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Repertory Philippines’ “Betrayal” is a no-drama drama

You may not see waterworks and fireworks when you watch Repertory Philippines’ staging of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal,” but you will most certainly see infidelity in a different, more subtle light. Just to be clear, cheating is still a big no-no, even in 2024. But much like a trainwreck or some…

Review: Repertory Philippines’ Hair

Repertory Philippines revisits a groundbreaking musical from the 1960s in a dazzling display of young talent. By Isabella Olivares In the late 1960s, a new musical by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot shook up New York City. It spoke about the hippie countercultural movement, racism, illegal drugs, spirituality…

Review: Repertory Philippines’ Beauty and the Beast

By ISABELLA OLIVARES With Disney releasing live action adaptations of their own animated films and Broadway producing its own princess-centric musicals (zdrastvuite, Anastasia!), fairy tales are all the rage now. How does Repertory Philippines’ own fairy tale production, Rep Theater for Young Audiences’ Beauty and the Beast, stack up against the…

Review: Repertory Philippines’ In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

By ISABELLA OLIVARES Following the tension-filled Agnes of God in Repertory Philippines’ 2017 season is a cheeky modern comedy. What happens behind closed doors? In Repertory Philippines’ new theatrical comedy, pretty much everything. (In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)) The show, aptly named In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by…

Review: Repertory Philippines’ Agnes of God

By ISABELLA OLIVARES Religion and reason butt heads in Repertory Philippines’ newest production. The play opens with one of the three characters – the no-nonsense Dr. Martha Livingstone – laying out its premise: a young nun named Agnes is charged with strangling her newborn baby and disposing of the body…

Repertory Philippines: A Little Princess

By ISABELLA OLIVARES Everyone is familiar with the story of Sara Crewe, the young girl who moves from a colorful British colony to a London boarding school at the behest of her father, the wealthy Captain Crewe. In the school, she is given all the luxuries that her father's wealth…

Homebound Theater: Repertory Philippinesâ€™ Golden Anniversary

In 1967, five theater buffs decided to start their own theater company. The companyâ€™s debut production, Miss Julie, opened to an audience of seven people. Those five thespians were Leo Martinez, Tony and Monina Mercado, Baby Barredo, and Zenaida Amador, and that company was Repertory Philippines. (The cast of Repertory…