Photo Coverage: Red Turnip Theater's RABBIT HOLE Meets the Press
The cast members of Red Turnip Theater's ('Closer,' 'Cock') second season opener, David Lindsay-Abaire's 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning play RABBIT HOLE, were introduced to the members of the press Monday, June 16, at 2nd's, Bonifacio High Street, Global City.
CHEERS! More than 40 New Year's Wishes from Filipino Theater People
It has been a tough year for us, Filipinos, but we were able to rise above the challenges and showed the world how strong and resilient we are. We wish that for the coming new year our hearts be filled with love and compassion for everyone. BroadwayWorld.com has recently surveyed some of our friends in the Philippine theater industry about their New Year's wishes!
Voting Open for 2012 BWW Philippines Awards - Vote Now!
BroadwayWorld.com, the premier theater news website in the United States, in the United Kingdom, and in more than 20 other countries, has expanded, updated, and is now ready for this year's BWW Awards that are conducted simultaneously across all local and international markets, including the Philippines.
BWW Review: THE SEAGULL by Dulaang UP
Dulaang UP has recently presented the English and Filipino translations of Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," which evokes thoughtful discussions about life, ambition, love, and art in a manner devoid of melodrama.
Photo Flash: Blue Repertory’s Production of BARE
Manila theatergoers have until Saturday, March 10, to catch Blue Repertory's production of Off-Broadway musical BARE at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center. Theater and film actress Ana Abad Santos directs the production, starring Bibo Reyes and Jaime Barcelon.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Blue Repertory’s Revival of BARE
Ateneo Blue Repertory of the Loyola Schools Performing Arts Cluster brings back one of its hit musicals from Off-Broadway, BARE: A Pop Opera, at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center on February 29 (opening night); March 1 to 3; and March 7 to 10. Once again, theater and film actress Ana Abad Santos directs the production, which stars Jaime Barcelon and Bibo Reyes.
Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Manila Sweeps Acting Trophies at 2009 Philstage Awards
Repertory Philippines' acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' earned five PHILSTAGE Awards Friday night (March 26, 2010) in Manila, Philippines taking home acting honors for its lead cast Audie Gemora (Best Male Lead Performance in a Musical), Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo (Best Female Lead Performance in a Musical), Liesl Batucan (Best Female Featured Performance in a Musical), and Marvin Ong (Best Male Featured Performance in a Musical). 'Sweeney Todd's' musical director Gerard Salonga also won the Best Musical Direction award.
Photo Coverage: Repertory Philippines DUETS Opening Weekend
Peter Quilter's (End Of The Rainbow, Glorious!) DUETS premiered in Atlanta, U.S. last year. DUETS has since had successful productions in New Zealand, Lithuania, Croatia, Australia and Poland. Repertory Philippines' version of DUETS, which opened on the weekend of January 15-17, 2010, marks the play's Asian premiere, and Repertory's first offering for its 73rd Season.
MARY STUART and THE THREEPENNY OPERA Cited Best Plays of 2009
Philippine Daily Inquirer writer and theater critic Gibbs Cadiz has recently cited local productions of Friedrich von Schiller's 'Mary Stuart' and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's 'The Threepenny Opera' as best plays of 2009 in his annual 'Bravo! Best of Theater' roundup.
MARY STUART Filipino Adaptation Opens 11/18
DULAANG U.P., the official theatre organization of the University of the Philippines (U.P.), stages the Filipino adaptation of German playwright Friedrich Schiller's MARY STUART (Maria Stuart). Translated into Filipino by award-winning writer Allan Pallileo and directed by professor Tony Mabesa, the play will run from November 18 to December 6, 2009 at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theatre on U.P. campus.
PHOTO FLASH: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Manila Opening Night
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.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE in Manila Opens 10/9
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.
