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The case of the disappearing audience

By Exie Abola | December 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Whenever someone tells me that the market for local theater is limited, and then uses this apparent truth to throw up his...

Arts and Culture

Pure love and a wondrous tale

By Exie Abola | November 19, 2012 - 12:00am

The third time’s the charm. Tanghalang Ateneo had staged Sintang Dalisay (Pure Love) twice before, on the Loyola Heights...

Arts and Culture

A truly national theater festival at hand

By Bibsy M. Carballo | November 9, 2012 - 12:00am

As the fourth National Theater Festival (NTF) opened — now ongoing at the CCP until Nov. 18 — there was obvious...

Entertainment

4th National Theater Festival unfolds at CCP

November 5, 2012 - 12:00am

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) opens its doors to theater artists, practitioners and enthusiasts for the 4th...

Arts and Culture

Love, as defined by Gantimpala Theater’s ‘Sayaw ng mga Señorita’

November 5, 2012 - 12:00am

Love –– be it romantic, platonic or erotic –– is beautifully defined in Gantimpala Theater’s...

Arts and Culture

4th National Theater Festival: Showcase of filipino artistry

By Michele T. Logarta | November 4, 2012 - 12:00am

Literally baptized in fire in 1992 – colorful fireworks  celebrating its beginning had gone awry and ignited a blaze on the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ rooftop – the National Theater...

Starweek Magazine

Is Nora not to blame?

By Butch Francisco | August 30, 2003 - 12:00am

Let me begin by telling you a little story that happened during the 2001 Gawad Urian at the UP Theater. This was the year that the members of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino chose the best films of the ’90s...

Entertainment