BWW Review: THE NORMAL HEART Beats Anew
THE NORMAL HEART, a Tony Award-winning play based on real-life events and people, beats again for Manila for the second time this year.
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BWW Review: Olivier Award Winner LA SOIREE Arrives in Manila
LA SOIREE, a variety show that won the 2015 Laurence Olivier Award under the category of Best Entertainment and Family, greets Manila with decadent charm and sophistication.
BWW Review: #popepular Thinks Global, Acts Local
To think globally and act locally in the current age of globalization might seem a little bit of a cliche; 'but it's far less common for [global] companies to really get it right because it's not just about [having] a local language website,' says The Economist.
BWW Review: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN International Tour 2015
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Review Roundup: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN International Tour 2015
The latest international touring production of the film-to-stage adaptation of SINGIN' IN RAIN, produced by Stage Entertainment and Chichester Festival Theatre, opened at the Theatre at Solaire Resort and Casino (ASEANA Avenue, Paranaque, Manila) last August 20 and will run through September 13.
BWW Reviews: New Asian Tour of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Tony Manero--of Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's (ATEG) 2015 Asian touring production of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SNF), which is based on John Badham's '70s landmark film of the same name--would have succumbed to the evil oblivion of his own fever had it not been for one simple--yet pivotal--p
Review Roundup: New Asian Tour of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Touted as 'the first Filipino-produced musical for the world,' SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER kicks off its new Asian tour in a strictly limited one-month run in Manila playing all weekends at The Theatre in Solaire Resort and Casino from July 3 to 26.
BWW Reviews: Idina Menzel Wows in World Tour
After kicking off her world tour in Seoul just a over a week ago, followed by a total of four shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, Idina Menzel held Sunday her one-night-only performance in Manila capping the Asian stretch of her 53-city concert performances.
Review Roundup: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE By Repertory Philippines
Repertory Philippines (Rep) and the City of Makati present Ray Cooney's 1983 farce RUN FOR YOUR WIFE at OnStage (Greenbelt 1, Makati City) now through Sunday, May 3.
Review Roundup: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES by 9 Works Theatrical
9 Works Theatrical's production of one of Broadway's all-time biggest musical comedy hits, 'La Cage aux Folles,' which features book by Harvey Fierstein ('Kinky Boots,' 'Newsies') and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman ('Hello, Dolly!' 'Mame'), opened Saturday, February 28, and will run through Sunday
Review Roundup: Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Int'l Tour Premieres in Asia
Manila, Philippines--The first-ever international touring production of the Broadway hit musical Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast,' based on the 1991 Oscar-nominated full-length animated feature film, and now--after 20 years--has reunited its original 1994 Broadway collaborators: director Robert Jess
BWW Reviews: CHICAGO Rox Manila; Show Runs Until 12/21
The much-anticipated Manila premiere of Broadway's longest-running American musical, CHICAGO, razzle-dazzled audiences with its hard-hitting numbers (All That Jazz, Cell Block Tango, Razzle Dazzle), which speak of passion, treachery, murder, and glossed-over celebrity, on opening night.
Review Roundup: 9 Works Theatrical Restages GREASE; Show Runs Until 12/7
9 Works Theatrical ('The Last 5 Years,' 'Sweet Charity') brings back one of its hit productions last year, GREASE, to relive the teenage '50s at Carlos P.
Reflections: Latest CHICAGO Tour Has Strong Leads in MacLeod, Marroquin
CHICAGO on Broadway's Terrra C.
Reflections: POTTED POTTER, Twice The Fun
I was able to watch the unstoppable, nearly nine-year-old touring production of two-time Olivier Award nominees Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner's parody POTTED POTTER: The Unauthorized Harry Experience twice: the first time was at Little Shubert Theatre Off-Broadway, which starred Clarkson and
Review Roundup: NOLI ME TANGERE OPERA Manila; Show Runs Until 9/28
The long awaited return of the country's first full-length grand opera NOLI ME TANGERE (a full stage production of the opera* was last seen in Manila 27 years ago), inspired by Jose Rizal's 1887 classic romantic novel 'Noli Me Tangere' ('Touch Me Not'), featuring music by National Artist Felipe de L
BWW Reviews: NOLI ME TANGERE OPERA Manila
So how do you sell a show that was conceived and first staged more than 50 years ago--an opera at that --to a younger audience who probably haven't even heard of Verdi, Puccini, or Maria Callas? The much-awaited return of the Filipino stage classic seems to be tackling just that.
BWW Reviews: RABBIT HOLE by Red Turnip Theater
RABBIT HOLE, a David Lindsay-Abaire opus, presents a story about a wife, Becca, and her family, struggling to get past the loss of Danny, Becca's son, who was killed when he was hit by a car.
BWW Reviews: Kooman and Dimond's DANI GIRL
DANI GIRL, a musical about a nine-year-old cancer-stricken girl Dani Lyons, created by the writing team of Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond, is not to be missed.
BWW Reviews: STOMP Returns to Manila
Tap dance on 'roids and LSD* -- that is what STOMP is.
BWW Reviews: HARING UBU, A Filipino Adaptation of 'Ubu Roi'
Dulaang UP, together with UP Dulaang Laboratoryo, brings to the stage HARING UBU, a Filipino adaptation of French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry's 'Ubu Roi,' a precursor to the Theater of the Absurd and surrealism, at Wilfrido Ma.
BWW Reviews: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY by Glenn Mas
Seldom do you see a play mounted on an almost bare stage, but delivers big impact to its audience--that's what GAMES PEOPLE PLAY does, written by Glenn Sevilla Mas, a Ford Foundation International fellow who earned his MFA in Playwriting from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
BWW Reviews: NOISES OFF by Repertory Philippines
There is something amazing about a playwright who can create a play that has an entire act in mime.
BWW Reviews: COCK by Red Turnip Theater
The word 'cock' can be described in many different ways: the alternative term for a certain kind of bird; a male reproductive organ; or a certain kind of overconfident man who thinks he knows everything.
BWW Reviews: FULL GALLOP, Starring Cherie Gil
Despite fear and stress that Philippine cinema icon Cherie Gil had to go through producing and starring in FULL GALLOP, a play based on the life of Diana Vreeland (1903-1989), noted fashion columnist and editor of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, Gil manages to depict Vreeland as a funny, rapid-fired talk
