The entertainment could be a little racier than being serenaded by a trio singing Greek power ballads at dinnertime.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
In the heart of the capital Praia, a city of under 200,000 residents, singers belt out morna ballads from restaurants — morna being Cape Verde's traditional music, with African and Portuguese influences.
But, as with effectively a new group needing to gel, time was always going to be required for heroes to emerge and inspire terrace chants to replace or supplement the ditties to ‘Super Paul Mullin’, ‘White Pele’ (Elliot Lee) et al.
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Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
The songs, by Randy Newman, are simple but charming little ditties, particularly the ensemble numbers where this makeshift band of misfits express their devotion to one another.
Now the musical stage adaptation — with a book by Batra, music by Daniel and Patrick Lazour, aka The Lazours, and lyrics by Batra and The Lazours — is getting its grand introduction at Berkeley, at a time when its story about a heartwarming human connection could not be more relevant.
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