watching the London production, which the first time I watched it. Still midway through the video, very curious about your thoughts about the changes and some of the localization that I believe are consistent through the Brazilian production altogether. - Teatro Santander on JK Iguatemi, really in a non-walkable area of the city. All the theaters in this part of the city, are really non-pedestrian friendly, even public transport are a bit annoying in this part of the city. - Companies do get tax cuts by investing on cultural things. That's why we have so many large theaters with named sponsors.
Oh lovely video! You are funny! Lots of fun watching it. You can find the ingredients for the chesse bread pretty much anywhere (usually asian groceries) it's tapioca flour, oil, chesse (grated such as parmesan or anything similar), milk and eggs. The recipes are easily found. Oh you make me want to see the musical too!
stephen schwartz told that the Brazilian non replica was the best he ever saw. Proud of this production, cast and Glinda/Elphaba actresses. Fabi and Myra are everything to me 🥺
Lol that’s also what he told the German non replica cast so idk if he’s that honest. 😅
@@IHARumorthats was before or after he saw the Brazilian version? 😅
@@arthurcastro3108 to be fair it was like a few months before he saw the Brazillian production so I guess the German one was dethroned lol
Mickey this is huge. If international producers are reaching out to you don't be surprised if Broadway is next and you as a theatre critic truly become INTERNATIONAL. Flying all over to see shows.
The cake with chocolate on top you tried is a Brazilian carrot cake. That's why its orangey. Its made with rehular white flower, so when you add the carrots, the dough is a very light orange, almost yellow. And yeah, that's our winter for you, 20 something degrees Celsius, our summer on the other hand would be hell to most English people.
I love that no matter what production replica or not Elphaba and Glinda always hug at the curtain call
So true! Although this is the only time I've seen them samba dancing afterwards! 💃
@@MickeyJoTheatreand why not?!?! Such fun!
Fun fact Myra (Elphaba) is Glinda's (Fabi) daughter god Mother
Eu passando mal com ele gravando na Sé pensando mds cuidado moço hahah
Eu pensei a mesma coisa, e aparentemente ele foi andando do Renault pra lá, que é perto, mas eu fiquei super tenso se imaginar ele andando por lá com aquela câmera hahaha
Que parque é esse que ele foi? Eu fiquei com o coracao na mao dele andando as sim com a camera hahahgaha
Exactly
@@samymoura14O primeiro foi parque do Povo. Fica próximo ao shopping JK. O segundo é o parque Ibirapuera.
@matthyd.9394 Não é sobre achar a melhor ou pior cidade do mundo. Infelizmente o centro está mais caótico do que nunca e assaltos e roubos estão mais frequentes nessa região, mesmo durante o dia.
this was so fun to watch as a Brazilian from São Paulo! it is actually really hard to identify the "center" of the city, as it encompasses like 5 neighbourhoods haha
Brazilian fan here. Thank you for sharing our culture and speaking about our country with such respect and amusement. And yes, you can find Pão de Queijo in the UK, just look for brazilian restaurants, London is full of them!
This was truly fascinating. I am left wondering why on EARTH we don't have some kind of fan loyalty scheme in the UK and US - what a brilliant idea that is!
I've seen 3 productions of Wicked in Australia but this production in Brazil was amazing! I live in Brazil now and my husband is a make up artist in the theatre (multi award winning). The theatre scene here is huge and the productions are fantastic. Glad you enjoyed it matey
This has to be my favorite video of yours to date. I’m so delighted by everything you showed us. The city looks great (so large and full of life); the Producers were so kind not only flying you there, but also making sure you had company to go out and have fun; the theater looks incredible; the production feels magnificent (the food and drinks, the merch, the set, the costumes, the cast, THE LOYALTY PROGRAM!!!). Everything about this was so lovely! 💚
Glinda and Elphie are henceforth required to samba at the close of every performance across all companies.
I don't know why I was so emotional watching this video. Maybe because I am a huge fan of yours as well as a Brazilian expat in the UK. The Brazilian hospitality is always amazing, no matter what crisis the country is going through.
And if you want to learn how to make cheese bread in the UK, I can teach you 😜
What lovely wheelchair seats! We’re usually relegated to the back or the extreme sides of the house or both. The St. James has center orchestra, but under the mezz. The Palace also has center orchestra and not under the mezz.
