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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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About Rakaputra Paputungan

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.
BWW Feature: Introducing the 16 INDONESIA MENUJU BROADWAY Awardees Going to Broadway This July - This article gets to highlight the different emerging talents and their achievements at the time.
BWW Feature: Remembering Stephen Sondheim and His Legacy in Indonesia - This article takes a different perspective and looks back on the legacy of a writer in the context of Indonesian productions.
Review: CEK TOKO SEBELAH Stocks Up on Love and Laughter - This review spotlights an original Indonesian musical based on a popular IP.
BWW Review: TEMAN Takes A Giant Step with INTO THE WOODS - This review spotlights a uniquely Indonesian take on a Sondheim classic, as well as captures the first production by a then-new theater company.

Latest Articles

Feature: A Year in Review - 2022 on Indonesian Stages

December 31, 2022

As cast, crew, creatives, and theatergoers are now better protected through vaccinations, live shows are once again in fashion after the web production of yesteryears.

Review: CEK TOKO SEBELAH Stocks Up on Love and Laughter

December 18, 2022

All in all, CEK TOKO SEBELAH is a worthy addition to the modern Indonesian musical heritage.

Feature: INDONESIA KAYA Presents PAYUNG FANTASI Musical Web Series

December 7, 2022

Previews: Check Out Photos from CEK TOKO SEBELAH at Rehearsal

December 6, 2022

Ernest Prakasa and Jakarta Movin's upcoming musical will have its run later this week.

Feature: Passport to Broadway Returns with VIRTUAL BROADWAY GLOBAL AUDITION

December 4, 2022

New York-based Passport to Broadway returns with another program for Indonesian performers aspiring to be the next Broadway star.

TEMAN's RENT Ignites the Air with Artistic Fire and Communal Warmth

December 2, 2022

TEMAN (Teater Musikal Nusantara) did what many Indonesian thespians thought impossible: bring Jonathan Larson’s 1996 RENT to the country.

TEMAN and Ciputra Artpreneur to Bring First-Ever Indonesian Production of RENT at CIPUTRA ARTPRENEUR

November 23, 2022

The production company TEMAN (Teater Musikal Nusantara) and art foundation Ciputra Artpreneur will bring Jonathan Larson's magnum opus RENT to Jakarta on 25-27 November 2022.

Feature: Indonesian Ballet Schools Come Together at ROAD TO WORLD BALLET DAY Event

October 14, 2022

On October 2nd, 2022 the ROAD TO WORD BALLET DAY event was held by Yayasan Bina Ballet Indonesia (Ballet.

Review: SUDAMALA: An Ageless Folklore that Tells an Ever-relevant Story

September 29, 2022

What did our critic think of SUDAMALA: DARI EPILOG CALONARANG at Gedung Arsip Nasional?

Review: UNDER THE VOLCANO is a Poetic Testament to the Human Spirit

August 28, 2022

What did our critic think of UNDER THE VOLCANO at CIPUTRA ARTPRENEUR?

Previews: The Dramatic Spectacle of UNDER THE VOLCANO to Engulf Ciputra Artpreneur

August 18, 2022

Based on a hundred year old poem, Bumi Purna Indonesia and Ciputra Artpreneur will bring the bombastic yet poignant UNDER THE VOLCANO to Jakarta on August 27.

Previews: Musical Communities to Come Together at First Ever FESTIVAL MUSIKAL INDONESIA

August 17, 2022

Indonesia's growing musical theater scene is finally ready for our own version of BroadwayCon - or, at least, that's what the people behind Festival Musikal Indonesia (FMI) believe.

Previews: European Opera and Bornean Intertwine in INE AYA'

August 13, 2022

INE AYA' - SUARA SAMAR RIMBA ('the Forest's Faint Sound') is a new opera by Balaan Tumaan Ensemble & World Opera Lab.

Feature: THE BREAKING BARRIERS INITIATIVE Launched to Develop Female Indonesian Thespians

August 11, 2022

On August 11th, 2022, the Breaking Barriers Initiative (or 'Inisiatif Mendobrak Batas' in Indonesian) was launched through a media gathering in Cikini, Jakarta.

Review: #MUSIKALDIRUMAHAJA RETURNS WITH GATOT AND BATU GANTUNG at INDONESIA KAYA

July 31, 2022

What did our critic think of #MUSIKALDIRUMAHAJA RETURNS WITH GATOT AND BATU GANTUNG at INDONESIA KAYA?

Indonesia Kita Returns with the Satirical TAMU AGUNG

June 25, 2022

Another familiar name made their way back onto the stage.

BWW Review: TEGAK SETELAH OMBAK's Story of Perseverance Inspires, Both On and Off Stage

June 5, 2022

After a two-year delay, the musical monologue TEGAK SETELAH OMBAK ('Standing Tall After the Wave') by Titimangsa Foundation offers a look into the life of Inggit Garnasih, the second wife of Indonesia's founding father Soekarno.

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