A musical

The Second World War was about to start and Hollywood panicked. Losing the European audience was too risky for the movie industry. New audiences had to be found – and what’s better than the brothers and sisters south of the border? A new era began with banana movies for banana republics. In the center of the banana movies stood Carmen Miranda, the queen of samba. Imported from Rio, she became a Hollywood star, the front-runner in the propaganda war. They called her the Brazilian Bombshell, the queen of the banana movies. De Lady in de Tutti Frutti Hat is her story.

Performers: Irene Coticchio (Carmen Miranda), Anna Mendelssohn, Magda Loitzenbauer, Verena Brückner
Set: Otmar Wagner
Music by Lonesome Andi Haller Band
Costumes: art point/Lena Kvadrat
Video and sound: Michael Strohmann
Assistant Director: Claribel Koss
Written and directed by Yosi Wanunu
Produced by Kornelia Kilga

dietheater Künstlerhaus, Vienna/ Feb 8 – 25, 2006; Jan 30 – Feb 14, 2007
Altstadtherbst Festival, Düsseldorf, Sep 15 – 18, 2007