By Rodrigo Brandão
Acclaimed Brazilian singer Marianni is scheduled for a series of three Saturday night performances (10pm, 11:30pm and 1am) at New York’s Zinc Bar, starting on February 27. With a repertoire ranging from Brazilian Bossa nova, Samba and MPB (Brazilian popular music), to American favorites and some of her own compositions, Marianni returns to the New Your house that helped build her East Coast fan base. Marianni has performed live at Zinc several times since her debut album Swimming to the Moon came out in 2005.
Swimming to the Moon was produced by the legendaries Eumir Deodato, Misha Piatigorsky, and Grammy Award winner Itaal Shur.
Marianni
Born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Marianni became a star in her home country by appearing in numerous plays, Globo TV soap operas, and commercials. She toured the country extensively with musicals such as “Nunsense”, “Sweet Charity”, and “Sleeping Beauty” and in 1992, she received a Best Performance SATED Award (the Brazilian Tony Awards) for her role in “The Little Mermaid”.
Marianni
In the mid 90’s Marianni made a holiday trip to New York and offers for work started pouring right away. “I came to Manhattan to visit a good friend and maybe take some dance classes and everything happened so fast. Before I knew it I had three acting gigs.” explains Marianni. She was offered the lead role in the off Broadway comedy “She”, starred in the sitcom “Astoria, USA”, and landed a position as hostess for the Cable News Program “Brazil Update Weekly”.
In 2000 Marianni recorded The Millennium Theme for the Times Square New Year’s Eve Party and in 2002 she received rave reviews from the Washington Post and a prestigious Helen Hayes Award nomination for her lead role in the musical “Coisas do Samba”. She also stared in the Musical “Rio” directed by Tom O’Horgan who is best known for directing “Hair” and “Jesus Christ Super Star”.
Zinc Bar:
82 West 3rd Street
(btw Thompson & Sullivan)
Greenwich Village
New York NY 10012
tel. 212-477-ZINC (9462)
Open 7 days:
6pm-2:30am weeknights
6pm-3am weekends
