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It is a spectacle, one of a kind Christmas event that longs to be a tradition that the Holiday season may offer. This latest offering of 9 Works Theatrical, along with Globe Live, is an experience of a lifetime for any theatre goer. This is for those who want to see live Christmas feeling set in a European ambiance. A Christmas Carol based on Charles Dickens, music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, is a story of a man who hates Christmas. His past, present and future inner weaknesses show up as his ghost, and made him realize that being alive has many things to offer. Playing Ebenezer Scrooge is a theatre veteran Miguel Faustman. He says this version is his most challenging one since it features the entire story of Scrooge from younger to older days. Yes, he does fit the role and he did deliver it as expected. But the one who shines best in this grand production is Miss Saigon alumna Ariel Reonal. He gave justice with flying colors as Jacob Marley, who was ...

Photos courtesy of PETA. Mahabharata is the longest known epic which consists of over 100,000 lines in 18 books. It's a complex tale of love, life, family, war, religion, philosophy, politics and culture. Hiroshi Koike, an acclaimed artist from Japan, wishes to create harmony among different cultures using Mahabharata on stage. The Pan-Asia Mahabharata Project which started in 2013 in Cambodia can be listed as Koike's greatest achievements to date. This production will run until 2020 in different Asian countries. This time in Manila, the continuation of the first two chapters (Mahabharata B-War) hit the PETA Theater Center last December 2-3. Mahabharata B-War is a melting pot of Asian senses. Hiring actors of different backgrounds and origins, Koike succeded in making the audience feel the very true essence of art. Intricate movements. Elaborate masks. Sophisticated costumes. Impeccable acting. Joy for those who understand theatre. Actors, masks and costumes from d...

The Epitaph as the start of the play. The musical play MLQ, Ang Buhay ni Manuel Luis Quezon by Full House Asia Production, presented by the Quezon City Government tru Mayor Herbert Bautista, open the newly constructed Kia Theater, formerly known as The New Frontier Cinema way back then, still in Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City. The first play and event to use the almost 2,500 seating capacity theater is headed by Actor Arnold Reyes playing the mighty role of Quezon, the second President of Philippines. The story open at the epitaph of Quezon wherein three students of this generations dissect and dig more about Quezon’s childhood up to his last days. It provides a visual presentation on how Quezon survive the war and the war in politics as well.  Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. Under the direction and written by George De Jesus III, the play provides more detailed and accurate biographical life events of Quezon, from being a Seminarian, to being a Govern...

The Cast of #TheNornalHeartMNL With the rising cases of AIDS and HIV in the Philippines, it’s still one of the most unheard topic and stories in the news or even in Social Media, but the warnings and all precautionary measures are all broadcasted or should I say in archives. In this timing, the AAI/ The Necessary Theater is now bringing in Manila the 2011 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a play, the Normal Heart who will have limited show in Carlos P. Romulo Theater starting July 3, 2015. it is written by playwright and activist Larry Kramer, about Ned Weeks, an openly gay founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group, set in 1981 in New York City. Topnotch Theater Actor Bart Guingona will direct and act as Ned, along with Richard Cunanan, Topper Fabrigas, TV/Movie Actor Tj Trinidad, Roselyn Perez, Red Concepcion, Nor Domingo and Jef Flores. Gungona on a presscon last June 9, 2015 in Café 1771 in Ortigas Center, said that Normal Heart is about activism, its strength ...

The Cast of Rak Of Aegis 2015 The Phenomenal Original Pinoy Musical Rak Of Aegis is returning to stage in PETA Theater this June 2015, the hit crowd favorite and comedy musical featuring the songs of Aegis band had already 135 shows in total last year, and this time they will be like broadway wherein six days in a week is the scheduled shows starting June 17 to August 16, 2015. Stage Director Maribel Legarda said on a presscon last May 6, 2015, that there will be no major changes, nor script revisions for Rak staging this year, even the set is still the same.  But what exciting for it is the inclusion of the song “Sayang na Sayang” and the new cast that will give flavors for the same old characters in Brgy.Venizia. But what makes Rak of Aegis such a hit?, Legarda  enumerate the reasons, first it’s the songs of Aegis band that is truly popular, the flood culture theme of the story wherein many Filipinos especially in Metro Manila can relate to it, the comedy that i...