We wanted to put on a big show to celebrate the Club’s 40th Anniversary. We wanted to put on a show that would celebrate the amazing talent that we have within the club, we took our time selecting the right show and all decided to put on the fantastic stage musical written by Barry Manilow.
Synopsis
Her name was Lola’ the unforgettable opening lyric of Barry Manilow’s Grammy award-winning hit Copacabana, is the inspiration for a musical tale of love and romance set at the heart of the swinging nightclub scene of the 1940s. While hoping to pen the world’s next big hit, Stephen, an aspiring songwriter, slips into a reverie that carries him back to an era when ‘music and passion where always in fashion’ at the famed and glamorous Copacabana nightclub. In his dream, Lola La Mar, a hopeful showgirl, is launched on the path to stardom as a Copa Girl with the help of Tony Forte, a bartender with dreams of his own. Enter Rico and Conchita – he, with a dubious reputation and the owner of the Tropicana Club in Havana; she, the Cuban star of the Tropicana. They are in NY visiting his ‘Italian’ family and drop in to the Copacabana. He is not welcomed with open arms – Lola is soon in trouble…