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Gibbs Cadiz
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theater, travel, movies, music, books, bloviations--by a manila-based newspaper editor/editorial writer and theater reviewer
LATEST ARTICLES ( 468 )
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Shakespeare Revisited, Rizal Reinvented
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 08.08.2011 3 campus productions try to revitalize the well-worn and venerable THAT “ROMEO AND JULIET” is a “Christian” play,... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2011 CULTURE -
Opening Tonight--9 Works Theatrical's Sweet Charity
9 Works Theatrical's production of the dance comedy musical Sweet Charity opens tonight and will run on all weekends of August at the Carlos P. Romulo... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
First Look: Gian Magdangal as Ibarra and Cris Villonco as Maria Clara in...
After Mark Bautista, it was Gian Magdangal's turn to sing as the alternate Ibarra, along with Cris Villonco as Maria Clara, at the presscon held for Tanghalang... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2011 CULTURE -
The Real Callas Master Class
Terrence McNally’s 1995 play, “Master Class,” was inspired by the now legendary master classes that Maria Callas gave during the 1971-72 academic year at the... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2011 CULTURE -
Philippine Opera Company Presents Ang Bagong Harana
The Philippine Opera Company presents “Ang Bagong Harana,” a musical journey that offers fresh takes on immortal and classic Filipino songs, performed by the... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2011 CULTURE -
First Look: Mark Bautista as Ibarra in Tanghalang Pilipino's Noli Me Tangere: Th...
Can he hack it? It's Mark Bautista's first foray into theater, but at least from the vocal chops he displayed at the recent presscon for TP's upcoming show,... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2011 CULTURE -
In Brief, I Dodged a Bullet.
Note: This post might be TMI for some. Stop here if you're squeamish about talk of sex, HIV, condoms--or me talking about them. The e-mail came out of the... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2011 CULTURE -
Badass Impressions
Shakespeare's Richard III speech in the uncanny voices of Ricky Gervais, George W. Bush, Morgan Freeman, Simon Cowell, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and a... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2011 CULTURE -
Sipat Lawin Ensemble Brings Back HARING +UBU-L XXX
Guerilla theater company Sipat Lawin Ensemble is restaging its device-work adaptation of French Playwright Alfred Jarry’s avant-garde play “Ubu Roi” from July 2... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2011 CULTURE -
Via Live Twitterage--Cinemalaya 2011 Complete List of Winners
Decided I wanted to try live-tweeting the Cinemalaya awards night, which meant I had to forego my usual videotaping of the winners' speeches. Read more
Posted on 24 July 2011 CULTURE -
Floy Quintos' Fake Returns August 17-21
The UP Playwrights’ Theater is mounting a limited return engagement of Floy Quintos’ new play “Fake” this August 17-21 at Teatro Hermogenes Ylagan, UP Diliman. Read more
Posted on 24 July 2011 CULTURE -
Bergman-Bergman-Streisand: Shivers
From Playbill.com: On her newest solo recording, set for release Aug. 23, Tony and Oscar winner [Barbra] Streisand interprets the songs of her long-time... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2011 CULTURE -
Dulaang UP Honors Heroes, Playwrights and National Artists on Its 36th Season
Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (Dulaang UP) opens its 36th season with theme "Heroes, Playwrights and National Artists," in celebration of Dr. Jose P.... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2011 THEATRE & OPERA -
De La Salle-College of St. Benilde School for Design & Arts Stages a Filipino...
Opening this August 3 and running until August 5 is a presentation of William Shakespeare’s "Titus Andronicus" as the thesis production of the AB-Production... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2011 THEATRE & OPERA -
VIRGIN LABFEST 7: Freedom, Escape--exciting Theater
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 07.18.2011 10 new plays preoccupied themselves with that central motif in ways that summoned verve, ambition and style, if not... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2011 CULTURE -
Audio Preview: Rachel Ann Go as Ariel in The Little Mermaid
From the ever-reliable BroadwayWorld.com/Philippines: Atlantis Productions Inc. has just released an audio preview of singer-actress Rachelle Ann Go singing... Read more
Posted on 14 July 2011 CULTURE -
Ikaw, maARTe Ka Ba?
Love this video. And love the artists behind it. This video campaign aims to take a closer look on how the arts can be applicable to our lives. Expressed by... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2011 CULTURE -
The Love Yourself Project
SIMPLY, IT'S TIME TO ACT. Thirty years since the discovery of AIDS, the world appears to be ready to look at the epidemic with a more optimistic lens: the... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2011 CULTURE -
Run for Rizal
As part of the continuing celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Jose Rizal and History Week Celebration, the National Historical Commission of the... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2011 CULTURE -
Passing of the 'virgin' Torch
Another bad pun--from one “virgin mader” to another. Right after the close of the very last play (Floy Quintos' Evening at the Opera) at the Virgin Labfest 7... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2011 CULTURE