Binondo is Not Just a Tsinoy Musical, It is a Dream 42 Years in the Making

In 1986, Rebecca Shangkuan Chuaunsu, the producer of Binondo: A Tsinoy Musical, came to China to trace her roots. There, she met a scholar who told her his struggles during the cultural revolution, and how he fell in love with a nightclub singer. She took that story to heart and even while working in the corporate world, the dream of seeing it come alive onstage was in something she held onto for 42 years. Fate would have it since she would bump into her former drama teacher Joel Lamangan, who she first encountered in 1976 when she enrolled in PETA's Summer Acting Workshop. Together with Ricky Lee as the scriptwriter, Von de Guzman as the composer and musical director, and Douglas Nierras the choreographer, her dream will finally come into fruition with Joel Lamangan at the helm as the director.

SYNERGY 88, Rebecca Chuaunsu Film Production (RCFP) and Fullhouse Asia Production Studios, Inc. proudly presents BINONDO, A TSINOY MUSICAL directed by Joel Lamangan and written by Ricky Lee with Gershom Chua and Eljay Deldoc.

BINONDO, A Tsinoy Musical’ tells the story of how LILY, a Filipina night club singer in pre-Martial Law Manila, and AH TIONG, a mainland Chinese scholar returning to Cultural Revolution-era Beijing, embark on a journey of great love
and heartbreak that begins one fated, moon-lit night during the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1971 in the heart of Manila’s Chinatown.

LILY, a hopeless romantic, finally finds her unlikely great love in AH TIONG, a cynic about destiny, during this night of one of the fullest moons ever recorded and on the birthdate of Ge Lao, the Old Man Under the Moon or the Chinese Deity
of Love. Vying for LILY’s heart as well is CARLOS, a local Chinese childhood friend of hers who is finally pushed to confront his feelings for her with the arrival of this stranger set on stealing her heart. A triangle centered on different ways of loving and receiving love forms the crux of this story.

Spanning two decades and two countries, the musical explores how love overcomes even times of racial prejudice and political turmoil and endures years of waiting and absence, only to grow deeper and change the lives of everyone who dares to put their hearts on the line.

The schedule of performances at the Theatre at Solaire are as follows: June 29 at 8pm; June 30 and July 1 at 3 and 8pm; July 6 at 8pm; July 7 and 8 at 3 and 8pm.

BINONDO, A TSINOY MUSICAL shall feature the country’s multi-talented artists from film, TV, stage namely Shiela Valderrama Martinez and Carla Guevara Laforteza (Lily); Arman Ferrer and David Ezra (Ah Tiong); Floyd Tena and Noel Rayos (Carlos); Yela Laurel (Jasmine); Ashlee Factor (Ruby); Ima Castro (Mrs. Dela Rosa); Ana Feleo and Jennifer Villegas (Lourdes); Kay Balajadia and Jennifer Villegas (Mrs. Chua); Dondi Ong (Mr. Chua); Russell Magno (Mr. Zhang);
Elizabeth Chua (Mrs. Zhang); Jim Pebanco, Lorenz Martinez. Khalil Kaimo, Ellrica Laguardia, Rhapsody & Tuesday Vargas (Koro); Jonel Mojica (Ge Lao); and Philip Deles & Ivana Billanueva (Swing).

For tickets, call TICKETWORLD 8919999.
Ticket prices:
Orchestra center: PHP 2500
Orchestra side PHP 2000
Loge or gold premium side PHP 3000
Balcony center PHP 1000
Balcony side PHP 500.

For further inquiries, please contact REBECCA CHUAUNSU at 09189169357 & 09173012445.
You may also email her at  rebeccachuaunsufilmproduction@yahoo.com.