When “Mula sa Buwan” returns on Aug. 26 at Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati, it will not be the same creature that played to packed houses every performance four years ago. In turning Edmond Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo’s Filipino translation of that play into a musical, director and co-creator Pat Valera recentered the story...
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Markki Stroem as Christian, Gab Pangilinan as Roxane, and Myke Salomon as Cyrano —PHOTO COURTESY OF BAREFOOT THEATRE COLLABORATIVE
‘Mula sa Buwan’: In the spirit of defiance
When “Mula sa Buwan” returns on Aug. 26 at Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati, it will not be...
Jeremy Ponce leads the cast of "Katips: The Movie." —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
‘Katips’: Martial Law 101 on dramatic steroids
“Katips” is not for those looking for a nuanced, layered, complex movie about martial law. It caters to a less...
Myke Salomon as Cyrano and Gab Pangilinan as Roxane in ‘Mula sa Buwan’ —PHOTO BY KYLE VENTURILLO
‘Mula sa Buwan’ switches its focus from past to future
It’s easy to get “Cyrano de Bergerac” wrong. If you overstate its romance and its inherently ridiculous premise, this story...
Curtain call for "Minamahal Kita" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Main Theater lobby. —PHOTO BY VANGIE OLIQUINO
A little night of music
Live concerts are back! They’re mostly inspiring but, sadly, a few disappoint. This concert mounted on Sept. 15 at the...
Sarah Geronimo —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Sarah G on celebrity loneliness
In case it’s still unclear from the song “Dati-dati” alone how terribly Sarah Geronimo misses her estranged mom and dad,...
DANNY JAVIER (1947-2022) —PHOTO FROM pna.gov.ph
The music has died; long live his music
Oct. 31, 2022, was the day his music died. The musikero Danny Javier (formally Daniel Morales Javier) had mentioned dying...
Italian tenor Alessandro Liberatore is all set to sing Calaf.
Italian tenor, Korean diva excited to perform in Puccini’s ‘Turandot’ in Manila
“I am excited to be part of ‘Turandot’ in Manila,” said Italian tenor Alessandro Liberatore, who has arrived for the staging of Puccini’s...
Poster of Reportory Philippines' restaging of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Carousel”
‘Carousel’ takes old-fashioned values into the present day
Nearly 80 years since Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Carousel” was first performed on Broadway, the main challenge of restaging...