The Manila Metropolitan Theater rises anew
It was the citadel of culture during the belle époque, the prewar years in Manila: the Manila Metropolitan Theater, designed by architect Juan Arellano (later National Artist) in the
It was the citadel of culture during the belle époque, the prewar years in Manila: the Manila Metropolitan Theater, designed by architect Juan Arellano (later National Artist) in the
Described in a previous re- port as in a state of “gross squalor” due to its sorry state of conservation, the Manila Metropolitan Theater (Met) has since been slowly becoming
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 Manila Metropolitan Theater (Met), and the activity afforded the media
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 portrait of a woman in Renaissance costumery he himself had
IN THE 1990s, I saw Chinese pianist Fou Ts’ong at the Metropolitan (Met) Theater of Manila. Fou was a close friend of pianist Martha Argerich, who had also performed at
ERECTED in the early 1930s, razed by World War II, rehabilitated and restored in the late 1970s, and neglected once more in the late 1990s up to the present time,
GOOD news for heritage advocates and Manila oldtimers. The Metropolitan (Met) Theater of Manila, which has been deteriorating for almost 20 years now over ownership squabbles, is set for restoration
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