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Menchu back in her comfort zone

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Fondly called the Queen of Philippine Musical Theater, the award-winning stage actress Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo returns to the stage in two Atlantis shows, the Tony Award-winning black comedy God of Carnage in July and the Tony Award-winning musical Nine in September.
Last seen on stage in Atlantis Productions’ Next To Normalwhere she received critical acclaim and an Aliw [...]

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Rock Of Ages’ Features Powerhouse Cast

Rock of Ages

MANILA, Philippines — After the successful run of “In The Heights,” Atlantis Productions continues its 2012 Season with “Rock of Ages,” the acclaimed five-time Tony Award nominated Broadway musical and hilarious, feel-good love story told thru such ’80s hits like “I Want To Know What Love Is,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “We Built This City,” “Hit [...]

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Jackie Lou Feels Like a Newbie in the Musical

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Jackie Lou Blanco remembers that it was in the late ’90s when she first experienced doing theater plays mostly in Filipino language. After a decade and having been known today as one of TV soap’s leading contravidas, Jackie Lou swings back to theatrical acting for Atlantis Productions’ staging [...]

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Ima Returns On Stage

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After triumphing in the title role of Aida, Miss Saigon star and award-winning recording artist Ima Castro returns to the stage as Vanessa in the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights.
Called his “Miracle from Manila” by Miss Saigon composer Claude-Michel Schonberg, Ima left Manila in 2001 to star in the UK [...]

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Atlantis’ Aida Warmly Received

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Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, which is one of Disney’s first ventures into Broadway musicals, has been a big hit in both the US, England and 20 other countries, and now also in Manila.

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Take it from Direk Bobby

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Multi-awarded musical theater director Bobby Garcia believes that instead of great things, an actor should aspire for greatness.
He said it recently when our conversation came to what local actors can do in order for them to make it to Broadway or West End. While acknowledging that we have [...]

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Ima is Back and Haunting ‘Aida’

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FOR the last 10 years, Ima Castro has been based in London. The artist who popularized the songs “Shine” and “Nanliligaw, Naliligaw” packed her bags and transferred to the United Kingdom when she was cast as Kim in Miss Saigon.
But now, Ima is back and in good spirits [...]

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Two of My Favorite Leading Ladies

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MANILA, Philippines – Having worked in theater for almost 20 years, there are people I like to work with and people I don’t. I guess it is true of any profession. You gravitate towards people who have similar sensibilities as you, inspire you by their creativity and talent, [...]

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The ‘First’ that Josh Always Wanted

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Josh Santana, who played opposite Carol Banawa in the teleserye Bituin some years back, is cast as Mereb in the Tony Award winning musical Aida.
Aida, a story about forbidden love that blossoms in dangerous times, features the exciting pop-rock score by Elton John and Tim Rice.
Josh was the [...]

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Ima: Happy to be back

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Ima Castro has got to be one of the happiest people there is. Quick to appreciate jokes, to smile back even at strangers, and to give an encouraging pat on the shoulder, she is the type who won’t be first to bring up the fact that she is [...]

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