Cassie Manalastas

To talk on the big white phone (to vomit into the toilet), a slang term, has inspired composer and lyricist Ejay Yatco ('Sa Wakas,' World Championships of Performing Arts) to create the new musical titled TOILET. If young audiences enjoyed 'Grease,' Disney's 'High School Musical,' Disney's 'Camp Rock,' and FOX TV's 'Glee,' Blue Repertory's TOILET, would most likely to succeed, too, given further tweaking. If improved, TOILET could attract more young audiences to come to the theater since the musical aims to address the everyday struggles of young adults.

In the video below, (together with the cast of "Sa Wakas") Ebe Dancel, vocalist, guitarist of Sugarfree, performs his new composition, "Bawat Daan," specifically written for the musical.

A bittersweet love story that chronicles the end of one relationship and the beginning of another, that is the plot of the new rock musical 'Sa Wakas,' by Culture Shock Productions, in cooperation with Fringe MNL.

Manila theatergoers have until Saturday, March 10, to catch Blue Repertory's production of Off-Broadway musical BARE at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center. Theater and film actress Ana Abad Santos directs the production, starring Bibo Reyes and Jaime Barcelon.

Ateneo Blue Repertory of the Loyola Schools Performing Arts Cluster brings back one of its hit musicals from Off-Broadway, BARE: A Pop Opera, at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center on February 29 (opening night); March 1 to 3; and March 7 to 10. Once again, theater and film actress Ana Abad Santos directs the production, which stars Jaime Barcelon and Bibo Reyes.

Ateneo Blue Repertory (HAIR, EDGES), a student-led musical theater organization at Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), kicks off its 20th anniversary with Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's rock musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, which is running until Saturday, August 27 at ADMU's Fine Arts Theatre.

Ateneo Blue Repertory (blueREP), one of Manila's most active school-based musical theatre organizations, presents Off-Broadway comedy ZANNA, DON'T (a musical fairy tale) from February 17 to March 6, 2010 at the Rizal Mini Theatre, Ateneo de Manila University campus.