"I'm not going to tell you which video game character this reminds me of because there's every chance it may have enormous cultural significance." *statue is from Legend of Zelda* 😂 Your trip looks like it was so much fun! I love the joy with which you approach everything 💙
I actually said aloud “that’s where you can increase your stamina wheel” 😅
Gente, em que parque fica essa estátua?
@@umi2751 aparentemente é no Ibirapuera (mas não me recordo de ter visto das vezes que fui lá).
@@umi2751 próximo ao Ibirapuera, perto da avenida e entrada principal
@@michellecavalcante5883é no Ibirapuera mesmo, mas colocaram lá recentemente kkkk e é de Zelda mesmo, fãs de Zelda colocaram lá pra comemorar o lançamento do jogo
I am so glad you got to see this version! I saw the replica in 2016 three times and saw this version once. Gotta say though, when I went they didn't have any of those food options or the Glinda bubble, damn. Oh and also, not sure if you know this, but Teatro Renault is were the replica version was playing in 2016! And for anyone else that reads this: Elphaba and Glinda are real-life friends and were the "originals" of the replica, so this is also a contributing factor to so many people going to see this version.
That looked and I’m sure was absolutely amazing. However, it’s the energy, enthusiasm and honesty that you put in your videos that make them so watchable. It was all so interesting. One of your best videos to date, I feel, and I look forward to seeing the review.
I thought it was very funny how you were affraid to say that the statue was similiar to a videogame character, when literaly this statue was an advertising campaign for the new zelda game that was happening in brazil hahahaha Hope you enjoyed your stay here
I watched the show back in May. I had never seen Wicked and whenn my dad asked if i wanted to go i didnt hesitate. It's brilliant, i cried basically the whole second act. I'm glad you enjoyed a piece of our theatre culture here! Fun fact: shows all have limited runs here in Brazil. We do not have resident shows in theatres like in the west end or Broadway, because our theatres are used for concerts, plays, musicals, talks, stand-up, and so on. We are starting now to have a stronger following for musicals, maybe in a couple of years this will change.
Lots of love.
Also, if you ever don’t have an adapter in a foreign country, just ask reception, they often have a box of adapters left by other people.
The chibi figurines are everything!!! The Brazilian production looks phenomenal, so sad it's ending soon.
The last show was 7 days ago :(
They are absolutely adorable and the little sneak peeks we got to see looked amazing.
É muito interessante ver São Paulo (nasci lá) pelos olhos de um estrangeiro! A leitura que eles fazem da cidade é completamente daquela que a gente faz, seja quem mora nela ou viveu nela por um bom tempo! E pão de queijo é unânime! Paixão mundial! Adorei o vídeo Mickey!
Sim, eles valorizam bem mais a cidade do que os próprios brasileiros
fiquei curioso, tem macaco em Sampa? moro no interior, e nunca vi :(, ele chega e no primeiro dia
@@rodrigofdejzanardo provavelmente ele viu um sagui, aquele macaco pequeno, próximo da minha casa vejo alguns, pq tem bastante árvores ao redor
@@sofiaviana9620 sagui...ta ai uma palavra que ha anos nao vejo rsrs
O unico macaco que vi na vida foi ha uns 30 anos atras kkk
sagui n existe n KKKKKKKKKKKK é mico po .( sim sou carioca)
@@sofiaviana9620
I'm Brazilian and I simply love Wicked Brazil! unfortunately this year I couldn't go see the new version, I don't live close by (Brazil is a very large country) and other plans got in the way. But I am very happy to follow through your vlog, as I follow your channel for a long time.
Absolutely wonderful to see you going to Sao Paulo, and loved your presentation of your trip. Actually today, is 3 years ago I moved out of Sao Paulo, having lived there for about 8 years, working with theater, film and TV productions. I happen to be friends with Carlos, Vinicius and Cleto Baccic, as we were starting on a project together. Fantastic to see their WICKED production. They are amazing people, and more than thrilled that you had this opportunity. I very much enjoy your reviews. Thank you Mickey Jo.
Very excited for the review! Defying Gravity looked phenomenal and the themed food and loyalty scheme seem great ways for getting people in to repeat performances
Dear Mickey,
I am a Brazilian musical theatre fan, and I am obsessed with Wicked. I have also been watching your videos for a while now. When I saw the video title, my eyes went WIDE. I couldn't believe it! A CZcamsr that I love going to see my favourite musical (which I saw live for the first time in this exact production, this very year) in my own country, in the city that I spent years of my life in. Watching you go around São Paulo felt surreal! I saw you walking past places I recognize (and you stumbling upon the Sé Cathedral was hilarious, tbh). Hearing you talk about trying to walk to all these different places had me laughing out loud, since I know how impossible that is. This video was such a comfy one. I felt happy watching it.
