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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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Ped Xing: Tatawid Ka Ba Kahit Nakamamatay?, from UP Repertory Company
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, the UP Repertory Company and the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts present the action-comedy play... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2012 CULTURE -
Watch: Patikim Ng Phantom
Two clips of musical excerpts performed earlier today at the press preview--the scenes obviously chosen to highlight The Phantom of the Opera's main strengths:... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2012 CULTURE -
The #SottoPlagiarismProtest, from Where I Sat
I came in a bit late into the viral Twitter campaign, which started this way, according to Rappler.com: The hashtag was started by Twitter user Brian Paul... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2012 CULTURE -
One More Weekend for Tanghalang Pilipino's 'glorious Sarswela' Walang Sugat
Vladimir Bunoan, ABS-CBN.com: Tanghalang Pilipino's latest staging of "Walang Sugat" is competent and entertaining, as expected from a classic work... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2012 CULTURE -
ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra Celebrates the Music of John Williams in Its Firs...
The newly-formed ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra will play well-loved movie scores of legendary composer John Williams in its first solo concert on Sept. 2, 6... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2012 CULTURE -
Delight/Delirium--four One-act Plays--at Teatro Hermogenes Ylagan, UP Diliman
As his final output as a Creative Writing student, budding young playwright Riley Palanca offers "Delight/Delirium", a festival of four one-act plays, under... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2012 CULTURE -
Gantimpala Theater's Kanser (Noli Me Tangere) Returns
On the occasion of its 35th theater season, Gantimpala Theater presents the longest-running Philippine theater classic “Kanser”. Read more
Posted on 22 August 2012 CULTURE -
Eugene Domingo as Bona--this Early, 'Exciting!'
She's about to play Bona in the PETA stage adaptation of the Lino Brocka-Nora Aunor classic film, with Soxie Topacio directing and Layeta Bucoy adapting the... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2012 CULTURE -
Ballet Manila Opens 17th Season with Alamat: Si Sibol at Si Gunaw, an...
To open its 17th performance season, Ballet Manila brings back “Alamat: Si Sibol at si Gunaw”, an all-Filipino original production that combines magic, myth... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2012 CULTURE -
Lampara Publishing House and PETA Hold Kuwentong Bata, Kuwentistang Bata...
In its aim to promote the love for reading among children, Lampara Publishing House Inc., one of the leading children's books publishers in the country, has... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2012 CULTURE -
The Visual Feast That is Resorts World Manila's The King And I
The show doesn't open until September 15, but to go by the sneak peek recently given the media, this Freddie Santos-directed production is pulling out all the... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2012 CULTURE -
Dulaang UP Stages Chekhov's The Seagull and Its Filipino Adaptation, Ang Tagak
A seagull is shot and everything unravels. Dulaang UP’s second offering for its 37th Season, "The Seagull (Ang Tagak)", is widely considered to be the greatest... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2012 CULTURE -
PETA's Stage Adaptation of Bona, Starring Eugene Domingo, Opens Aug. 24
The Philippine Educational Theater Association opens its 45th theater season this August with a stage adaptation of the classic film "Bona". Read more
Posted on 03 August 2012 CULTURE -
Tanghalang Ateneo's Sintang Dalisay--triumphant in Minsk, Belarus--back for a...
By Walter Ang in the Philippine Daily Inquirer: Tanghalang Ateneo opens its 34th season in August with a restaging of “Sintang Dalisay,” an “awit” (metrical... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2012 CULTURE -
Two International Performers Headline Potted Potter in Manila, Opening Aug. 28
The smash spoof “Potted Potter”, which runs in Manila for 10 shows only, from August 28 to September 2, at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, is a 201... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2012 CULTURE -
Moliere's Le Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), Now the Filipino...
The graduating students of the AB-Production Design and AB-Technical Theater program of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design & Arts (SDA)... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2012 CULTURE -
Rep Children's Theater Presents The Wizard of Oz, Opening Aug. 18
Beginning August 18, at Onstage, Greenbelt 1 in Makati City, Repertory Philippines' Children's Theater is staging “The Wizard of Oz”, considered the greatest... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2012 CULTURE -
Ateneo Blue Repertory Presents 13: The Musical, Opening July 25
Ateneo Blue Repertory's latest production, opening July 25, is “13: The Musical”, with music by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, who has been... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2012 CULTURE -
Two Filipino Dance Artists Perform in Agnes Locsin's Puno: Pangatlong Galaw
Ugat, Dahon, Puno. Thus is the natural flow of the growth and flourishing of trees, and the natural flow of Agnes Locsin's Alay Sa Puno series, a tribute to... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2012 CULTURE -
South African Phantom, Australian Christine Headline International Cast of The...
Philippine audiences will be able to enjoy outstanding performances from some of the leading actors in the international theater industry when the world’s... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2012 CULTURE