Oliver Oliveros - Page 38

Filipino-American Hollywood and Broadway star, and BroadwayWorld (New York) 2012 Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, and her long-time makeup artist and mom, Evelyn, arrived in Manila early today via Philippine Airlines PR 103.

The Fordham College Theater Program at Lincoln Center, which is chaired by two-time Obie Award-winning actor and director Matthew Maguire, opens its newest season, tackling extremism as theme, with the New York premiere of Ruth Margraff's "Centaur Battle of San Jacinto" (an extended barroom brawl) at Pope Auditorium at Fordham College (113 West 60th Street [at Columbus Ave.]) until Friday, October 12.

There are no small parts, only small actors; and Art Acuña, a US-based theater, film, and television actor, whose recent performance as restaurant manager, Harry Shaw, in the television series THE KITCHEN MUSICAL received an International Emmy nomination announced just yesterday, is anything but narrow-minded or narcissistic.

Dulaang UP has recently presented the English and Filipino translations of Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," which evokes thoughtful discussions about life, ambition, love, and art in a manner devoid of melodrama.

More than 250 children from the marginalized areas of Cavite and Quezon cities were treated to a charity performance of Repertory Philippines' current children's musical offering, THE WIZARD OF OZ, at Onstage Theatre, Greenbelt One, Makati City on Sunday, September 30.

GIVE UP TOMORROW, a multi award-winning documentary directed by Michael Collins and produced by Marty Syjuco, makes its U.S. television debut on "POV" on PBS tonight, October 4 (check your local listings for the schedule).

Join PsalmiDeo Chorale as it celebrates 10 years of friendship and song in the concert titled 'Dekada' at SOTA Concert Hall (School of the Arts Singapore, 1 Zubir Said Drive) on Sunday, October 21 at 7 p.m.

Dulaang Kalay and Word of Mouth Philippines are bringing back Stephen Mallatratt's psychological period thriller THE WOMAN IN BLACK, based on the novel by Susan Hill, to Teatrino at Promenade Greenhills, on Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20.

When a four-year-old kid, who has a short attention span, watches his very first children's play, and nicely tells you,'Please be quiet," when you were trying to explain some of the play's scenes and characters to him, it is a good sign that the production may have succeeded to engage its desired age group.

THE DOOMSDAY DIARIES, a hilarious vBlog that vows to make a daily video entry until the Mayan Apocalypse at www.youtube.com/THEDOOMSDAYDIARIES, has just posted its homage to one of its favorite Broadway divas, Lea Salonga, who is currently playing a Japanese American internee in the world premiere of ALLEGIANCE: A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL at the Old Globe in San Diego, California until Sunday, October 28.

Filipino-American Hollywood and Broadway actress, and 2012 BroadwayWorld.com (New York) 'Best Featured Actress in a Musical,' Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, is coming to the Philippines next month to perform with international musical group The Jonas Brothers (Kevin, Joe, and Nick). Via Twitter and Facebook, the Jonas Brothers proclaimed early Sunday morning, "Excited for our Philippines shows [October 19 in Manila, October 20 in Cebu] and we're here to officially announce our good friend Anna Maria will be opening for us!"

Repertory Philippines (Rep), the country's premier English-speaking theater company, is looking for sponsors to take more than 250 poor children, who live in Cavite and Quezon City, to Rep's ongoing children's theater production, THE WIZARD OF OZ, at Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt One, Makati City today, September 30 at 2:30 p.m.

Imagine this if you will: you are watching two stage actors playing a myriad of dreary characters on an almost bare stage inside a small, nearly pitch-black theater. Suddenly, a malevolent ghost pops up on stage.

"Philippine piña and other indigenous textiles can compete in the world of high fashion." - Anthony Cruz Legarda

Kids Acts Philippines, a 10-year-old professional theater company that stages original and adapted plays written for children, premieres "Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure in Neverland" at Star Theater, Star City, CCP Complex, Pasay City tonight, September 28.

Despite criticisms that this Layeta Bucoy-penned play was loosely based on its celluloid inspiration, Philippine Educational Theater Association's BONA still gratuitously provokes and disturbs its audience.

GIVE UP TOMORROW, a multi award-winning documentary directed by Michael Collins and produced by Marty Syjuco, makes its U.S. television debut on "POV" on PBS on Thursday, October 4 (check your local listings for the schedule).

Kids Acts Philippines, a 10-year-old professional theater company that stages original and adapted plays written for children, premieres "Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure in Neverland" at Star Theater, Star City, CCP Complex, Pasay City this Friday, September 28.

"It's an instant classic worthy of repeated restagings for all generations of Filipinos to see…" - Interaksyon.com

In Atlantis Productions' staging of the Broadway musical NINE, which features Maury Yeston's music and lyrics, and Arthur Kopit's book based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8 1/2, Jett Pangan plays Italian filmmaker Guido Contini; Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo plays Contini's wife, Luisa; Cherie Gil plays Contini's film producer, Liliane Le Fleur; and Eula Valdez plays Contini's leading lady, Claudia Jenssen.