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• Lea Salonga's The Broadway Concert--outtake #1. Loverly!

  Finally, I got around to having my VHS copy of Lea Salonga: The Broadway Concert digitized. Why bother, since the concert is also on DVD? Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 CULTURE

• Ariel Rivera, Leo Martinez Lead New Cast Members of The Sound of Music,...

  

  Resorts World Manila’s sophomore production, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "The Sound of Music," opened in October 2011 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater and... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 CULTURE

• Tanghalang Pilipino's Four-play Eyeball: New Visions in Philippine Theater...

  

  Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident drama company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), concludes its 25th Theater Season with “Eyeball: New Visions... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 CULTURE

• Love, Loss, and What I Wore Back for One Weekend Only, Jan. 20-22

  

  After the very successful July 2011 Asian premiere in Manila of "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," CTE Productions brings back the acclaimed off-Broadway hit,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 CULTURE

• Severino Reyes' R.I.P. from Ateneo Entablado, Until Jan. 21

  

  For its season finale, the Ateneo theater group ENTABLADO (ENterteynment para sa TAo, Bayan, LAnsangan at DiyOs) is staging Severino Reyes' “R.I.P. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 CULTURE

• Ululations. More Fun If They're Grace Nono's.

  Nagbabalik on YouTube--this (better-quality) clip, from the 2004 concert Ryan Cayabyab: Music Man at 50, held at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 CULTURE

• Fil-Canadian Dancer Alvin Tolentino Returns to Philippines with New Work

  

  Filipino-Canadian choreographer and dance artist Alvin Erasga Tolentino is returning to the Philippines to tour his critically-acclaimed solo dance piece... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 CULTURE

• Out of Many--many More

  

  For me, what's truly great about the Department of Tourism's newly-launched tourism campaign isn't so much its tagline--nope, I don't believe it's a copy of... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 CULTURE

• Rep's Next Fall, Directed by Audie Gemora, Opens This Friday, Jan. 13

  

  Repertory Philippines ushers its 45th year this 2012 with its first production, “Next Fall,” a play that paints a beautiful and funny portrait of modern romance... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 CULTURE

• Why It's Really More Fun in the Philippines

  Si Junjun, si Jack-Jack, si Bingbing, si Mack-Mack...--Let The CompanY tell you some of the reasons why: From Hinabing Gunita, the 2006 Philippine Independence... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 CULTURE

• First Filipino Adaptation of King Lear is PETA's Opener for 2012

  

  After the back-to-back success of Philippine Educational Theater Association’s Shakespeare rap musical "William" and its box office comedy-drama "Care Divas",... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 CULTURE

• Musical on Long-running Ateneo-La Salle Basketball Rivalry Opens Jan. 27

  

  Since I haven't gotten hold of any formal press announcement about this, I'm cribbing the text below from ABS-CBNnews.com. There, attribution maliwanag:... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 CULTURE

• Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika--salamat Sa Kanya

  

  Not only him, of course, as our roster of essential musical artists is a long and glittering one. But it's also inarguable at this point that Ryan Cayabyab, or... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 CULTURE

• Powerhouse Cast for Dulaang UP's Upcoming The Forsaken House, Directed by Tony...

  

  In celebration of National Artist for Theater Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero’s birth centennial and to cap its 36th Season, Dulaang UP presents one of Guerrero's most... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 CULTURE

• A Plea, a Challenge, a Pledge

  “Nasaan ang kabataang naglalaan ng magagandang sandali, ng kanilang mga pangarap at kasiglahan alang-alang sa ikabubuti ng kanilang bayan? Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2011 CULTURE

• Tanghalang Pilipino Restages Four Virgin Labfest Plays in Eyeball: New Visions i...

  

  Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident drama company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), concludes its 25th Theater Season with “Eyeball: New Visions... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 CULTURE

• Defending the Caveman Returns, Part of Proceeds to Go to Sendong Relief

  

  "Defending The Caveman" will have a fourth rerun on Jan. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15, 2012, Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday matinees at... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 CULTURE

• Tidings--musical Tidings--of Comfort and Joy

  Theater + Manila + Christmas = this, a video clip I uploaded a couple of years ago that vanished when my original YouTube account got canned, and now back... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 CULTURE

• Theater 2011: Fresh Faces and (re)discoveries

  The advent of bright new talents--and being there to witness their rise--is always a thrilling moment, and a hopeful one. So here's to the newbies who tantalize... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 CULTURE

• BRAVO! BEST OF THEATER 2011: The Year the Theater Artist Cried ‘Ouch!’

  

  Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12.19.2011 IN A YEAR THAT WAS LARGELY more of the same--that is, like last year, ruled by musicals, the plays barely making comparabl... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 CULTURE