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• Rama Mari


  Philippine adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana set to music, dance, and drama
• Ramayana


  One of the 2 great Indian epics that tells about Indian life around 1000BC
• Dharma


  Type of behavior said to be in accordance with the order that makes life and the universe possible
• EPIC RAMAYANA consists of 24,000 verses in 7 books and 50 cantos
• Ramayana story


  • Revolves around Prince Rama, the eldest son of Dasaratha, King of Ayodha, with 3 wives and 4 sons; Rama, Bharata, and twins Lakshmana and Satrughna
• Rama


  Believed to be the incarnation of Vishnu, is next in line for the throne, but his stepmother favors her son Bharata
• Rama's banishment


  1. Despite the King's pleas, his stepmother banishes Rama to the forest for 14 years

  2. Rama obeys, accompanied by Sita and Lakshmana

  3. Bharata saddened by his mother's actions, implores Rama to return, but Rama refuses, respecting his fathers wishes

  4. Bharata requests to place Rama's sandals on the throne as a symbol of authority
• Rama's rescue of Sita


  1. Ravana kidnaps Sita, leading to fierce battle before Rama rescues her

  2. Upholding dharma, Rama insists on Sita proving her purity before their reunion

  3. Returning to Ayodha, Rama resumes kingship
• Rama and Sita's adherence to dharma in adversity makes them exemplary figures in the Ramayana inspiring leaders like Mahatma Gandha
• Musical plays


  Popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera, with themes more contemporary, and the musical melodies more manageable by the average singer, and the acting less intense and dramatic, with entertaining choreography and dance sequences
• Broadway and West End musicals are perhaps most widely associated with the Broadway plays of New York City and the West End productions in London
• Lea Salonga


  • International Theater Star
  • Best known for her portrayal of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, a role for which she won the Prestigious Tony Award for theater in USA and the Laurence Olivier in London
  • Also garnered the Drama Desk Award & Outer Critics Award for the same role in the USA
  • First Filipina to have won many international awards for a single role
• Miss Saigon


  • Musical by Claude Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr.
  • A modern adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's Opera "Madame Butterfly" - which also tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman who is abandoned by her Caucasian lover, with the setting relocated to 1970's Saigon during the Vietnam War
• Madame Butterfly's love story


  Between an American lieutenant and a Japanese Geisha
• Miss Saigon


  A romance between an American soldier and a Vietnamese bar girl
• Music – Ryan Cayabyab Choreograph – National Artist Alice Reyes Libretto – National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera

  Theater Design – National Artist Salvador Bernal