The best theatrical performances in Naples, April 2014 | Comedies and Musicals Address Book
Tributes to Naples in "Linapolina" and "Sangue Vivo", to the classical tradition with the musical of "Romeo and Juliet" and lots of comedy with Biagio Izzo and Simone Schettino
For those who at the theater still want to laugh and spend some carefree hours assisting to comedies and musicals quality, the Neapolitan theater season must still end! Scheduled in the theaters of the city of Naples for the month of April 2014 still hilarious and amusing shows, in the name of good humor and Neapolitan comedy. But also musicals that will involve spectators in romantic atmospheres, like the one above Romeo e Giulietta scheduled at the Palapartenope, and rich in pathos, as in Live Blood, the first musical celebrating Naples and San Gennaro.
Napolike, as always, recommends the best theatrical performances of the genre comedy and musicals in the theaters of Naples. And if you are a prose lover, do not lose our dedicated column!
Teatro Diana
Massimo Ghini and Elena Santarelli in
When the Seven Year Itch
Alessandro D'Alatri he directs this entertaining comedy adapted to the theatrical stage and based on the homonymous film by Billy Wilder which starred the legendary Marilyn Monroe. Although adapted to the customs of the contemporary era, the text maintains its spirit unchanged. A satire of customs against the respectability of the "middle class", the story of a girl who tries to make her way in the world of advertising and entertainment and who breaks into the banal life of a married man who tries to resist every temptation.
Date: until April 6 2014
Price tickets: from 18 to 40 euro
Information on schedules and tickets on the show When the Seven Year Itch
Lina Sastri in
Linapolina
"Concert in music and words where I narrate my land with its immortal, infinite music, accompanied by eight musicians, passing, as always, from words to music, to dance, in a flow of the soul that comes and goes, like the sea". A show that comes from the heart of the famous Neapolitan singer and actress dedicated to her beloved city and her beloved audience.
When: April 9, 2014
Price tickets: from 18 to 30 euro
Information on schedules and tickets on the show Linapolina
Vittorio Marsiglia in
The club of the Marseilles
A tribute to the fifty-year career of the last remaining great macchiettista: Vittorio Marsiglia. It will be he himself who retraces the stages of his career, revisiting, thanks also to a large orchestra and some actors, the songs, specks and sketches that have made history. Directed by Gino Rivieccio.
When: from 10 to 13 April 2014
Price tickets: from 18 to 30 euro
Information on schedules and tickets on the show The club of the Marseilles
Biagio Izzo in
Like a Cinderella
The famous Neapolitan comedian tries his hand at revisiting in a masculine key the Cinderella story, inspired by the film Cinderella interpreted in the 1960 by the legendary Jerry Lewis. In the show, already brought on stage at the Augusteo Theater, to change "sex" are both the protagonist, Biagio Izzo, both the stepmother, masterfully interpreted by Peppe Barra, both the fairy, which here becomes "Fate". Will the rough and clumsy Biagio become a perfect gentleman?
When: from 17 to 27 April 2014
Price tickets: from 15 to 35 euro
Information on schedules and tickets on the show Like a Cinderella
Troisi Theater
Simone Schettino in
If I touch the bottom… background!
The new show by the Neapolitan comedian Simone Schettino targets the false and devious world of television, obviously in a comic and irreverent key. He will play a talented but unknown aspiring Neapolitan comedian willing to do anything to be successful, lending himself to impersonating the worst cliché of the crafty and dishonest scoundrel character in a sort of reality show. Simone, in order to "break through", is ready to hit rock bottom, but will he be able to stop before "starting to dig"?
When: And April 4 5 2014
Price tickets: from 15 to 25 euro
Information on schedules and tickets on the show If I touch the bottom… background!
Palapartenope Theater
Romeo and Juliet - Love and change the world
The musical that is conquering the whole country finally arrives in Naples, inspired by the most tragic and famous love story of all time: Romeo e Giulietta of Shakespeare. This new unmissable show, produced by David Zard and which made its debut in 2013 at the Verona Arena, will be made even more spectacular and evocative by a colossal staging between digital screens and an ultra-technological stage system that will transform Romeo e Giulietta in an engaging modern musical work.
When: from 9 to 13 April 2014
Price tickets: from 30 to 60 euro
Information on schedules and tickets on the show Romeo and Juliet - Love and change the world
Mediterranean Theater
The first musical that celebrates the city of Naples and the myth of San Gennaro, narrating the meeting between Don Carlo, an aspiring boss, and Procolo, a mysterious character who will show Carlo another perspective of his city, teaching him to love it while learning from the alleys, from the sea, and from Naples itself.
When: from 4 to 6 April 2014
Price tickets: 15 €
Information on schedules and tickets on the show Live Blood
