Tropicana Cuba

Tropicana is a famous Cuban cabaret created in 1939 in Havana, in the area of Marianao, particularly in the Playa municipality. It is known as “a paradise under the stars” because it was built outdoors in a wooded area and takes advantage of the cool of the trees, becoming a cabaret completely different to the traditional ones.

During the neo-colonial era there was gambling and drinking and nearly naked women and was attended by politicians, mobsters, artists from Hollywood and American sailors.
It drew ballet, circus, carnival, the boleros, the cha cha cha for their creative artistry, and whose fame has travelled the world.  It’s tempered by the Cuban folklore for its colorful variety of rhythms, beauty and grace of its dancers and the quality of its artists.

Some artists who performed at the Tropicana
Josephine Baker
Bola de Nieve
Elena Burke
Libertad Lamarque
Cheo Feliciano
Nat King Cole
Libertad Lamarque
Rita Montaner