BWW Review: REP Scores a Stunning Winner With IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY
Sara Ruhl is arguably the most inventive young playwright to emerge in recent years. Exploiting a genre that thrives on the fringes, she graces the mainstream with narratives that fuse realism and sundry whimsical elements. She has a shrewd sense of humor to boot, demonstrated in her 2009 Broadway hit and Pulitzer Prize nominee for Drama: In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, now playing to titillating cheers at Repertory Philippines (REP).
Photo Flash: First Look at JERSEY BOYS in Manila; Show Runs Thru Oct. 16
Together with Metrobank Card Corporation, Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's (ATEG) production of Broadway and West End smash musical JERSEY BOYS 'opened to a thunderous standing ovation on Friday at the Meralco Theatre. JERSEY BOYS is fashioned like a behind-the-scenes documentary, using the four seasons--winter, spring, summer, fall--as a device to neatly tell the story of the group's rise and fall--and subsequent rise.' -ABS-CBNNews.com
JERSEY BOYS Premieres in Manila, Sept. 23; Full Cast Announced
Together with Metrobank Card Corporation, Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's (ATEG) production of Broadway and West End smash musical JERSEY BOYS will premiere at Meralco Theatre in Pasig City this Friday, September 23, at 8 p.m. JERSEY BOYS is a biographical musical based on the story of the legendary American doo-wop group Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
BWW Interview: Menchu Lauchengco Yulo Talks Rodgers and Hammerstein, Her Career & More at San Beda College
There was once this covert society on a mission. One known only to adoring fans and admiring colleagues whose simple oath of indoctrination states: 'We vow to do everything in our power to keep this sacred electoral committee of adoring fans and admiring colleagues a secret. Our main objective: to advance and advocate the 'oh so many, many, many reasons why the title First Lady of Philippine Musical Theater should go to our very own Hepburn-esque theater stunner, Menchu Lauchengco Yulo.'
Photo Coverage: In Rehearsal for SOUTH PACIFIC in Concert
Part of Resorts World Manila's (RWM) 6th anniversary celebration, the casino resort, in cooperation with Ultimate Shows Inc. and Redstone Production, stages Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC in concert, which was first presented at Carnegie Hall in June 2005, featuring David Ives' revised book based on Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan's original book.
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!
BroadwayWorld.com Announces Annual Theater Awards Nominees from the Philippines
BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater site on the Internet covering Broadway, London's West End, and beyond to 100 U.S. cities and 30 countries worldwide, and whose contents are catalogued in the Library of Congress, has recently announced its annual theater awards nominees from more than 50 regional markets across the globe, including the Philippines.
Photo Coverage: First Look at Rep's BOEING-BOEING
Repertory Philippines (Rep) opened its 76th theater season with 2008 Tony Award-winning comedy "Boeing-Boeing," originally written in French by Marc Camoletti, which in turn was translated into English by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans, last night at Onstage Theatre in Makati City.
Rep's BOEING-BOEING Opens Tonight
Handsome, dashing playboy Bernard (David Bianco, who starred in Repertory Philippines's [Rep] "Next Fall") feels like the definitive Don Juan as he juggles three beautiful fiancees - all sultry and sexy air hostesses.
Rep's BOEING-BOEING Opens Friday, 1/25
Handsome, dashing playboy Bernard (David Bianco, who starred in Repertory Philippines's [Rep] "Next Fall") feels like the definitive Don Juan as he juggles three beautiful fiancees - all sultry and sexy air hostesses.
FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Three Lovely Flight Attendants of BOEING-BOEING
2012 BroadwayWorld PH Award nominee Giannina Ocampo (Gabriella), Carla Dunareanu (Gretchen), and Jen Bianco (Gloria) join the cast of Repertory Philippines' (Rep) new season opener "Boeing-Boeing," 2008 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-winning revival of a play, written by French playwright Marc Camelotti, which in turn was translated into English by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans in the early '60s.
Photo Flash: First Look at Repertory Philippines’ THE WIZARD OF OZ, Opening Today, 8/18
Repertory Philippines (Rep) released its publicity photos for "The Wizard of Oz," music by Jean Bargy and Jim Eiler, and book and lyrics by Eiler, which runs at Onstage Theatre at Greenbelt One, Ayala Malls, Makati City for five months, from today, August 18 to Sunday, December 16.
Photo Flash: First Look at Repertory Philippines’ THE WIZARD OF OZ
Repertory Philippines has just released its publicity photos for THE WIZARD OF OZ, music by Jean Bargy and Jim Eiler, and book and lyrics by Eiler, which runs at Onstage Theatre at Greenbelt One, Ayala Malls, Makati City for five months, from Saturday, August 18 to Sunday, December 16.
Photo Flash: Repertory Philippines Opens SEUSSICAL, 8/13-12/11
Repertory Philippines (LITTLE WOMEN, EQUUS), the country's premier English-language theater company, opened its five-month run of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahren's Tony Award-nominated children's musical, SEUSSICAL, yesterday at the Onstage Theatre, Greenbelt 1, Makati City. The musical runs until December 11.
