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Why are Asian Americans invisible on N.Y. stage? Feb. 13 town hall to confront underrepresentation
By Randy Gener The Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) released on January 30 a slew of statistics which they argue constitute the smoking gun that Asian American performers are not part of “the trend toward more inclusive casting” in New York theater. In a prepared statement, the coalition states that: • “Asian American performers […]
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Broadway times 3
By Jean Charisse A. Arboleda Our contributing writer had her fill watching shows on Broadway, and off. Here are her impressions and some sidebars. Wit or Without Her I have just seen one of the most real and the most depressing plays on Broadway. “Wit,” starring “Sex and the City’s” Cynthia Nixon, is a Pulitzer […]
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There is life after Justin Bieber
By Elton Lugay After two years of singing and touring with the phenomenal Justin Bieber, the Legaci is coming into its own. The group released its first single, “All Day,” in December and is recording its first album since parting ways with Justin after his My World Tour in October. The album is due for […]
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Always in their hearts
So moved by the tragedy of 9/11, a California band wrote a song expressing its almost reverential admiration for New Yorkers for their courage and resilience. “Darkest Hour” was written by Sam Tejamo of the JDS Crew. The music video relives that horrific day through words and images and how the people who lost their […]
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Vanessa Hudgens journeys to Mysterious Island
There will be an advance screening of “Journey 2: A Mysterious Island,” starring Filipina actress Vanessa Hudgens. The preview is slated for February 7 at Regal E Walk, three days before the film’s commercial release on February 10. In the film, Hudgens plays a strong-willed daughter who insists on joining her father and three others […]
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Mamma Mia! There’s a Filipina in my play
By Cristina DC Pastor What a difference six years makes. In 2006, my family watched “Mamma Mia” and enjoyed every musical minute of ABBA’s songs. Over the years that friends would come visit New York and ask what Broadway show to take in, I would suggest this delightful pop culture theater. For the fifth time […]
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PH television and a sitcom writer named Beer
By Tony Joaquin It was at the start of the ‘60s right after I returned from a one-year fellowship in Toronto, Canada when I got to meet Virgilio “Beer” Flores. He was a department head at the CBN offices in the old CBN building on Aduana Street in Intramuros. This was years before ABS-CBN became […]
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Rob Schneider sitcom dripping with jokes about immigrants
By Cristina DC Pastor Anyone who’s seen the premiere of “Rob” will tell you it’s Charlie Sheen, George Lopez and “Monk” rolled into one sitcom. Rob Schneider plays a sex-forward, OCD bachelor who marries into a large Mexican family. The Latino anxiety that the CBS show would reinforce stereotypes about Mexican immigrants came to pass: […]
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‘With NYC as my mistress, there is nothing I shall want’
By Camille Mana Upon entering my temporary New York sublet last September, I had no idea what was in store for me. One never does, perhaps, but based on a single Skype interview with my roommate-to-be via Craigslist (yes, I keep it real), one might say I had boldly leaped (or rather belly-flopped) into new […]