Rep’s ‘The Vibrator Play’ hits the G–giddy–spot
Not quite a paroxysm, but it’s nuanced and poignant, with bittersweet sympathy for its characters
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Not quite a paroxysm, but it’s nuanced and poignant, with bittersweet sympathy for its characters
Actress Giannina Ocampo is prepping up by reading titles that inspired Sarah Ruhl to write ‘In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play),’ such as ‘The Technology of Orgasm’ by Rachel Maines
The country’s three biggest dailies all bore similar banner photos last Tuesday: policemen in tears during a recent gathering in the wake of the abominable massacre of their colleagues in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Those were haunting images, to say the least, but they also inadvertently begged the timeworn question: Just how up close and personal can a picture get before it all becomes disruptive, disrespectful and distasteful?
Fresh off the critical success of the Pulitzer Prize winner “Rabbit Hole,” Red Turnip is capping off its second season with another heralded play from Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Marguilles, “Time Stands Still.”
“We’re the ultimate leading man and woman for this play—we have steamy scenes and you’ll sweat when you see them,” declared Nonie Buencamino, referring to his partnership with fellow multiplatform actor Ana Abad Santos in Red Turnip Theater’s season-opener, “Time Stands Still.”
“If you love two people at the same time, choose the second, because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn’t have fallen for the second.” Words of wisdom from the great living icon Johnny Depp, his perhaps most-shared and retweeted quote in social media lately.
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