A Night of Endless Music to My Ears

I discovered watching musicals last year and I did not think that I’ll be hooked as I am now. Last year, I was able to catch Avenue Q, Legally Blonde and CATS. All of them were shown in different venues (RCBC Plaza, Meralco Theater and CCP). Between the three, I personally like the one in RCBC Plaza. It feels more home-y to me. The seating division usually consists of orchestra, loge and balcony. Since the orchestra area is quiet pricey for a corporate slave like me, I usually opt for the loge seats.

Anyway, I was able to catch the opening night for the public showing of RENT the musical last February 12. It was held at the C.P. Romulo Theater inside the RCBC Plaza. I was able to score some tickets for the last row loge but decided to get balcony seats because there is a very minimal difference with the view angle. I actually think that my view from the first row balcony is much better than the one in the last row of loge.

Before the show I really am completely clueless of what it is about. Yes, I have read the synopsis but I still do not understand it. All I know is that someone will die and it’s a sad show.

So the show started and one by one my questions have been answered.

“It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.” –from wikipedia

They have some funny acts from time to time but it was more of a serious show, just like I’ve expected. What really caught me was the pole dancing moves! Mimi Marquez was played by Sheree Bautista, alternating with Ciara Sotto. The show that I have seen was with Ciara and the girl could really dance. I knew she could pole dance real good because I saw a video of her while performing for the Talentadong Pinoy but seeing her performing live was really amazing. She could even sing while pole dancing and by the looks of it that was a very hard thing to do.

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A surprising character was Angel played by Job Bautista, a drag queen. This was the first time I have ever seen a man doing pole dances in high heels (or maybe I’ve seen some in ResortsWorld but I could not actually recall it). I guess that is the reason why he has nice toned arms.

Another outstanding performance was from Carla Guevara, her is big in the theater industry. She is that good. From my point of view, she is good because she portrays her role really well. She’s funny when she needs to be funny. She’s sad when she needs to be sad. Not just because the role calls for it, you will be convinced as if she’s really that character and she’s not ashamed if she’ll look like an idiot.

So what are you waiting for? Catch it while you can :-)

You may purchase tickets via Ticketworld.

For March 5, 2011 3:30PM (last run) show you may contact Onay @ 0918.536.2116 and get a 10% discount for a minimum of 5 tickets purchased.