Last year Tropicana celebrated its 70th anniversary. Seventy years of cabaret: music, dance and glamor. It was the happening place in the 1940's and '50's when American tourists flocked to Havana for a weekend, or a week,of sun anf fun. I heard about it as a kid, but did not understand it until, as an adult, my parents reminesced about it. Tropicana is spectacular. It is a fairy tale in the midst of a society lacking a much needed stable infrastructure. It is a fabulous show, unafordable to Cubans and pricey for most tourists, but what, the heck, there is only one Tropicana!
For 80 CUC's (about $85) per person, we had very good seats (best is 90CUC's, worst is 70CUC's). The ticket price includes a 1/4 bottle of Havan Club rum, a can of cola, a glass of Cava (Spanish sparkling wine), and "entremeses" (a small plate of apperizers)
Tropicana has a main stage with an elevated stage above it, and a 3-tiered narrower stage with tropical foilage and waterfalls sorrounding it. Dancers wear exotic colorful costumes, which change with every new musical number. Like I said before, spectacular!
By the way, Tropicana is an open-air cabaret, which adds to its tropical mystique, but puts it at the mercy of bad weather
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