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Archive for the ‘Artsy Fartsy’ Category
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Want a Cameo Role in Wicked?
Wicked gets additional points in my book for giving back to the Filipinos. The cast and crew of the Australian touring production have decided to stage an extra performance of their Manila run to benefit the victims of last year’s …
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Wicked in Manila: Meet the Cast
Whether you’re pro or anti-Glee, you have to admit that they helped introduce musicals and Broadway references to the young pop culture generation that was once too busy gloating over Bieber.
Who can blame the Manila crowd for …
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Finally: Rak of Aegis, The Musical
Making musicals out of pop and rock albums is a sure way to get more people to watch plays. Remember the one-act musical, American Idiot, back in 2010? It was an adaptation of Green Day’s American Opera and the …
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Snapshots: BGC Passionfest 2013
Ever had one of those days where “the plan is to have no plan?” I went to Bonifacio High Street to attend a Havaianas product launch at All Flip-Flops. When I headed out, I noticed that the street was filled …
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Meet the Cast of Grease in Manila
The great thing about love stories set before 2004 is that we see how relationships existed before online social networking.
“My dad grew up in this era,” Gian Magdangal said, referring to Grease’s 1959 setting. At last week’s press conference…
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The Happy Meal is Happy Again
I remember a conversation I had with my sister Karen a few years ago in Mcdonald’s Cavite City.
“That’s it?” I said after seeing my little cousin Theo get his happy meal—fried chicken with rice and a small Coke laid …
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The Evolution of Friendship Bracelets
I received my first friendship bracelet when I was 7. We were celebrating the annual Friendship Day in my alma mater, Colegio San Agustin, and the teachers distributed bracelets made of yellow and red yarns to represent our school colors.…
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7 Creative Ways to Recycle Magazines
If, like me, you’ve collected mountains of magazines throughout your life, then you know what it’s like to have them overpopulating your bedroom. I understand the significance of keeping collector’s items or magazine issues with sentimental value, but there are …
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Mane Attraction
Our first collection is ready! One of the newest accessory brands in Manila, Hey Jow has collaborated with Kate Was Here for a limited-edition summer 2013 collection called Beach-fest, inspired by our sandy shores and the global music festival …
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Spring Cleaning: 10 Places to Dump Your Junk
Whether you live in a four-season state or a tropical country such as mine, April’s the perfect month to tidy your house and get rid of the clutter that’s potentially turning you into a candidate of Hoarders or Clean House…
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Love in the Time of the Tape Recorder
After playing Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (2010), The Cat in Seussical the Musical (2010), and Hope Charity in Sweet Charity (2011), triple threat Nikki Gil is back to portray another quirky character, this time in They’re Playing Our Song…
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From Cabbage Patch to Canon Digital
I remember my first camera. It was a Cabbage Patch Kids cartridge-loading camera with a detachable flip flash. It was a gift from my parents in 1990 (or 1991). That compact film camera taught me the basics of photography—from caring …
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The Lost Art of Writing Letters
Dear Reader,
I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, back when social networking and digital communication had yet to exist.
As a kid, I enjoyed writing letters. I collected pencils, coloring materials, stationery, and stickers, and put them to …
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Two Muggles Cast a Roomful of Laughs
The promotional catchphrase sums it up: “All seven Harry Potter books in seventy hilarious minutes!” Two-time Olivier Award nominees Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner have been busy touring the globe, playing to sold-out theater houses.
Their material: Potted Potter—a …
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Phantom in Manila: Highlights
The Manila run of Phantom of the Opera officially begins tonight, but I was fortunate to be one of the journalists invited by Concertus Manila to watch the exclusive technical dress rehearsal last night.
Seated in the middle of row …
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Phantom in Manila: Meet the Cast
When Concertus Manila and Lunchbox Productions announced that they’re bringing The Phantom of the Opera to Manila this year, my heart skipped a beat.
Broadway’s longest-running musical and West End’s finest, The Phantom of the Opera is one of those …
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13: Awkward Made Cool
It’s the age many adults would like to forget—the first year of teenhood, the final year of childhood, or somewhere in between. Remember what you were like when you were 13?
I thought I pushed those awkward memories deep into …
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My Space: Picasas
The best way to tap into an artist’s brain is to visit his workplace. To watch his process, sift through remnants of his work, and see how he navigates through the confines of his studio is like dissecting his mind.…