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Shakespearean comedy goes Hong Kong retro
The grassroots theater company Leviathan Lab presents its inaugural production, Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” at the Arclight Theater at 152 West 71st Street from November 3 to 19. In “Twelfth Night,” Viola, a young woman shipwrecked and stranded in the seaside city of Illyria, sets a series of events into motion that create a tangled knot […]
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No more ‘stupid tricks’ for topnotch talent hound
By Cristina DC Pastor For eight years, Darren Demeterio supplied David Letterman with dogs that sneeze, answer the phone or people who wear toilet plungers on their heads. The Stupid Human and Pet Tricks was a beloved staple that contributed to making “The Late Show with David Letterman” a six-time Emmy winner and an enduring […]
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Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Asuncion’ inspired by ex-girlfriend
An off-Broadway production will feature a Filipina student as a pivotal character, and we don’t mean Sunshine Corazon. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents “Asuncion,” a play about a Filipina student who shares an apartment with two white male students. “The Social Network’s” Jesse Eisenberg debuts as a playwright. Rising star Camille Mana (“Smart People,” “College”) plays […]
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‘No Other Woman’ opens in Jersey theaters Oct. 7
Hailed by critics as possibly one of the best Filipino movies of the year, “No Other Woman” is coming to New Jersey on October 7. Touching on the sensitive topic of extramarital affairs, the film examines the reactions of the three main characters to infidelity. Ram Escaler (Derek Ramsey) is a dedicated furniture salesman who […]
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Black Eyed Peas’ soupy concert has crowd dancing in the rain
By Elton Lugay After bailing on a June 9 concert because of severe thunderstorm, the phenomenal Black Eyed Peas returned to Central Park the last day of September and performed to a packed – and drenched – crowd of about 60,000 fans. They made good on a promise to return, after a loud chorus of […]
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Almost there
By Cristina DC Pastor She has the raw talent of a Shirley Temple and the once-tightly guarded life of a Lea Salonga. At 13, up-and-coming singer Kirby Asunto is at the cusp of something big, something that may yet lead to Fame, but family and, to a certain extent, community are keeping her grounded. And […]
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Seven comedians, one cause, plenty of laughs
Imagine an evening dedicated to “roasting” Filipino mothers and the Filipino accent while riffing on race, politics and gender. Seven comedians — Air Tabigue, Chris Turnage, Phil Peredo, Alek Bituin, Lorden Palamores, Rich Kiamco and headliner Vince Royale – will do just that when Laughs for Literacy opens September 21 at the Laugh Lounge on […]
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Diaspora pride inspires music video
When IT professional Dennis Sy wrote the lyrics to the song “Pilipino Ako” many years ago, he intended for it to chronicle not just his personal journey of leaving his homeland in search of a dream, but also as a collective anthem for those like him, who played a game of odds in coming to […]
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‘Lion King’ welcomes Adam Jacobs as Simba
By Elton Lugay He played the romantic rebel, Marius, in “Les Miserables,” and is now cast as the reluctant heir, Simba, in “The Lion King.” But if you ask Adam Jacobs, he will tell you he’s only just begun. He would like to do more just as memorable roles on Broadway. There’s Tony, the […]