Catch ‘The Bluebird of Happiness,’ now on its final weekend run
Local theaterdom is abuzz with Trumpets big musical comeback, “The Bluebird of Happiness” which opened a couple of weeks ago at the Meralco Theater.
October 16, 2013
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Local theaterdom is abuzz with Trumpets big musical comeback, “The Bluebird of Happiness” which opened a couple of weeks ago at the Meralco Theater.
It is easy to dismiss Trumpets’ “The Bluebird of Happiness”—which the Christian theater company dubs its “big musical comeback”—as just another extravagantly fantastical, unrestrainedly colorful kiddie show. When the musical’s first promotional posters were unveiled online some months ago, the central image of two children heading into the bluish unknown with the eponymous bird hovering in a trail of glitter seemed like a black box warning for those allergic to the cutesy, the silly and juvenile.
Intentional or not, Trumpets’ big musicals start with or are triggered by a journey. “Joseph the Dreamer” had its titular Biblical hero literally being dragged from his homeland into enslavement in Egypt. The lovestruck little mermaid of the play that bears the same name forsook her heritage in the oceans to find her destiny on solid land. “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” transported its four child protagonists from war-torn England into the magical landscape of Narnia.
I had never really known Joaquin Pedro Valdes personally until I had him read for the part of Ken in John Logan’s “Red.” He was the last in a line of would-be Kens, each of whom was lacking in some way. Sure, I had seen him as a child actor in Trumpets’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” but I had never really said anything to him before beyond a postperformance “Congrats!”
Asia’s first professional gospel theater group Trumpets announces the cast of its brand-new musical, “The Bluebird of Happiness.”
When Joseph Matheu was born, no one knew he was going to become a brother to twin Francis just two minutes later. “The doctor didn’t know because during our mom’s check-ups, he would hear only one heartbeat,” says Joseph.
After a three-year hiatus, Trumpets is back on the theater scene with “The Bluebird,” a brand-new musical about the magical adventures of two children and their quest for real happiness, adapted from the play “The Blue Bird” by Belgian playwright, Maurice Maeterlinck. The musical will open in September 2013.
When I auditioned for Repertory Philippines (Rep)’ production of “A Chorus Line” back in 1978, its founder and artistic director, Zeneida “Bibot” Amador, asked me one question “Are you passionate
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