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Photo Flash: McNally Meets Gil of MASTER CLASS Philippines by Oliver Oliveros
- October 25, 2010 Four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally ('Master Class', 'Kiss of the Spiderwoman') was formally introduced to revered Filipino film and television actress Cherie Gil at the writer's home in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Gil recently received rave reviews from both media critics and theatre-goers when she essayed the larger-than-life role of 'La Divina' Maria Callas thrice (two seasons in Manila and a touring production in Dumaguete City, Southern Philippines) in Mr. McNally's 1996 Tony Award-winning play 'Master Class'.
THE WEDDING SINGER Opens In Manila 10/23 by BWW
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- October 22, 2010 2006 Tony award-nominated 'The Wedding Singer', starring mainstream television and recording stars Gian Magdangal and Iya Villana, opens at the Meralco Theatre in Manila on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. The proceeds from the opening night will directly benefit the medical outreach and feeding program of The Orange Project, a nonprofit educational foundation that helps needy and hungry Filipino children.
THE WEDDING SINGER Opens In Manila 10/23 by Oliver Oliveros
- October 18, 2010 2006 Tony award-nominated 'The Wedding Singer', starring mainstream television and recording stars Gian Magdangal and Iya Villana, opens at the Meralco Theatre in Manila on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. The proceeds from the opening night will directly benefit the medical outreach and feeding program of The Orange Project, a nonprofit educational foundation that helps needy and hungry Filipino children.
Joel Trinidad’s CRUSH HOUR Debuts Off-Off-Broadway by Oliver Oliveros
- October 10, 2010 Filipino actor, playwright and director Joel Trinidad's 'Crush Hour', a two-character play that's less than ten minutes, recently received its Off-Off-Broadway premiere at the Roy Arias Studios, 300 West 43rd Street, New York City. It was performed, alongside five other short plays, through producer and playwright John Chatterton's regular series of 'The Short Play Lab'.
Theater Down South Pays Tribute To Sondheim, FORUM Runs Through 10/30 by Oliver Oliveros
- October 03, 2010 It's Manila's turn to greet musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim a happy 80th birthday. Two Sondheim musicals are opening this month of October: one of which is prolific theatre company Atlantis Productions Inc.'s touring production of 'A Little Night Music', starring Philippine cinema's multi-award-winning actress Dawn Zulueta as Desirée Armfeldt; the other one is community theatre company Theater Down South's (TDS) production of 'A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum', featuring young thespians Chino Veguillas as Pseudolus, Jacob Kliatchko Gayanelo as Hero, and Carla Gonzalez as Philia.
Photo Coverage: Asian Premiere Of AMERICAN HWANGAP, Show Closes 10/3 by Oliver Oliveros
- September 29, 2010 Korean American playwright Lloyd Suh's Off-Broadway play 'American Hwangap' holds its Asian premiere in Manila through a co-production arrangement between the Cultural Center of the Philippines' (CCP) resident theatre company Tanghalang Pilipino, and New York-based Lark Play Development Center. Top billed by the Philippines' most respected actors on stage, television and film - Mario O' Hara, Celeste Legaspi, Gina Pareño and Bembol Roco - 'American Hwangap' is presented in its original English form, and in a Filipino translation written by Philippine literature professor and writer Joi Barrios-Leblanc. The play runs until Sunday, October 3, 2010 at the CCP Little Theatre.
Stage Tube: Lea Salonga Sings ‘Second Chances’ From ALLEGIANCE! by Oliver Oliveros
- September 21, 2010 Broadway-bound musical 'Allegiance' has just released a promotional video clip that shows Tony award-winning actress Lea Salonga ('Miss Saigon', 'Les Miserables') singing the musical's opening and closing song titled 'Second Chances'. Its beautiful and infectious melody, penned by the musical's composer and lyricist Jay Kuo ('World's Apart', 'Insignificant Others'), has been getting favorable first impressions.
Photo Coverage: Joanna Ampil Manila Concert, 9/18 by Oliver Oliveros
- September 20, 2010 Together with Tony winner Lea Salonga, husband Rob Chien, and Joanna Ampil's manager Girlie Rodis, BroadwayWorld Philippines attended Ms. Ampil's second solo concert in Manila Saturday evening, September 18, 2010 at Onstage, Greenbelt 1, Ayala Malls, Makati City.
