{"id":22315,"date":"2017-10-25T08:53:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T00:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=22315"},"modified":"2017-10-25T20:22:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:22:06","slug":"repertory-philippines-unveils-shows-for-2018-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/10\/25\/repertory-philippines-unveils-shows-for-2018-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Repertory Philippines unveils shows for 2018 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We&#8217;re still a good two months away from the forthcoming year and <strong>Repertory Philippines<\/strong>, also called REP, is already giving everyone in the media a huge buzz with an exclusive preview of what&#8217;s to come in the local theater company&#8217;s 2018 season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22339\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/6-Hair-cast-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/6-Hair-cast-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/6-Hair-cast-1-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/6-Hair-cast-1-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/6-Hair-cast-1-1024x509.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Repertory Philippines is ending the current season with a bang, with the grand musicale Hair.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But before we jump to a new season, REP, which is also celebrating its golden anniversary this year, still has something big in store for us. The theater group is aptly exiting the current season with a bang with a grand musicale entitled <strong>Hair<\/strong>. The first-ever tribal love-rock musical on Broadway, Hair stars Markki Stroem and Topper Fabregas as the alternating actors for Claude, George Schulze as Berger, and Caisa Borromeo as Sheila. This iconic production will hit the Onstage Theater of Greenbelt 1 on November 17 until December 17.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22340\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9116.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9116-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9116-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Preview of Topper Fabregas&#8217; (center) performance alongside George Schulze and Caisa Borromeo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22341\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9138.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9138-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9138-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Preview of Markki Stroem&#8217;s performance as Claude<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now looking ahead, there&#8217;s a lot to look forward to in the coming year. For 50 years, REP has been delivering the best of West End and Broadway to the theater enthusiasts in the country, and REP President and CEO Mindy Perez-Rubio reaffirms that REP is &#8220;embarking on the next 50 years with the same passion and drive to bring live theater to more people. 2018 is a good start,&#8221; she remarks, &#8220;and we have a superb lineup of meaningful shows that are sure to touch and inspire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">REP will kick off the new year with a hilarious Paris-set <strong>Comedy of Tenors<\/strong>, which will run from January 26 to February 18.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22354\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/8-Comedy-of-Tenors-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/8-Comedy-of-Tenors-poster.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/8-Comedy-of-Tenors-poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/8-Comedy-of-Tenors-poster-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22358\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9187.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9187-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9187-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Silent Sky<\/strong>, a stellar production that follows the story of female astronomers, will follow on March 2 &#8211; 25.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22366\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/9-Silent-Sky-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/9-Silent-Sky-poster.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/9-Silent-Sky-poster-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/9-Silent-Sky-poster-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/9-Silent-Sky-poster-761x1024.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22360\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9207.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9207-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9207-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And then, on April 6 &#8211; 29, <strong>Arsenic and Old Lace<\/strong> will entertain the audience with an unforgettable black comedy that revolves around the insane and homicidal family of the Brewsters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22367\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/10-Arsenic-Old-Lace-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/10-Arsenic-Old-Lace-poster.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/10-Arsenic-Old-Lace-poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/10-Arsenic-Old-Lace-poster-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22364\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9276.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9276-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/MG_9276-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Furthermore, REP has gotten 2018 all worked out with <strong>Rapunzel<\/strong>, a production of REP Theater for Young Audiences, which will run from September 15 until January 27, 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22355\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/11-Rapunzel-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/11-Rapunzel-poster.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/11-Rapunzel-poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/11-Rapunzel-poster-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We can also look further ahead to the musical production of <strong>Miong<\/strong>, which will kick off REP&#8217;s 2019 season. Miong will tell the life of Emilio Aguinaldo, just in time for his 150th birth anniversary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22356\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/12-Miong-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/12-Miong-poster.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/12-Miong-poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/12-Miong-poster-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">All of the shows will be held at the Onstage Theater in Greenbelt 1, Makati. You can already secure seats for the upcoming shows through REP at (02)843-3570 or via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketworld.com.ph\/repertoryphilippines\/Online\/default.asp\">TicketWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>For more details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.repertoryphilippines.ph\/\">www.repertoryphilippines.ph<\/a><br \/>\nContact number: (02)843-3570<br \/>\nFacebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/repertoryphilippines\/\">www.facebook.com\/repertoryphilippines<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Rizelle &#8220;Rei&#8221; Lea\u00f1o<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re still a good two months away from 2018 and REP already got us all pumped with their lineup of new shows!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[983,3585,4282,4278,146,4276,154,2305,4280,1807,4281,4279,3722,1901,4277,907,3026],"class_list":["post-22315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-launching-and-opening","tag-983","tag-3585","tag-4282","tag-arsenic-and-old-lace","tag-broadway","tag-comedy-of-tenors","tag-greenbelt","tag-hair","tag-miong","tag-musical","tag-onstage-theater","tag-rapunzel","tag-rep","tag-repertory-philippines","tag-silent-sky","tag-theater","tag-west-end"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/6-Hair-cast-e1508899245364.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22315"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22376,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22315\/revisions\/22376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}