Saw this in the September 2010 issue of Reader's Digest. Is this actually referring to the song, "Send in the Clowns"?
P.S., still on "A Little Night Music" withdrawal.
10/23/2010
10/21/2010
Repertory Philippines 2011 Season
Source: Oliver Oliveros
Rep 2011 looks promising. Especially with their new associate artistic director, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo (My favoritest)! I cannot wait-- let's see if auditioning for these would work too. :)
10/20/2010
Disney's "THE LITTLE MERMAID" Auditions
Atlantis Productions has secured the rights to stage the Broadway musical, Disney’s The Little Mermaid in November 2011. It is the first theater company to acquire a license of the show after its Broadway run. It is made possible through a special licensing agreement with Music Theatre International.
Based on one of the most beloved Disney films of all time and the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is the sparkling new Disney musical that has made a big splash on Broadway. Some of Disney’s most popular songs are featured in show — including Part of Your World, Kiss the Girl, and the Academy award-winning Best Original Song, Under the Sea — by the renowned songwriting team of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. The stage adaptation also features 10 new songs by Menken and Glenn Slater, plus a book by Tony-winning playwright Doug Wright. It will be directed by Bobby Garcia and Chari Arespacochaga.
Auditions for all roles in Disney’s The Little Mermaid will be held on Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Studio M, 9699 Pililia St., Bgy. Valenzuela, Makati City. Be prepared to sing one musical theater song with either piano score or minus one and bring a current photo of yourself. Registration begins at 10 a.m.
Shows are also now available for show buying and fund raising opportunities. Don’t miss out on this chance to be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime family musical classic.
For details, call 892-7078 or 840-1187.
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10/19/2010
Watch Repertory Philippines' "Little Women" on December 10, 8PM
Venue
OnStage
2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City
Director
Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo
Synopsis
Music by Jason Howard
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Book by Allan Knee
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott's 1869 semi-autobiographical classic novel gets a musical make over, with its themes of sisterhood and female empowerment providing an automatic connect for women of all ages. An inspiring story of the March sisters - Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy - growing up during the American Civil War. A story that touches the hearts and minds of young and old alike.
Little Women focuses on the four March sisters - feisty, tomboyish, aspiring author Jo, who maintains fierce loyalty and love for her family while refusing the constricting role laid out for women at that time, romantic Meg, pretentious Amy, and kind-hearted Beth - and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts while the family patriarch is away serving as a Union Army chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.
Cast
Jo March - Caisa Borromeo
Marmee - Pinky Marquez
Beth - Cara Barredo
Meg - Lora Nicolas
Amy - Kelly Lati
Aunt March - Joy Virata
Professor Bhaer - Jeff Arcilla
Here's a little message from the cast:
http://repertory.ph/
10/17/2010
A Weekend in the Country.
High notes, low notes, out-of-this-world notes-- all hit by the wonderful cast of Atlantis production's "A Little Night Music".
Not knowing anything from this musical, I still wanted to watch it because of its hype on Broadway, and its stellar cast and production. This once again proves the cliche, "Don't judge a book by its cover". By its boring title and classical poster, it doesn't look like a fun watch at all. But yes, it's not boring, it's not just classical-- it is funny, exciting and gives you generous amount of joy. The music and lyrics of Sondheim is written lovely, with melodies that will strike your heart-- especially, "Send in the Clowns".
The cast includes Dawn Zulueta as the blissful Desiree Armfeldt, Nonie Buencamino as Frederik Egerman, Jay Glorioso as the sarcastic Madame Armfeldt, Cris Villonco as Anne Egerman, Felix Rivera as the Antisocial Henrik Egerman, the amazing Alys Serdenia as the horny Petra, Crystal Baranda-Paras as Frederika Armfeldt, Jake Macapagal and Jenny Jamora as the Count and Countess Malcolm and the ensemble cast of Gabs Santos, Teenee Chan, Agnes Barredo-Fenoli, Glen Llanes, Raul Montesa, Jenny Nuyda and my favorite Anthony Ong.
The plot is pretty simple unlike how its promotion mirrored a very complicated one. A theater actress that is stuck in love with a man, but still with another man-- complicated love, I shall call it. This is not a tragedy, my dear readers, but a story of realization and acceptance and facing the truth that no matter how much you deny your love, at the end of the day, you still lose.
The cast performed each of the song very professionally, if they ever did a mistake, it was very unnoticeable and that's what I love. Although, Crystal who plays Frederika did a number of mistake of stuttering her lines. Besides this, the cast were wonderful especially the ensemble. Alys Serdenia is my favorite though, who will not love her? She's very talented, and she had a solo! She really deserved a break.
I also want to commend the costumes,especially Desiree's. The construction was perfect-- the structure from the Broadway revival design is almost the same as what Rajo Laurel did, the difference is the colors. He brought the colors back from its original Broadway production. Very different from the Black and White costumes Catherine Zeta-Jones and Bernadette Peters wore in the revival.
Watching Dawn Zulueta perform "Send in the Clowns" is promising. My eyes were set on her and Nonie doing the scene, and I was just in awe. If you don't have tears in your eyes after the performance, I swear you need to have your tear glands checked. Just a funny thing I've noticed, when Nonie and Dawn were singing the duet version of "Send in the Clowns", Dawn is sitting on the ground with Nonie singing, "With you at last on the ground...".
This musical became an instant favorite. You will leave the theater in awe, humming "Send in the Clowns". A Little Night Music will also be staged in the Esplanade theater in Singapore from November 9 - 14 2010, with Bea Garcia playing the role of Frederika.
I invite you all to watch A Little Night Music running until October 31! Log on to http://www.atlantisproductionsinc.com for more details.
Plus, a clip of Julie Andrews singing "Send in the Clowns"
Based on Ingmar Bergman's film, Smiles of a Summer Night, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is a witty and urbane musical set in waltz time. The action takes place in a weekend country house in turn-of-the-century Sweden, where surprising liaisons, long-simmering passions and taste of love's endless possibilities are all brought to light.
Thanks, Bobby Garcia for the tickets!
Happy 80th Birthday, Stephen Sondheim-- continue inspiring us with your wonderful music.
Isn't it bliss? Bliss indeed.
10/16/2010
A blissful day tomorrow.
So, I'm watching Atlantis Production's "A Little Night Music" tomorrow. If you can't decide whether to watch it or not, read my friend Fred's review here when he watched it on Broadway.
For more details log on to: http://www.atlantisproductionsinc.com/
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