Now it can be told: Sandino Martin beat two of his theater friends for the role of Bitoy Camacho in Ang Larawan, the 2017 Metro Filmfest Best Picture that really jumpstarted Sandino’s career. “Larawan ...

Through the years and decades, we’ve enjoyed and appreciated Nick Joaquin’s play, “A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino,” in its various incarnations. We were introduced to it by Lamberto Avellana’s ...

'Ang Larawan' is elegant, with each of its graceful movement so carefully designed to evoke a feeling of nostalgia for a time when things of beauty are truly and unsubtly beautiful If there is one ...

Ang Larawan paints a beautiful picture of two headstrong sisters by successfully combining the elements of film and theater. “Kay sarap ng buhay noong araw…” Rachel Alejandro and Joanna Ampil sing in ...

Bea Alonzo seems to be enjoying her so-called “theater era” with the “best people in the industry” as one of the cast members of “Ang Larawan: the Concert” last May 6. Alonzo took to her Instagram ...

So far, Hollywood hasn’t figured out how to bring the movie musical into the 21st century. From the razzmatazz of Moulin Rouge to the retro aspirations of La La Land, filmmakers have shoehorned ...

MANILA, Philippines — Ang Larawan — the musical based on Nick Joaquin’s play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino ­— has many things going for it. For this viewer, the film is a good introduction to ...

Actress Rachel Alejandro explains why you should catch this historical drama at the Metro Manila Film Festival 2017 Did you know that after the first two days of the Metro Manila Film Festival, ...

“We were told that musicals are not popular in Japan, and yet from the festival staff, Japanese press and audiences members who watched our first public screening, we got very positive reactions,” ...

If you’ve ever watched a concert on TV and thought, ‘man, I’d love to see this live’, you'd get what watching “Ang Larawan” it feels like. It’s not the usual musical, that’s for sure; nothing like, ...