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Theater review: Tanghalang Ateneo adapts 'Antigone' to PH setting

Fred Hawson
Posted at Nov 19 06:42 AM

As the second offering of Tanghalang Ateneo's 41st season themed "Sulat-Babae," playwright Sabrina Basilio used the basic premise of "Antigone" to set up a totally different scenario and ensuing events. Read more »

Theater review: Tony Mabesa takes his final bow with 'Fuente Ovejuna'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Nov 15 06:55 AM

For its second offering in its current 44th theater season, Dulaang UP chose to present Spanish playwright Lope de Vega's 1619 play "Fuente Ovejuna," in keeping with the theme of this season is "Daluhong" which means "assault." Read more »

Theater review: Rep's 'Quest for the Adarna' is an enjoyable ethnic epic

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 25 08:21 AM

Repertory Philippines stepped out of its usual box of foreign stage adaptations of foreign fairy tales by commissioning a new, completely original musical about the all-Filipino epic "Ibong Adarna" for its yearly Rep Theater for Young Audiences program. Read more »

Theater review: Lea Salonga totally kills it in wild, dystopic 'Sweeney Todd'

Vladimir Bunoan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 05:54 PM

“Sweeney Todd” caps Manila’s three-show Sondheim festival on a glorious note. Read more »

Theater review: Scrambling to escape the tigkiriwi in TP's 'Katsuri'

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 06 11:16 AM

The cackle of gunfire runs through Tangalang Pilipino’s “Katsuri.” An adaptation of “Of Mice and Men,” Nobel laureate John Steinbeck’s black ode to brotherhood, it has death’s bark as the dark twin of its main musical theme -- the Ilonggo lullaby “Ili-ili.” Read more »

Theater review: 'House of Bernarda Alba' warns against oppression

Fred Hawson
Posted at Sep 27 06:46 AM

Dulaang UP has chosen "The House of Bernarda Alba," a play about oppression, as its opening show for its 44th season themed "Daluhong" (or "Assault"). Read more »

Theater review: In love with ‘Company’

Vladimir Bunoan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 11:31 AM

Plotless and non-linear, “Company” has proven to be timeless, and this search for happiness and contentment still rings true regardless of decade or gender.  Read more »

Theater review: Sheila Valderrama hits the high notes in top-notch 'Passion'

Jeeves de Veyra
Posted at Sep 19 04:59 PM

Philippine Opera Company’s "Passion" is a top-notch production that shows profound respect for Stephen Sondheim’s work.  Read more »

Theater review: PhilStagers turn 2014 World War 2 musical into 'Sindak 1941'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Aug 26 06:42 PM

This 18th season production of the Philippine Stagers Foundation entitled "Sindak 1941" is a reworking of their 2014 musical "Filipinas 1941." The basic outline of the plot about two Filipino brothers during World War II remained intact but with some notable revisions. Read more »

Theater review: 'Mabining Mandirigma' is back and more relevant than ever

Jeeves de Veyra
Posted at Aug 23 06:39 AM

'Mabining Mandirigma' returns to the CCP in this fourth staging of the multi-awarded musical to kick off Tanghalang Pilipino’s 33rd theater season. Read more »

Theater review: Tanghalang Ateneo salutes females of fortitude in 'Dolorosa'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Aug 21 06:33 AM

'Dolorosa' is an apt choice to be the maiden offering of Tanghalang Ateneo's Season 41 dedicated to championing the female spirit. Read more »

Theater review: 'Dani Girl,' a musical about childhood cancer, is oddly uplifting

Jeeves de Veyra
Updated as of Aug 15 07:06 PM

“Dani Girl” is the defiant story of Danica Lyons, a 9-year-old stricken with leukemia.  Read more »

Theater review: 'Stop Kiss' remains relevant 16 years after first Manila staging

Fred Hawson
Updated as of Jul 19 07:11 AM

The New Voice Company, known for its advocacy of women's issues with feminist plays like David Mamet's "Oleanna" and Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues," first tackled this play in 2003.  Read more »

Theater review: Jukebox musical 'Beautiful' will make you want to sing along

Fred Hawson
Posted at Jun 21 07:01 AM

The songs of Carole King were simply so infectious and familiar, you will sing along! Read more »

Theater review: 'The Kundiman Party' is back and bolder than ever

Jeeves de Veyra
Updated as of May 25 04:11 PM

Floy Quintos’s acclaimed play “The Kundiman Party,” which was first staged in 2018 by Dulaang UP, is back, this time at the PETA Center, and it's bolder than ever. Read more »

Theater review: Gemora, Guzman shine in gloomy 'The Dresser'

Jeeves de Veyra
Updated as of May 10 03:52 PM

One of the most-awaited productions of Repertory Philippines this year, Ronald Harwood’s 'The Dresser' features a powerhouse cast of theater veterans ably directed by the multi-awarded Loy Arcenas. Read more »

Theater review: Ateneo Blue Rep's earnest, energetic 'Spring Awakening'

Fred Hawson
Updated as of Apr 10 07:02 PM

This year, the Ateneo Blue Rep is restaging "Spring Awakening."  Read more »

Theater review: ‘Angels in America’ leaves you on high

Vladimir Bunoan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 05:03 PM

This one-half of a play will remind us why we love theater through its sheer perfection and the deep-seated passion that obviously went into its glorious creation.  Read more »

Theater review: Softening up Scrooge in Rep's 'Father's Day'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Mar 29 06:05 AM

This one turned out to be one charming little gem, thanks in large part to the wonderful comic chemistry the Rep actors had on that stage. Read more »

Theater review: Tanghalang Ateneo brings 'Batch 81' to the stage

Fred Hawson
Updated as of Mar 26 02:31 PM

Prolific playwright Guelan Luarca brings the story of "Batch 81" back, this time on a theater stage, as "Alpha Kappa Omega." Read more »