Rakaputra Paputungan is a Jakarta-based musical theatre aficionado who seeks to spread the word about the nascent Indonesian performing arts scene to the world stage. Often volunteering for musical or theatrical productions, up to producerial roles, he's always looking forward to the next showtime.
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First Show
West Side Story
Favorite Show
Legally Blonde
Favorite Stories
Feature: A Decade of Indonesian Broadway Musicals - It's an introductory article to the growth of Indonesian musicals in the 2010s, where the art form really starts to attain public acceptance and popularity, including the birth of multiple musical communities and training institutions.
On March 14, the performing arts community WAKTUNYA MAIN put on a production of KAKEK DAN PERAHU KUNING (“The Old Man and the Yellow Boat”) at Galeri Indonesia Kaya.
On April 4, 2026, the student board of Prasetiya Mulya University put on an original musical called MUSIKAL PASAR DANGDUT: SEMESTA BERDENDANG, or SEMESTA BERDENDANG for short, at Teater Besar, Taman Ismail Marzuki
From 8-12 April 2026, Adnan Production brought the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, Chicago, onto the stage of Graha Bhakti Budaya.
Three music and vocal educators actively involved in Indonesia’s musical theatre and choral scene will present a recital titled OFF THE CLOCK: MUSIC FROM THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE, marking a rare moment where they step out of the classroom and return to the stage as performers.
On February 7 and 8, 2026, the Japanese-language theater group SHiNDORA presented their latest show: HEY OLD FRIENDS, LET’S GO TO THE HOSPITAL (or 今日も元気だ 病院集合 in Japanese) at Teater Kecil.
From 15–18 January 2026, Center Stage Community (Censtacom) presented its latest production, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, at Graha Bhakti Budaya, Jakarta.
The performances continued with Maera, Dipo, Bimozeno, followed by Gilang Arga, Taufan Purbo, and Iwak the Rock Fish, keeping the energy consistently dynamic.
On November 15th, 2025, the team from Broadway World Indonesia attended Teater Mantuli’s Lentera Harapan, the company’s third production, staged for its second show at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta.
'Passport to Broadway' program, an international initiative designed to teach performing arts skills to aspiring artists, has opened enrollment for their summer 2026 course for students internationally, including Indonesia.