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Though three years shy from turning 30, actor-singer Khalil Joseph Nepomuceno Ramos, aka Khalil Ramos, has effectively portrayed the lead character, Jon, in the three-actor musical, 'tick, tick…BOOM!' featuring the music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson.

In Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical musical, 'tick, tick…BOOM!' the character of Michael is loosely based on the composer-lyricist’s best friend Matt O’Grady.

Jon (Jef Flores, Khalil Ramos), the protagonist in Jonathan Larson's 'tick, tick.... BOOM!' is a struggling composer who is days away from turning 30. He can’t help but hear that internal clock clicking: he doesn’t want to turn a year older without something groundbreaking to show.

Despite the successful tandem of Sab Jose and mainstream actor-model-endorser Jake Cuenca, who crossed over to theater via the Duncan MacMillan play 'Lungs' in 2019, the former had to find a new partner in the person of Reb Atadero for the play’s return to the local stage.

With the birth of a new theater company, Tanghalang Una Obra, whose creatives were closely associated with Gantimpala Theater Foundation, comes 'Ibarra,' a reworking of the latter’s yearly production of 'Kanser,' based on Dr. Jose Rizal’s first novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' But this time, it presents the events from 'Kanser' from one point of view: that of the title role, essayed by multi-award-winning TV and film actor Piolo Pascual, in his professional theater debut.

A little over 10 years since Actor's Actors Inc.'s The Necessary Theatre premiered John Logan's Tony Award-winning play 'Red' in Asia, the theater company brings back the two-hander on stage. Bart Guingona still plays the abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, while JC Santos plays his fictional studio assistant Ken, originally played by Joaquin Valdes.

At 46, Piolo Pascual, the Philippines' ultimate heartthrob, has proven his bankability as a star in TV and film. But in June this year, he gets to revisit where his love for acting began.

Though Jude Matthew Servilla is no stranger to stage productions, his portrayal of Dodong, the love interest of hair and makeup artist Ada, in Ateneo Blue Repertory's revival of Carlo Vergara’s 'Zsazsa Zarurnnah: The Musical... 'Yun Lang' was something he didn't expect.

Despite Juan Carlos Galano's previous exposure to stage plays when he was still in Saipan, the clothing brand Bench hunk model-turned-actor still considers his stint in Ateneo Blue Repertory’s “Zsazsa Zaturnnah: The Musical... 'Yun Lang” as his theater debut. He plays the auto mechanic Dodong, the lead character Ada’s love interest.

When news broke about two local thespians getting included in the international touring production of 'The Sound of Music,' people celebrated and felt another victory in the person of Karylle Tatlonghari and Markki Stroem.

It took eight years for three-time Tony awardee Jack O’Brien-directed 'The Sound of Music,' a warhorse title from the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s catalog, to reach the Philippines’ capital—a rare feat because most of the international productions visiting town are either from South Africa or the United Kingdom.

It’s the men’s turn to openly talk about masculinity, gender identity, and male genitalia via a new play titled 'DickTalk,' which runs at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, in Makati City, from April 15-23, 2023.

'You have to want it more than anything. You have to be willing to WORK for it. Sacrifice for it. It’s not as glamorous as it seems. That’s why the passion needs to be for the work, not the fame,' those were striking words of Julia Abueva, one of the stars of the Broadway musical KPOP, inspired by a global phenomenon.

Markki Stroem stars as Christian, a cadet, in the restaging of an original Filipino musical, 'Mula Sa Buwan,' based on Edmond Rostand's timeless classic Cyrano de Bergerac. The musical runs onstage at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater at Circuit Makati beginning August 26 till September 11, 2022.

The musical 'Joseph The Dreamer' began in 1989 and has had numerous re-stagings before Mr. Pure Energy, Gary Valenciano, took on the role of Joseph in 1999. In this current production, which opens on Friday, July 22, the 57-year-old multi-media performer takes on Jacob's character, Joseph's father.

Just two years ago, Joanna Ampil, an award-winning musical theater-film actress, essayed her breakthrough role in the film Ang Larawan (The Portrait) for the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), which earned her the Best Actress nod.

Lea Salonga is all set to perform in Manila once again via Resorts World Manila's (RWM) two-night gala concert titled a?oeLea Salonga: Perfect Tena?? tomorrow, August 30, and Saturday, August 31, 2019, at Newport Performing Arts Theater in Pasay City.

In its seventh season, the original Filipino hit musical from Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) titled 'Rak of Aegis,a?? which features the popular songs of the Aegis band, returns onstage from July to September this year with new famed artists to join its original and recurring cast members.

Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond musical DANI GIRL is back. Just like its first staging in 2014, also directed by Toff de Venecia, the production emphasizes finding hope amid the world of pain and suffering in the lives of cancer-stricken children.

The cast of DANI GIRL came out to play and comfort the pediatric cancer patients at Child Haus on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.