FOR 2015, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) presented 1,169 productions, involving 24,000 artists and viewed by audiences numbering 685,000. These took place in 293 days of the year.
Musicals playing second fiddle to ‘straight’ plays—who knew?
At 31, this Young Turk directs (Tanghalang Ateneo’s ‘Middle Finger’), designs sets (Red Turnip’s ‘33 Variations’), teaches stage management and serves as theater manager of Power Mac Spotlight at Circuit Makati
Denisa Reyes, this year’s recipient of the Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining for dance, wishes she has more opportunities to do theater productions.
Pioneer Group president Lorenzo Chan Jr. believes exposure to the arts gives his company and employees a competitive edge.
THE Writers’ Bloc, an independent group of emerging and established playwrights headed by acclaimed dramatist Rody Vera, is inviting interested parties to attend its regular reading sessions of new plays
Your mantra for the week: “I appreciate each breath I take. It is God’s greatest blessing.” Very often we compare our blessings with those of other people; and we
ONGOING Actor’s Actors Inc.’s ‘The Normal Heart,’ RCBC Theater, until July 5 Larry Kramer’s incendiary and now-classic play about the early HIV years gets its Manila premiere courtesy of
‘I want the audience to ask questions when they leave the theater. For me, a play is successful if it provokes thought,’ says artistic director Tuxqs Rutaquio
Established in 2005, the Virgin Labfest is a laboratory festival of new plays by emerging and established Filipino playwrights, held annually at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The Virgin
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