Lee Golden News

The 80's and early 90's era have seen a slew of action movies from action stars' Lito Lapid, Fernando Poe Jr, Robin Padilla, Bong Revilla, just to name a few. Cinemas were packed by movie goers. With increased production costs and very high taxes for movies, the studios opted for a lower budget and faster production schedules for their movies. Drama and comedy themed films have been the staple of Philippine cinema for many years after the year 2000, especially in the last 5 years. Once in a while an action movie is made once or twice a year. The action movie industry is struggling with many talented stunt performers and actors out of jobs. Jeff Centauri, a Filipino-American independent movie producer/director, has returned to the Philippines after making movies in Hollywood. And has been producing action packed short films such as Manila Assassin's Creed, Baliw Crazy Style, and Models and the Crazy Photographer in Manila. 'I'm making these shorts to keep improving my skills in movie production and it would make me a better movie director for the upcoming feature film project, Extra Heroes,' Jeff remarked. He has been putting out entertaining action short videos every 2 weeks online for free. His dream is to bring back the action cinema to an already struggling movie industry in the Philippines and he is betting that Extra Heroes would give the initial boost. Lee Golden, a blogger for Film Combat Syndicate writes: 'Centauri's work overseas is also part of a larger effort to help revive the action cinema industry at home with the current early stages of pre-production for the new feature film, Extra Heroes, a project that could do for the Philippines what films like The Raid and Ong Bak did for Indonesia and Thailand, respectively, if proven successful.'

The legendary Oak Ridge Boys will take the stage for one show only as they bring their limited tour The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Show to the Morrison Center at Boise State University on Friday, December 6th at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 4th at The Morrison Center Box Office, online at boisestatetickets.com or call 208-426-1110.

The 27th Helen Hayes Awards are being presented at the historic Warner Theatre tonight, April 25, 2011. In addition to 156 theatre artists, ensembles and productions nominated in 26 categories, three special awards will be given.

The Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 201st season with its long-awaited new staging of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Filled with a powerful and heartwarming score including 'Tradition;' 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker;' 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'Sunrise, Sunset;' FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic.

The Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 201st season with its long-awaited new staging of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Filled with a powerful and heartwarming score including 'Tradition;' 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker;' 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'Sunrise, Sunset;' FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic. Helmed by Barrymore Award-Winning Director Bruce Lumpkin and featuring Walnut vets Mark Jacoby and Mary Martello, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF opened on May 26 and runs through July 18 on the WST Mainstage.

The Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 201st season with its long-awaited new staging of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Filled with a powerful and heartwarming score including 'Tradition;' 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker;' 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'Sunrise, Sunset;' FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic.

The Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 201st season with its long-awaited new staging of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Filled with a powerful and heartwarming score including 'Tradition;' 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker;' 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'Sunrise, Sunset;' FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic.

The Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 201st season with its long-awaited new staging of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Filled with a powerful and heartwarming score including 'Tradition;' 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker;' 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'Sunrise, Sunset;' FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic.

A musical that takes you back to a time when life was simple and love was grand.

The Walnut Street Theatre opens its landmark 200th anniversary season with STATE FAIR.

The Walnut Street Theatre opens its landmark 200th anniversary season with STATE FAIR.

Windy City, the 1982 musical version of the classic newsroom comedy The Front Page, will be seen at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in a revised version that will run from September 5th through October 22nd