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Filipino celebrity and conceptual photographer Niccolo Cosme's 'Resplendor: The Blinding Light' photography exhibit will be on display at the Philippine Center in New York City from August 27 to September 7, 2012, co-sponsored by APICHA Community Health Center.

In its eight season, Diverse City Theater Company, which was primarily formed to develop and produce thought-provoking productions, and to advocate for non-traditional casting of actors, presents Pulitzer Prize and Tony nominee Lee Blessing's political play, TWO ROOMS, at Theatre Row's The Lion Theatre, located at 410 West 42nd Street, from Thursday, August 9 until Saturday, August 25. Jamie Richards directs.

Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, cancels the opening weekend of its production of Severino Reyes' sarsuwela WALANG SUGAT due to flooding in Metro Manila.

After her critically-acclaimed performance at the Hollywood Fringe Festival last year, writer and actress Marissa Lichwick presents her solo piece titled YELLOW DRESS at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival. Directed by Desdemona Chiang, YELLOW DRESS plays at the Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre (115 MacDougal Street) from Friday, August 10 to Sunday, August 26, 2012.

Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), opens its 26th season with Severino Reyes' immortal Filipino sarsuwela "Walang Sugat" at CCP's Tanghalang Aurelio V. Tolentino from August 16 to 26. Highly esteemed film director Carlos Siguion-Reyna helms the production, and makes his stage directorial debut.

At BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news in their cities and countries and to acknowledge this, we are launching a new weekly column called 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week'. Below you'll find a list of the most-read stories in our over 130 (and counting!) regional markets. Browse over to your favorite far-away city/country to see what's making news, see what productions are playing around the country and overseas and get to know new performers! Enjoy this virtual trek around the globe and stay tuned for next week's recap of regional not-to-be-missed news!

BroadwayWorld photographer Jory Rivera brings you more photos taken at the recent press launch for Resorts World Manila's upcoming grand production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's beloved Broadway musical "The King and I" at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, BroadwayWorld Philippines' 2011 Best Theatrical Venue, beginning Saturday, September 15.

YBW Productions, in association with Leviathan Lab and 4Hawk Productions, is proud to present the world premiere of YELLOW BRICK WALL: ANGRY WHITE MEN PLAYED BY TWO HAPPY ASIAN GIRLS as part of the 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival. YELLOW BRICK WALL is written and performed by founding members of Leviathan Lab's Asian American Women Writers Workshop Siho Ellsmore (Off-Broadway: JEWTOPIA) and Marisa Marquez (Playwriting: GATED, nominated for five Midtown International Theater Awards; named as one of the Filipino Women's Network 100 Most Influential Filipina in the U.S.), and is directed by Danny Williams (GATED, Nominated for Outstanding Director- Midtown International Theater Festival).

Repertory Philippines has just released its publicity photos for THE WIZARD OF OZ, music by Jean Bargy and Jim Eiler, and book and lyrics by Eiler, which runs at Onstage Theatre at Greenbelt One, Ayala Malls, Makati City for five months, from Saturday, August 18 to Sunday, December 16.

Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, opens its 26th season with Severino Reyes' immortal Filipino sarsuwela WALANG SUGAT at Tanghalang Aurelio V. Tolentino from August 16 to 26, 2012. Highly esteemed film director Carlos Siguion-Reyna helms the production, and makes his stage directorial debut.

Filipino musical creators Romeo Candido and Carmen de Jesus' PRISON DANCER, a new musical loosely based on the five-year-old viral video featuring the dancing inmates of Cebu, Philippines' Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, won Excellence in Choreography for its director and choreographer, Jenn Rapp; Outstanding Ensemble Performance for its all-Filipino cast led by Broadway actors Jose Llana, Catherine Ricafort, and Albert Guerzon; and Outstanding Individual Performance for Filipino Canadian actor Jeigh Madjus, who plays Lola, a cross-dresser who teaches his fellow convicts how to dance, at the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival's Awards for Excellence ceremony held last night at Hudson Terrace.

'Le Malade Imaginaire/Le Praning Du Sining' features Stella Cañete, Martha Comia, Joshua Deocareza, Angelina Kanapi, Russel Legaspi, Issa Litton, Daniel Marx, Miguel Mendoza, Elle Velasco with Joel Saracho and Reuben Uy playing Arman and Argan, respectively. Directed by George de Jesus III, 'Le Malade Imaginaire' will have shows on August 15, 17, and 18 and Le Praning Du Sining on August 22, 24, and 25, 2012 at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design & Arts (CSB-SDA) Theater, 5th Floor CSB-SDA Building in Vito Cruz St., Manila.

MISS SAIGON alumni Leo Valdez and Monique Wilson were first seen as the King of Siam and British governess Anna Leonowens, respectively, at the press conference for Resorts World Manila's (RWM) grand production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's THE KING AND I held Saturday, July 28 at Newport Performing Arts Theater.

The Filipino American Symphony Orchestra (FASO), the first Filipino-organized orchestra outside the Philippines, which is based in California, presents "FASO is Bach to Rock!," an eclectic concert featuring classical masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach; pop-rock anthems such as Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Led Zepellin's "Stairway to Heaven," arranged by Filipino composer Louie Ramos; popular disco songs; and Original Pilipino Music (OPM) tonight, July 28 at Ford Theatres (2580 Cahuenga Boulevard, East Hollywood).

One of New York Musical Theatre Festival's fastest-selling shows, PRISON DANCER, an original screenplay turned into a web series turned into a stage musical by Romeo Candido (music, lyrics, and book) and Carmen de Jesus (book), veers away from the hugeness of its viral hit inspiration - a video uploaded to YouTube in 2007 that boasts around 1,500 male inmates of Cebu, Philippines' Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center dancing in sync with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" - by using its two-hour storytelling to explore more about the personal lives of a handful, fictitious prisoners instead, interspersed with a lively dose of Filipino cultural and religious quirks, and with a heavy R&B/club-ish score not often used for a musical.

Blue Repertory opens its 21st theater season with Jason Robert Brown's youth-oriented rock musical,“13,' tonight at the Fine Arts Theatre, Ateneo de Manila University; the show runs until Saturday, August 11.

'Going to any new country we never had a show before is an honor. We're loving America at the moment; it goes the same for the Philippines.' - Jeff Turner, co-creator and star of 'Potted Potter'

Jeremy Domingo and Reb Atadero will star in Dulaang Kalay's one-night-only production of Stephen Mallatratt's psychological period thriller, "The Woman in Black" (based on the novel of the same name by Susan Hill), at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills on Friday, August 31.

Daniel "Dan" Clarkson and Jefferson "Jeff" Turner, creators and stars of smash parody "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience," recently sat down for an exclusive interview with BroadwayWorld Philippines, where they talked about the impending premiere of "Potted Potter" in Manila, which is set Tuesday, August 28, and will run until Sunday, September 2 at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City.