International
touring productions of West Side Story and The Sound of Music to be staged in
Manila this year!
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| Photo credit: Nilz Boehme |
February, 2017
– This year, Manila will be treated to a ‘Season of Maria’ as two international
award-winning productions –
each featuring ‘Maria’ as the leading lady - come
to Manila for the first time: the electrifying classic WEST SIDE STORY
and the
highly-anticipated, legendary musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
Those
who register on the TicketWorld ticket waitlist get 10% off and first dibs on seats
during the week-long pre-sale
beginning 6 March 2017. A season special of 20%
off will be available to those who purchase tickets for both shows.
Both
shows will be staged at The Theatre at Solaire,with WEST SIDE STORY premiering
on 10 August 2017 and THE SOUND
OF MUSIC opening on 27 September 2017.
To
add to the exciting news, THE SOUND OF MUSIC will feature 18 stellar
children from Manila (six local children cast in three
rosters), who will be
selected from an open audition call. Follow the Concertus Manila page for
audition announcements.
Described
as ‘the No. 1 greatest musical of all time’ by The Times, UK, WEST SIDE STORY is inspired by
Shakespeare’s
tumultuous love story Romeo
and Juliet, and is set amidst the vicious rivalry of teenage gangs in 1950s
New York. Its
ground-breaking
choreography and unforgettable score changed the face of musical theatre for
ever when it burst onto the Broadway stage in 1957. This timeless story of Tony and Maria and
their fateful love affair remains as relevant today as it has
ever been.
This
vibrant new stage production of the classic dance musical has received wild
acclaim during sold-out seasons around the
world, and now makes its debut in
Manila. An outstanding American cast,
many of whom come direct from Broadway, will
electrify audiences with their
impassioned high-energy dance routines and their astounding vocal range in such
classic songs
as Maria, Tonight,
Somewhere, America and I Feel Pretty. Musical Supervisor is the renowned Donald
Chan, who studied
under Leonard Bernstein himself, and who leads a live
orchestra of 20 musicians.
In
a sweltering New York summer, the boys from the Upper West Side neighbourhood
are on the prowl. Ready to explode at
any moment they dance with their girls, the air vibrating with the rhythms of mambo,
rock ‘n’ roll and jazz. They belong to
two
enemy street gangs ruling the immigrant quarter – the Jets and the Sharks –
and a clash is imminent. The Jets, sons
of
previous immigrants to America, are fighting the new arrivals from Puerto
Rico, the Sharks, for domination of the streets in the
area. Among them, Tony, a Jet, and Maria, sister to
the leader of the Sharks, fall in love.
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| Photo credit: Nilz Boehme |
The
action takes place over no more than a few hours of two consecutive days and
portrays a love story, action thriller and
social study all at the same
time. WEST SIDE STORY tells the tale of a love between two young people
whose happiness is destroyed by the hate of two enemy camps in New York City’s
urban jungle.
WEST SIDE STORY
packs a powerful punch, both dramatically and musically. With exhilarating choreography by the
legendary Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, a sublime and innovative score
by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim, the show was ambitious in
that each of the four aimed to contribute their talent equally and
unreservedly.
The result was awe-inspiring.
They achieved a unity of music, dance, book and lyrics that no one had
ever realised before,
and that has hardly been matched since.
WEST SIDE STORY
has been produced three times on Broadway, twice in London’s West End, and
enjoyed numerous US,
UK and international tours over the last 60 years. The movie version, released in 1961, went on
to win an incredible 10
Oscars (including Best Picture) and further cemented
the reputation of this undoubted masterpiece.
Another classic musical, THE SOUND OF MUSIC,
tells the uplifting true story of Maria, the fun-loving governess who changes
the lives of the widowed Captain Von Trapp and his seven children by
re-introducing them to music, culminating in the family’s
escape across the
Austrian mountains as tensions rise prior to the outbreak of World War II.
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| Photo credit: Nilz Boehme |
THE
SOUND OF MUSIC features some of the most unforgettable songs ever heard on stage
and screen, including My Favorite
Things,
Edelweiss, Do-Re-Mi, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd, Climb
Ev’ry Mountain, and the title song
The
Sound of Music. Even today, THE
SOUND OF MUSIC is considered the world’s most popular musical – an iconic
show
that touches the hearts of all ages.
The
original Broadway production of THE
SOUND OF MUSIC won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and was Rodgers
and Hammerstein’s biggest success. The
1965 movie starring Julie Andrews as Maria won five Oscars, including Best
Picture
, and remains one of the most popular movies of all time.
This
dazzling, critically-acclaimed production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC comes from the home of West End musical theatre
–
the famous London Palladium – and is produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really
Useful Company and David Ian
Productions, and is presented in Manila by
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David Atkins Enterprises.
WEST SIDE STORY
is a Michael Brenner production, produced by BB Promotion GmbH in association
with Sundance
Productions, Inc. NY, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David
Atkins Enterprises.
For
sponsorship, corporate nights and bulk buy inquiries, please call (02) 403
86-46 or (02) 403 86-78.
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| Photo credit: Nilz Boehme |
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