Nonie Buencamino pays tribute to Daisy Hontiveros Avellana with haunting Sa...
Performed at the necrological rites for National Artist for Theater Daisy Hontiveros Avellana this morning, May 17, 2013, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater), Cultural Center of the...
View ArticleGlee's Dan Domenech and Rachel Ann Go star in Viva Atlantis Theatricals’...
Viva Atlantis Theatricals' production of “Disney's Tarzan” opens June 14 at the Meralco Theater. Based on the smash hit animated film and Edgar Rice Burrough's classic novel, “Disney’s Tarzan” tells...
View ArticleGantimpala Theater holds new season auditions May 28
Gantimpala Theater will hold its 36th theater season auditions on May 28 (Tuesday), 2 p.m.-6 p.m., at the new Gantimpala Office, former Rizal Park Library, (beside the Manila Planetarium) P. Burgos...
View ArticleResorts World Manila's Musikat Jam begins tonight with Some Enchanted Music:...
Resorts World Manila, the country's premier one-stop, nonstop tourism and entertainment destination, brings the biggest and brightest stars from here and abroad in a series of world-class musical...
View ArticleBallet Philippines’ Rama, Hari leads 2012 Gawad Buhay! race (complete list of...
By Elmar Beltran Ingles Contributor[Published in today's issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer]Tanghalang Pilipino’s ‘Stageshow’ and Repertory Philippines’ ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ tie for second place with...
View Article2012 Philstage Gawad Buhay!--complete list of winners
The 2012 Philstage Gawad Buhay! was held last night, June 16, 7 p.m., at the Star Theater in Star City, CCP Complex along Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. The complete list of winners below, in bold (a...
View ArticleVirgin Labfest 9--play entries and showdates
SET A (June 26, 3p.m & 8 p.m.; July 6, 3 p.m.; July 7, 8 p.m.) • “Kudeta! Kudeta!” (Written by Jimmy Flores, directed by Ariel S.R. Yonzon) • “Kapit” (Written by George de Jesus III, directed by...
View ArticleGlobe supports Katy! rerun, July 26-August 4
Globe Telecom is supporting the return of the iconic Filipino production “Katy!”, scheduled to run at the Meralco Theater July 26 to August 4, in line with the company’s thrust of developing and...
View ArticlePETA and Lampara Publishing invite kiddie participants to Kwentong Bata,...
“Kwentong Bata, Kwentistang Bata,” the Lampara Story-telling Competition, is now on its second year. Following the success of last year’s competition, Lampara Publishing, one of the Philippines’...
View ArticleThe Glass Menagerie at DLS-College of St. Benilde--two more performances today
Playwright-director George de Jesus reimagines Tennessee Williams' “The Glass Menagerie” for the School of Design and Arts Theater of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. The production has remaining...
View ArticleCall for entries to P1-M English musical playwriting competition
THE IGNACIO B. GIMENEZ Foundation Inc. (IBGFI), a nonprofit organization dedicated in part to supporting the promotion of Filipino arts and culture, has launched a first-ever English musical...
View ArticleOpening this August 2013
Ateneo Entablado’s ‘Ang Buhay ay Pelikula,’ ADMU Rizal Mini-Theater, Aug. 13-31 ATENEO ENTABLADO (Enterteynment para sa Tao, Bayan, Lansangan at Diyos), as part of its 31st season entitled “Personalan...
View ArticleUPLB Department of Humanities presents Banwa!
The University of the Philippines Los Baňos Department of Humanities-Division of Speech Communication and Performing Arts under the College of Arts and Sciences announces the Philippine premiere...
View ArticleArnel Ignacio and Eula Valdes topbill Atlantis Productions' The Addams...
This November, Atlantis Productions stages the family musical comedy event of the season " The Addams Family." Film, television and stage personalities Eula Valdez and Arnel Ignacio will play the lead...
View ArticleIbalong, D’Wonder Twins of Boac lead Philstage Gawad Buhay!’s 2013...
TANGHALANG PILIPINO’s “Ibalong,” a dance-musical reimagining of the Bicolano epic, topped the 1st/2nd-quarter citations of the 2013 Gawad Buhay!, the Philstage Awards for the Performing Arts, with 15...
View ArticleEly Buendia sings for PETA's endowment fund campaign
This September, Buendia performs his greatest hits in a solo concert with a 12-piece band at The PETA Theater Center. The concert, entitled "Ely Buendia Sings for PETA," is part of Philippine...
View Article26th Aliw Awards (2013)--complete list of nominees/finalists
This is an official announcement from the Aliw Awards.The 26th Aliw Awards will have its awards night on October 8, 2013, 7 p.m., at the Manila Hotel. For inquiries, e-mail Frank Rivera at...
View Article26th Aliw Awards (2013)--complete list of winners
This is an official announcement from the Aliw Awards. The 26th Aliw Awards had its awards night on October 8, 2013 at the Manila Hotel. Winners below in boldface. For questions/inquiries, e-mail Frank...
View ArticleLea Salonga, Cecile Licad and Lisa Macuja-Elizalde reunite in The Legends and...
Three iconic Filipino artists--Lea Salonga, Cecile Licad and Lisa Macuja-Elizalde--reunite onstage in “The Legends and the Classics Encore,” for an incomparable showcase of song, music and dance....
View ArticleTrumpets’ The Bluebird of Happiness leads Philstage Gawad Buhay’s 2013...
TRUMPETS’ “comeback” musical production “The Bluebird of Happiness,” with music by Rony Fortich and libretto and direction by Jaime del Mundo, leads the third-quarter citations of the 2013 Gawad...
View ArticleBRAVO! BEST OF THEATER 2013: The resurrection of the original Filipino musical
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12.21.2013When was the last time the homegrown song-and-dance variety outnumbered the Broadway imports? WHEN “KATY” OPENED on Jan. 27 at the Cultural Center of the...
View Article9 Works Theatrical’s Grease leads Philstage Gawad Buhay’s 2013 4th-quarter...
9 WORKS THEATRICAL’S production of the evergreen Broadway musical “Grease” in November last year grabbed 13 nods to lead the fourth-quarter citations of the 2013 Gawad Buhay!, the Philstage Awards for...
View ArticleThe spellbinding Ang Nawalang Kapatid
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 02.22.2014Dulaang UP’s all-student production takes on the mighty ‘Mahabharata’–and triumphs DULAANG UP’s “ANG NAWALANG KAPATID” (with remaining performances today and...
View ArticleTrumpets’ The Bluebird of Happiness (16 nominations) and Tanghalang...
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 02.22.2014Peta’s ‘D’Wonder Twins of Boac’ and TP’s ‘Ibalong’ tie for third place with 10 nominations each TRUMPETS’ “THE BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS,” a musical adaptation of the...
View ArticlePeta's Rak of Aegis, Rep's August: Osage County lead Philstage Gawad Buhay!’s...
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 07.19.2014 THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL Theater Association’s “Rak of Aegis,” a musical-comedy production about a fictional urban-poor community coping with floods that...
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