Ballet Philippines Opens A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Friday, 2/15
by Oliver Oliveros - February 14, 2013
Following the highly successful run of pop ballet 'Rama Hari,' Ballet Philippines (BP) opens its newest season with its own take on William Shakespeare's enchanting comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Main Theatre this weekend, February 15 (3 p.m., 8 p.m.) and February 16 to 17 (2 p.m., 6 p.m.)
by Oliver Oliveros - February 14, 2013
Following the highly successful run of pop ballet 'Rama Hari,' Ballet Philippines (BP) opens its newest season with its own take on William Shakespeare's enchanting comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Main Theatre this weekend, February 15 (3 p.m., 8 p.m.) and February 16 to 17 (2 p.m., 6 p.m.)
The Philippines Joins Eve Ensler's ONE BILLION RISING Today
by Oliver Oliveros - February 14, 2013
Community groups Gabriela Women's Party and Gabriela, which fight for Filipino women's rights, and theater organization New Voice Company, which is best known for its repeated 'stagings' of Tony winner Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues' in the Philippines, will join women and men in 200 countries to celebrate Ensler's 15-year effort to end violence against women and girls via ONE BILLION RISING, where participants 'strike, dance, and rise' along Tomas Morato Avenue in Quezon City on Valentine's Day, today, February 14.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 14, 2013
Community groups Gabriela Women's Party and Gabriela, which fight for Filipino women's rights, and theater organization New Voice Company, which is best known for its repeated 'stagings' of Tony winner Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues' in the Philippines, will join women and men in 200 countries to celebrate Ensler's 15-year effort to end violence against women and girls via ONE BILLION RISING, where participants 'strike, dance, and rise' along Tomas Morato Avenue in Quezon City on Valentine's Day, today, February 14.
BWW Interviews: THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG's Joseph Tolentino & Gemini Quintos
by Oliver Oliveros - February 13, 2013
Apart from the first pairing up of actors Nikki Gil and Lorenz Martinez, another interesting aspect of 9 Works Theatrical's (9WT) latest stage production, the classic Broadway musical 'They're Playing Our Song,' is the artistic contribution of Joseph Tolentino, musical director, and Gemini Quintos, choreographer.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 13, 2013
Apart from the first pairing up of actors Nikki Gil and Lorenz Martinez, another interesting aspect of 9 Works Theatrical's (9WT) latest stage production, the classic Broadway musical 'They're Playing Our Song,' is the artistic contribution of Joseph Tolentino, musical director, and Gemini Quintos, choreographer.
Photo Flash: Dulaang UP Opens COLLECTION Tonight
by Oliver Oliveros - February 13, 2013
Dulaang UP, together with its media partner BroadwayWorld Philippines and exceptional photographers Dino Dimar and Jojit Lorenzo, brings you a first look at the stellar cast of 'Collection,' a new dark comedy by multi-awarded playwright, TV and stage director Floy Quintos ('Ang Bagong Harana,' 'Isang Panaginip na Fili').
by Oliver Oliveros - February 13, 2013
Dulaang UP, together with its media partner BroadwayWorld Philippines and exceptional photographers Dino Dimar and Jojit Lorenzo, brings you a first look at the stellar cast of 'Collection,' a new dark comedy by multi-awarded playwright, TV and stage director Floy Quintos ('Ang Bagong Harana,' 'Isang Panaginip na Fili').
The Philippines Joins Eve Ensler's ONE BILLION RISING on Thursday, 2/14
by Oliver Oliveros - February 10, 2013
Community groups Gabriela Women's Party and Gabriela, which fight for Filipino women's rights, and theater organization New Voice Company, which is best known for its repeated 'stagings' of Tony winner Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues' in the Philippines, will join women and men in 200 countries to celebrate Ensler's 15-year effort to end violence against women and girls via ONE BILLION RISING, where participants 'strike, dance, and rise' along Tomas Morato Avenue in Quezon City on Valentine's Day, February 14.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 10, 2013
Community groups Gabriela Women's Party and Gabriela, which fight for Filipino women's rights, and theater organization New Voice Company, which is best known for its repeated 'stagings' of Tony winner Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues' in the Philippines, will join women and men in 200 countries to celebrate Ensler's 15-year effort to end violence against women and girls via ONE BILLION RISING, where participants 'strike, dance, and rise' along Tomas Morato Avenue in Quezon City on Valentine's Day, February 14.
