Before the Eraserheads became rock stars, they wrote a Pinoy musical
In 1991, the band collaborated with Vince de Jesus on the music for ‘Manhid.’ Over 20 years later, the musical is rocking the stage again as Ballet Philippines’ latest production.
In 1991, the band collaborated with Vince de Jesus on the music for ‘Manhid.’ Over 20 years later, the musical is rocking the stage again as Ballet Philippines’ latest production.
“Manhid: The Pinoy Superhero Musical” brings together not only talented actors, singers, and dancers, but critically acclaimed musicians too. Audiences will be treated to live music in each show, care of the Radioactive Sago Project. The iconic avant-jazz-pop group is taking over where the Eraserheads left off in 1991, as the production’s live band.
The experimental, all-student production “Manhid,” a dance musical and protest play, was first presented during the post-Edsa period in 1991, at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Its chief influences included comic book and folk superheroes, and Salman Rushdie’s great novel “Midnight’s Children,” the Booker of all Booker Prizes, which was about the horde of children born at the instant India gained her independence from Britain in 1948.
Comic book fanatics, musical theater lovers and political activists are bound to enjoy Ballet Philippines’ newest production, “Manhid: The Pinoy Superhero Musical,” the final production of its 45th season.
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