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It was to Havana what the Moulin Rouge was to Paris or the Blue Note to New York. The brightest jewel in 1950s Cuban nightlife, Tropicana was a "paradise under the stars" where you could gamble, hear the finest mambo and jazz musicians, and ogle the extravagantly risqué floorshows. Nat "King" Cole played Tropicana; so did Josephine Baker. Americans-celebrities and suburbanites both-were drawn to its kinetic sensuality and tropical setting. And Tropicana remained a uniquely Cuban institution; unlike most Havana nightclubs, it operated free from the American mob's control.

Journalist Rosa Lowinger and Ofelia Fox, widow of Tropicana's last owner, vividly portray the cultural richness and roiling social problems of pre-Revolutionary Cuba and take the reader on an intimate insider's tour of one of the world's most glamorous venues at its most brilliant moment.

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"From following the island's economic and political roller coaster ride to identifying the major players in Cuba's hyperactive, glamorous and influential showbiz . . .  [Lowinger] places the fabulous show palace in a meticulously researched context."--The Miami Herald

Tropicana is to Cuba what the Bolshoi is to Russia or the Moulin Rouge to Paris or the Blue Note to New York: an enduring cultural mecca. Part casino and part cabaret, it was all Cuban--the only nightclub owned and run by Cubans rather than by the American mob. Nat "King" Cole, Liberace, Josephine Baker, and Carmen Miranda performed there before audiences that included Ernest Hemingway, Marlon Brando, and Joan Crawford. Tropicana Nights not only brings back the days and nights of the club's greatest glory, when it was the brightest jewel in 1950s Havana nightlife, but also vividly portrays the cultural richness and roiling social problems of pre-Revolutionary Cuba. 

 
"Rich with history and anecdotes ripe with a genuine love of the Tropicana, you can almost hear the rumba and see the sequins shine once again."?Playgirl

"Looks at a part of Cuban history through the most intoxicating of perspectives . . . The work paints a vivid picture of Havana’s heyday and transition into a communist economy."?Cigar Aficionado


Rosa Lowinger was born in Havana and grew up in Miami. A writer and art conservator, she first visited Tropicana in 1998 and, as she put it, was "struck dumb" by its beauty. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.

Ofelia Fox (1924-2006) married Tropicana owner Martin Fox in 1952. They moved to Miami in 1962. After her husband’s death, she became a teacher and playwright and was twice awarded the Carlos Felipe Award.
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ROSA LOWINGER has written for Sculpture, ARTnews, and Latina magazines. Her essay on preservation in Cuba, "Repairing Things," was published in Cuba in Mind. She lives in Los Angeles.

OFELIA FOX married Tropicana owner Martín Fox in 1952 and devoted herself to helping him run the nightclub until they moved to Miami in 1962. After her husband's death she was a teacher and playwright. She lives in Glendale, California.

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