Not-so-funny Valentins
BB Gandanghari, above, related that in the search for Valentin, her partner in the stage play “Halik ng Tarantula,” she and director Soxie Topacio didn’t look for a matinee idol type.
BB Gandanghari, above, related that in the search for Valentin, her partner in the stage play “Halik ng Tarantula,” she and director Soxie Topacio didn’t look for a matinee idol type.
Director Danny Boyle’s Olympics opening ceremony has been named theater event of the year at London’s Whatsonstage awards.
After experiencing not a few white Christmases abroad, singer-actress Joanna Ampil made sure to spend the recent holidays in Manila.
Filipino singer-actress Lea Salonga continues to cross racial lines, portraying characters of diverse cultural and social backgrounds in stage productions in the United States.
It was in the summer of 1974, after I was detained in Bicutan, that I directed Ricaredo Demetillo’s Palanca Award-winning play, “The Heart of Emptiness Is Black,” which depicted a Filipino version of the love triangle in “Camelot,” set in Antique.
Now on its 25th year, Aliw Awards will honor once again the best of the best among local actors, singers, musicians, stand-up comedians and other live performers on November 28 at the Manila Hotel.
Filipino stage actress Joanna Ampil adds another iconic role to her gallery of musical-theater heroines: She plays Grizabella in the United Kingdom and international tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” next year.
Last week I did insert a “more on that later” when I mentioned my brief appearance in “Forbidden Broadway” a couple of weekends ago … however, I had run on and on with the rest of the article that I neglected to slip “more” in. Allow me now to make up for my egregious oversight.
Whatever part of the world he’s in, British theater producer James Cundall says he’s sure to bump into a Filipino—and surely that Pinoy can carry a tune.
The celebrated plunge of a huge chandelier from theater ceiling to center stage has got to be the moment of moments in “Phantom of the Opera,” right?
Today, of course, the Paris Opera House is regarded as a masterpiece of architecture and is a staple in all package tours of the French capital. In “Great Architecture of the World,” English historian and travel writer John Julius Norwich raves:
WHEN it was announced that Resort World’s hit production of “The Sound of Music” would be followed by its staging of the similarly popular musical, “The King and I,” theater circles buzzed with speculations over who would be tapped to play the male lead role of the King of Siam, and the British teacher he hired to educate his many children.
