Acclaimed Soprano Bianca Lopez Holds Vocal Coaching Online by Oliver Oliveros
- June 17, 2020 Bianca Lopez, a soprano and theater actress, offers private vocal coaching online. Lopez, an alumna of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, was recently seen in Noli Me Tangere, The Opera and Stephen Sondheim's Company. She holds a diploma in Creative and Performing Musical Arts, major in Voice, from the University of the Philippines' College of Music.
Will Philippine Theatre Survive Coronavirus? by BWW News Desk
- June 10, 2020 Throughout the Philippines, at least 34 major theatrical productions scheduled for 2020 were either cut short or canceled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Songs from XANDER: PULIS PANGKALAWAKAN to Stream on Facebook, 20 Jun 2020 by BWW News Desk
- June 08, 2020 Juan Ekis and Duende Theatre will stream songs from the space adventure musical, Xander: Pulis Pangkalawakan, with lyrics by Palanca award-winning writer Christian Vallez (also known as X or Juan Ekis, his pen name) and music by Ian Amane. The live-streamed event is set 20 June 2020, at 8 p.m., via Juan Ekis Facebook Page or Duende Theatre Facebook Page.
Repertory Philippines' Summer Workshops Migrate Online In July 2020 by BWW News Desk
- June 05, 2020 Repertory Philippines (REP) gives you the chance to explore the world of theater from your home via REP's Workshops for the Performing Arts. Get the full REP workshop experience through intensive online classes running from 6-31 July 2020. Get 10% off if you sign up before 8 June 2020.
Six Tanghalang Pilipino Productions to Stream on iWant, Premieres 12 Jun 2020 by BWW News Desk
- June 02, 2020 Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) team up with ABS-CBN's streaming app iWant in bringing six previously-staged TP productions online through 'Pantawid ng Tanghalan,' a fundraiser that seeks to sustain the theater company's commitment in bringing socially-relevant productions to the public amid the pandemic. These productions will be available on iWant from 12 June to 12 July 2020.
Atlantis Theatrical Adds Additional Slots to Its Virtual Musical Theater Workshop by BWW News Desk
- May 27, 2020 Due to an overwhelming response, Atlantis Theatrical has decided to add more slots to its a?oevirtuala?? musical theater program this June 2020. Now, more kids and teens can access all the fun and creativity in Atlantis Theatrical's annual workshops from the safety of their own homes.
Broadway Youth Cebu Prepares Cast of HAIRSPRAY JR. Via Virtual Revue by Oliver Oliveros
- May 13, 2020 Community theater company Broadway Youth Cebu (BYC), which trains homegrown talents, recently held its annual musical theater boot camp showcase via a virtual Broadway revue, now available on YouTube. The 40-minute revue features this year's batch of young workshoppers, below the age of 19, who will also perform in a licensed production of Hairspray Jr. on 8-9 August 2020.
Upstart Productions Raises Funds for People Behind the Scenes This Sat., 5/9 by Oliver Oliveros
- May 05, 2020 For its 10th anniversary, Upstart Productions (Company, Spamalot) organizes an online mini-concert to benefit the people working behind the scenes, whose livelihoods have also been affected by the current health crisis.
Tanghalang Pilipino Launches Online Efforts Amid Pandemic by BWW News Desk
- April 27, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic may have caused stage productions to prematurely close, but Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), has prepared a slew of programs on its temporary home a?' the digital platform.
Broadway Star Hayden Tee to Raise Funds for Displaced Filipino Creative Workers by Oliver Oliveros
- April 21, 2020 'Filipinos are one of the friendliest and most thoughtful people I know. I instantly warmed up to them when I landed in Manila. That's why it was sad when we were forced to cut our stay short.' a?' Hayden Tee
#NothingStopsTheTHEATRE Premieres BROKEN EMMA Tonight, 7 p.m. by Oliver Oliveros
- April 10, 2020 New theater group #NothingStopsTheTHEATRE invites you to the virtual premiere of its short play Broken Emma: An Online Play About Absurd Reality on Facebook and YouTube tonight, 7 p.m.
Cebu Singers Release Cover of THE PRINCE OF EGYPT'S 'When You Believe' by Oliver Oliveros
- March 30, 2020 Mentors and students at Golden Sun Performing Arts Center (GSPA) have released a cover version of a?oeWhen You Believea?? from the Dreamworks animated film The Prince of Egypt, whose film-to-stage adaptation recently opened in London.
MATILDA THE MUSICAL Forced to Cancel Performances Due to COVID-19 by Oliver Oliveros
- March 13, 2020 Given the recent developments on COVID-19 and the government's mandated community quarantine, GMG Productions, along with GWP Entertainment and Virtus Live, has announced that the remaining performances of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical have been canceled.
Repertory Philippines' ANNA IN THE TROPICS Canceled; CAROUSEL Postponed by Oliver Oliveros
- March 13, 2020 In light of President Rodrigo Duterte's public address regarding measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country, Repertory Philippines' (REP) has announced that tonight's opening and all performances of Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics have been canceled.
Check Out First Production Photos of ANNA IN THE TROPICS, Staged by Repertory Philippines by BWW News Desk
- March 10, 2020 Noted production designer Joey Mendoza makes his directorial debut in Repertory Philippines' (REP) production of Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Anna in the Tropics. The show runs from 13 March to 5 April 2020 at Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City.
DLSU Harlequin Theatre Guild Presents Seven Plays in DULA SALLE 2K19: BOGUS POKUS by BWW News Desk
- March 10, 2020 DLSU Harlequin Theatre Guild, the premier theater organization of De La Salle University (DLSU), is proud to present DuLa Salle 2k19: Bogus Pokus, which is made up of seven plays. DLSU Harlequin Theatre Guild stages this production in collaboration with Malate Literary Folio, the official literary and visual arts publication of the university.
PHOTOS: Look at MATILDA THE MUSICAL Cast in Action; Show Runs Now Thru 22 Mar 2020 by Oliver Oliveros
- March 09, 2020 When Matilda The Musical premiered at the Cambridge Theatre in the West End in 2011, The Guardian gave it five stars and described it as a?oeanarchically joyous, gleefully nasty, and an ingenious musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel of the same name.a?? About nine years after, now a beloved musical for all ages, Matilda The Musical finally opened at The Theatre at Solaire in Manila for a limited three-week engagement.
Photo Coverage: SI JANUS SILANG AT ANG TIYANAK NG TABON Plays at St. Mary's College Q.C. by Oliver Oliveros
- March 05, 2020 The best-selling book and winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Novel in Filipino in 2015, Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tabon, written by Edgar Calabia Samar, has been adapted into a stage play, bearing the same title, runs this weekend at St. Mary's College in Quezon City.
BWW Review: BATANG MUJAHIDEEN Starts the Conversation That Matters by Carla Delgado
- March 04, 2020 Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) stages Malou Jacob's Batang Mujahideen as part of its 33rd season, titled a?oeMakidigma.a?? According to TP Artistic Director Nanding Josef, the group has had the piece for years, unable to include it in its season lineup until now.
VIDEO: The Cast of THE BAND'S VISIT Preview 'Welcome to Nowhere' by Oliver Oliveros
- March 03, 2020 Winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Band's Visit makes its international premiere in the capital of the Philippines on 13 March 2020. Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's Bobby Garcia helms the production, which the Chicago Tribune describes as a?oeremarkable and boundlessly compassionate and humanistic piece of theater.a??