music

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  A form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
• Musical play


  The story and emotional content of a musical - humor, pathos, love, anger - are communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole
• Broadway and West End musicals

  • Most widely associated with the Broadway plays of New York City and West End production in London
  • First major Broadway musical was Showboat in 1927
• Themes of musicals since Showboat

  • Siamese royalty in The King and I
  • English aristocracy in My Fair Lady
  • Austrian history in The Sound of Music
  • Medieval English tragedy in Camelot
  • West Side Story
  • South Pacific
  • Cabaret
  • Les Miserables
  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Miss Saigon
  • Cats
  • Lion King
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Wicked
  • Mama Mia
• Philippine musical play


  • Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak Pawis, The Musical
  • A five-act work commissioned by Alfonso Puyat in 1979, depicting the life of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio
  • Co-produced by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Andres Bonifacio Music Foundation, Inc., and was staged again at the CCP Main Theater on August 20 and 21, 1994 with Jerry Dadap as composer-conductor and the late Elmo Makil as Bonifacio
• Atang - Dulang May Musika


  Musical based on the life of the first superstar of the Philippines, Atang de la Rama
• Katy! The Musical


  • The musical Katy! is about the life of bodabil (vaudeville) star Katy de la Cruz
  • Initially presented by Actors Studio East Production in 1988
  • Music composed by Ryan Cayabyab
• Florante at Laura, The Musical


  • Presented by Tanghalang Pilipino at the CCP Little Theater (Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino) from July 7 to 24, 1988, in celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of the author Francisco Balagtas-Baltazar
  • The musical was selected as the official Philippine entry to the First ASEAN Theater Festival in August 1988
  • Music and musical arrangements by Nonong Buencamino
• Daragang Magayon


  • A production for poetry and mixed media for male and female narrators, female voice, two percussionists, two pianists, and two dancers
  • First presented at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Loading Dock in March 1991
  • This myth on the origin of Mount Mayon is centered on an immoral tale of love in Bicol
  • Characters: Magayon, Ulap, Chieftain Makusog, Pagtuga
  • The music was composed by National Artist Ramon P. Santos, with choreography by Hazel Sabas, set and lighting design by Katsch SJ Catoy, and costume design by Julie Lluch Dalena
• Magsimula Ka, The Musical

  By Gines Tan, was staged at the CCP Main Theater from April 7 to 24, 1988 as the winner of the CCP Playwriting Contest in 1983, and became one of the longest running musicals at the CCP
• Noli Me Tangere; The Musical

  • Staged at the CCP Little Theatre from February 1 to 4, 1996 as a production of Tanghalang Pilipino
  • Ryan Cayabyab was the composer and musical director
  • National Artist Buenvinido Lumbrera as librettists
• El Filibusterismo


  • Also returned as a two-act musical play that was staged at the CCP Main Theatre from August 8 to 10, 1997 as a production of Tanghalan ng Pilipino
  • Team composed by Ryan Cayabyab for music, Jovy Miroy for libretto, and Edna Vida for choreography