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• There is Nothing Like the Dame That is Baby Barredo

  

  Since I was only a happy spectator that night, I'll let two people with more K to talk about this do the honors: ROBBIE GUEVARA: Just after a gala show of Jekyl... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 CULTURE

• Art 2 Art radio/TV Program Honors Film Pioneer Manuel Conde

  

  Director and comic Jun Urbano, also known as the wisecracking pop figure “Mr. Shooli,” is the special guest of “Art 2 Art” when it pays tribute to his father,... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 CULTURE

• 'I'm Totally kilig!'--Lin-Manuel Miranda in Manila

  From BroadwayWorld.com/Philippines: Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator, original leading man, and Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer of the critically-acclaimed... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 CULTURE

• The Vagina Monologues on March 31 at Music Museum, to Feature Stage, Screen and...

  

  Now on its 12th year in the Philippines, V-Day Manila 2012--a benefit performance of the award-winning play, “The Vagina Monologues,” by Tony Award-winning... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 CULTURE

• Lea, Lisa, Cecile in Concert--what to Expect

  Something like these three choice video moments, I suppose--when this triumvirate of peerless Filipino artists join forces for the first time this Saturday and... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 CULTURE

• The 62nd Palanca Awards Now Accepting Entries; Deadline April 30

  

  From Panitikan.com.ph: Now on its 62nd year of encouraging excellence in literary writing, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards)... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 CULTURE

• Stage Camp--summer Theater Workshops by 9 Works Theatrical

  

  9 Works Theatrical, one of the Manila’s leading theater companies and the outfit behind hit musicals “Rent”, “Songs For a New World”, “The Wedding Singer”,... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• I Am Happy to Say I Wrote This.

  

  EDITORIAL Philippine Daily Inquirer, Friday, March 9, 2012 EASY, GRACIOUS PRESENCE Many speak of him as witty, cultured and well-read. But those... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 MEDIA

• Lea, Lisa, Cecile--an Unprecedented Triumvirate in The Legends and the Classics

  

  Lea Salonga, Lisa Macuja, Cecile Licad--three Filipinas who have shone brightly on the international stage and brought home countless accolades for their... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Nagbabalik--Rama, Hari!

  

  As the announcement below confirms, Ballet Philippines is re-staging the pop-opera ballet Rama, Hari in November-December this year. Why am I all excited about... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 CULTURE

• Ballet Philippines Holds March 22 Auditions for Its Nov. 2012 Revival of Rama,...

  

  Ballet Philippines’ legendary pop-opera ballet, "Rama Hari" will be revived on November 30, 2012 at the CCP Main Theater 20 years after its inaugural run in... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 CULTURE

• Summer Workshops with Gantimpala, PETA

  

  Tony S. Espejo, artistic director of Gantimpala Theater, announces the opening of its 35th Summer Workshop-Musical Theater for Teen and Young Adults, which... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 CULTURE

• The Day Isagani Yambot Wept

  I have heard him called one of the last idealists of Philippine journalism. This is the man who was caught weeping while lighting a candle after 57 people were... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 CULTURE

• Stark, Stylish, Daring--an Un-tragic Lear

  

  Philippine Daily Inquirer, 02.27.2012 Peta’s production is rendered in brilliant, exceptionally vivid Filipino prose by National Artist for Literature... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• No More High for Amsterdam's Weed-loving Tourists

  

  Foreigners will be banned from Holland's infamous cannabis-selling coffee shops under new anti-drug laws. Under the new rules only Dutch residents will be... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CULTURE

• John Sayles' Amigo to Be Shown at Fully Booked High Street

  

  The film on the Philippine-US war "Amigo", by acclaimed American director John Sayles, screens for a special limited engagement this March at Fully Booked High... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CULTURE

• I've Been Tumblr-ized.

  

  More social media whoring for me: I've just signed up at Tumblr. My site is here. Many friends have insisted that it's a better, more sophisticated blogging... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 CULTURE

• Carlos Celdran's Livin' La Vida Imelda Walking Tour Now a Special Theatrical...

  

  Renowned tour guide and heritage maven Carlos Celdran transposes his acclaimed and long-running "Livin' La Vida Imelda" walking tour/performance into a special... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 CULTURE

• Kalila Aguilos is Lucy in Rep's New Musical Production, Jekyll & Hyde

  

  And, if her performance of Someone Like You at the press meet-up was any indication, then we can expect a potent, fiery Lucy from this versatile actress-singer... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CULTURE

• Mapua Tekno Teatro Goes to CCP's Pasinaya 2012

  

  In line with the National Arts Month festivities, Mapúa Tekno Teatro (MT2), the official theater organization of the Mapúa Institute of Technology, will... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CULTURE