BWW Review: STAGE KISS Blurs the Lines of Passion
Repertory Philippines (REP) opens its 2020 season with the backstage comedy Stage Kiss, a straight play written by distinguished playwright Sarah Ruhl, who also wrote The Vibrator Play and Eurydice.
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BWW Review: CATS Isn't A Nightmare, But Surely Not A Dream
CATS is a bizarre musical, to begin with, and it's understandably complex to adapt it into a film.
BWW Review: LAM-ANG is Vibrant, Powerful Retelling of an Epic
It is essential to be authentic because a production like this speaks of our cultural identity.
BWW Review: MACBETH is Still Essential Theater, Despite the Disarray
Shakespeare's works are classics, and there's a reason why they have stood the test of time.
BWW Review: BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL is Highly Entertaining, But Misses Some Marks
What's tricky with musicals is that sometimes the actors focus too much on polishing their singing and dancing and don't pay enough attention to their acting.
BWW Review: CATS, A Litter Ground of Spectacle, Mystery, Fun and Nostalgia
CATS is not your ordinary musical.
BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD, Starring Lea Salonga & Jett Pangan, Is One Palatable Creative Mischief
Sweeney Todd is a directorial triumph.
BWW Review: KATSURI Tells the Plight of Landless Filipino Farmers Too Often Overlooked
Katsuri is an ingenious portrayal of the social ills that everyone is familiar with but never really acted upon.
BWW Review: HIMALA Makes the Audience Witnesses to Cupang's Events
Himala: Isang Musikal may be one of the best original Filipino musicals there is.
BWW Review: THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY Boasts Well-Written Songs, Simple Story
This production of Neil Bartram and Brian Hill's a?oeThe Theory of Relativitya?? is a coming-of-age story that would surely remind you of how you were in your student years.
BWW Review: Repression, Passion and Resistance During Mourning Season in THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
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.
BWW Review: Sondheim's Emotionally Engaging PASSION Plays RCBC Theatre
Passion keeps us thoroughly invested as the show's characters profess their passion and obsession towards love and being loved in return.
BWW Review: What Do You Get From Upstart Productions' COMPANY?
Right after the opening night of Upstart Productions' staging of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical comedy Company, we found ourselves asking a similar question with what the central character, Bobby, has been trying to answer: 'What do you get?'
MABINING MANDIRIGMA: Philippine Hero's Story Begs to be Heard Amidst Confusion
Aesthetics is said to be the science of beautiful in its myriad manifestations--be it sublime, comic, tragic, pathetic, whimsical, or ugly.
BWW Review: Thoroughly Entertaining, RAK OF AEGIS Continues to Captivate Audiences
In its seventh season, the original Filipino hit musical from Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) titled 'Rak of Aegis,a?? which features the popular songs of the Aegis band, returns onstage from July to September this year with new famed artists to join its original and recurring cast
BWW Review: DANCING LESSONS Enlivens Discourse on Mental Health
The most striking observation about Mark St.
BWW Review: DANI GIRL's Best Feature Lies In Its Childlike Heart
'She's perfect!' That was our immediate reaction after seeing The Sandbox Collective and 9 Works Theatrical's restaging of a?oeDani Girla?? at the Carlos P.
BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL Lets the Audience Bask In the Fascinating Music of the '50s-'70s
To manage everyone's expectations, 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' is not entirely about the life and music of the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter.
BWW Review: THE KUNDIMAN PARTY Has Never Been More Relevant; Show Closes Tom.
THE KUNDIMAN PARTY deserves this rerun, especially now we're on post-midterm elections.
BWW Review: Gerald Santos Comes Full Circle in Homecoming Concert
Back in Manila from his two-year stint as Thuy in the UK/Ireland and International tour of 'Miss Saigon,' Gerald Santos is now a certified crossover artist.
BWW Review: Must-See SPRING AWAKENING at blueREP; Show Closes This Weekend
Stage plays are meant to entertain and leave the audiences in complete awe.
BWW Review: REP Actors Deliver Fine Performances in FATHER'S DAY; Show Runs Now Thru Apr. 14
Theater veteran Miguel Faustmann has been typecast as the go-to actor for old-man roles with an I-do-not-care-what-you-think type of attitude that eventually mellows down right before the end of the play.
BWW Review: Atlantis Theatrical Crafts A Polished Rendition of MILLENNIUM APPROACHES
Acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl began her career as an avid consumer of other people's works.
BWW Review: ANG HULING EL BIMBO Version 2.0
A prominent theater critic in New York once said in an interview that no producer has gone bankrupt betting on sentimentality.
BWW Review: Here's Hoping For The Return of the People's Opera, NOLI ME TANGERE
Gone are the days when the opera is treated like an old-world passion and a cultural event where people are required to dress to the nines.
