# Help Identify 70s Broadway Show

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** theater-stage-dance\
**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-70s-broadway-show/979629 "2023-02-11T17:25:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-70s-broadway-show/979629/1 "2023-02-11T17:25:23Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Spiriting\_Lightly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Spiriting\_Lightly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiriting_Lightly)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-70s-broadway-show/979629/2 "2023-02-12T01:35:26Z")

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Hi, **mtnmatt** :

The show is probably _[Sarava](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarav%C3%A1_(musical))_, which is based on an earlier movie and novel, _[Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Flor_and_Her_Two_Husbands)_.

Thanks for posing the question.

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**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-70s-broadway-show/979629/3 "2023-02-12T02:21:07Z")

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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.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QyluK3rT8lo/maxresdefault.jpg "Tovah Feldshuh - SARAVA! Broadway musical television commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyluK3rT8lo)

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-70s-broadway-show/979629/4 "2023-02-12T23:50:03Z")

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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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_(musical))