But, most importantly, I teared up at your recording of the curtain call. Seeing the art in my country being recognized and spreading internationally like that made me feel weirdly proud and pulled at my heartstrings that were already quite beaten up by the fact that the Wicked run is over. Myra and Fabi are national treasures, and the entire cast worked so, so hard on making a beautiful show and putting their own Brazilian spin on it - special shoutout to Fabi's version of Popular and all the cultural references squeezed into that - that seeing it being recognized was just... beautiful.
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Wicked Brazil in your review, but I'm already so happy that you're bringing attention to theatre in São Paulo. Thank you, truly, for such a lovely video 🩷💚
As a brazilian i am SO excited for this! I’ve been watching your videos for years!
I’m from São Paulo and the statue you’d showed at 31:02 it’s actually from Zelda! There are a bunch of those around some places, don’t know why! Oh, I’m really in love with your channel and I think we saw this production of Wicked in the same day or something like that! I saw it on July 22, at 15h00. Loved it and loved your experiences here in Brazil! Ibirapuera and Masp are good places to visit! But I have to say, you filmed in some dangerous places in São Paulo, as Catedral da Sé and Teatro Municipal 😂😂😂
Having venues sponsored by different companies is exactly how we do our sports venues in the U.S., which does make for some crazy names like Loan Depot park in Miami for their national baseball team (the Marlins) 😅
living your best rebecca welton life in the lounge by the sounds of it
I mean that's a life goal 😂
This looks amazing -- seems like you had a fantastic time. Thanks for showing us all of this!
On the theatres with corporate sponsorship, there are a few Broadway theatres like that -- there's the American Airlines Theatre, and the one that's now the Lyric started out named for the Ford auto company. (The Playbills from those productions have the Ford logo instead of just the word "Ford" in the space for the theatre name. The first show there was Ragtime, so that kind of made sense.) It's also pretty common for regional theatres, though I think you more often see those named for wealthy local families who donated money. (One of my local theatres was just totally rebuilt, and they had to do a lot of fundraising for it, so now it's like you walk up the Smith Family Walkway to the Jones Family Door into the Roberts Family Foyer and get a drink at the Brown Family Bar and so on, before you even get into the actual theatre itself.)
as a brazilian, i got so happy with your happinness in brazil! it's nice that we could pass that impression to you and your fans! i did not know your job before this video but i am totally in love with your pronunciation and i will totally keep up with the videos from now on!
Now that is Amazing customer service, those stage photos are usually only available to celebrities in the US. I have definitely seen it more than 20 times here in the US, wish they could have something similar.
There are actually places where you can order frozen cheesebreads in england! My family are brazilian and we get them ordered all the time, really easy to make just put them in the oven :)
I can't believe you saw our Brazilian living legend, Fabi Bang!!! Literally my dream
every time I meet a brazilian, they talk down sao paolo BAD! thank you for correcting the record because I can't imagine myself depressed if this is what it's like in winter. haven't even gotten to the show itself but you make it look lovely.
I'm Brazilian and I say São Paulo is the best city in Brazil! It can be chaotic, but there is so much to do and you can find almost anything there. It has really nice, beautiful and walkable places (although there are many ugly and dangerous ones too, like every city in Brazil). I don't live there, but I go frequently and there's alway something new to do (and new musicals to see 😁).
hummm depends where the person you're talking to comes from i guess lol...I'm from Bahia and if I were ever to move states in Brazil I'd only ever go to São Paulo. That's a BIG CITY! It holds everything and has everything you could ever think of. It's very fast paced, much like NYC. That would be the best comparison I can make. The city has parts where it's not as beautiful like other regions of the country but it the pros of living there are huge.
It's a nice city, it's just not as unique and festive as Rio and some other cities in Brazil. I mean, you're going to see something very similar to most global metropolises. But certainly visiting the city is an incredible experience, especially for the Brazilian urban culture and gastronomy. There's no way to find the biggest city in the Americas boring. It is really worth getting to know the city and soon after seeing other views, such as Rio, the northeast, Minas, etc.
People say bad things because is huge, expensive to live, you spend a lot of money with transportation, too chaotic sometimes, noisy. people live to work, study, pay rent and ubers. Must people want all the things Sao Paulo has, but looking like Rio.
