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The piece narrates the possibilities that will happen if our mind will set aside barrier such as doubt, gender and other things that the society tells us we cannot do. The story is simple and yet has a very strong impact on how mankind fulfill its destiny, how we must follow what our heart's desires despite of all the challenges that comes our way.

Ballet Manila always has this specific performance for specific audience. The careful selections of its program always makes the watching experience more enjoyable and exciting. Below are my personal point of view why you should catch the upcoming performance week of Ballet Manila's Cinderella.

Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs makes its Philippine premiere With climate change worsening, people growing more complacent about their carbon footprint, and the death of the planet becoming ever more imminent, one couple considers the unthinkable — having a baby.

In line with the 4th season of Artist Playground,the stage is all set to open the company’s first Original Pinoy Musical “GEE-GEE AT WATERINA ANG MUSIKAL” on August 18, 2018 – 8 pm at Arts Above, Artist Playground II, 112 West Venue Bldg., West Avenue, Quezon City.

After the stirring success of Aurelyo Sedisyoso and Ang Pag-uusig, Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) continues its 31stTheater Season billed as “Freedom Writers: Freedom Fighters” with diverse, entertaining and educational productions that contain themes embracing the theatercompany’s ideals: Utak, Puso, Bayan.

The current season marks the premier theater company’s golden anniversary, which aptly culminates with the grand musicale Hair, opening to audiences on November 17, and running all the way through December 17.  REP’s production of the first-ever tribal love-rock musical on Broadway is directed by Chris Millado, and is a great indicator that the succeeding year will continue delivering amazing plays, wonderful performances, and more reasons to celebrate.

Tanghalang Ateneo, the longest-running theater company of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, opens its 39th Season: Performing Change with Guelan Varela-Luarca’s adaptation of Edgar Calabia Samar’s award-winning Si Janus Silang at ang Labanang Manananggal-Mambabarang.

Art Theatre Manila in collaboration with Salu The Filipino Restaurant, Heaven’s Best Entertainment, Greenlight Studios, Theater Lighting Technology and Forscink’s Studio 72 proudly brings on the theater stage the world premiere of Palanca award-winning playwright Allan Palileo’s Philippine version of the greatest 7-act Sanskrit drama of all time, Kalidasa’s ‘Sakuntala: Ang Singsing ng Kapalaran.’

Teatro Tomasino, the official university-wide theater guild of the University of Santo Tomas (UST),culminates their 39th season:Let Thy Art Illuminate with a smash hit comedy-drama play, Kapitan Sino based on Bob Ong’s novel and adapted for stage by playwright Cyrene Mendoza on May 3-6, 2017 at the Albertus Magnus Auditorium, UST. The renowned advertising practitioner and former Teatro Tomasino Artistic Director, Franny Omampo directs the play as his energizing theatrical comeback.

CHUCK MARBELLA will play ( again... for the nth time ) the role of the Engineer in the forthcoming MISS SAIGON UK TOUR 2017. He will be alternating for this role to be essayed by Red Concepcion. Herewith is Chuck's theater career path.... CHRISTIAN REY MARBELLA Alternate Engineer Dance Background: Queen City Chamber Ballet, Cebu City, Philippines.

Due to popular demand,  Godspell , by multi awarded Steven Schwartz (from the same creators of  Wicked ) returns to Manila on May 6-7, 12-14 & 19-21 at the RCBC Plaza. "The play is both global and local at the same time…Expect fireworks, unconventional storytelling techniques, improv and boundless creativity"   Toff de Venecia, Philippine Star.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC:  THE SEARCH IS ON FOR VON TRAPP CHILDREN IN MANILA The legendary musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC is coming to Manila this September, and the search is now on for local Philippine children to be part of the show. Presented by Globe LIVE, the highly-acclaimed production comes from the home of West End musical theatre – the famous London Palladium - where the lavish and dazzling show celebrated a record-breaking 954 performances and was seen by over two million people. 

Fresh off the critical success of their last outing, the family comedy-drama Tribes, Red Turnip Theater is ready to take audiences into a different theater experience with the sci-fi thriller THE NETHER. Ever since making their debut four years ago, Red Turnip has already made quite the dent in the local theater scene. By sticking to their vision of producing contemporary straight plays, this young company has almost single-handedly paved the way for the straight play to find equal footing in a landscape formerly dominated by the musical. Younger companies have sprouted and followed suit and there are now more text-driven plays getting produced than ever before. Each of the Red Turnip’s eight productions has gone on to top critics’ lists and garner awards and nominations from both the Aliw and Gawad Buhay Awards, making this company the go-to for outstanding plays that both entertain and move.

Synopsis :  "Bawal ang pag-ibig."  'Yan ang batas na umiiral sa Pilipinas sa taong 2117. Ang lahat ng tao'y takot magmahal dahil sa isang device na pumipigil sa kanilang umibig, maliban sa mga BomBayanis, isang grupo ng mga terorista na gustong maghasik ng pag-ibig sa mga nakakalimot nang makaramdam. Sa pamamagitan ng kanilang kakaibang pamamaraan sa pakikipagdigma, kailangan nilang gumawa ng isang perpektong bomba na magpapasabog sa kasalukuyang Presidente, para ipaalala sa kanya ang pwersa na mas malakas pa sa pinakamatinding bomba sa lahat: ang pag-ibig.

Care divas is not a gay-only show. It's a material that encompass a diverse group of people--men, women, gays, elders, overseas workers, and employers--performed by a cast of 10. The story may have used gays as leads, but it is love that you can find in every scene and across differences. Caring is loving. It features love of caregivers to their patients, of OFWs' sacrifices for their family, of friends to each other, of a person regardless of gender, and of people everywhere we may find ourselves in. Love is heart; and it is the heart that is truly captivating in this play.

Twin Bill Theater Season 2 proudly presents the Asian premiere of “MY NAME IS ASHER LEV”, a passionate and poignant coming of age storyby Aaron Posner, based on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok and directed by Steven Conde.                  . Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award, the critically acclaimed play MY NAME IS ASHER LEV was called “rich, moving and surprisingly powerful” by The New York Times and the New York Daily News called it “as earnest as it is universal.”

ABOUT Antipara Collective teams up with the the makers of "#14 LEANDRO ROAD" (An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall Of The House Of Usher), Theater House of Black and Fringe Manila in staging a play in three episodes done à la Philippine Cinema's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". The production showcases three Filipino adaptations of literary classics namely; Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", and a fused episode of William Golding's "The Lord Of The Flies" and Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit".

Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (PETA) comedy musical Care Divas returns to open its 50th anniversary with a whopping 50 shows from February 3, 2017 until March 19, 2017 at The PETA Theater Center. Care Divas a disarmingly funny and candid musical drama about 5 transgender Overseas Filipino Workers in Israel who work as care givers in the morning and transform into glamorous drag queen performers at night. While desperate to make ends meet, they also struggle to search for acceptance in a foreign land.

This holiday season, experience the joy and the true meaning of Christmas as 9 Works Theatrical and Globe Live join forces again presenting the long-running acclaimed show A Christmas Carol: The Musical from the award winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Alan Menken.

Expect November to be a love month (well, way ahead of February; or is because of the Valentine's Day babies? LOL) as Dalanghita Productions proudly presents their offering of the year 2016 titled Tatlong Linggong Pag-Ibig starting at November 11, 2016 at the Power Mac Spotlight in Circuit, Makati City.