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VIDEO: THE RECONCILIATION DINNER Cast Take Their Opening Weekend Bows
by Oliver Oliveros - Nov 19, 2022


Multi-awarded playwright-director Floy Quintos breaks away from his self-imposed retirement from the theater to usher in Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas's 45th theatrical season with his one-act play 'The Reconciliation Dinner.'

Are You Ready for THE RECONCILIATION DINNER?
by Oliver Oliveros - Nov 18, 2022


Multi-awarded playwright-director Floy Quintos breaks away from his self-imposed retirement from the theater to usher in Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas’s 45th theatrical season with his one-act play 'The Reconciliation Dinner.'

Six Tanghalang Pilipino Productions to Stream on iWant, Premieres 12 Jun 2020
by Oliver Oliveros - Jun 2, 2020


Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) team up with ABS-CBN's streaming app iWant in bringing six previously-staged TP productions online through 'Pantawid ng Tanghalan,' a fundraiser that seeks to sustain the theater company's commitment in bringing socially-relevant productions to the public amid the pandemic. These productions will be available on iWant from 12 June to 12 July 2020.

BWW Review: Repression, Passion and Resistance During Mourning Season in THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
by Carla Delgado - Sep 22, 2019


There are brief moments in the first act that make it difficult to hold your interest in the play, but the second act is much more fast-paced. As secrets are slowly revealed, the audience gets more involved in the story.

BWW Review: THE KUNDIMAN PARTY Has Never Been More Relevant; Show Closes Tom.
by Jude Cartalaba - Jun 1, 2019


THE KUNDIMAN PARTY deserves this rerun, especially now we're on post-midterm elections. The play with music, a cultural-political drama, written by Floy Quintos and directed by Dexter Santos, has never been more relevant.

BWW Review: Dulaang UP's THE DRESSING ROOM is Worth the Visit
by Vince Vicentuan - Nov 22, 2018


Imagine yourself in a small room where you can watch people in their most unguarded moments and listen to their innermost, basest desires without any burden or worry of getting caught… Imagine yourself doing what you love doing with no cares for time and space… Imagine yourself in a dressing room where the ethereal meets the corporal, and the objects of your voyeuristic eyes are actresses prepping up for their roles prior to their cues on stage.

BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF by Repertory Philippines
by Oliver Oliveros - Apr 1, 2014


There is something amazing about a playwright who can create a play that has an entire act in mime. There is something more amazing about a theater company who can pull off that play.

Photo Coverage: Rep Presents NOISES OFF; Show Runs Till 4/27
by Jory Rivera - Mar 31, 2014


Michael Frayn's outrageously funny three-act play NOISES OFF is now playing at Repertory Philippines (Rep), the country's premier English-language theater company behind recent hits 'August: Osage County' and 'Wait Until Dark.'

Photo Flash: First Look at the Cast of Rep's NOISES OFF; Show Opens 3/28
by Oliver Oliveros - Mar 19, 2014


Michael Frayn's outrageously funny three-act play NOISES OFF is next on the agenda of Repertory Philippines (Rep), the country's premier English-language theater company behind recent hits "August: Osage County" and "Wait Until Dark."

BWW Review: THE SEAGULL by Dulaang UP
by Oliver Oliveros - Oct 7, 2012


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.

BWW Phils. Awards’ Nominees Lauchengco, Glorioso, Tañada et. al. Win Big at Aliw Awards
by Oliver Oliveros - Nov 9, 2011


BroadwayWorld (BWW) Philippines Awards' nominees Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo (Best Leading Actress [Musical] for 'Next to Normal'); Jay Glorioso (Best Leading Actress [Play] for 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore'); Vince Tañada (Best Direction of a Musical and Best Leading Actor [Musical] for 'Cory ng EDSA'); Frances Makil Ignacio (Best Actress in a Featured Role [Play] for 'The Joy Luck Club'); and 'Cory ng EDSA' (Best Musical) were big winners at the 24th Aliw Awards, an award-giving body that recognizes excellence among Filipino practitioners in the fields of theater, opera, dance, live vocal performance, and instrumental performance.

2011 BWW Philippines Awards Reveal Nominees
by Oliver Oliveros - Nov 3, 2011


Congratulations to BroadwayWorld.com (BWW) Philippines Awards' nominees, whose names are below, and were shortlisted from around 500 nomination entries sent from October 6 to 31.

SCREEN: MACBETH Merges Theatre And Film, 2/28-3/5
by BWW News Desk - Mar 5, 2011


Dr. Anton Juan, Jr. ('Joy Luck Club') directs 'Screen: Macbeth,' a new interpretation of William Shakespeare's classic play that merges theatre and film. The University of the Philippines' Department of English and Comparative Literature, in cooperation with the World Theatre Project, presents 'Screen: Macbeth' at the Media Center Studio, College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines' Diliman campus from Monday, February 28 to Saturday, March 5, 2011.

SCREEN: MACBETH Merges Theatre And Film, 2/28-3/5
by Oliver Oliveros - Feb 28, 2011


Dr. Anton Juan, Jr. ('Joy Luck Club') directs 'Screen: Macbeth,' a new interpretation of William Shakespeare's classic play that merges theatre and film. The University of the Philippines' Department of English and Comparative Literature, in cooperation with the World Theatre Project, presents 'Screen: Macbeth' at the Media Center Studio, College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines' Diliman campus from Monday, February 28 to Saturday, March 5, 2011.

SCREEN: MACBETH Merges Theatre And Film, 2/28-3/5
by Oliver Oliveros - Feb 21, 2011


Dr. Anton Juan, Jr. ('Joy Luck Club') directs 'Screen: Macbeth,' a new interpretation of William Shakespeare's classic play that merges theatre and film. The University of the Philippines' Department of English and Comparative Literature, in cooperation with the World Theatre Project, presents 'Screen: Macbeth' at the Media Center Studio, College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines' Diliman campus from Monday, February 28 to Saturday, March 5, 2011.

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