Thanks for visiting Brasil. I hope you enjoyed not only our theatrical scene but also our hospitality. We’ve been investing and growing the number of our musical theater productions since early 2000’s; and we export a lot of talented actors and performers to the world.
I was already a fan of your reviews - since I travel to London every month to watch musicals there - and got really happy to see you had a good time in my city, back home, too.
Thanks for coming,
And please come again!
33:53 lol this is a statue of the goddess Hylia from the The Legend of Zelda series. A group of fans of the game place several of them in the city, in antecipation of the last game released (Tears of the Kingdom).
I'm glad you liked the pão de queijo hahaha it's a typical food from the state of Minas Gerais.
Can't wait for the review!
OH THANK GOD
I absolutely loved this video. It was wonderful to see Sao Paulo and the amazing theatre experience. But most of all I enjoyed your enthusiasm for the travel and the show and all of the new experiences that were happening to you. Thank you for sharing this with us. And congratulations, I love that new ring that occasionally makes an appearance on your finger.😊❤
OMGHey! So good to see you excitement about your Brazilian adventure. Im from São Paulo, living in London for decades, and could recognise every corner of everything you showed us, especially the view from the hotel you stayed at as I used to live just right there. I live in Battersea and would be pleased to meet you and teach you how to make "pao de queijo" if you like. Cant wait for the next video about the review of the show. Well done, Mick!!!
Omg I'm that girl who appears taking the picture with the cast in the video 😍 I had no video of this moment, it made me so happy to see it here
Brazilian subscriber here
It’s so funny seeing how you were kind of lost in things that are obvious to me
I was yelling at the screen when you were in Ibirapuera and went to another part of town to see a museum lol MASP is great, but that are two museums inside Ibirapuera - an afrobrazilian one - my favorite - and a modern art one
So happy you enjoyed the brazilian non-replica. I'm so glad you had the experience to see Wicked in my country. I discovered by this video I was in the same session that you were and probably you passed by me and I didn't notice! I was nex to to the store waiting for the show, and I regret so much I wasn't paying enough attention. But I have to tell you - there were much more merchandise months before the closing: T-shirts, mugs, cold blouses, pins, bottons and other things. But glad you got the official photobook of the musical. Brazil is waiting for your next visit! 💚💚💚💚💚💚
Foi o último sábado? Que trocou o Fiyero no meio?
@@000euMJ Sim, ele estava nessa sessão. Ele disse que foi no sábado, e a sessão que trocou o Fiyero pro segundo ato foi a da noite. Então era a mesma que eu estava.
I just wanted to say what a great video. I’m
Australian and currently in Brasil. Really wanted to see the production. So glad you went to see it. I think it’s probably the best staged version currently in the world. The flying is beyond magical. Fabulous the producers took you down. Brazil is an amazing count and I’ve visited over 30 times. Glad your camera wasn’t stolen in the street. Lol
It happens a lot. Loved the look on your face after Desafiar Agravidade. Beijos 😘
I love the sound of the loyalty programme they have :) would be the DREAM to have it here in the UK
Always enjoy your videos. However between your NYC videos and this I really hope you have more opportunities to travel and take us with you. Thank you for sharing these experiences with us. Looking forward to the official review.
Congratulations Mickey on being invited to São Paulo to review Wicked Brazil….. I hope this is the beginning of more exciting opportunities for you and possibly “Oh My God Hey International Edit “ featuring Aeron James of course.
Congratulations also on your recent Engagement what a wicked few weeks you’ve had 💚💚💚💚💚
Love the whole group photo you got , you’ll definitely look back on that photo in years to come and remember what an amazing experience .
Ahhhhh my airport. My hometown airport of GRU Guarulhos. I’d recognise that airport anywhere. I fly home to see family every 2/3 years if I can and it brings me so much joy seeing other people experience my wonderful country. I hope you had a wonderful spectacular time in Brazil, and go back to visit soon for non work related stuff. It really is a fabulous country. Happy to give you Portuguese lessons 🥰🥰
Are you the Arosio actress living in London or is just a photo of her that you are using on your profile? Im curious :-)
@@rey3761 haha it’s something I’ve been told FOREVER. In real life, I look like the arosio actress so I put her as my profile picture. I am not the arosio actress. I wish
Wow, looked like you had a fantastic time. Thanks for taking us with you. It looked amazing. Love the figurines you bought.
Mickey Jo, I’m so excited for you to be having this experience and taking us along. Thanks for this vlog, I hope you have many more interesting international adventures!
