A poet, novelist, musician and government official who wrote the first Filipino opera Sandugong Panaginip
Jovita Fuentes
She is a National Artist who played the role of Mimi in Giocomo Piccini's La Boheme
Lamberto Avellana
He directed the premiere of La Loba Negra at the CCP theater in corportion with the Asian institute of Liturgy and music from August 16 to 25, 1984
Aileen Cura
She played the role of Florentina Dolores
It Premeired in 1957 at the Far Eastern University Auditorium
Noli Me Tangere
Elias
Elmo Makil and Nomer Son are among the charagters who played this role in Noli Me Tangere
Felipe Padilla De Leon
Composer of the three-act opera El Filibusterismo; also a national artist
Ballet
The dance form that has been used to interpret stories of all kinds
Tatlong Kwento ni Lol Basyang
A Ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes' Folk Tales
Lisa Macuja Elizalde
Choreographed Labindalawang Masasayang Prinsesa
Dolphy
Played the lead role in a movie by Sampaguita Pictures, Si Pedrong Walang Takot
Rama Hari
Philippine adaptation of Indian epic Ramayana
Rama
Christian Bautista alternated with OJ Mariano as featured singers in the revival production of Rama Hari presented at the CCP from November 30 to December 9, 2012
Musical Play
Popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera
Showboat
First major Broadway musical in 1927
Miss Saigon
Musical adaptation based on Piccini's Madame Butterfly
The Phantom of the Opera
Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe
Les Miserables
Musical composed in 1980 by french composer Claude-Michel Schonberg with Libretto by Alain Boubil, based on the novel by Victor Hugo
Alfonso Puyat
He comissioned in 1979 the musical play Andres Bonifacio: Ang Dakilang Anak Pawis
AtangDulang May Musika
Musical based on the life of the first superstar in the Philippines, Atang de la Rama
Katy Dela Cruz
Queen of Filipino Jazz and Queen of Bodabil
This tale takes place in a remote tropical jungle between the mythical kindoms of Albania and Persia
Florante at Laura
Daragang Magayon
This play was based on a poem by Merlinda C. Bobis, and produced by the CCP Women's Desk the Coordinating Center for Dance to mark Women's Month
Gigi Posadas
Played the role of Maria Clara in Noli Me Tangere, The Musical
Miguel Vera
Played the role of Isagani in El Filibusterismo, The Musical
Magsimula Ka
Story of young dreamers whose ambitions begin to fade amidst life's realities
West Side Story
I Have a Dream, Somewhere, Maria and Tonight are songs from this Broadway musical
Beauty and the beast
Something There, Be Our Guest, If I Can't Love Her, A Change in Me are songs from this Broadway musical
Carousel
If I Loved You and You'll Never Walk Alone are songs from this Broadway musical
Theater
The one major art form that brings together all the other art forms
Cecile Guidote-Alvarez
Founder of Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) in 1967
Tanghalang Pilipino
The resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines founded in 1987
Repertory Philippines
A company that not only staged English-language plays and musicals year-round but trained actors and actresses as well
Lea Salonga
Multi-awarded theater actress and singer who lead the role of Kim in Miss Saigon
Nick Joaquin
A National Artist who wrote a Filipino classic in English - A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
Trumpets
The Philippine theater group who began to mount grand productions of originally written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family
New Voice Company
It has earned a reputation for staging thought-provoking productions on "controversial" and profound topics
Philippine Opera Company
This company seeks to develop performers as well as audiences for classical music performances, both foreign and Filipino
Theater Down South
The vision of the company was to widen the reach of stage productions