Overview
- Vitor Eduardo Dumont Ferreira collapsed about 20 minutes before the end of the performance while portraying the Genie, according to witnesses.
- Cast members and audience volunteers, including medically trained bystanders, attempted resuscitation until emergency responders arrived, a choreographer said.
- The municipal government reported that SAMU was called and confirmed the death at the theater, with attempts to revive him described as lasting about an hour by a witness.
- Authorities have not released a cause of death, and suggestions of a heart attack remain unconfirmed pending the necropsy.
- The Clayds Zwing production canceled the remaining shows and announced a wake at 7:00 and burial at 11:00 on Dec. 8 at Memorial Parque das Cerejeiras in São Paulo.