Directing ‘Darna’ a dream come true for Chito Roño
Chito Roño grew up reading “Darna” komiks together with his grandmother, which was why he grabbed the opportunity to direct the series.
Chito Roño grew up reading “Darna” komiks together with his grandmother, which was why he grabbed the opportunity to direct the series.
According to Eric Fructuoso, with their camaraderie on the set, everyone gets to bond very well, making their work easier.
Working for the first time with director Chito Roño in the latest incarnation of Darna has sent shivers down Zaijian Jaranilla’s spine.
Actress Janella Salvador revealed that she initially thought of nixing the offer to play Valentina in the newest reincarnation of “Darna.” “Noong una siyang in-offer sa akin, (When it was
Rody Vera is everywhere, and there is no way you can miss him. Just this year, he adapted the Bicolano epic “Ibalong” into a thundering dance-musical for Tanghalang Pilipino; he wrote the libretto for the Ninoy and Cory Aquino tribute musical “Pamana” for the Philippine Educational Theater Association; he transposed Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” into a bittersweet reverie for the bygone studio system of Philippine movies in Peta’s “D’Wonder Twins of Boac”; and, most recently, along with Tuxqs Rutaquio, he fleshed out new ways of looking at the Bard’s “The Merchant of Venice” with a bold reimagining, now called “Der Kaufmann/Ang Negosyante ng Venecia” (the show has remaining performances at CCP’s Little Theater on Saturday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday, 3 p.m.).
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