Help Identify 70s Broadway Show

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When I was a kid growing up in NJ in the 1970s, we’d see a lot of TV ads for Broadway shows.

One was a fairly typical overview of the plot and characters, and my memory is that it was some kind of comedy, maybe set in a tropical resort? It was probably in 1974-77.

The real reason I remember it was the tag line, where a character who seemed to be some kind of genie, maybe, saying only “and I’m Badinieu”. (guessing the spelling) which was so weird and out of place that my brother and I thought it hilarious.

I doubt the show ran very long, but can anyone help me with the show’s name? Since I can’t be sure how to spell “Badinieu” it’s been hard to research.

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Hi, mtnmatt:

The show is probably Sarava, which is based on an earlier movie and novel, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.

Thanks for posing the question.

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Thank you so much, Sprinting.

This info lead me to this commercial which is a little different than the cut I remember but definitely the same show and guy playing Vadinho.

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Thanks for this - I grow up at the same time and in the same place, and this thread reminded me of the Broadway ad I remembered - a man dramatically singing “This land is Anderson land” which turns out to be from Shenandoah