Photo Flash: First Look at THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG, SPRING AWAKENING
by Oliver Oliveros - February 09, 2013
9 Works Theatrical's ("You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," "Sweet Charity") production of Marvin Hamlisch and Carol Bayer Sager's classic Broadway musical "They're Playing Our Song" (TPOS), directed by Robbie Guevara, opens this weekend at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City; Blue Repertory's ("Bare," "Little Shop of Horrors") production of Duncan Sheik's dark rock musical "Spring Awakening" (SA), directed by Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan, will follow suit when SA opens at Rizal Mini Theatre, Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City on Valentine's Day, February 14.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 09, 2013
9 Works Theatrical's ("You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," "Sweet Charity") production of Marvin Hamlisch and Carol Bayer Sager's classic Broadway musical "They're Playing Our Song" (TPOS), directed by Robbie Guevara, opens this weekend at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City; Blue Repertory's ("Bare," "Little Shop of Horrors") production of Duncan Sheik's dark rock musical "Spring Awakening" (SA), directed by Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan, will follow suit when SA opens at Rizal Mini Theatre, Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City on Valentine's Day, February 14.
THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG Runs Now thru 3/3
by Oliver Oliveros - February 08, 2013
Love is in the air; and 9 Works Theatrical is ready to woo audiences with several evenings of music, laughter, and romance as the theater company presents the hit Broadway musical 'They're Playing Our Song' (TPOS) at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Makati City from tonight, February 8 to Sunday, March 3.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 08, 2013
Love is in the air; and 9 Works Theatrical is ready to woo audiences with several evenings of music, laughter, and romance as the theater company presents the hit Broadway musical 'They're Playing Our Song' (TPOS) at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Makati City from tonight, February 8 to Sunday, March 3.
Eula Valdes to Star as 'Morticia' in THE ADDAMS FAMILY in Manila, Nov-Dec 2013
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2013
According to ABS-CBN News, Eula Valdez has been cast as 'Morticia' in The Addams Family musical, coming to Manila's Meralco Theater in November 2013.
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2013
According to ABS-CBN News, Eula Valdez has been cast as 'Morticia' in The Addams Family musical, coming to Manila's Meralco Theater in November 2013.
Photo Flash: IBALONG by Tanghalang Pilipino Plays Now thru 3/3
by Oliver Oliveros - February 07, 2013
Photographer Erik Crisologo Liongoren previously released his first shots of Tanghalang Pilipino's (TP) most ambitious production to date, the epic dance drama 'Ibalong,' inspired by the City of Legazpi's (capital of the Bicol Region) week-long, non-religious festival.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 07, 2013
Photographer Erik Crisologo Liongoren previously released his first shots of Tanghalang Pilipino's (TP) most ambitious production to date, the epic dance drama 'Ibalong,' inspired by the City of Legazpi's (capital of the Bicol Region) week-long, non-religious festival.
BWW Reviews: BOEING-BOEING by Repertory Philippines
by Oliver Oliveros - February 06, 2013
When the play's director is all smiles on opening night, you can tell the show is off to a good start.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 06, 2013
When the play's director is all smiles on opening night, you can tell the show is off to a good start.
Photo Coverage: IBALONG Meets the Press; Show Opens 2/8
by Oliver Oliveros - February 03, 2013
Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), is facing herculean task -- artistically, physically, and economically -- with the staging of 'Ibalong,' an epic dance drama.
by Oliver Oliveros - February 03, 2013
Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), is facing herculean task -- artistically, physically, and economically -- with the staging of 'Ibalong,' an epic dance drama.
STAGE TUBE: POTTED POTTER Returns to the Philippines, Now thru 2/3
by Oliver Oliveros - January 30, 2013
British actors Gary Trainor and Jesse Briton come full circle when POTTED POTTER: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - a parody by Dan Clarkson and Jeff Turner - returns to Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, in Makati City for nine performances only at the end of the month and the first week of February.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 30, 2013
British actors Gary Trainor and Jesse Briton come full circle when POTTED POTTER: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - a parody by Dan Clarkson and Jeff Turner - returns to Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, in Makati City for nine performances only at the end of the month and the first week of February.
BWW Reviews: THE KING AND I Starring Nonie Buencamino and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo
by Oliver Oliveros - January 28, 2013
Resorts World Manila's (RWM) Newport Performing Arts Theater recently raised its curtains for the new cast members of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I," Nonie Buencamino as King Mongkut and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo as Anna Leonowens.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 28, 2013
Resorts World Manila's (RWM) Newport Performing Arts Theater recently raised its curtains for the new cast members of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I," Nonie Buencamino as King Mongkut and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo as Anna Leonowens.
