theater

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The show cannot go on: Canceled theater shows this March

There’s an age-old saying in theater: “The show must go on”—meaning, whatever happens, you have…

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30 mins with Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo: On ‘The Band’s Visit’ and the Philippine theater industry today

The Philippine theater industry is thriving, with productions opening left and right all over Manila,…

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On puppets and representation: A conversation on Tanghalang Pilipino’s ‘Batang Mujahideen’

Tanghalang Pilipino closes their “Makidigma” season with a strong piece that puts the focus on…

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5 brilliant things about the one-woman play ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

When Duncan Macmillan’s “Every Brilliant Thing” was first staged by The Sandbox Collective in 2019,…

A festival of all-women plays at CCP to celebrate Women’s Month

Another addition to the many events happening in the city this Women’s Month, the Cultural…

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It’s an artist’s world, too: ‘Dekada ’70’ musical proves art can still push social discourse

A day after the 34th anniversary of the first People Power Revolution—the mass movement that…

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ and ‘Lungs’ make a rerun at this special theater festival

The Sandbox Collective and 9 Works Theatrical kick off a new season with a theater…

‘Lam-ang: An Ethno-epic Musical’ is an exercise in cultural representation

We’re at the turn of a new decade, and, as Time describes in their report…

Devastatingly real, ‘Katsuri’ transforms literary classic to essential social viewing

When I first found out that Tanghalang Pilipino’s “Katsuri” was going to be set in…

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Thoughts shared, souls bared on “Company: A Musical Comedy”

Manila’s (unofficial) Sondheim Festival just kicked off a few weeks ago with “Company: A Musical…