L3: Musical Play

• MUSICAL PLAY - a popular, generally lighter form of musical drama than opera
• MUSICAL PLAYS - associated with the Broadway plays of NYC and West End Productions in London
• BROADWAY MUSICALS - family entertainment with themes and texts which are generally light and easy to understand
• LEA SALONGA ON BROADWAY - following Ms. Saigon, the first Asian to play the role of Eponine in the Musical Les Miserables
• LEA SALONGA - played the role of Mei-Li in Flower Drum Song
• THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Richard Stilgoe, w/ lyrics by Charles Hart and music by Lloyd Webber
• THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA : THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA BY GASTON LEROUX
• THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - focuses on a beautiful singer Christine Daae as she is seduced by a mysterious disfigured musical genius known as The Phantom of the Opera that lives beneath the Paris
• LES MIISERABLES : LES MIS
• LIS MISERABLES - musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg w/ libretto by Alain Boublil.
• LES MISERABLES - based on the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• LES MISERABLES - perhaps the most famous of all French musicals and one of the most famous musicals performed worldwide
• LES MIS - story of a paroled convict Jean Valjean who, failing attempts to work again as an honest man, breaks his chains and conceals his identity in order to live his life again
• THE PHILIPPINE MUSICAL DRAMA - expressive dance, melodic plays reflect life in the 20th cent
• MUSICAL PLAYS IN THE PHILIPPINES - more recent development than its broadway and west end counterparts, relying mostly on adaptations of novels, literary works / biographical sketches of famous artists
• ANDRES BONIFACIO, ANG DAKILANG ANAK-PAWIS, THE MUSICAL - five-act work commissioned by Alfonso PUyat in 1979, depicting life of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio
• ANDRES BONIFACIO, ANG DAKILANG ANAK-PAWIS, THE MUSICAL - co-produced by CCP and the Andres Bonifacio Music Foundation Inc.
• ANDRES BONIFACIO, ANG DAKILANG ANAK-PAWIS, THE MUSICAL - was staged again at the CCP Main Theatre on August 20-21, 1994 w/ Jerry Dadap as composer-conductor and the late Elmo Makil as Bonifacio
• ANDRES BONIFACIO, ANG DAKILANG ANAK-PAWIS, THE MUSICAL - in 2014, the UP College of Music and Andres Bonifacio Concert Choir presented their own version of the musical play in celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Bonifacio
• ATANG - DULANG MAY MUSIKA - musical based on the life of the first superstar of the PH, Atang de la Rama
• HONORATA DELA RAMA-HERNANDEZ - more popularly known as the Atang de la Rama
• HONORATA DELA RAMA-HERNANDEZ - singer, bodabil performer, first Filipina film actress
• HONORATA DELA RAMA-HERNANDEZ - born in Tondo, Manila, January 11, 1902, died on July 11, 1991
• HONORATA DELA RAMA-HERNANDEZ - by age 7, she was already performing in a number of Spanish Zarzuelas including Mascota, Sueno de un Vals, Marina
• HONORATA DELA RAMA-HERNANDEZ - at 15, she became popular w/ the song "Nabasag na ang Banga" in the Filipino zarzuela Dalagang Bukid
• ZARZUELA - Spanish traditional form of musical comedy
• ATANG, THE MUSICAL - written by Floy Quintos, directed by Alexander Cortes, w/ music by Von de Guzman
• ATANG, THE MUSICAL - shown at the Guerrerp Theatre, Palma Hall in UPD in 2008 as part of the Zarzuela Festival by UP College of Arts and Letters
• ATANG, THE MUSICAL - Amado (Atang's husband), Frances Makil as the old Atang
• ATANG, THE MUSICAL - the songs rendered by Ms. Laurel (Atang) included notable kundiman faves : Nasaan Ka Na, Pakiusap, Madaling Araw, Nabasag ang Banga, Masayang Dalaga
• KATY! THE MUSICAL - about the life of bodabil (vaudeville) star Katy de la Cruz
• KATY! THE MUSICAL - initially presented by Actors Studio East Production 1988, commissioning Ryan Cayabyab for the music and Jose Javier Reyes for lyrics, starring Mitch Valdes
• KATY

  • born 2/13/1907
  • died 11/10/2004
  • "Queen of Filipino Jazz," "Queen of Bodabil"
  • highest paid Filipino entertainer
  • appeared in jazz venues, theatres, and bodabil
• BODABIL - songs and dances, slapstick comedy routines, magic acts, w/ chorus girls providing musical and dance support
• BODABIL - became popular in the PH from 1910-mid 1960s, often used to fill gaps between short Spanish zarzuelas / between acts of longer ones
• leading bodabil performers during its heyday:

  • Bayani Casimiro (The Fred Astaire of the PH)
  • Eddie Mesa (Elvis Presley of the PH)
  • Diomedes Maturan (Perry COmo of the PH)
  • Nora Aunor
• FLORANTE AT LAURA, THE MUSICAL - presented by Tanghalang Pilipino at the CCP Little Theatre (Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino) from 7/7-24/1988
• FLORANTE AT LAURA, THE MUSICAL - in celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of the author Fransisco Balagtas-Baltazar
• FLORANTE AT LAURA, THE MUSICAL - selected as the official Philippine entry to the first ASEAN Theatre Festival in 5/1988
• FLORANTE AT LAURA, THE MUSICAL - music, musical arrangements by Nonong Buencamino, based on the book and lyrics of Tony Perez, directed by Nonon Padilla, prod team including National Artist Salvador Bernal (costume), Bobby Roces (lighting), Christine Blando (choreography)