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Due to popular demand, six additional playdates were added for Tony Award for Best Play “M. BUTTERFLY” in order to accommodate more audiences. This news announcement was sent by Tony and Grammy award winning producer Jhett Tolentino and FRONTROW Entertainment. The newly-updated schedule of performances are as follows: Sept. 13 – Thursday – Gala Opening Night – 8 pm (By invitation only) Sept. 14 – Friday – 8 pm Sept. 15 – Saturday – 3 pm / 8 pm Sept. 16 – Sunday – 3 pm / 8 pm Sept. 18 – Tuesday – 8 pm Sept. 19 – Wednesday – 8 pm Sept. 20 – Thursday – 8 pm Sept. 21 – Friday – 8 pm Sept. 22 – Saturday – 3 pm / 8 pm Sept. 23 – Sunday – 3 pm / 8 pm Sept. 25 - Tuesday – 8 pm Sept. 27 – Thursday – 8 pm Sept. 28 – Friday – 8 pm Sept. 29 – Saturday – 3 pm / 8 pm Sept. 30 – Sunday – 3 pm / 8 pm VENUE: Maybank Performing Arts Theater, BGC Arts Center, Bonifacio Global City. With a total of 21 performances (with no extension), “M. Butterfly” was written by David Henr...

Visionary filmmakers James Cameron and Jon Landau (Avatar, Titanic) push the boundaries of filmmaking technology anew in their latest groundbreaking film “Alita: Battle Angel” that stars a multi-talented cast composed of Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein, Mahershala Ali, Jackie Earle, Michelle Rodriguez, Keean Johnson, Lana Condor and Jorge Lendeborg, Jr. “Alita: Battle Angel” is set in a dystopian future where a teenage cyborg girl’s core, Alita (Salazar) has been rescued from a scrapyard by a grieving compassionate cyber-doctor, Ido (Waltz). Repaired with a new body that the doctor has built for his own daughter who died before its completion, Alita wakes up with no memory of who she is or where she came from. As Alita discovers her past, that she was created at a time when technology is far more advanced than the present-day world she woke up to, she finds herself in collision with powerful cyborgs who wants her dead because her existence threaten...

Dekada '70, the stage musical version of Lualhati Bautista's novel, returns for a limited run this September 7-11, 2018 - now at The Doreen Black Box, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University: Sept. 7 - FRIDAY - 7:30 PM Sept. 8 - SATURDAY - 2:00PM (LIMITED SEATS) Sept. 8 - SATURDAY (GALA) - 7:30 PM Sept. 9 - SUNDAY - 2:00 PM Sept. 9 - SUNDAY - 7:30 PM Sept. 10 - MONDAY - 7:30 PM Sept. 11 - TUESDAY - 7:30 PM Prices are as follows: STUDENT PRICE: PHP 450 - 100 seats only per show REGULAR PRICE: PHP 800 - 100 seats only per show GALA NIGHT: PHP 1,000 - All 200 seats for SEPT 8-7:30PM *Students must bring a valid student I.D. (per student ticket) *Student Rate applies for Senior Citizens & PWD (except for GALA NIGHT) Tickets are exclusively available thru ticket2me.net (with a variety of payment options) Witness powerful voices paint the masterpiece of Lualhati Bautista on stage! It is both a retelling and a challenge as scenes mirror our present. See you at t...

Brace for a rocking good time and sing your hearts out as the full trailer of “Bohemian Rhapsody” drops today: “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the story of how Freddie Mercury and his fellow band members Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon formed Queen – one of the most iconic rock groups of all time. The film follows Queen as they produce hit after hit, topping the charts while constantly evolving their sound. Through disparate songs like Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You and countless others, the band reaches unparalleled success and Freddie becomes one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. Behind that veil of success, however, Freddie struggles to reconcile his duality. Forever trying to determine where he fits in the world as a Parsi immigrant from Zanzibar coming to terms with a sexuality even he can’t define in a culture bound by stereotypes and expectations. Freddie dares to defy them all but also pays a price. Lured into exce...

The Maningning Miclat Art Foundation, Inc. (MMAFI), in cooperation with District Gallery and Far Eastern University, is pleased to announce the extension of submission of Online Entries to the 2018 Maningning Art Competition to July 31, 2018. Entries must be submitted to maningning2018@gmail.com. Image file of the entry must be high-quality, high-definition, and in JPG format. Artist name, title, dimension, medium, and year of the artwork must be included. Passport photo, biodata, birth certificate, and entry form must be attached in email. File name format is [title]_[size in cm]_[year].JPG (Example: TroubleInParadise_160cmx184cm_2018.JPG) Artists of shortlisted entries will be informed via email on August 13. Actual artwork of shortlisted entries must be submitted with a passport photo, biodata, copy of birth certificate, and notarized entry form to FEU President’s Committee on Culture Office no later than August 28. The painter is responsible for transporting and submitting...

