Bravo, ‘Katy’!
By Bayani San Diego Jr.
After the preview of “Katy” last week, Fanny Serrano, who designed the costumes, was in tears.
After the preview of “Katy” last week, Fanny Serrano, who designed the costumes, was in tears.
As the hit musical “The Phantom of the Opera” winds up its Philippine run this Sunday, theater stalwarts Isay Alvarez and Robert Seña appealed to theater enthusiasts and corporate sponsors to likewise support local productions.
Ever since we wrote a few months ago against the dominance of foreign musicals and concert artists in Philippine entertainment, we have received all sorts of reactions, some in support of our notes against our cultural “colonial mentality,” and others accusing us of being “anti-global” and promoting “kneejerk nationalism.”
“Looking back, I now appreciate the petty arguments I had with Robert when it came to choosing one furniture over another,” said singer-actress Isay Alvarez as she recalled the experience of rebuilding her parents’ home here in 2008.
Theater actress Isay Alvarez longs to see the day when a Filipino stage play could sustain enough audience interest to run all year round. She’s particularly upbeat about the Visayan epic “Hinilawod,” which will be staged September 3 and 4 at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. “We hope this [...]
Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, David Archuleta, Kylie Minogue and company have been lording it over the Philippine concert scene for the past couple of years. While we’re delighted that more of pop’s biggest stars now deem it wise to include a Manila stopover in their tours’ itineraries, we’re also disheartened by how the onslaught of [...]
