| Cabaret Tropicana was born in 1939 in the farm Villa | | | | that have been acclaimed by millions, and there, |
| Mina of the Havana neighborhood Marianao. This was | | | | surprise and enjoyment become a total experience. |
| not its original name, and started as a ballroom for | | | | This room has a capacity for one thousand people, |
| parties and gaming which little by little included musicals. | | | | distributed around the stage, which is surrounded by |
| It was actually the artistic director who suggested in | | | | palm trees and launch pads used by the artists during |
| 1940 that the name change to Tropicana, due to the | | | | their performances. Its shows usually have around 300 |
| sonority and the Caribbean concept that the melody of | | | | artists: dancers, acrobats, singers, and musicians. |
| the flutist Alfredo Brito entailed while the group of | | | | Tropicana delights its audience with rhythmic songs of |
| dancers were rehearsing for a new choreography. | | | | mambo, rumba, cha cha, son and danzon; with such a |
| Nowadays, the luxurious cabaret is the symbol of the | | | | repertoire, classic musicians like Benny Moré, |
| Havana nights and few foreign tourists do not take a | | | | Lecuona or Grenet cannot be missed. Great artists |
| night from their time to go to the Tropicana. In 1992 the | | | | such as Josephine Baker, Tongolele, Xavier Cugat, Los |
| American Academy of the Restaurant Industry gave | | | | Chavales de España, Carmen Miranda, Liberace, |
| the cabaret the Best of the Five Stars Diamond | | | | Pedro Vargas, Rita Montaner, Rosita Fornés and |
| Award as the best cabaret in the Americas, and it | | | | Nat King Cole, among others have performed on its |
| was selected among another 20 places for | | | | stages. In 1954, the French designer Pierre Balmain |
| broadcasting live to the world the farewell bidding of | | | | presented his summer collection having as models the |
| the 20th century by the American television | | | | corps de ballet of the cabaret. More recently, Norma |
| consortiums ABC and CNN. | | | | Duval, Alejandra Guzmán, Cheo Feliciano and the |
| The ballet dancer icon that identifies the cabaret | | | | Japanese fashion designer Junko Koshino have been |
| welcomes the visitor, a sculpture made by the Cuban | | | | in Tropicana, an emblematic space that has surpassed |
| artist Rita Longa in 1950. Then, one enters to the | | | | the Cuban borders and the borders of international |
| Room under the Stars, which has a mobile stage that | | | | music. |
| each night is filled with beautiful voices and dancers | | | | |