Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Tanghalang Pilipino 22ng Season: Change

Got the lineup and subscription info via email already. Here it is. There are supposed to be five shows, but there were only three listed so far. Anyway, I'll probably renew my subscription. Let's hope the undecided shows are interesting as well.




TANGHALANG PILIPINO

22nd Theater Season 2008-2009
CHANGE (Pagbabago)

The productions in this season all deal with individuals confronting changes in their lives and the world they know.
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August 2008
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

GOLDEN CHILD
By David Henry Hwang
Directed by Loy Arcenas
(in English and Filipino)

From the playwright of the hit play M. Butterfly, a tale of the unbinding of a traditional Chines household as it comes increasingly under the influence of the moral, artistic and economic values of Western Culture; with the Obie Award-winning director of The Romance of Magno Rubio.

Presented in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

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November 2008
Tanghalang Huseng Batute

MGA GERILYA SA POWELL STREET
Stage Adaptation by Rody Vera
Directed by Chris Muillado

Benjamin Pimentel’s novel about Filipino war veterans who chose to become Americans and habitués of Powell Street in San Francisco; adapted for the stage by Rody Vera.


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February 2009
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

Eddie Romero’s
GANITO KAMI NOON, PAANO KAYO NGAYON?
Stage adaptation by Jose Victor Torres
Music by Lutgardo Labad
Directed by Dennis Marasigan

National Artist Eddie Romero’s landmark film set at the turn of the 20th century about a young man caught slowly becoming aware of his Filipino identity, reworked as a modern sarswela.

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