Jonathan Tadioan and Marco Viaña, the leading men in Tanghalang Pilipino’s (TP) “Katsuri,” mirror the dynamics between their respective...
At the Aug. 23 gala in a packed 300-seater theater, four curtain calls were necessary before the applause died down for the TP ensemble's performance.
Where this production wins is in its brand of comedy—the way it unfailingly connects with its audience
These stage veterans agree–‘A great theater is haunted’
The case of 29-year-old actor Jonathan Tadioan playing the role of 63-year-old Willy Loman in Tanghalang Pilipino’s production of “Pahimakas sa Isang Ahente”—Arthur Miller’s classic “Death of A Salesman” translated into Filipino by Rolando Tinio—can very well be the theater curiosity of the season.
New and unique. Distinctly Pinoy and wonderfully contemporary. Rap and fliptop, local hiphop and everything in between.
When Herlyn Gail Alegre learned that her one-act-play “Imbisibol” got accepted to Virgin Labfest 9, she couldn’t believe it at once. She was at home when a friend sent her an SMS saying, “Congrats sa Virgin.” It didn’t sink in immediately. After all, “Imbisibol” was one of the 166 one-act plays submitted to this year’s festival, which opens June 26 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Jonathan “Tad” Tadioan considers his breakthrough role of the tormented Boy Pogi Resureccion in the play “Doc Resureccion: Gagamutin ang Bayan” (written by Layeta Bucoy and directed by Tuxqs Rutaquio) as his first major challenge in Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident drama group of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
How many times can one spin variations on the theme of entrapment and escape, the need to flee what has...