So maybe you started a blog. It's so easy to make one and there are a lot of free platforms that you can use to launch your ideas and capture your audience nowadays. Maybe you've chosen to have your own URL and would want simply share it to the world. However you created your blog, here are some tips on how to start your blog. 1. Strategize and know who your audience should be. Know what you want to share to the world. Will you have a food blog? A travel blog? Maybe a mix of both? Know your brand. Will you have a blog that would be a hodgepodge of everything about you? Know your niche, or maybe your lack of having a niche? Will you stay personal or will you be an expert in a certain field? Basically, just know the direction where you want to go. 2. Research what you can do. Learn basic laws. It's very important to know about copyright laws and data protection laws in your country. You don't want to be sued for recklessly sharing pictures that you do not own ...

From the producers of the ‘Twilight Saga’ comes a thrilling and horrifying story of troubled young women who find themselves trapped in a mansion meant to heal them from emotional and psychological wounds in “Down a Dark Hall.” Kit (Anna Sophia Robb), a difficult young girl, is sent to the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School when her heated temper becomes too much for her mother to handle. Once she arrives at Blackwood, Kit encounters eccentric headmistress Madame Duret (Uma Thurman) and meets the school’s only other students, four young women also headed down a troubled path. While exploring the labyrinthine corridors of the school, Kit and her classmates discover that Blackwood Manor hides an age-old secret rooted in the paranormal. Based on the classic gothic YA novel of the same name by Lois Duncan – author of “I Know What You Did Last Summer” – and produced by Stephenie Meyer (author of Twilight, The Host), “Down A Dark Hall” is a supernatural thriller directed by Rodrigo...

The latest YA thrilling road trip movie “The Darkest Minds” trails surviving children who have been locked up in rehabilitation camps and are regarded as enemies of the state. Starring in this bestselling book adaptation from author Alexandra Bracken are Hollywood’s up and coming exciting young actors – Amandla Stenberg (Hunger Games, Everything, Everything), Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats), , Miya Cech (American Horror Story), Skylan Brooks (Southpaw), along with Mandy Moore (This Is Us), Patrick Gibson (The OA), Lidya Jewett (Hidden Figures) and Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones). Set in a dystopian America, Ruby (Stenberg) woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have ...

The full cast has just been announced for the international tour of the sensational feel-good musical  MAMMA MIA! MAMMA MIA!  makes a triumphant return to Manila and  will play at the Theatre at Solaire for a strictly limited season from 29 September as part of the show’s International Tour. Tickets are now on sale through Ticketworld. The principal cast of MAMMA MIA! includes  Shona White  (Donna Sheridan),  Nicky Swift  (Rosie),  Helen Anker  (Tanya),  Tamlyn Henderson  (Sam Carmichael),  Daniel Crowder  (Harry Bright),  Matthew Rutherford  (Bill Austin),  Lucy May Barker  (Sophie Sheridan),  Phillip Ryan  (Sky),  Leisha Mollyneaux  (Ali),  Lottie Henshall  (Lisa),  Matt Jordan-Pidgeon  (Pepper) and  Michael Nelson  (Eddie). At certain performances the role of Donna Sheridan will be played by  Natalie Langston .

M. BUTTERFLY - The Tony Award Winner for Best Play written by David Henry Hwang, is all set to open on September 13 at the Maybank Performing Arts Theater, BGC Arts Center, Bonifacio Global City. Jhett Tolentino Presented by Tony and Grammy award winning producer Jhett Tolentino and FRONTROW Entertainment (producer of highly-acclaimed independent films Bhoy Intsik and Bwaya), M. BUTTERFLY will be directed by award-winning Kanakan-Balintagos. This classic masterpiece drama, inspired by Giaccomo Puccini's opera “Madame Butterfly” is loosely based on events surrounding a 1986 espionage trial about a mysterious Chinese opera singer and a French diplomat. Synopsis: René Gallimard is a member of the French embassy in China. René is mild mannered and considers himself to be poor with women. He meets and falls in love with Chinese opera star Song Liling, a woman whom he considers to be the embodiment of the perfect woman, Madame Butterfly. But when West meets East… Everythi...

In line with the 4 th season of Artist Playground, the stage is all set to open the company’s first Original Pinoy Musical “GEE-GEE AT WATERINA ANG MUSIKAL” on August 18, 2018 – 8 pm at Arts Above, Artist Playground II, 112 West Venue Bldg., West Avenue, Quezon City.  GEE-GEE AT WATERINA ANG MUSIKAL will feature an all-new original music composed by Jesse Lucas, based from the story, book and lyrics by J. Dennis C. Teodosio, and and choreography by Lezlie Dailisan. will be directed by Andrew de Real The roles of GEE-GEE AT WATERINA will be portrayed by Roeder Camanag as Waterina, a ‘comfort gay’ during Japanese Occupation in the Philippines and one of Gee-gee’s Golden Gays. Norman Penaflorida will essay the role of Gee- Gee, an entertainment actor, radio host and a councilor of Pasay City. The ensemble of Gee-Gee at Waterina are as follows: Bench Ortiz, Joseph Dela Cruz, Nel Gumalog, Romeo Palma Jr., and Sean Nolasco.