Haggling for talent fees but getting paid less than what was agreed upon. Negotiations conducted through text messages, with no official contract to back up the deal. Having the same talent fee for the last five years. Enduring long hours of taping in a rugged out-of-town location and provided only with monobloc chairs as bed for much-needed rest.
While on television Nyoy Volante is often seen as quiet and reserved, people close to him would tell you he is, in fact, “loud, funny and silly,” which makes him perfect for the role of Donkey in Atlantis Productions’ staging of “Shrek The Musical.”
After a “SHREKtacular” opening night in Manila, everyone’s favorite smelly ogre continues to spread joy and cheer in “Shrek the Musical”, a song-and dance-filled stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animated film. “Shrek the Musical” runs until October 12 at the Meralco Theater.
Tony and Olivier Award-winning actress Lea Salonga will star in Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical “Sweeney Todd,” as Mrs. Lovett.
Jett Pangan, frontman for acclaimed rock band The Dawn and an accomplished theater actor himself, lets his younger co-stars do their thing.
For one night only, Ballet Philippines 2’s acclaimed concert, “Hugot Sa Rosas,” returns for a performance at the CCP Little...
Some 600 delegates attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Ministerial Meetings were treated to a festive musical performance dubbed "Archipelago of Sounds."
“Shrek The Musical,” which is running at Meralco Theater until Oct. 12, is a solid production. The production values are phenomenal. The props and costumes are well-made, the acting is competent, and the lights, sound and other fiddly bits that many productions this big get wrong or unevenly are done right.
It’s only a ponytail that separates man from beast in ‘Jekyll and Hyde,’” went the opening line of Ben Brantley’s blistering review for the New York Times of the Frank Wildhorn-Leslie Bricusse musical when it opened on Broadway in April 1997.
Solaire puts together six of the Philippines’ ’80s music icons—Gino Padilla, Jett Pangan, Raymond Lauchengco, Lou Bonnevie and Jam Morales