2010 Tony Award-winning Play RED premieres in the Philippines, 2/22
by Oliver Oliveros - January 27, 2013
American playwright and screenwriter John Logan's ("Any Given Sunday," "Aviator") Tony Award-winning play "Red," which won six awards at the 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Play, and Best Featured Actor in a Play for Eddie Redmayne, best known as the actor who played Marius in the Oscar-nominated film "Les Miserables," will run at College of Saint Benilde-School of Design and Arts (CSB-SDA) Theatre for four days only, February 22-23 and March 1-2.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 27, 2013
American playwright and screenwriter John Logan's ("Any Given Sunday," "Aviator") Tony Award-winning play "Red," which won six awards at the 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Play, and Best Featured Actor in a Play for Eddie Redmayne, best known as the actor who played Marius in the Oscar-nominated film "Les Miserables," will run at College of Saint Benilde-School of Design and Arts (CSB-SDA) Theatre for four days only, February 22-23 and March 1-2.
Photo Coverage: First Look at Rep's BOEING-BOEING
by Oliver Oliveros - January 25, 2013
Repertory Philippines (Rep) opened its 76th theater season with 2008 Tony Award-winning comedy "Boeing-Boeing," originally written in French by Marc Camoletti, which in turn was translated into English by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans, last night at Onstage Theatre in Makati City.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 25, 2013
Repertory Philippines (Rep) opened its 76th theater season with 2008 Tony Award-winning comedy "Boeing-Boeing," originally written in French by Marc Camoletti, which in turn was translated into English by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans, last night at Onstage Theatre in Makati City.
Rep's BOEING-BOEING Opens Tonight
by Oliver Oliveros - January 25, 2013
Handsome, dashing playboy Bernard (David Bianco, who starred in Repertory Philippines's [Rep] "Next Fall") feels like the definitive Don Juan as he juggles three beautiful fiancees - all sultry and sexy air hostesses.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 25, 2013
Handsome, dashing playboy Bernard (David Bianco, who starred in Repertory Philippines's [Rep] "Next Fall") feels like the definitive Don Juan as he juggles three beautiful fiancees - all sultry and sexy air hostesses.
Rep's BOEING-BOEING Opens Friday, 1/25
by Oliver Oliveros - January 23, 2013
Handsome, dashing playboy Bernard (David Bianco, who starred in Repertory Philippines's [Rep] "Next Fall") feels like the definitive Don Juan as he juggles three beautiful fiancees - all sultry and sexy air hostesses.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 23, 2013
Handsome, dashing playboy Bernard (David Bianco, who starred in Repertory Philippines's [Rep] "Next Fall") feels like the definitive Don Juan as he juggles three beautiful fiancees - all sultry and sexy air hostesses.
Review Roundup: Spotlight Artists Centre Presents KATY
by Oliver Oliveros - January 22, 2013
Members of the press that attended the preview performance of the much-anticipated revival production of Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes's landmark musical "Katy" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on Wednesday last week felt the production was far from technically perfect. Nevertheless, this Spotlight Artists Centre's take on the beloved original Filipino musical, based on the life and times of bodabil queen Katy dela Cruz, directed by the show's original director, Nestor U. Torre, opened last weekend, and was rewarded with extended standing ovations from the audience.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 22, 2013
Members of the press that attended the preview performance of the much-anticipated revival production of Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes's landmark musical "Katy" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on Wednesday last week felt the production was far from technically perfect. Nevertheless, this Spotlight Artists Centre's take on the beloved original Filipino musical, based on the life and times of bodabil queen Katy dela Cruz, directed by the show's original director, Nestor U. Torre, opened last weekend, and was rewarded with extended standing ovations from the audience.
THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG Meets the Press; Show Runs 2/8-3/3
by Oliver Oliveros - January 21, 2013
Love is in the air; and 9 Works Theatrical is ready to woo audiences with several evenings of music, laughter, and romance as the theater company presents the hit Broadway musical "They're Playing Our Song" (TPOS) at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Makati City from Friday, February 8 to Sunday, March 3.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 21, 2013
Love is in the air; and 9 Works Theatrical is ready to woo audiences with several evenings of music, laughter, and romance as the theater company presents the hit Broadway musical "They're Playing Our Song" (TPOS) at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Makati City from Friday, February 8 to Sunday, March 3.
Photo Flash: First Look at the Cast of Dulaang UP's COLLECTION, 2/13-3/3
by Oliver Oliveros - January 20, 2013
Dulaang UP, together with its media partner BroadwayWorld Philippines and exceptional photographers Dino Dimar and Jojit Lorenzo, brings you a first look at the stellar cast of "Collection," a new dark comedy by multi-awarded playwright, TV and stage director Floy Quintos ("Ang Bagong Harana," "Isang Panaginip na Fili").
by Oliver Oliveros - January 20, 2013
Dulaang UP, together with its media partner BroadwayWorld Philippines and exceptional photographers Dino Dimar and Jojit Lorenzo, brings you a first look at the stellar cast of "Collection," a new dark comedy by multi-awarded playwright, TV and stage director Floy Quintos ("Ang Bagong Harana," "Isang Panaginip na Fili").
