A wife’s unique plan for her husband’s 70th birthday
Here is a wife’s unique way of celebrating her husband’s 70th birthday.
Here is a wife’s unique way of celebrating her husband’s 70th birthday.
While ABS-CBN assembled its bevy of celebrities for its annual, highly publicized dress-and-glam-up festival known as the Star Magic Ball, the palatial Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) played host to an event of even grander and genuinely international scale.
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The raves are still pouring in, even as Repertory Philippines’ “August: Osage County” is on its last weekend. The lion’s share of the praise goes to Baby Barredo, the company’s cofounder, artistic director and now the play’s main performer after an absence of more than a decade. Barredo remains at the top of her game at 72—an age she is not ashamed to admit.
This year marks director Bobby Garcia’s 21st year in the theater. “It is hard to believe how fast time has flown,” he says. “It has been a truly incredible journey that I continue to be so thankful for. The opportunity to tell stories and collaborate with great storytellers is really a gift not many are bestowed with. That truth doesn’t escape me for a second. I am blessed to be doing this.”
It was not the typical benefit concert where the usual star-studded cast offered their talents for a worthy cause.
The scene at the Solaire lobby in Parañaque resembled those from the Martin Scorsese film “Casino”—people huddling at gaming tables, pretty ladies assisting guests, security men surveying the proceedings.
Grammy-winning jazz artist Patti Austin arrived in Manila Saturday afternoon and proceeded to a studio in Makati City to rehearse for two benefit concerts for survivors of Supertyphoon “Yolanda.”
The special, hastily conceived “Jammin’ for Help” fundraising concert at the Rockwell Tent last Wednesday drew capacity crowd of various persuasions.
The last two weeks had performing artists doing their share to alleviate the plight of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” survivors.
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