Finally, live theater returns—and after almost four years, “Mula Sa Buwan” is back.
“Mula Sa Buwan,” the critically acclaimed original musical about love and defiance, is back for a limited run. Based on “Cyrano de Bergerac,” the story has been reimagined to tell a more familiar story: ours. The original Filipino musical is based on Edmond Rostand’s timeless classic “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Soc Rodrigo’s Filipino translation. Markki Stroem plays Christian, Gab Pangilinan reprises her role as Roxane, and Myke Salomon leads the musical as Cyrano.
Now set in 1940s Manila, the musical features wide-eyed dreamers, fools and misfits where harana, kundiman, passion and genuine friendships abound. Through wit, stories and music, they dream and fight for their place in an ever-changing city. However, when war strikes, love, ideals and truth are all tested, the young now forced to suddenly “grow up.”
The musical moves to a time after the war, to a field of rubble, of forgotten memories, of heroes lost in a country struggling to survive. At the center of it all is the unrequited and heartbreaking love story between the poet Cyrano, his beloved Roxane and the kind-hearted Christian.
Created by Pat Valera and William Elvin Manzano in 2010, “Mula sa Buwan” has been staged numerous times with each version (GSIS Theater, 2011; Irwin Theater, 2016; Areté, 2018) becoming ever more spectacular.
Staged by Barefoot Theatre Collaborative, the musical will have a limited run of 13 shows from Aug.26 to Sept. 11. Visit ticketworld.com.ph and mulasabuwan.com/tickets for tickets.