Will the Yellow Brick Road Lead to Manila Next Year?

Wicked Poster for the Gershwin Theater Staging

Ever since Idina and Kristin, I am sure that Filipino theater fans have been wanting to see Wicked staged in Manila, and the Petition to bring Wicked in Manila Facebook Page seems to have the latest scoop on developments. Here's a screenshot of what gave us renewed hope on Wicked in Manila:

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This was followed by Sarah Caballero's post on what seems to be pictures of the program:

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The program reads: 

"Perfomance Date

End of January to Early March 2014

6 Weeks"  

"Venue

Main Theater

Cultural Center of the Philippines"

"Total Capacity

90,000"

The official CCP website states that the theater can seat 1,821 guests at a time. If the total capacity is 90,000, does that mean that there would be about 50 performances in 6 weeks for Wicked?

In any case, be sure to also check out @wickedinmanila to view more updates.

Still taking every bit of news with a grain of salt. Let's just wait for the rumored press release on August for hopefully, official announcements.

[Prison Dance(r)] of the Steel Bars

I've recently come across another Grade A film as assessed by the Cinema Evaluation Board entitled "Dance of the Steel Bars."

I viewed the trailer...

...and noticed that it had a really great cast. Particularly, Direk Joey Paras.

I had a bit of a problem though. It reminded me too much of a web series that was released December last year, Prison Dancer.

(From PrisonDancer.com)

Both were inspired by the dancing inmates of Cebu and both have great Filipino talent but some characters and conflicts may be similar. At this point, I am quite partial to what I have already seen and I am a fan of musicals. In any case, with the success of Prison Dancer on You Tube and on stage...

(Also from PrisonDancer.com)

I hope Dance of the Steel Bars would carry the same greatness when it screens at SM Cinemas on June 12. While waiting for the date, chew on the first episode of Prison Dancer here:

Dirty Dancing Cancelled

Heard that Dirty Dancing this July was cancelled by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions.


(Promotional poster used earlier this year.)

Tried checking TicketWorld's website and it seems that the lack of the Dirty Dancing page there confirms the cancellation.

If you have bought a ticket already, you better call TicketWorld at 8919999 or email tickets@ticketworld.com.ph to coordinate your options.

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