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THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY Debuts in Manila


by Oliver Oliveros - March 03, 2024

London’s smash theatrical concert “The Simon & Garfunkel Story,” a loving musical tribute to the famed American folk-rock duo, has just made its only Asian stop this year at The Theatre at Solaire....

PRINSIPE BAHAGHARI is Ripe with Life's Foremost Lessons


by Oliver Oliveros - January 25, 2024

The 1943 children’s novel by French writer poet Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'The Little Prince,' is a classic literary piece meant for adults. Instead of children-friendly explorations of friendship, love, and fantasy, it blows heavier with darker themes of loneliness, obsession, and loss....

ASIAN PERSUASION: Jhett Tolentino's Bid to a More Inclusive Hollywood


by Vince Vicentuan - December 01, 2023

Amidst excitement and anticipation, 'Asian Persuasion,' a film by Tony and Grammy-winning Filipino producer Jhett Tolentino, premiered on Monday evening, November 27, at SM Megamall Cinema 2. During the exclusive press screening, press members along with the cast and creatives talked about the futur...

Review: HAMILTON Builds An Impactful Legacy


by Rayne Jarabo - November 22, 2023

How the 18th-century American Revolutionary War is depicted in the Pulitzer Award-winning musical 'Hamilton' continues to thrill patrons and theatergoers, now in its last week at The Theatre at Solaire. This production marks 'Hamilton’s' first international tour, which will soon transfer to the Etih...

Review: In TICK, TICK…BOOM! Midlife Crisis, Oozing Talent Are Inescapable


by Jude Cartalaba - August 18, 2023

Jon (Jef Flores, Khalil Ramos), the protagonist in Jonathan Larson's 'tick, tick.... BOOM!' is a struggling composer who is days away from turning 30. He can’t help but hear that internal clock clicking: he doesn’t want to turn a year older without something groundbreaking to show....

Review: IBARRA's Memorable Moments and Excesses


by Jude Cartalaba - June 19, 2023

With the birth of a new theater company, Tanghalang Una Obra, whose creatives were closely associated with Gantimpala Theater Foundation, comes 'Ibarra,' a reworking of the latter’s yearly production of 'Kanser,' based on Dr. Jose Rizal’s first novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' But this time, it presents th...

Artistic Integrity or Profit?


by Jude Cartalaba - June 15, 2023

A little over 10 years since Actor's Actors Inc.'s The Necessary Theatre premiered John Logan's Tony Award-winning play 'Red' in Asia, the theater company brings back the two-hander on stage. Bart Guingona still plays the abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, while JC Santos plays his fictional studio...

Review: TWENTY QUESTIONS, 20 Years Later


by Oliver Oliveros - May 25, 2023

If you were to stage a 20-year-old two-hander post-pandemic, it’d be a smart move to update its directorial decisions and the script’s words and dialogues, especially with the play’s themes about young love, pre-marital sex, and peer pressure meant to resonate, at the least, with the Gen Zers today....

Review: This SOUND OF MUSIC Sings a Different Tune


by Jude Cartalaba - March 20, 2023

It took eight years for three-time Tony awardee Jack O’Brien-directed 'The Sound of Music,' a warhorse title from the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s catalog, to reach the Philippines’ capital—a rare feat because most of the international productions visiting town are either from South Africa or the Unite...

At Best When There's Singing and Dancing on Screen


by Oliver Oliveros - January 12, 2023

Learning music mogul Clive Davis gave the imprimatur to 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,' the biopic of Davis’s former protegee and the late music icon Whitney Houston, promises topnotch musical sequences, which would not disappoint--even the most critical superfans. ...

Past Shows

BATANG MUJAHIDEEN
BATANG MUJAHIDEEN
2/21 - 3/8/2020


Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), goes experimental in their production of Malou Jacobs Batang Mujahideen. The ...

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