Best Musical 2011 Nominees: MyFABE Theater Awards

I started watching local theater, seriously again this year.  I saw thirteen different plays and musicals this year and from those, I have come out with my own MyFABE Theater Awards for 2011. 

I have mulled over this list for the past 11 months and in my opinion, these are the five best musicals for 2011.

BEST MUSICAL

Care Divas

In the Heights

Next to Normal

Sweet Charity

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

The winner will be announced on December 31, 2011.

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Best Director - Musical 2011 Nominees: MyFABE Theater Awards

I started watching local theater, seriously again this year.  I saw thirteen different plays and musicals this year and from those, I have come out with my own MyFABE Theater Awards for 2011. 

I have mulled over this list for the past 11 months and in my opinion, these are the five best directors of a musical in 2011.

BEST DIRECTOR (MUSICAL)

Bobby Garcia - Next to Normal

Robbie Guevarra - Sweet Charity

Maribel Legarda - Care Divas

Maribel Legarda - William

Chris Millado - Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

The winner will be announced on December 31, 2011.

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Best Actress - Musical 2011 Nominees: MyFABE Theater Awards

I started watching local theater, seriously again this year.  I saw thirteen different plays and musicals this year and from those, I have come out with my own MyFABE Theater Awards for 2011. 

I have mulled over this list for the past 11 months and in my opinion, these are the five best performances by an actress in a musical for 2011.

BEST ACTRESS MUSICAL

Ima Castro - Aida

Nikki Gil - Sweet Charity

Menchu Lauchengco - Next to Normal

K-la Rivera - In the Heights

Eula Valdez - Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

The winner will be announced on December 31, 2011.

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1st MyFABE Theater Awards: Best Choreography

This year, I have watched a lot of very good musicals and from among them, here are the nominees for Best Choreography - 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Care Divas
In the Heights
Sweet Charity
William
Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

And the award for Best Choreography goes to..............Sweet Charity!

This is, for me, the best part of their choreography, which the legendary Bob Fosse did, and yeah, they did the whole thing in the theater!  Cigarettes and all! -




This is Sweet Charity's first MyFABE award.

MyFABE Theater Awards: Nominees For Technical Categories

I started watching local theater, seriously again this year.  I saw thirteen different plays and musicals this year and from those, I have come out with my own MyFABE Theater Awards for 2011. 

I have mulled over this list for the past 11 months and in my opinion, these are the five best performances for each technical category -

BEST SONGBOOK

Care Divas

In the Heights

Next to Normal

Sweet Charity

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

BEST SCRIPT

Vincent de Jesus - Care Divas

Russell Legaspi - The Valley Mission Care

Joey Paras - Bawal Tumawid Nakamamatay

Floy Quintos - Fake

Pat Valera - Mga Lobo Tulad Ng Buwan

BEST LIGHTING

39 Steps

In the Heights

Mga Lobo Tulad Ng Buwan

Next to Normal

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

39 Steps

Care Divas

Fake

Sweet Charity

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

39 Steps

Fake

In the Heights

Mga Lobo Tulad Ng Buwan

Sweet Charity

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Care Divas

In the Heights

Sweet Charity

William

Zsa Zaturnnah

The winners will be announced on December 31, 2011.

Mi Diario en Español: mi fin de semana - 27 a 30 agosto 2011

Tuvimos un largo fin de semana la semana pasada debido a las dos fiestas - el dia para los héroes e el ultimo dia de Ramadan.  Mama y yo vimos el musical Sweet Charity, un musical americano cuál se estrenó primero en 1967.  El tuvo unas canciones populares como "Big Spender" y "If My Friends Could See Me Now".  Les encantó la coreografía por legendario Bob Fosse.  Beyonce usó la coreografía para "Rich Man's Frug" en su canción 'Get Me Bodied'.  Estaba muy contento también porque podía tener las fotos con las actrices y unos celebridades.  Mama también sacó una foto con Celia Diaz Laurel.

En domingo pasado, fuimos a la misa y después, fuimos a Trinoma donde vimos la pelicula One Day.  La historia estaba triste y aunque soy un fan de Lone Scherfig, la encontré aburrida y no agradable.

En lunes pasado, vi las peliculas Conan the Barbarian y Zombadings.  Me gustan ellas! Quiero las escenas acción en Conan y el diálogo de Zombadings.  Su script era muy único!

El US Open comenzó también en lunes pasado.  Quiero la cobertura de Balls porque mostran muchos partidos.  Disfruté el partido de Maria Sharapova donde ella casi perdió a Heather Watson de Inglaterra.

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A Fantastic Night With the Cast of Sweet Charity

I'm sure all of you know Beyonce's video for "Get Me Bodied". Remember the fantastic choreography of that song? I do. I remember the first time I saw it, I was just really blown away by its "originality". Turned out the whole choreography in that video was inspired (frame by frame) by a dance sequence in the musical I watched tonight, Sweet Charity - thanks to the legendary choreographer Bob Fosse (who also choreographed Chicago). How did our local cast fare? Well, they did every single move right! From the swaying of the hips to the "Egyptian style" of walking - they nailed it! They wore white though, while in the original, they were all in black. And yes, they smoked!!

Soon as the dancers came out to do the Rich Man's Frug, the oohhs and ahhhs just came and the audience clapped lustily after that lengthy number. They did clap in almost all the songs as this great cast headed by Nikki Gil just really shows we are at par with what Broadway or the West End can offer. It just really amazes me how talented Filipinos are as musical artists! And yes, they did have a live orchestra tonight, which really made the proceedings much much more enjoyable. The sound of a live trumpet is just so different if they just taped the music.

All the classices were well done, "Big Spender", "If They Could See Me Now" and "The Rhythm of Life". Interestingly, I now understand the context of the song The Rhythm of Life. This musical was set in the 60s and hippie religion was the rage. Though the message of the song is really positive, with the rampant drug use that went with hippie religion, the song gets a more full-bodied meaning!

Well, the only celebrities I failed to get a picture of tonight was with Vice Ganda and Jon Avila. Since the normally snooty theatre crowd rarely warms up to them, nahiya na rin me to ask for pictures. Anyhow, the cast was warm enough to pose for pics - and that's what I really like about theater - you really get to say congratulations and thank you to the performers after the show. Instant gratification for them! And instant facebook posting for me! Billy Crawford was of course there to support Nikki Gil. Ciarra Sotto can actually sing and perform! Also, Kris Lawrence who played Nikki's love interest was so different onstage, I only learned now that it was him who did the part! Sayang! Iya who was there to support fellow VJ Nikki, was nice enough to pose for pics too. Sheree Bautista, who played support among the dancers, was also great too! I am not very familiar with the group that staged this show and I heard they did Rent and Legally Blonde last year. Incidentally, one of their support staff is my gym mate in hip hop class, so at least now, she can tell me if they're staging another show.

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