News that “Here Lies Love,” the Imelda Marcos musical biography, is currently being performed in New York, USA, has prompted some people to ask us about the prospects of a homegrown show on the same Imeldific subject matter and persona.
We’re so happy that our dear friend and colleague, Behn Cervantes, will be honored, along with other awardees, by the UP Alumni Association with its prized Lifetime Achievement award in appropriately significant rites on June 22.
And just like that, my time in New York has ended and my stay in Tokyo begins. It seems that I hit the ground running with every trip and end it with a quick turnaround, off to another adventure with barely an inhaled breath. Rest assured, though, that my final week in the Big Apple was restorative and recuperative, as well as—dare I say it?—life-changing, magical and spectacular.
Singer-actress Sharon Cuneta flew to New York for the TV5 Independence Day celebration (held June 2). After work, she went sight-seeing and watched Broadway plays with her family.
Rachelle Ann Go’s debut in musical theater as Ariel in Atlantis Productions’ staging of “The Little Mermaid” in 2011 was met with generally positive reviews. That, she said, made her realize she could be so much more in the industry than just a recording artist doing occasional acting projects on TV.
After our hit revival staging of the “Katy!” musical last January (repeats are in July-August at Meralco Theater; call Spotlight Artists Centre at 899-8089 or 0922 898-6644 for sponsorships), we were asked by some popular performers for concepts for other new Filipino musicals for them to star in.
Every theater production goes through difficulties, from conception to birth—they’re an unavoidable part of creating art. But, some challenges are more troublesome and troubling than others.
Early this year, we were shocked to hear that the storied Philam Life building on UN avenue in Manila had been sold to SM.
I really shouldn’t complain about the busy-ness of my life at the moment. Last week, I wrote about the developmental lab of “Allegiance” here in New York City (we had our presentations on Monday and they both went incredibly well). What I didn’t tell you was that, at the same time, I had been rehearsing [...]
The most adorable character on the New York stage this season isn’t a freckle-faced orphan, but a widowed septuagenarian, Carrie Watts, the lead character of Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful,” now showing at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
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.
Manhattan, how I have missed you… “Allegiance” begins rehearsals for its developmental lab tomorrow, and I can’t wait for “school” to start again.
