It was 1997. Liesl Batucan was appearing as Luisa in the long-running Broadway musical “The Fantasticks.” She was being directed by Baby Barredo of Repertory Philippines, her “theater Mama”: “She molded me, honed me, sharpened me, guided me, inspired me and at times, as needed, scolded me. But the end result was that she brought out the best in me,” Batucan recalls.
Did the performers have enough rehearsal time, especially since most of the songs required belting notes of the inhuman kind?
TP’s planned 2016-17 season opens with the Virgin Labfest. While the annual festival of new plays had always been a...
‘I have always loved working with TP. I have always loved being at CCP. It resonates with me and is soul-enriching’
The 25-year-old composer-arranger is the musical director for the CCP concert ‘The Ensemble: Breaking the Fourth Wall’–featuring 16 performers
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