In 2007, some upper-class Certificate in Theater Arts students of the University of the Philippines (UP) were talking about this incoming freshman—a good-looking boy from Pampanga who had acted for Sir Tony Mabesa’s plays at Angeles University.
‘The masks made me see very little. I had to dance, sing and act without seeing much—to completely master the performance space, even with eyes closed’
Coming off a hugely successful and critically acclaimed extended run, Dulaang UP’s “Ang Nawalang Kapatid” will stage benefit shows on July 4-6, and 11-13 (Friday to Sunday only) in celebration of UP Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts’ 55th anniversary.
On its 39th year, Dulaang UP’s lineup of plays has the work of contemporary theater living legends Tony Mabesa, Floy Quintos and Rody Vera.
Coming off a hugely successful and critically acclaimed extended run, Dulaang UP’s “Ang Nawalang Kapatid” will stage benefit shows on July 4-6, and 11-13 (Friday to Sunday only) in celebration of UP Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts’ 55th anniversary.
The world’s greatest playwright. The brains of the Philippine Revolution. And an iconic gay writer-criminal from France.
Seasoned playwright Floy Quintos attempts to capture through the musical play “Ang Nawalang Kapatid,” the inherent complexity, cultural and religious specificity, and the folkloric, visionary wisdom found in the Indian epic “Mahabharata.”
It is a sad but accepted reality for teachers and theater reviewers that they must spend their lives pointing out the flaws in the works of others. It is a rare indulgence for a reviewer to gush about a beloved work without reservation.
Dulaang UP’s “Ang Nawalang Kapatid” (with remaining performances Saturday and Sunday at Guerrero Theater, UP Diliman) is billed in press announcements as a musical adaptation of the Indian epic “Mahabharata,” the theatrical transposition courtesy of Floy Quintos and the music by Ceejay Javier.
JOHN Logan’s Tony-winning play “Red,” which made its Manila debut last year via a production of The Necessary Theatre starring Bart Guingona as the abstract expressionist Mark Rothko and Joaquin Valdes as his (fictional) apprentice, returns for eight performances at the CCP’s Tanghalang Huseng Batute.
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