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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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8th Cinemalaya Film Festival Unreels Today at CCP, Trinoma and Greenbelt 3
Twenty-five new digital films will compete in the 2012 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition on July 20-29, 2012 at the Cultural Center of the... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT -
PETA's William, 2011 Gawad Buhay! Awardee for Best Play, Returns July 27-29
The Philippine Educational Theater Association's 2011 production of "William", which attempts to familiarize young people with the beauty of Shakespeare's... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2012 CULTURE -
The Show Goes on for Gantimpala Theater with Its 2012 Florante at Laura
Gantimpala Theater, one of the country's leading dramatic arts companies, opens its 35th season with “Florante at Laura”, the poem of Francisco Balagtas, made... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2012 CULTURE -
The Phantom of the Opera, Opening Aug25, Extends Manila Run with 16 More Shows;...
“The Phantom of the Opera” will have its season extended until September 30 at the CCP Main Theater, adding 16 more shows, the producers announced recently. Read more
Posted on 16 July 2012 CULTURE -
Dulaang UP's Rerun of Noli Me Tangere: The Opera Opens July 18
Dulaang UP is bringing back to the stage last year’s hit musical, National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon’s "Noli Me Tangere: The Opera," directed by Alexander... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2012 CULTURE -
Student Theater Organization Dulaang Kalay Stages The Woman In Black
Dulaang Kalay, the student theater organization of Kalayaan College, brings one of London's longest-running plays to Manila. Stephen Mallatratt's "The Woman In... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2012 CULTURE -
Dolphy, 83--the End of an Era
When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful. Read more
Posted on 10 July 2012 CULTURE -
Video: Loi, Liesl, Caisa and OJ--unplugged
Did you hear--they'll be back August 24-25 for a rerun of Forbidden Broadway, directed by Joel Trinidad for his Upstart Productions, still at the RCBC Theater. Read more
Posted on 09 July 2012 CULTURE -
PETA's New Season of Plays to Focus on Links Between the Stage, Movies and TV
For its 45th Theater Season, PETA attempts to interrogate the role of broadcast media in contemporary Philippine society. PETA dedicates an entire year of... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2012 CULTURE -
Opening This Sunday, July 8--The Love Yourself Hub
The Love Yourself Project, an advocacy group that aims to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, is set to open ‘The Love Yourself Hub’ on July 8, 2012, at 1850 Leon... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2012 COMMUNITY -
Lea Salonga, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Art Acuña and Adrian Pang in Atlantis...
Tony Award winning actress Lea Salonga returns to the Manila and Singapore stage in Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning play “God of Carnage”. Read more
Posted on 03 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
Two Plays Open Ateneo Entablado's 30th Season
On its 30th season, Ateneo Entablado (Enterteynment Para sa Tao, Bayan, Lansangan at Diyos) presents “Mutya”, a twinbill featuring the plays “Mga Santong Tao” b... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2012 CULTURE -
Kapatiran--comradeship--the Musical Number, and the Occasion Itself
The first major musical highlight of the Gawad Buhay! night last Sunday was the PETA ensemble singing a stirring Kapatiran, a number from the PETA original... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
The Love Yourself Project's "How Do I Love Thee"
The Love Yourself Project, an advocacy group that aims to raise awareness of and education about HIV/AIDS, presents “How Do I Love Thee”--a fund-raising... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2012 CULTURE -
Tony Espejo, 1948-2012: ‘We Are All Diamonds in the Rough’
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 06.25.2012 WHEN HE INTRODUCED Gantimpala Theater artistic director Tony Espejo at the Philstage Gawad Buhay! Read more
Posted on 24 June 2012 CULTURE -
West End-New York Smash Spoof Potted Potter Comes to Manila Aug. 28-Sept. 2
The West End and New York smash hit “Potted Potter” opens at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Ayala Ave, Makati City on August 28 and will play... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
kaSALAn, a Twinbill, from Naty Crame Rogers' Philippine Drama Company Sala...
The Philippine Drama Company Sala Theater opens its 27th season with "kaSALAn", a production that showcases two one-act plays, "Panhik Ligaw" and "Dahil Sa... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA -
PHILSTAGE Bares 2011 Gawad Buhay! Nominees, Honors 4 Performing Arts Icons
[Complete list of nominees below] The Philippine Legitimate Stage Artists Group, Inc. (PHILSTAGE), the country’s only alliance of professional performing arts... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2012 CULTURE -
Atlantis Productions' Rock of Ages Rocks Manila June 15-July 8
Atlantis Productions opens its production of the five-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, “Rock of Ages,” tomorrow, June 15, at the Carlos P. Romulo... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2012 CULTURE -
The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company in Manila
The British Council, in partnership with the Philippine Educational Theatre Association, brings “Hip Hop Shakespeare” to Manila for a series of workshops and... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2012 CULTURE