In a grungy cellar bar, a young crowd sings along to a melancholy ballad in Ukrainian. Nothing unusual here — except...
The musical is where ghosts of the past become the beacon of the present.
“Martial law is the best thing that happened to the Philippines in 1972. We won’t be the developing country that we are right now if it wasn’t for the Marcoses. Learn your history,” says the social media account without a real name
We purposely chose this day (Sept. 21, the infamous martial law day) so that we would not forget the lessons of history,” said CB Garrucho, president of the Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta). She spoke at the opening of the company’s 51st theater season, titled “Stage of the Nation,” at the Peta Theater Center in Quezon City.
Your mantra for the week: “Today I am ready for all kinds of wonderful surprises.”
The original musical that's based on a repertoire of pop classics successfully surmounts the hurdle of preventing the show from becoming a concert.
The restaging of “Desaparesidos,” adapted from Lualhati Bautista’s novel, runs Aug. 17-Sept. 2, at The Doreen Black Box, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University.
Frank Reichenbach is not only a veteran hotelier, he is one who’s seen the Philippines go through it all.
Old age and its wages and the horrors of martial law are some of the significant themes that are tackled...
September was an especially bountiful month for theater, and a good portion of the crop was overtly political, spurred...