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Rep's NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY, 3/1-24
by Oliver Oliveros - January 19, 2013
For the entire month of March, Joel Trinidad ('Crush Hour,' 'Defending the Caveman') returns to the Repertory Philippines's (Rep) stage with 2012 BroadwayWorld PH Award nominee Carla Guevara-Laforteza ('Nine,' 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown') in Douglas J. Cohen's 'No Way to Treat a Lady,' described as a 'theatrically-charged musical comedy thriller,' based on the bestselling book by William Goldman.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 19, 2013
For the entire month of March, Joel Trinidad ('Crush Hour,' 'Defending the Caveman') returns to the Repertory Philippines's (Rep) stage with 2012 BroadwayWorld PH Award nominee Carla Guevara-Laforteza ('Nine,' 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown') in Douglas J. Cohen's 'No Way to Treat a Lady,' described as a 'theatrically-charged musical comedy thriller,' based on the bestselling book by William Goldman.
FREEZE FRAME: First Look at THE KING OF THE BIRDS, Runs Thru 2/2
by Oliver Oliveros - January 18, 2013
Tanghalang Ateneo presents "The King of the Birds," an enchanting Persian fable turned into a stage play, at Ateneo de Manila University's Rizal Mini Theatre from Thursday, January 17 to Saturday, February 2.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 18, 2013
Tanghalang Ateneo presents "The King of the Birds," an enchanting Persian fable turned into a stage play, at Ateneo de Manila University's Rizal Mini Theatre from Thursday, January 17 to Saturday, February 2.
Review Roundup: LES MISERABLES Opens in the Philippines
by Oliver Oliveros - January 17, 2013
"Les Miserables" fans in the Philippines had to wait a little longer for the Tom Hooper-helmed stage to screen adaptation of the famous musical, based on Victor Hugo's novel, because cineplexes, primarily in Metro Manila, were booked for the annual Metro Manila Film Festival, which showcases local movie productions, over the holidays.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 17, 2013
"Les Miserables" fans in the Philippines had to wait a little longer for the Tom Hooper-helmed stage to screen adaptation of the famous musical, based on Victor Hugo's novel, because cineplexes, primarily in Metro Manila, were booked for the annual Metro Manila Film Festival, which showcases local movie productions, over the holidays.
Photo Flash: KATY Opens Tonight at CCP
by Oliver Oliveros - January 17, 2013
BroadwayWorld.com recently got a hold of Spotlight Artists Centre's brand new publicity photos of its revival production of Filipino landmark musical "Katy!," directed by Nestor U. Torre, which runs at the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino from tonight, January 17 to Sunday, January 27, 2013.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 17, 2013
BroadwayWorld.com recently got a hold of Spotlight Artists Centre's brand new publicity photos of its revival production of Filipino landmark musical "Katy!," directed by Nestor U. Torre, which runs at the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino from tonight, January 17 to Sunday, January 27, 2013.
LES MISERABLES: Exposition of Christian Virtues at Its Core
by Oliver Oliveros - January 16, 2013
"To love another person is to see the face of God" - Colm Wilkinson's Bishop Myriel of Digne and Anne Hathaway's Fantine, together with Hugh Jackman's Jean Valjean, sung those arguably the most indelible lyrics by tail end in the Tom Hooper-helmed musical motion picture, "Les Miserables," a faithful film adaptation based on the 1987 Tony Award-winning musical, written by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer, which in turn was inspired by the French historical novel of the same name, published in 1862, by Victor Hugo, a well-known French Romantic poet and novelist who had evident antipathy toward the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church; but, interestingly, had high regard for the Church's doctrines.
by Oliver Oliveros - January 16, 2013
"To love another person is to see the face of God" - Colm Wilkinson's Bishop Myriel of Digne and Anne Hathaway's Fantine, together with Hugh Jackman's Jean Valjean, sung those arguably the most indelible lyrics by tail end in the Tom Hooper-helmed musical motion picture, "Les Miserables," a faithful film adaptation based on the 1987 Tony Award-winning musical, written by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer, which in turn was inspired by the French historical novel of the same name, published in 1862, by Victor Hugo, a well-known French Romantic poet and novelist who had evident antipathy toward the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church; but, interestingly, had high regard for the Church's doctrines.
Videos
|
LES MISÉRABLES: WORLD TOUR SPECTACULAR
The Theatre at Solaire (1/20 - 3/1) | ||
|
Soundtrack trio night of music
Northpoint Dumaguete (7/16 - 12/31) | |
| VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW | ||
Get Philippines's #1 Theatre Newsletter
All the show news & discounts for Philippines & beyond.
