Onstage
Theater
2nd
Level, Greenbelt 1, Greenbelt
Paseo
de Roxas cor. Legaspi St. , Ayala Center
Right
now, one of the biggest news in the Philippine theater scene is the upcoming
auditions for the West End Revival of Miss Saigon. It is expected (and dreaded
as well) that there will be a mass exodus of local theater’s top talents who
would make the cut. And the theater companies would just have to bear with
those who would be leaving their roster for a significant amount of time. But
one such theater company, Repertory Philippines
knows that there will always be new and fresh talents out there who will be the
future of Philippine theater. And these new and exciting discoveries will be
the main highlight once they stage their last offering for this season: Disney’s Camp Rock: The Musical. The show opens on November 16, 2012 and will run until December 16, 2012 at Onstage in Greenbelt 1.
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| The cast of Disney's Camp Rock: The Musical |
Disney’s Camp Rock: The Musical is based
on the hit Disney Channel original movies Camp Rock Philippines ’
production boasts a cast of 35 with about half of them making their theater
debut. The cast is led by Markki Stroem, Nacho Tambunting and Jeff Flores will
portray the Gray brothers Shane, Nate and Jason. Star Factor alum Morisette
Amon plays the role of Mitchie Torres. Other cast members include Cheska
Ortega, Justine Peña, Nel Gomez, Cara Barredo, Mica Fajardo, David Shawn
Delgado, Kiara Dario, Justin Valiente, Hans Braga, Karyl Factora, Eric Mercado,
Rem Zamora, Hans Eckstein. The young ensemble consists of Jin Dimson, Jazmine
Zabala, Alex Reyes, Chaye Magg, Shalee Vicencio, Eddie Thompson, Jim Ferrer,
Sam Aquino, Steve Hotchkiss, Kelly Nicolas, Fran Jose, Antonio
Lane , Daniel Delgado, Erika Pangan, Aly Wijangco,
and Arianna Norton.
I
can still remember almost a year ago when I overheard Markki Stroem express his
interest to be part of Disney’s Camp
Rock: The Musical. Since then, Markki has seen his career flourish through
his steamy pre-valentine concert Make Me Sweat, his much talked about walk down the runway for a magazine’s event,
his impressive debut record Thousands of
Pieces and also his upcoming independent film Slumber Party wherein he portrays a gay role. So it’s very
interesting to see him portray a squeaky clean, wholesome character this time
around after pushing the envelope in his past projects.
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| Markki Stroem |
One
major thing that astounded me about this production is the abundance of such a
young and inexperienced cast. I asked the show director’s Audie Gemora if it
was challenging to work with them. He diverted the question to his assistant
director Topper Fabregas who seemed to bear the brunt of working with newbies.
But Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo stressed that while most of their cast members are
young, she sees in them the passion and dedication to the craft. And that she
believes that everyone from them can make it big if they decide to pursue
theater as a profession. It’s no wonder that despite the impending loss of
talents because of the Miss Saigon auditions, Repertory Philippines
don’t seem to be too worried since they pride themselves as the training ground
for theater actors. I admit that I am neither a fan of the Jonas Brothers nor of
the source movies where this musical came from. As for me, it will be a chance
for me to see the young ones show what they’re made of. I remain optimistic
that when these kids make it big years from now, I can brag that I’ve seen them
back then when they were in Disney’s Camp
Rock: The Musical.
Ticket
prices:
P1000
Orchestra Center
P800
Orchestra Side
P500
Balcony
For
inquiries:
Repertory
Philippines 571-6926,
571-4941, info@repertory.ph
Ticketworld
891-9999
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