Christian Bautista News

The legendary Indian epic tale of "Ramayana" comes to life once again with Ballet Philippines' (BP) restaging of the hit pop ballet musical "Rama Hari," which opened last Friday, November 30, and will run until Sunday, December 9 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Main Theatre.

In this week's edition of 'Regional Highlights of the Week', we bring you the most-read stories for the week of November 12. Enjoy and check back next week for another recap!

Asia's romantic balladeer Christian Bautista does his heartfelt vocal interpretation of "Tagistis ng Ulan," one of the most haunting ballads written by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab for the hit pop ballet "Rama Hari," inspired by the Indian epic Ramayana, which returns to the Cultural Center of the Philippines' main stage from Friday, November 30 to Sunday, December 9, 2012.

Buy yourself a ticket, and treat yourself to an inspiring night of music. 'Rachelle Ann Go: Rise Against Gravity' takes center stage at Music Museum tonight, October 26 at 8 p.m. Call TicketWorld at (632) 891-9999.

Buy yourself a ticket, and treat yourself to an inspiring night of music. 'Rachelle Ann Go: Rise Against Gravity' takes center stage at Music Museum on Friday, October 26 at 8 p.m. Call TicketWorld at (632) 891-9999.

When he was younger, 2011 BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards' Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Ramon Enrique Mariano aka OJ Mariano always had an interest in the theater arts. At 10 or 11 years old, he and his family would go to Rajah Sulayman Park in Malate, Manila and watch stage plays.

Ballet Philippines, one of the resident dance companies of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), has just released publicity shots, featuring pop stars Christian Bautista and Karylle Tatlonghari, for its year-end revival of ballet musical "Rama Hari," which runs at the CCP main theater from Friday, November 30 until Sunday, December 9.

At BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news in their cities and countries and to acknowledge this, we launched a new weekly column called 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week'. Read on for our most-read features, interviews, breaking news and more for the week of August 13!

International television stars Christian Bautista and Karylle Tatlonghari, who recently appeared in THE KITCHEN MUSICAL, a Singaporean musical drama television series, and who first shared the musical theater stage via a local production of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's WEST SIDE STORY several years ago, will lend their star power to Ballet Philippines' revival of ballet musical RAMA HARI from Friday, November 30 to Sunday, December 9 at the CCP Main Theater.

London-based musical theater actress Joanna Ampil (MISS SAIGON, AVENUE Q), who's been playing the coveted role of postulant Maria Rainer (with Cris Villonco as alternate actress) in Resorts World Manila's local production of Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers' beloved musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC(SOM) for over three months now, would need to postpone her planned visit to New York City this winter because Resorts World has just announced SOM's extended performances till February 12, 2012.

MCC Theater has announced the complete cast for the newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musical. Carrie features music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford (Academy Award winning composer and lyricist for the original film Fame) and a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (who also adapted the 1974 novel by Stephen King for the 1976 Brian DePalma film). Directed by Stafford Arima, performances for Carrie begin January 31, 2012, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC). The official opening night is set for March 1, 2012.

"I'll always find the time to go back to my theater roots; everything I know now, I learned it from my professors and directors." - JM De Guzman

Southeast Asian English-language channel AXN is planning to present the region's first ever TV musical, 'The Kitchen Musical,' according to Variety. 'The Kitchen Musical' will combine drama, music, dance and recipes and is set to premiere across China in October.

AUDIE GEMORA, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Robbie Guevara, Lena McKenzie, and Franco Laurel comprise the lead cast of Repertory Philippines' (REP) new stage production of Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD. The musical runs at Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City in Manila from November 14 to December 13, 2009.

Repertory Philippines' (REP) incarnation of 1979 Tony-winning musical SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET officially opened its doors to Filipino audiences on November 14, 2009 at Onstage, Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City. The production earned thunderous applause, standing ovations, and played to nearly sold-out crowds in its first performances.

AUDIE GEMORA, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Robbie Guevara, Lena McKenzie, and Franco Laurel comprise the lead cast of Repertory Philippines' (REP) new stage production of Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD. The musical runs at Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City in Manila from November 14 to December 13, 2009.

AUDIE GEMORA, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Robbie Guevara, Lena McKenzie, and Franco Laurel comprise the lead cast of Repertory Philippines' (REP) new stage production of Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD. The musical runs at Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City in Manila from November 14 to December 13, 2009.

Atlantis Productions in Manila brings back its hit production of the Tony Award-winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on July 3 to 12, 2009. The show is slated to tour Singapore in August 2009.