Oh my God Mickey! I'm a Brazilian fan of yours and watching this video just melted my heart! I'm so happy that you got to see this gorgeous production of Wicked and had such a lovely time here in São Paulo. It was very cool to see places I know through your lens. Btw, I never commented before but have been following you for a while, your work is absolutely amazing! ❤
I am so happy for you that you had this amazing opportunity! And thank you to all the folks with this Brazil show for making it happen so we could live vicariously through Mickey Joe.
Hello! Australian from Sydney here. When Wicked played last in Sydney (in like 2009 I believe) it was at the Capitol Theatre, which is an older heritage venue. Coincidentally, We have a run of the show starting here in August playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, which fun fact is inside/connected to a casino of all things, but is still very signposted. The Capitol and the Sydney Lyric are the two main (largest) venues for musicals here in Sydney but there are plenty of other theatres putting on productions (both musicals and other exciting stuff) as well. Glad you enjoyed the amazing Brazilian production :)
Omg, how fancy you were while wearing those clothes, amazing!
Thank you for appreciating this!! I live in Brazil but never got to see any theatrical productions (small faraway city yknow) which is quite sad, but I got very happy with your video
I’m a few (verrry slow) years into Portuguese on Duo - thank you for teaching me the word for ‘witches’ in this video! 😅
Looks as if you had the most amazing time, really enjoying this video so far. 💚
I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and NEVER go to Sao Paulo! I guess I should take a long weekend and explore! I try to go to NYC every 18 months and see as many shows as I can. I am going to support theater in Brazil now too. I wish we had more BIG productions here in Rio. I saw Company and Color Purple here and they were VERY good! If you ever come to Rio, it would be my pleasure to show you around! Thanks for your great videos!
I like how theatres in Brazil have sponsors and have the brand plastered onto the name of the theatre like it's a sports stadium, there's something admirable in its tackiness
What an amazing adventure! Thrilling!! I bet seeing Defining Gravity like that was a once in a lifetime experience. I got goose bumps just watching it here!🤩😍🥰
I'm so happy Wicked Brasil is being valued internationally!! It's such an amazing production. I was in absolute awe when I saw it as well, having seen the replica production with Myra and Fabi a few years ago. So happy you liked it too!! Please come back for more shows (and pão de queijo)!! It was cute to see the culture shock to
A fun fact about the actresses who play Glinda and Elphaba is that they will star in the Brazilian production of Matilda the musical later this year. The actress who plaus Elphaba will play Mrs. Wormwood and the one who plays Glinda will be Miss Honey
That's awesome!!!!! #cometoBrazil (again). I never thought I'd see the name of my city in one of your videos!! I'm from Porto Alegre, Brazil, and it appeared briefly on the airplane map hahah
Stagey Brazilian living in London here!
I'm more than thrilled to have watched this video, it's incredible to see the city I lived in and your highlights on our theatre community, which is extremely talented and brilliant! I'm very proud! (On the other hand, I was like "MICKEY, for god's sake, put your phone away, this is a dangerous spot, you're going to get mugged"). I'm glad you've enjoyed this experience!
You can find Pão de Queijo and many other delicacies in any Brazilian store here in London, but I recommend Cantinho da Maya in Southwark.
Also, it has just been announced that Mira (Elphaba) and Fabi (Glinda) are playing Mrs Wormwood and Ms Honey in the Brazilian production of Matilda. These two have a massive fan base and are dragging crowds to the theatre!
As a brazilian subscriber, this is so exciting!
Loved the travel vlog vibe, and how excited you were!
You're absolutely right about comfort being most important part of long haul travel.
It's nice to see more professional non-replica productions happening. I saw one of the first amateur productions (Australia was the first region to be granted rights for amateur use) and it was done quite well considering the significantly lower budgets. It'll be interesting to see if any of the ideas from newer productions filters back to the 'standard' like the Ozdust lighting from London filtered back to Broadway.
This is such a nice video 😊Mickey, you can walk more in Sao Paulo if you get the underground. Sao Paulo's underground is really good, safe and clean.
To answer your question Wicked in Australia has toured Australia 2 times already & it's always been in a musical theatre at least in Sydney. It's coming to Sydney again for a third time this month until like December I think & it's going to a newer theatre this time unlike the other 2 times. The newer venue is in a casino though so guess you can add another one with a carpark/car drop off area😜😂
I wish there were more non replica shows in Australia
Im excited for Todd Mckenney as the Wizard :)
Each second on this video is perfect! I hope you comeback to Brasil
The day 1 Sao Paulo outfit is so funny, he think São Paulo is a Summer Vacation hahaha
Wow. This was wonderful. After spending a quiet weekend at home, I feel like I’ve just been to Sau Paulo and back. (Without the jet lag!)
