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The Big Dome and TicketNet Level Up: “Skip The Line, Go Online!”
June 24, 2012"TicketNet Online makes it easier for me to enjoy all the upcoming Big Shows at the Big Dome…” When I read this statement while surfing the Net, I got excited with the news. But let's...
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God of Carnage (Atlantis Productions) - My Opening Night Review
July 13, 2012Atlantis Productions is riding a high wave following totally sold-out run of "Rock of Ages" which had its last show just last weekend. After a campy fun rock musical that brought the...
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David Cook Back in Manila (July 14, 2012)
July 14, 2012I was honestly not really thinking of watching this concert because I still have very good memories of the first David Cook concert back in 2009 (MY REVIEW) at the SM MOA grounds. There...
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JOE: A Filipino Rockssical (Philippine Stagers Foundation)
July 22, 2012This is the first play I have watched from the Philippine Stagers Foundation (or simply Philstagers), a theater company that has been in existence for more than 10 years now. Philstagers...
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Live Blogging the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremonies
July 27, 2012The Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics is dubbed "Isles of Wonder." The show is directed by Danny Boyle. $42M budget (less than the $100M budget for Beijing) was spent for...
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Snow Patrol: Fallen Empires Tour Manila (My Recap and Videos)
August 9, 2012To tell you the truth, I only went to watch this Snow Patrol concert to hear two of my favorite alternative rock songs sung live! These are "Chasing Cars" and "Run." After both of them...
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Tanghalang Pilipino's "Walang Sugat": A Glorious Sarswela!
August 16, 2012I have long heard about Severino Reyes' "Walang Sugat", since my elementary days in fact, as an example of a sarswela. A sarswela is a musical play usually about romantic love, but...
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PETA's "Bona": In Awe at Eugene Domingo Live in Action
August 25, 2012The story is already familiar with most fans of Filipino cinema. "Bona" is a Lino Brocka film of 1980 starring Nora Aunor as Bona, a fiercely loyal fan of a movie bit-player Gardo...
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"The Phantom of the Opera" in Manila: Fantastic Stage Design, Fantastic...
August 26, 2012It took more than 25 years before Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera"was finally formally staged in the Philippines. I had already seen this classic musical live on Broadway at...
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Potted Potter: A Case of Emperor's New Clothes?
September 1, 2012Even when I first saw the posters for "Potted Potter" who promised to deliver "all seven Harry Potter books in 70 hilarious minutes," I was sold since I read all the books and watched...
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Tanghalang Pilipino's "WALANG KUKURAP": Political Drama Goes to Extremes!
August 15, 2012After tackling a 110-year old sarswela for its season opener, Tanghalang Pilipino goes all the way to the other extreme of the theater spectrum to give us a contemporary political...
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PhilStagers "Ang Bangkay": The Dark Side Very Up Close
September 20, 2012I was fortunate to have been invited to a special staging of a play written, directed and starred in by Atty. Vincent Tanada. This special limited two-day run (from Sept 19 and 20,...
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American Idol Season 11 Live in Manila! (Sept. 21, 2012): Recap and Videos!
September 21, 2012We reached the Araneta Coliseum early enough, about 630pm, or so I thought. We entered the new and improved Green Gate with the new facade. When we got inside, the lobby was so much...
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Atlantis Productions' "NINE": A Major Casting Coup and More
September 22, 2012I remember being disappointed when I saw the film version of the Broadway musical"Nine" shown a couple of years back. The film, a glamour project which featured renowned film stars...
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The Book of Mormon (Pantages, Los Angeles)
October 21, 2012I knew this musical was going to be a satire about the religion of the Mormons. Knowing that this was written by the makers of "South Park" already prepares you somehow how scandalous...
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JLo Dance Again World Tour Live in Manila!
November 26, 2012This was a most anticipated concert ever. Jennifer Lopez, whose music career was revived when she became a judge in the last season of American Idol, was a well-loved performer in...
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Rama Hari (Ballet Philippines)
December 2, 2012I have long heard about the 1980 theater classic "Rama Hari," who starred Basil Valdez, Leo Valdez and a then relatively unknown singer named Kuh Ledesma. This epic show was a...
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Camp Rock the Musical (Repertory Philippines)
December 8, 2012By some freak streak of luck, I once again won tickets to go see "Camp Rock the Musical" today from herworld.com (the same website from which I won the "Rama Hari" tickets just last...
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UP Concert Chorus 50th Anniversary Gala Concert
December 21, 2012Last September I got news that the UP Concert Chorus was going to have a 50th Anniversary Concert this year. However I did not hear when this was going to be held. In fact, I forgot...
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Billboard Top Hot 100 Songs of 2012
January 13, 20131Gotye feat. KimbraSomebody That I Used To Know It debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 14 January 2012. In its fifteenth week on the chart – after it was...
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