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Repertory Philippines opens its new production of the celebrated, Tony Award-winning musical thriller SWEENEY TODD on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Onstage, Greenbelt 1.

CITIGROUP INC. has announced in the Philippine Daily Inquirer (11/3/09) that CATS, the second longest-running musical in Broadway history, will have a limited run at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) beginning July 24, 2010. This production will feature Tony winner Lea Salonga as Grizabella, and an international cast that will primarily come from Australia, and the United Kingdom.

REPERTORY PHILIPPINES' Associate Artistic Director Joy Virata, SWEENEY TODD director Michael Williams, and cast members Audie Gemora (Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd), Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo (Mrs. Lovett), Franco Laurel (Anthony), Lena Mckenzie (Johanna), Marvin Ong (Tobias), and Rem Zamora (press conference host/chorus) met the press, including BroadwayWorld.com Philippines, on October 28, 2009 at The Roxy along Tomas Morato in Quezon City.

The Filipino Channel (TFC) has featured Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's production of IMELDA, a new musical that retells the rise and fall of Imelda Marcos, widow of erstwhile Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Reese stages her first concert at the Carnegie Hall (Judy & Arthur Zankell Hall) in New York City on November 7, 2009, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

REPERTORY PHILIPPINES' new production of SWEENEY TODD is in full swing. Audie Gemora (Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd), Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo (Mrs. Lovett), Liesl Batucan (beggar woman), Robbie Guevara (Beadle), Robbie Zialcita (Pirelli), Franco Laurel (Anthony), Lena Mckenzie (Johanna), Marvin Ong (Tobias), Roger Chua (Judge Turpin), Juno Henares (Mrs. Lovett understudy), and chorus members: James Stacey, Meynard Penalosa, Jejie Esguerra, Hans Eckstein, Red Concepcion, Raul Montesa, Rem Zamora, Oliver Usison, Collins Gutierrez, Jay Pangilinan, David Cruz, Gary Junsay, Cara Barredo, Jay Glorioso, Naths Everett, Joy Virata, Marisse Santos, Ring Antonio, Gloria Sicam, Teenee Chan, and Ronna Guba complete the cast.

Stephanie Reese successfully held her Pre-Carnegie Hall concert at Music Museum in San Juan, Manila on October 12, 2009, which was delayed for a week due to typhoons Ketsana and Parma. Repertory Philippines' "Sweeney Todd" Audie Gemora, and the Euphony Male Ensemble were her special guest performers.

BROADWAYWORLD Philippines attended the opening night of Tanghalang Pilipino's newest production of Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE on October 9, 2009. Veteran stage actress ANA ABAD SANTOS played the iconic role of Blanche Dubois opposite singer/actor REUBEN UY essayed the brooding, bestial Stanley Kowalski.

9 Works Theatrical is set to rock the Philippines with a new production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical come February 2010. Theater stalwart Robbie Guevara will helm the project. RENT Manila is currently looking for male and female talents (with or without musical theater background) who can sing, dance, and act.

PAN ASIAN REPERTORY THEATRE's production of IMELDA, A NEW MUSICAL opened Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the Julia Miles Theatre, 424 West 55th Street, New York City.

As northern Philippines braces for potential super typhoon PARMA, yet still facing KETSANA's aftermath, international artists Katy Perry and Stephanie Reese have postponed their respective concerts in Manila. A local production of Tennessee Williams' play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE has also rescheduled its opening night to a later time.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Tanghalang Pilipino will present bilingual performances of Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE starting October 9th ‘til the 25th at the CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, CCP Complex, Manila.

AUDIE GEMORA, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Robbie Guevara, Lena McKenzie, and Franco Laurel comprise the lead cast of Repertory Philippines' (REP) new stage production of Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD. The musical runs at Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City in Manila from November 14 to December 13, 2009.

ATLANTIS PRODUCTIONS, the Manila-based theater company that recently staged Broadway musicals THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE and HAIRSPRAY, celebrates its 10th anniversary and the voice of the youth as it opens its own production of Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City on Friday, September 25, 2009.

STEPHANIE REESE, Kim in MS. SAIGON Germany, will hold a Pre-Carnegie Hall concert dubbed I AM STEPHANIE REESE on October 2, 2009, Friday, 8 p.m. at the Music Museum, Ortigas Avenue, Greenhills Shopping Complex, San Juan, Manila.

BroadwayWorld.com Philippines recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Filipino-American stage actor and entrepreneur Mel Maghuyop in New York City. Maghuyop is playing the Philippines' controversial political figure Ferdinand Marcos in Pan Asian Repertory's Off-Broadway musical production of IMELDA, which runs on limited engagement at the Julia Miles Theater from September 22 through October 18, 2009.

Tony winner Lea Salonga, together with toddler daughter Nicole and mom Ligaya, took time to watch local gospel theatre Trumpets' new musical N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat) on its first Saturday matinee performance.

Royal National Theatre's BLOODY MARY Sheila Francisco's newest musical role is the culinary challenged Mrs. Noah in a comedic adaptation of the biblical tale about Noah's Ark running at the Meralco Theater in Manila through September 27, 2009.

Katy Perry, 2009 MTV Music Video Awards' (VMA) Anita and celebrity endorser, will perform live in Manila on October 3, 2009 at the SM Mall of Asia concert grounds.

MISS SAIGON Germany's Stephanie Reese will perform at the Carnegie Hall in New York City on November 7, 2009. Reese, who is part Filipino, is the third Filipino solo performer, after pop singer Regine Velasquez and Broadway star Lea Salonga, to sing at the famed concert hall.