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Hotel Sogo extends help to communities in CamSur

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Hotel Sogo continues to care as it ramped up its effort in helping the country’s indigent communities by reaching out to several communities in Luzon. Recently, it donated school supplies to over 300 school children in Triangulo Elementary School - Diversion Road, CBD II, Barangay Triangulo, Naga, and Oroc-Osoc Elementary School - Oroc-Osoc, Caramoan, Camarines Sur. Hotel Sogo also distributed long sleeve shirts and black out tarp cover from Hotel Sogo’s collateral materials for use as cover for tourist and fishing boats to 200 fisherfolks from Brgy.Paniman, Caramoan Camarines Sur. For more information about Hotel Sogo, check out  https://www.hotelsogo.com.

The West Side Story in Manila.

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The Cast of West Side Story Manila Season 2017. The classic Broadway dance musical is here in Manila for a very limited season run, West Side Story is produced many many times all over the world, from Broadway to west end including international tours for the last 60 years. West Side Story is inspired by Shakespeare’s tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, written way back 1950’s it is set in New York presenting gangs of boys from upper west side known as Jets and the Sharks, plus the teenage love of Maria and Tony torn in between the two enemy gang. Music of this musical are called immortal now a days, from Tonight, America and that somewhere still haunt me after watching. The Manila season that open last August 10 will last until August 27 only, yes limited 3 week season so you better get those dancing shoes and hit The Theatre at Solaire, and experience this musical with all young American cast, many of whom come direct from Broadway. Presented by Globe Live along wi...

The return of Godspell in Manila, a theater review.

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Now on its tenth year as a private production company formed in 2007, known for staging wide array of musicals, operas, concerts, workshops, recitals, special corporate events, and even mall and holiday festivities, MusicArtes Inc. staged its first Broadway rock musical. Godspell from the creator of blockbuster musicals Pippin and Wicked had its second run in Manila recently at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium. With music and lyrics from the award winning lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz, Godspell marked as his first musical masterpiece created in 1971 followed by Pippin and Wicked. He was hired by the producers to write new songs and incorporated his musical styles. Who would have thought that this master 's thesis project based on the Gospel Of Matthew by the American playwright John-Michael Tebelak will become such a hit and critically acclaimed? Godspell opened as an Off-Broadway show in May 17, 1971 which later opened in Broadway's Broadhurst Theater in 1976 an...

The Heat is on for Gerald Santos in Miss Saigon.

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FORMER Pinoy Pop Superstar Grand Champion and Theater actor Gerald Santos, is now officially the newest Filipino cast of the Broadway hit and award winning musical Miss Saigon, for UK Touring cast of 2017. Santos will play as Thuy, the Vietnamese lover of lead star Kim who became a head of a military service, and still pursue Kim due to a parental arraignment, but Kim is in love already with a son to an American GI name Chris. During its press conference, Santos admit that it was not easy auditioning for the role of Thuy, he undergoes a multiple callback to fit for the role that once played by Robert Sena and many other Filipino artist. Santos pass the two-audition process and 2 callbacks, he was instructed to sing Thuy piece during those times. Santos admit he waited patiently for more than a year after receiving the confirmation, that he did pass the audition and got the Thuy role. But he didn’t lose hope and believe in God that the opportunity will still pursue. “A...