There’s a lot of great singing and disco-dancing in “Here Lies Love,” David Byrne, Fatboy Slim and director Alex Timbers’ cautionary musical about former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos (played by Ruthie Ann Miles) that’s currently dazzling audiences at The Public Theatre in New York.
LOS ANGELES—Vogue raved about him as being “terrific.” The New York Times found him “very good.” Conrad Ricamora, Filipino-American actor currently generating acclaim as the late Ninoy Aquino in David Byrne’s hit off-Broadway musical on Imelda Marcos, “Here Lies Love,” exclaimed about the pressure of playing the national hero: “If I thought about playing Ninoy [...]
“Last night was our first preview performance and it went incredibly well!” David Byrne, Talking Heads cofounder and a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe winning composer, said via e-mail about “Here Lies Love,” his “untraditional” bio-musical on Imelda Marcos.
Jose Llana is Ferdinand Marcos to Ruthie Ann Miles’ Imelda Marcos in David Byrne’s “Here Lies Love,” a “nontraditional” musical which will have its world premiere at The Public Theater in New York on April 2. Jose, who starred opposite Lea Salonga in “Flower Drum Song,” feels working with the Talking Heads cofounder and Oscar-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer is the coolest gig he has ever landed.
I remember one of Imelda Marcos’ film fests in the ’70s. She rushed the construction of the Film Center, hoping that the Manila International Film Festival would compete with Cannes, Venice and other international festivals. So, Hollywood stars were invited to grace the event.
Actress and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos has been wanting to act in an independent film.
