Photos: JOSEPH THE DREAMER Returns for Limited Run
by Oliver Oliveros - Jul 15, 2025
After a remarkable journey through the COVID-19 pandemic, Trumpets Inc.’s musical revival of 'Joseph the Dreamer' is back for a limited engagement at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium. This reimagined production, based on the timeless biblical story of Joseph from the book of Genesis, promises an evening of hope and inspiration.
Review: LIWANAG SA DILIM, Take It or Leave It
by Jude Cartalaba - Apr 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.
RENT's Garrett Bolden Talks Auditioning, Being a Misfit, and Tom Collins
by Oliver Oliveros - May 1, 2024
Garrett Bolden, a Sparkle GMA Artist Center talent, perfectly fits the computer genius Tom Collins role. A 15th-anniversary presentation of 9 Works Theatrical, this Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical returns to the stage at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium until the first week of June 2024, where Bolden shares the stage with Anthony Rosaldo (Roger), Reb Atadero (Mark), and Ian Pangilinan (Mark), among others.
PHOTOS: First Look at 9 Works Theatrical's Restaging of RENT
by Oliver Oliveros - Apr 19, 2024
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, 9 Works Theatrical brings back 'Rent,' Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical. This restaging promises a unique theatrical experience, offering a fresh perspective on the beloved classic and placing HIV/AIDS front and center.
Video: SILVER LINING Cast, Led by Ricky Davao, Perform 'Atin 'To'
by Oliver Oliveros - Oct 10, 2023
A new original Filipino musical about hope and redemption, 'Silver Lining,' has recently welcomed friends from the media to its rehearsal space in Makati City. Cast members, including TV film actor Ricky Davao, performed a musical excerpt, 'Atin ‘To,' before their guests.
Video: Watch All Episodes of BEHIND THE CURTAINS, featuring TICK, TICK…BOOM!
by Oliver Oliveros - Sep 3, 2023
An old proverb says, 'It takes a village to a child,' and that rings true to staging a well-loved musical, such as Jonathan Larson’s 'tick, tick…BOOM!,' which closes today at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City.
Video: Mio Infante Gives An Inside Look at TICK, TICK…BOOM! Set
by Oliver Oliveros - Aug 24, 2023
Media outlets Culture Nurtures and BroadwayWorld have jointly launched their docuseries titled “Behind The Curtains,” featuring Filipino scenographer Mio Infante. In the series’ first episode, he takes the audience to his main set at “tick, tick…BOOM!” a musical by Jonathan Larson and staged by 9 Works Theatrical.
Review: In TICK, TICK…BOOM! Midlife Crisis, Oozing Talent Are Inescapable
by Jude Cartalaba - Aug 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.
Video: Khalil Ramos Talks Career Beginnings & TICK, TICK…BOOM!
by Oliver Oliveros - Jul 26, 2023
While in rehearsal, young fine actor-influencer Khalil Ramos recently sat down with BroadwayWorld for a short interview, which turned out insightful, grateful, and anxiety-driven, too, brought about by the actor’s 12 years in mainstream show business, marked with occasional highs and lows.
DICKTALK Stirs Up Conversations About Manhood
by Jude Cartalaba - Mar 7, 2023
It’s the men’s turn to openly talk about masculinity, gender identity, and male genitalia via a new play titled 'DickTalk,' which runs at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, in Makati City, from April 15-23, 2023.
VIDEO: The Cast of THE BAND'S VISIT Preview 'Welcome to Nowhere'
by Oliver Oliveros - Mar 4, 2020
Winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Band's Visit makes its international premiere in the capital of the Philippines on 13 March 2020. Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's Bobby Garcia helms the production, which the Chicago Tribune describes as a?oeremarkable and boundlessly compassionate and humanistic piece of theater.a??
Photo Coverage: Get a First Look at THE BAND'S VISIT In Rehearsals
by Oliver Oliveros - Mar 3, 2020
Winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Band's Visit makes its international premiere in the capital of the Philippines on 13 March 2020. Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's Bobby Garcia helms the production, which the Chicago Tribune describes as a?oeremarkable and boundlessly compassionate and humanistic piece of theater.a??
NOLI ME TANGERE, THE OPERA Wins Top Prizes at First LEAF Awards
by Oliver Oliveros - Feb 21, 2020
The 60th-anniversary production of Noli Me Tangere, The Opera, which J&S Productions Inc. premiered in New York City in 2013, and performed to packed audiences at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in 2017 and 2019, brought home some of the top prizes at the first Philippine Live Entertainment Arts and Festivals Awards (LEAF Awards) held 8 February 2020.
Bobby Garcia Talks The International Premiere of THE BAND'S VISIT
by Oliver Oliveros - Feb 12, 2020
Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's Artistic Director, Bobby Garcia (Angels in America, Sweeney Todd), is set to take on the international premiere of The Band's Visit, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical that has become one of the most awarded musicals in theater history.