Brazilian who LOVES your videos and Wicked Brasil here 🙋🏽♀️🇧🇷 So happy to have you here! My new favorite video!
I was in the same performance as you, Myra and Fabi are amazing ❤
Wicked HAMBURG was really great to see! Especially bc she was flying over the audience which was an unbelievable moment ❤
I saw a clip of that, did they eventually fix it so she actually got on her dang broom? Cuz this is the first time I’ve ever seen an elphaba get on the broom, and the first time the flight has actually made sense
What an amazing adventure! Also your ring looks fabulous ❤❤❤❤
How sweet this ending was, felt like wanting to watch the show. ❤
I just watched your one hour video, and you made it so interesting!
Thanks for all the entertainment!
I'm looking forward to watching your review and other videos of yours!
MickeyJo, I am Brazilian and I live in London, you can buy frozen Cheese Bread here to bake at home.
I watched Wicked 4 times this season and I was blown away every time, this year's montage is incredible, the cast is very talented and our Elphaba and Glinda are wonderful. I was very happy with your video and I hope you come back to our country more often.
The statue you saw was the "Goddess Statue" from The Legend of Zelda. I laughed so hard cause it is IN FACT from a Nintendo video game.
Welcome! Im so happy for you visiting our country ❤ i hope São Paulo treated you well, it's not the most welcoming city in Brazil
Paying your costs is wonderful. You are going to be SO successful.
I have never watched a one hour youtube video before! And I’m so glad I did! Thank you for sharing this! I really hope they fly you down here again for another show.
This is insane! Hope you had fun Mickey ✨
At 33:54, I agree: those are definitely the praying Statues in Zelda.
As an Argentinian subscriber, I would definitely recognize and help you if ever see you in Buenos Aires. So excited to see you come to Latin America.
As a brazilian, I am stunned to see this come up. been following your channel since forever, I'm so shocked to know you came to Brazil!
Love the way the gals danced after curtain call!
brazilian cheese breads really are something else
the engagement ringgggggg
I'm so glad that I've been following your channel, when I saw you were here I was shocked. As always, great content, amazing vibe and thank you for your kind words about my country
Loved the video MickeyJo! So great to get an insight into theatre at the other side of the world and also get to see some sights too.
Fabulous journey! Thank you for sharing this with us!
This is soo great!!! I'm Brazilian, but I live in Rio and couldn't find the time or money to go to São Paulo. It crushed me to know that there was such a great version of this show that I love so nearby and I simply couldn't go. But it's so incredible watching you go there and enjoying it so much 💗 I love your chanel
I CAN’T BELIEVE! I’m a fan of your work from Brazil. Wish I could knew that early and just hang in the city with you
I loved this! Travelogue and Theater reviews. Love it!
Such energy you embody. Wanna be like you when I grow up
what an amazing experience for you
omg i’m dying to watch your review!!! loved the video
Surprised to find this title in my subbox.
Started watching your videos during the Cinderella review era.
- This is the 2nd Wicked production in Sao Paulo. The previous one was at Teatro Renault (the Lion King theater), which is actually closer to the center of the city. Those theaters in the center city are the more walkable ones, but I would never do that for evening shows. But more walkable-ish, is nothing like what you get in the West End or Broadway, still spread around.
- Didn't get to see the Teatro Santander production, but watched the previous one, a few years after watching the London production, which the first time I watched it. Still midway through the video, very curious about your thoughts about the changes and some of the localization that I believe are consistent through the Brazilian production altogether.
- Teatro Santander on JK Iguatemi, really in a non-walkable area of the city. All the theaters in this part of the city, are really non-pedestrian friendly, even public transport are a bit annoying in this part of the city.
- Companies do get tax cuts by investing on cultural things. That's why we have so many large theaters with named sponsors.
Oh lovely video! You are funny! Lots of fun watching it. You can find the ingredients for the chesse bread pretty much anywhere (usually asian groceries) it's tapioca flour, oil, chesse (grated such as parmesan or anything similar), milk and eggs. The recipes are easily found. Oh you make me want to see the musical too!
Fabi and Myra are phenomenal 💖