XANADU Skates Into Manilla 9/3-19 by BWW
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- September 19, 2010 XANADU, the Broadway musical comedy that opened in 2007, skates into Manila in a brand new production directed by Bobby Garcia (Broadway Asia's CINDERELLA, SPELLING BEE, HAIRSPRAY, AVENUEQ).
Stage Tube: PETA’s ‘The Post Office’ With The Loboc Children’s Choir by Oliver Oliveros
- September 18, 2010 Featuring international Filipino child actor Martin Delos Santos, stage luminaries Jojo Atienza, Bembol Roco, Bodjie Pascua, and the world-renowned Loboc Children's Choir, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) has just presented a Filipino adaptation of Indian poet and playwright Rabindranath Tagore's 'The Post Office' at the PETA Center Theatre in New Manila, Quezon City.
THE LION KING Singapore Sets Manila Auditions For Filipino Children, 9/18-19 by BWW
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- September 18, 2010 Base Entertainment Asia ('Jersey Boys', 'Defending the Caveman') and Singapore Repertory Theatre ('Golden Child', 'Into the Woods') are holding auditions for Filipino young talents, ages 8 to 13, to fill the roles of young cubs Simba and Nala in the Southeast Asian premiere of Disney Theatrical Group's 'The Lion King'. Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 12 noon to 6 p.m., and Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Arts in Taguig City, FVR Park, 26th Street, Bonifacio Arts Center, The Fort, Taguig City (www.artsintaguigcity.com). Singing and dancing experience is required.
Joanna Ampil Back In Manila For One-Night Concert, 9/18 by BWW
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- September 17, 2010 London-based musical theatre actress Joanna Ampil ('Miss Saigon', 'Les Miserables') is back in Manila for 'Joanna Ampil: West End Girl', a one-night musical theatre/pop hybrid concert at Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 8 p.m. Ambient Media's FILharmoniKA orchestra, under the baton of Gerard Salonga, will accompany the singer and actress. Sony Music Philippines' balladeer Ariel Rivera is her special guest artist.
Joanna Ampil Back In Manila For One-Night Concert, 9/18 by Oliver Oliveros
- September 15, 2010 London-based musical theatre actress Joanna Ampil ('Miss Saigon', 'Les Miserables') is back in Manila for 'Joanna Ampil: West End Girl', a one-night musical theatre/pop hybrid concert at Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 8 p.m. Ambient Media's FILharmoniKA orchestra, under the baton of Gerard Salonga, will accompany the singer and actress. Sony Music Philippines' balladeer Ariel Rivera is her special guest artist.
Photo Flash: MISS SAIGON At Moonlight Amphitheatre, Show Runs Through 9/25 by Oliver Oliveros
- September 12, 2010 Moonlight Stage Productions (MSP) fills the Brengle Terrace Park in Vista, California - not just with local residents and tourists on a picnic but also with a giant statue of Vietnamese communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh, and a US military helicopter falling from the sky on Wednesday through Sunday - as MSP concludes its 2010 summer season with a grand presentation of Tony award-winning musical 'Miss Saigon' at the Moonlight Amphitheatre running until Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. 'Miss Saigon' alums Filipino-American stage actress Jennifer Paz (Kim) and Johann Michael Camat (The Engineer) reunite onstage in this lavish open air production.
PETA Stages Filipino Adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s THE POST OFFICE, 8/6-9/12 by BWW
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- September 12, 2010 Amal, a 10-year-old ailing child in Indian poet and dramatist Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's (1861-1941) symbolic play 'Dak Ghar' or 'The Post Office', is now named Abel in Philippine Educational Theater Association's (PETA) contextualized adaptation 'Ang Post Office'. Featuring Filipino child actor Martin delos Santos and stage luminaries Bembol Roco and Bodjie Pascua, with live vocal score from multi-award winning children's choirs - the Kilyawan Choir and the Loboc Children's Choir - Abel's moving story premieres on August 6, 2010 and will run through September 12, 2010 at the PETA Center Theatre in New Manila, Quezon City.
Stage Tube: Charice Walks The Red Carpet At GLEE’s Season 2 Premiere Party by Oliver Oliveros
- September 08, 2010 International pop singer from the Philippines Charice walked the red carpet at GLEE's Season 2 premiere party held Tuesday evening, September 7, 2010 at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California.
