Peta spoofs ‘Walang Sugat’ with ‘Walang Aray!’
The sarsuwela “Walang Sugat” (1902) is our most durable musical play, written by Severino Reyes of Lola Basyang fame and composer Fulgencio Tolentino, who taught music at the Ateneo de
The sarsuwela “Walang Sugat” (1902) is our most durable musical play, written by Severino Reyes of Lola Basyang fame and composer Fulgencio Tolentino, who taught music at the Ateneo de
On the day Inquirer got in touch with him, John Arcilla was in New York, rushing to an appointment with a film director for a new acting assignment.
Noel Rayos doesn’t just ride bicycles, he folds them with his bare hands, too. No, he’s not a muscleman who bends metal for fun. Rayos is a versatile actor who is at ease in plays and musicals, comedy and drama, English and Tagalog and once had a bike stolen, even though it was chained and locked.
Musical theater is humming and the month of August is alive with at least three significant productions: Tanghalang Pilipino’s “Walang Sugat,” the classic zarzuela; Repertory Philippines’ “The Wizard of Oz,” another classic; and Ateneo Blue Repertory’s lively, youth-oriented “13: The Musical.”
The “Walang Kupas” (unfading) zarzuela “Walang Sugat”—with its captivating music by Fulgencio Tolentino and literate libretto by Severino Reyes—is, in this music buff’s opinion, our greatest zarzuela.
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