Long neglected at home, Edvard Munch is finally to get his due as Norway honors one of its greatest artists with the most comprehensive retrospective ever to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.
They come in brightly colored, shiny packages in fun flavors like chocolate, blueberry, gummy bear, wine and pink berry. But the American Cancer Society says the little cigars and packages of loose tobacco are aimed at kids and are just as deadly as cigarettes.
He came to me in a dream, as if in answered prayers, to give comfort and balm for a long and lingering sadness; to rouse my soul from a fitful and troubled sleep. St. Francis beckoned and so, farewell to all that, we went.
Viva Atlantis Theatricals’ production of “Disney’s Tarzan” opens June 14 at the Meralco Theater.
In 2010, young lyric tenor Antonio (Arman) Ferrer auditioned for the role of the hero Tenyong in the iconic zarzuela “Walang Sugat” at the Irwin Lee Theater of the Ateneo de Manila, which was celebrating its centennial.
With the success of the recently concluded rock musical “Sa Wakas,” Sugarfree fans will never hear the band’s music the same way again.
Stage managers are the individuals who “run” a play or musical, almost never seen by audiences (unless you catch one pushing out a set piece on to the stage at some point during a show), one hand holding a timer and the other holding a copy of the prompt book, a copy of the script that contains all the stage directions: actors’ and set pieces’ blocking, their entrances and exits, all lighting and sound cues, etc.
Not a solo, featured or even a cameo track; nor were royalties and CD credit part of the deal. No, not one among us who were chosen to participate in that afternoon recording seemed to care. Sharing a space with the creator of mammoth hit “Wicked” was enough to make any theater geek go ballistic. Not to mention that me and my colleague Monette Rivera (of The Filipino Channel) were the only Filipinos among the eager bunch.
“Adarna,” the well-known and much-loved Filipino folk tale, opens another year of exciting plays from Dulaang UP, which is now on its 38th theater season.
The bad news: There were two vampires in front of us. The good news: They were not trying to kill us. One of them was thirsty, but not for our blood. “Can I get some water? Does anyone have water?” Nina Dobrev asked.
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