It was the citadel of culture during the belle époque, the prewar years in Manila: the Manila Metropolitan Theater,...
Described in a previous re- port as in a state of “gross squalor” due to its sorry state of conservation,...
The old lady still has a surprise or two hidden under her skirts.
I was delighted to read recent news about the rebuilding (again!) of the Manila Metropolitan Theater. I
remember how beautiful she used to be.
THE NATIONAL Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) conducted last Saturday the third and last clean-up drive for the...
The last time I saw Kuya Germs was late in 2015, when the NCCA invited Audie Gemora and myself to help in planning the eventual rehabilitation of the Manila Metropolitan Theater.
GERMAN Moreno called for the conservation of the Metropolitan Theater while actor Xian Lim proudly posed before a large fantasy...
IN THE 1990s, I saw Chinese pianist Fou Ts’ong at the Metropolitan (Met) Theater of Manila. Fou was a close...
ERECTED in the early 1930s, razed by World War II, rehabilitated and restored in the late 1970s, and neglected once...
GOOD news for heritage advocates and Manila oldtimers. The Metropolitan (Met) Theater of Manila, which has been deteriorating for almost...