THE LION KING Singapore Sets Manila Auditions For Filipino Children, 9/18-19 by Oliver Oliveros
- September 06, 2010 Base Entertainment Asia ('Jersey Boys', 'Defending the Caveman') and Singapore Repertory Theatre ('Golden Child', 'Into the Woods') are holding auditions for Filipino young talents, ages 8 to 13, to fill the roles of young cubs Simba and Nala in the Southeast Asian premiere of Disney Theatrical Group's 'The Lion King'. Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 12 noon to 6 p.m., and Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Arts in Taguig City, FVR Park, 26th Street, Bonifacio Arts Center, The Fort, Taguig City (www.artsintaguigcity.com). Singing and dancing experience is required.
THE LION KING Singapore: Auditions For Filipino Children, 9/5 by Oliver Oliveros
- September 05, 2010 Base Entertainment Asia ('Jersey Boys', 'Defending the Caveman') and Singapore Repertory Theatre ('Golden Child', 'Into the Woods') are holding auditions for Filipino and Singaporean young talents, ages 8 to 13, to fill the roles of young cubs Simba and Nala in the Southeast Asian premiere of Disney Theatrical Group's 'The Lion King'. Auditions will be held on Sunday, September 5, 2010 from 2 p.m. onwards at the Singapore Repertory Theatre, Robertson Walk #02-08, 11 Unity Street, Singapore 237995. Singing and dancing experience is required.
XANADU Skates Into Manilla 9/3-19 by BWW
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- September 03, 2010 XANADU, the Broadway musical comedy that opened in 2007, skates into Manila in a brand new production directed by Bobby Garcia (Broadway Asia's CINDERELLA, SPELLING BEE, HAIRSPRAY, AVENUEQ).
STAGE TUBE: XANADU Manila On TFC by Oliver Oliveros
- September 02, 2010 Recording star Rachel Alejandro and favorite leading man Felix Rivera lead the whole cast of 'Xanadu' Manila in a promotional number on Sunday musical variety show ASAP XV aired on The Filipino Channel (TFC).
THE LION KING Singapore: Auditions For Filipino Children, 9/5 by Oliver Oliveros
- August 30, 2010 Base Entertainment Asia ('Jersey Boys', 'Defending the Caveman') and Singapore Repertory Theatre ('Golden Child', 'Into the Woods') are holding auditions for Filipino and Singaporean young talents, ages 8 to 13, to fill the roles of young cubs Simba and Nala in the Southeast Asian premiere of Disney Theatrical Group's 'The Lion King'. Auditions will be held on Sunday, September 5, 2010 from 2 p.m. onwards at the Singapore Repertory Theatre, Robertson Walk #02-08, 11 Unity Street, Singapore 237995. Singing and dancing experience is required.
Photo Flash: THE POST OFFICE - The Trouper In Martin Delos Santos by Oliver Oliveros
- August 26, 2010 International child performer Martin Delos Santos' ('Mammoth', 'Jollitown') natural actor's instincts when essaying 10-year-old protagonist Abel in Philippine Educational Theater Association's (PETA) Filipino adaptation of Bengali Rabindranath Tagore's 'Dakghar' or 'The Post Office' (1912) brings out a delightful and charming portrayal.
XANADU Skates Into Manilla 9/3-19 by Gabrielle Sierra
- August 23, 2010 XANADU, the Broadway musical comedy that opened in 2007, skates into Manila in a brand new production directed by Bobby Garcia (Broadway Asia's CINDERELLA, SPELLING BEE, HAIRSPRAY, AVENUEQ).
Jennifer Paz Reprises Role in North Shore Music Theatre’s "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" ‘Til 8/22 by Oliver Oliveros
- August 22, 2010 Jennifer Paz (The Narrator), together with 'American Idol' finalist Anthony Fedorov (Joseph), revisits Webber and Rice's second, almost completely sung-through, full-length musical collaboration in North Shore Music Theatre's current production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' in Beverly, Massachusetts running until Sunday, August 22, 2010.
Lea Salonga Opens CATS In Manila With A Sprained Ankle, Show Extends Till 8/22 by Oliver Oliveros
- August 22, 2010 Tony award-winning actress Lea Salonga had tripped and sprained her ankle as she was heading to her first stage entrance during the technical and dress rehearsal for the Philippine premiere of the musical 'Cats: Now and Forever' Thursday at the Nicanor Abelardo Theatre of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) . Ms. Salonga, who dons Grizabella's scruffy costume, and the Australian touring cast and crew of the T.S. Eliot/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical officially open 'Cats' Manila run Saturday, July 24, 2010.