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Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) carries on its 36th season offerings with the restaging of 'Ang Pag-uusig,' a Filipino translation of Arthur Miller’s classic play “The Crucible.”

Overjoyed to fill in the roles of Baroness Elsa von Schraeder and Rolf, TV-theater actors Karylle Tatlonghari and Markki Stroem have been announced to join the latest international tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 'The Sound of Music,' produced by the Broadway International Group and Broadway Asia, and directed by three-time Tony awardee Jack O’Brien.

On Valentine’s Day, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) held a special preview of its latest original Filipino musical, 'Walang Aray,' an irreverent modern retelling of Severino Reyes’ classic zarzuela 'Walang Sugat.'

Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, played by Thomas McGuane, takes us onstage and backstage at Disney’s 'Frozen,' the hit Broadway musical, now playing at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands.

Disney’s “Frozen,” the hit Broadway musical, has just released all-new production images of the current production in Singapore featuring returning (from several “Frozen” productions) and new cast members. Check out the photos here!

Show producer Disney Theatrical Productions, alongside its presenter Base Entertainment Asia, showed two musical number excerpts from Disney’s “Frozen,” the hit Broadway musical, before the members of the media on Wednesday, February 8. The musical’s limited run at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands, plays until March 19, 2023.

Disney’s 'Frozen,' the hit Broadway musical, has officially opened its much-awaited run at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands, along with some thrilling fringe activities for every theatergoer.

Aliw Awards’ Best Cultural Group nominee Tanghalan Mandaluyong Inc., a nonprofit and community-based theater company whose original purpose was to introduce the rudiments of the performing arts among the less-privileged youths in Mandaluyong City, is one shining example of a selfless warrior.

Right on the heels of the play “Anak Datu’s” winning streak this awards season, Tanghalang Pilipino restages another of its most-acclaimed productions, “Ang Pag-uusig,” a Filipino adaptation of Arthur Miller’s classic play “The Crucible.” It runs from February 17 to March 12, 2023, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ black box theatre (Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez) across the Star City theme park.

The two-hander period musical 'Daddy Long Legs,' featuring the book by John Caird (Royal Shakespeare Company) and the music and lyrics by Paul Gordon ('Jane Eyre' on Broadway), will make its Cebu City premiere on February 3, 2023, at the Siddhartha Theater, Guang Ming Institute of Performing Arts.

The two-hander period musical 'Daddy Long Legs,' featuring the book by John Caird (Royal Shakespeare Company) and the music and lyrics by Paul Gordon ('Jane Eyre' on Broadway), will make its Cebu City premiere on February 3, 2023, at the Siddhartha Theater, Guang Ming Institute of Performing Arts. Directed by Penelop Ong (Vaudeville Theatre Company), the production will run until February 5.

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, Disney’s 'Frozen,' the hit Broadway musical, offers a limited number of discounted tickets at S$18 off until January 25, 2023. Based on the highest-grossing film of 2013, 'Frozen,' the film-to-stage adaptation, sets foot in the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands, from February 5 to March 19.

Learning music mogul Clive Davis gave the imprimatur to 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,' the biopic of Davis’s former protegee and the late music icon Whitney Houston, promises topnotch musical sequences, which would not disappoint--even the most critical superfans.

Broadway titles’ presenter GMG Productions opened its newly-reimagined production of the hit jukebox musical based on the songs of the rock band Queen, 'We Will Rock You,' at the Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay” last January 5. Check out photos from opening night!

Acclaimed biopic 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody' starts its screening across Philippine cinemas on Sunday, January 8. The filmmakers, headed by film director-executive producer Kasi Lemmons, have obtained the original recordings of Houston’s 22 greatest hits and remixed them for today’s state-of-the-art sound of movie theaters.

Broadway International Group and Broadway Asia’s international touring production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved classic 'The Sound of Music' has released tickets for its March 2023 run at the Samsung Performing Arts Theatre at Circuit Makati. These tickets are now available for purchase at TicketWorld.com.ph or TicketWorld outlets.

Hit original Filipino musical 'Ang Huling El Bimbo,' which features songs popularized by Filipino rock band Eraserheads, will return to the Newport Performing Arts Theatre at Newport World Resorts in April 2023. Its original cast members Gab Pangilinan (Joy), Gian Magdangal (Hector), and Topper Fabregas (Young Anthony) have been announced to reprise their roles in the production.

'At the ‘Holidays at the White House,’ Americans come together in fellowship and faith, reminding us that we are stronger in community than we are apart,' say the President and First Lady. Thus, during the festivities, the recent one-hour performance of the TOFA Performing Artists, a vocal group of Filipino-American ancestry, was most suitable and a historic first for these fast-rising talents.

Variety, a premier source of entertainment news, has picked “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” a biographical musical film based on the life of the late Whitney Houston, one of this year’s Top 10 best films.

The Aliw Awards Foundation, a pioneer in giving recognition to Filipino live entertainers in diverse categories, gave its top award, Entertainer of the Year, anew to international singer-actor Gerald Santos, who won the same prize in 2020. The 35th Aliw Awards were presented at the Manila Hotel Fiesta Pavilion on December 5.