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There are only two seasons in the Philippines: the dry season and the wet season. Technically, it is the wet season in the country from June to August; nevertheless, the local theater scene remains bustling with activities during these "bring your umbrella" months. Below are our top-five picks for the Philippine Theater scene's third quarter:

Broadway star Dan Domenech ('Rock of Ages,' 'Glee') and pop star Rachelle Ann Go ('Disney's The Little Mermaid') play the roles of Tarzan and Jane, respectively, in Viva Atlantis Theatrical's production of Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang's Broadway musical 'Disney's Tarzan' at Meralco Theater on Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 29.

Filipino-American Broadway stars Adam Jacobs (“Les Miserables,” “Zorro”) and Jose Llana (“Spelling Bee,” “Here Lies Love”) were among those approximately 90,000 to 100,000 New Yorkers, VIPs, and celebrity guests from the Philippines who went to celebrate the 115th Philippine Independence Day festival held along Madison Avenue Sunday, June 2.

What will happen if you have a Broadway actor, a fierce diva, and a host of veteran and young talented thespians in 'Disney's Tarzan,' a stage musical? What you get is a jungle full of music and excitement that will keep your emotions swinging in every direction. From June 14 to 29, Disney's most-loved ape man, Tarzan, hollers his way to Meralco Theater, made possible by Viva Atlantis Theatricals Inc.

'4 Stars: One of Broadway Musicals Concert' headliners Sierra Boggess ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), Lea Salonga ('Miss Saigon,' 'Les Miserables'), Ramin Karimloo ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), and Yu Shirota ('Prince of Tennis,' 'Sailor Moon') posed for a pre-concert rehearsal snapshot for Fletcher Callanta, BroadwayWorld.com guest photographer, at Turtle Bay Music School on East 52nd Street earlier this week.

Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, Hi-Definition Radio Inc., and Concertus Manila, the team that brought to Manila hit Broadway musicals 'The Phantom of the Opera,' 'Mamma Mia!,' and 'Cats,' have decided to cancel the limited run of 22 performances of 'Dirty Dancing,' one of the fastest selling shows in London's West End, which was supposed to begin on Thursday, July 4 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

ABS-CBN, the Philippine television network that bagged the rights to adapt the hit reality show 'The Voice' from Talpa Media Group, based in the Netherlands, has just released 'The Voice PH' newest blind auditions trailer, which features coaches Lea Salonga, Apl. de. ap of Black Eyed Peas, Bamboo Mañalac, and Sarah Geronimo-all four have carved out solid music careers and have huge fan bases in the Philippines.

Tony winner Lea Salonga returns to the intimate cabaret space at Cafe Carlyle for the third time starting tonight until Saturday, June 8. The Cafe Carlyle is located at The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street Madison Avenue).

Philippine Stagers Foundation, the theater company that successfully mounted two original productions-'Joe: A Filipino Rock'sical' and the Palanca Award-winning straight play 'Ang Bangkay'-last year was given its five 2012 BroadayWorld.com Philippines Awards on Thursday night, May 16, at Tanghalang Pasigueño.

MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'

Viva Atlantis Theatricals Inc., whose recent maiden production was Terrence McNally and David Yazbek's Broadway musical 'The Full Monty,' officially presented to the media earlier today Broadway star Dan Domenech ('Rock of Ages,' 'Glee') and pop star Rachelle Ann Go ('Disney's The Little Mermaid,' 'Party Pilipinas'), who will play the roles of Tarzan and Jane, respectively, in the Asian premiere of Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang's Broadway musical 'Disney's Tarzan.' The post-summer production opens at Meralco Theater on Friday, June 14.

MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'

Fresh from her choreographing stint at the first London revival of Marvin Hamlisch's 'A Chorus Line,' Baayork Lee, 'A Chorus Line' veteran herself, and a co-founder of the National Asian Artists Project, a non-profit organization that promotes Asian performing artists, presents a fully-staged, fully-costumed adaptation of Jerry Herman's hit Broadway musical 'Hello, Dolly!,' featuring an all-Asian cast led by Rosetta Lenoire Award-winning actress Christine Toy Johnson as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a widowed matchmaker (a role originated by Carol Channing in the 1964 Broadway production).

Latina Broadway star Natalie Toro, best known for originating the role of Madame Therese Defarge in Jill Santoriello's stage adaptation of 'A Tale of Two Cities,' a novel by Charles Dickens, and for playing the tragic heroine Eponine in Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil's stage adaptation of 'Les Miserables,' a novel by Victor Hugo, will join the young students at Collective Youth Theatre Company, an educational program of Jersey Arts Collective, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, a festival of Mexican heritage and pride, via a concert at Westminster Arts Center tomorrow, May 5, at 3 p.m.

BroadwayWorld.com caught the second Friday night, April 26, performance of Terrence McNally and David Yazbek's hit Broadway musical 'The Full Monty,' locally produced by Viva Atlantis Theatricals, an offshoot of prolific theater company Atlantis Productions.

An actor uses two important tools: the body and the voice. Oftentimes in acting workshops, the facilitator focuses more on physical activities than vocal exercises. However at Theater Actors Guild's (TAG) Actor's Voice Workshop, a different approach to developing the actor is brought about.

Cebu City, the 'Queen City of the South,' has seven theater groups, collectively known as the United Artists of Cebu; and they are staging a benefit concert 'Of Butterflies and Daisies' for Cebu Cancer Fight Inc. and playwright/director Daisy Baad, also a cancer patient, at Cebu Cultural Center, Lahug, Cebu City (across UP-Cebu) on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 at 7 p.m.

One of the hardest things when writing a review is doing our best not to be influenced by others' opinions, especially when we know something is amiss. While there is no question about how skilllfully Off-Broadway director Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan is able to fuse different theatrical elements to bring the spirit of alternative rock band Sugarfree's songs on stage, the lack of organic storytelling in Act One makes “Sa Wakas: A New Rock Musical” confusing to us.

Formally introduced to the public via a press conference held at Philippine TV network ABS-CBN on Friday, "The Voice of the Philippines" coaches Lea Salonga, Apl. de. ap of Black Eyed Peas, Bamboo Mañalac, and Sarah Geronimo -- all four have carved out solid music careers and have huge fan bases in the Philippines -- will get to turn their own swivel chairs when the Philippine franchise of the hit reality singing competition "The Voice" starts taping its first set of blind auditions at a sound stage in Bulacan tomorrow, April 15.

Pinky Marquez (Mrs. Robinson), Reb Atadero (Benjamin Braddock), and Cara Barredo (Elaine Robinson) star in Repertory Philippines' 76th season third offering, 'The Graduate,' a film-to-stage adaptation by Terry Johnson, playing at Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1 until Sunday, April 28.