CENEWOF THEATRE

by Jude Cartalaba - April 29, 2025

It isn't much about deconstructing Dr. Jose Rizal’s deemed subversive novels, but how laudable 9 Works Theatrical’s bold decision to retell mainly Rizal’s 'Noli Me Tangere’s' enduring characters’ origins, probable untold stories, and everything in between....

by Jude Cartalaba - March 06, 2025

Jun Robles Lana's 'Anino sa Likod ng Buwan,' directed by Gawad Buhay awardee Tuxqs Rutaquio, is perhaps one of the most-awaited original Filipino straight play revivals that would come as strikingly sexy and risky but timely production to open this year....

by Jude Cartalaba - February 22, 2025

Mental health a few years back wasn't something very alarming, but due to high rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide, it has become more and more a growing concern. In 2025, the staging of the 2008 American rock musical 'Next to Normal' (with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt...

by Oliver Oliveros - January 07, 2025

Despite technical challenges, the cast and crew recently pulled through the Cebu premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical 'In The Heights' at the Saint Theresa’s College of Cebu Auditorium....

by Oliver Oliveros - November 19, 2024

NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED. While Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 'Evita' begins with Argentinians mourning the death of their beloved Eva Peron, the Ozians of the fictional Land of Oz in Stephen Schwartz’s 'Wicked' rejoice for the supposed death of their perceived nemesis, The Wicked Witch of the West,” in Bro...

by Vince Vicentuan - October 03, 2024

Musical theatre became a transformative part of my life when I first encountered 'Miss Saigon' as a young adult in 1989....

by Oliver Oliveros - August 28, 2024

'The Half-Life of Marie Curie,' a one-act play by Lauren Gunderson, humanizes historical figures, two-time Nobel Peace Prize winner Marie Curie, and a lesser-known electromechanical engineer Hertha Ayrton...

by Oliver Oliveros - August 19, 2024

It was supposed to be a solo concert, but it became more of a theater family affair. 'Miss Saigon' alum Carla Guevara Laforteza has celebrated her 30 years in the biz with her first-ever solo concert....

by Oliver Oliveros - June 10, 2024

How can Newport World Resorts top its biggest original Pinoy musical hit, ''Ang Huling El Bimbo'? Work around the music catalog of another beloved OPM band, Parokya ni Edgar....

by Jude Cartalaba - June 02, 2024

RENT, the late Jonathan Larson's masterpiece, was a cultural sensation in 1996, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer for Drama. But does it still resonate with today’s younger audiences?...