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‘Mula sa Buwan’ switches its focus from past to future
Myke Salomon as Cyrano and Gab Pangilinan as Roxane in ‘Mula sa Buwan’ —PHOTO BY KYLE VENTURILLO
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September 2, 2022September 19, 2023Music, Theater

‘Mula sa Buwan’ switches its focus from past to future

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It’s easy to get “Cyrano de Bergerac” wrong. If you overstate its romance and its inherently ridiculous premise, this story of a cartoonishly long-nosed soldier helping a young cadet woo the woman they both love can come off as frivolous. To an extent, this is how I felt about the 2016 production of “Mula sa...

‘Mula sa Buwan’: In the spirit of defiance
Markki Stroem as Christian, Gab Pangilinan as Roxane, and Myke Salomon as Cyrano —PHOTO COURTESY OF BAREFOOT THEATRE COLLABORATIVE
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July 31, 2022September 23, 2023Music, Theater

‘Mula sa Buwan’: In the spirit of defiance

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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...