“Defending The Caveman,” Rob Becker’s hilarious one-man comedy about love, sex and why guys leave their dirty clothes on the bedroom floor, returns to Manila for a limited run.
I saw a May 6 preview of the “Miss Saigon” revival (at the Prince Edward Theatre), and what struck me first was that this is a more compact (and therefore more tour-friendly) version of the musical. The sets are now more functional than theatrical; obviously, the technical team is bent on avoiding complications and mechanical hiccups.
Charles Spencer, The Telegraph: “Superbly slick, powerfully acted and splendidly sung revival … The 18-year-old Eva Noblezada is extraordinarily vulnerable and touching as Kim, and her raw, deeply felt performance and soaring voice lend the show its heart. Alistair Brammer gives a powerful performance as her beloved Chris, though fails to generate much warmth, while Jon Jon Briones is memorably seedy as the unscrupulous Engineer and gets maximum value from his big number ‘The American Dream,’ the one moment in the show of Broadway razzle dazzle, albeit accompanied by dark sardonic humor.”
“Cancel it,” costume and set designer Jerry Sibal recalls telling philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis, four months before the New York staging of “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera.”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is arguably (or perhaps inarguably) the greatest playwright this planet has ever produced. For many of us, his plays, especially the major tragedies like “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “Othello,” and “King Lear,” were required reading in college. Back then, it was almost unthinkable to graduate from high school and university without having to struggle with at least one of his works.
The world’s greatest playwright. The brains of the Philippine Revolution. And an iconic gay writer-criminal from France.
It is clear just by looking at the promo materials that Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) ongoing production of “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” is energetic, transgressively comical, and very, very, very gay.
It doesn’t pay to be nice and polite at Actor’s Studio East (ASE). The school, which is dedicated purely to acting, encourages students to check their niceness at the door if they are to progress in class.
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) offers innovations to make one’s theater experience more enjoyable. Be a partner through the Peta Circle of Friends Card, or make reservations hassle-free with the new Theater Center Prepaid Card.
Twenty-three years on Broadway and 12 years at the West End has done nothing to exhaust the original chaotic allure and energetic charisma of “Stomp.”
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