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Fire at Star City Delays Gantimpala's KANSER by Oliver Oliveros
- October 01, 2019 The Star Theatre in the Star City complex, an amusement park, in Pasay City is currently closed to the public after a fire broke out in the morning hours of Wednesday, 2 October.
Nominations Open For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards, Presented by TodayTix! by BWW News Desk
- October 01, 2019 Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
Photo Coverage: Take a First Look at Gantimpala's KANSER 2019; Show Plays the Star Theatre, 3 Oct. by Oliver Oliveros
- September 29, 2019 Igniting patriotism from its mostly high school student audience whose occasional exclamations and shrieks during Crisostomo Ibarra and Maria Clara's more intimate moments in the play were, we suppose, uncontainable, Gantimpala Theater Foundation's Kanser, a theatrical adaptation of National Hero Jose Rizal's famous first novel Noli Me Tangere, is back for a limited run. It plays the Star Theatre in Pasay City this Thursday, 3 October.
BWW Review: HIMALA Makes the Audience Witnesses to Cupang's Events by Carla Delgado
- September 29, 2019 Himala: Isang Musikal may be one of the best original Filipino musicals there is. It doesn't rely on the grand, lavish, and elite packaging of theater and simply delivers vulnerability and emotional storytelling.
Video: MAGNIFICAT Cast, Director Laurice Guillen Take Opening Night Bows by Oliver Oliveros
- September 27, 2019 Music composer Ryan Cayabyab and book writer and lyricist Nestor U. Torre's faith-based musical Magnificat The Musical gets a new staging, which plays now through 12 Oct. at the Music Museum.
VIDEO: Gerald Santos Teases 'Johanna' from SWEENEY TODD by Oliver Oliveros
- September 25, 2019 The touring production (Philippines, Singapore) of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Tony winner Lea Salonga and Jett Pangan, featuring Gerald Santos, will launch in Manila, Philippines, 11-27 October 2019.
BWW Review: What Do You Get From Upstart Productions' COMPANY? by Jude Buot
- September 18, 2019 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?'
Video: Upstart Productions Opens Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY; Show Runs Now Thru 22 Sept. by BWW News Desk
- September 13, 2019 'Phone rings, door chimes, in comes company,' OJ Mariano's Bobby sang those Stephen Sondheim's words to officially open Upstart Productions' Company, Sondheim and George Furth's Tony Award-winning musical, at the Maybank Performing Arts Theatre last night, 13 September.
Shakespeare's Rose Theatre Cancels MACBETH, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Run by Oliver Oliveros
- September 12, 2019 UK-based Shakespeare's Rose Theatre announced Friday it was canceling the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth at The Theatre at Solaire from 17 to 22 September 2019.
Ateneo Blue Repertory Opens 28th Theater Season With THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY; Watch Excerpt! by Oliver Oliveros
- September 08, 2019 Ateneo de Manila University's Blue Repertory attempts to answer the essential question: is everything, everyone interconnected in its 28th theatrical season premiere, the song cycle a?oeThe Theory of Relativity.a?? The production plays at the Fine Arts Black Box Theatre, Ateneo de Manila University campus in Quezon City from September 12-29, 2019, with evening and matinee performances.
PHOTOS: Lea Salonga Headlines Resorts World Manila's PERFECT TEN: A Gala Performance by BWW News Desk
- September 02, 2019 Resorts World Manila (RWM), the Philippines' pioneering integrated resort-township, welcomed back Tony winner, Disney Legend Lea Salonga as they celebrated RWM's 10th anniversary via a two-night concert billed as 'Perfect Ten: A Gala Performance' at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre held Friday, August 30, and Saturday, August 31, 2019.