Fil-Am Ali Ewoldt is first Asian to play Christine in ‘Phantom of the Opera’ on Broadway
The trailblazing actress, whose mom hails from Pangasinan, is a pescatarian who still enjoys ‘sinigang’ and ‘turon’
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The trailblazing actress, whose mom hails from Pangasinan, is a pescatarian who still enjoys ‘sinigang’ and ‘turon’
After a successful run at Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) award-winning Newport Performing Arts Theater (NPAT) in 2012, “The King and I” takes its act to the Lion City.
On his opening night, costar Kelli O’Hara, who plays Anna, tweeted, ‘Tonight, my new king @thejosellana killing it so far!!’
The Fil-Am actor, who plays Oliver on TV’s ‘How To Get Away With Murder,’ is earning raves in the latest Broadway revival of ‘The King and I’
At eight years old in his first summer workshop, he cried when he thought he wouldn’t get the role of a snake. Now, at 18, he’s been called ‘excellent’ by the New York Times
“We’re the ultimate leading man and woman for this play—we have steamy scenes and you’ll sweat when you see them,” declared Nonie Buencamino, referring to his partnership with fellow multiplatform actor Ana Abad Santos in Red Turnip Theater’s season-opener, “Time Stands Still.”
During a break from rehearsals one day, Paolo Rodriguez found out that some women in the cast were willing to skip a meal in order to save money to buy a pair of earrings.
The romance could never be overt. Still, at the end of the day, it is the relationship between the titular characters in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I,” and the actors who play them, that can make or break any new incarnation of this beloved musical.
On the opening show of the extended run of “The King and I” in Newport Theater, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo and Nonie Buencamino, who respectively play lead characters Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut, reveal that they were—gasp—still “winging it.”
At the recent “Mint Knows Monique” lecture at Meridian International College last week, students and fans got to know Monique Wilson on a deeper level—from her naughty childhood moments and her life in London during “Miss Saigon” to her unwavering passion for theater and her One Billion Rising campaign against violence against women.
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