9 Works Theatrical’s production of ‘Newsies the Musical’ opens July 7—but first, a grueling dance boot camp for the cast.
Not quite a paroxysm, but it’s nuanced and poignant, with bittersweet sympathy for its characters
The College of St. Benilde’s Arts and Culture Cluster’s (BACC) recent production of the dance musical “Ding, Ang Bato!”...
Topper Fabregas directs Nicco Manalo, Jef Flores and Cindy Lopez in a play the text of which ‘pretty much takes care of the ‘funny.’’
It’s never really clear what’s going on in the minds of the three well-off teenage New Yorkers at the heart of Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth.” They kiss and curse and flirt, fire insults, plot schemes, smoke pot. Yet it’s hard to shrug off the feeling that what we’re seeing is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg; in this delirious adolescent fever dream, who exactly are these people?
The recent limited run of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” by The Necessary Theatre was among the year’s most...
This June, the Peta Theater Center partners with The Necessary Theatre to bring back Bart Guingona’s production of Larry...
“I like rehearsing barefoot,” says Jef Flores. “I like feeling the floor with my toes. It helps me think and keeps me balanced.”
A pair of engaging lead performances, and some of the finest dancing local musical theater has seen this decade
Enough bounty to fill a Top 10 list and more–and here we try
