Playlist and reviews, 2009

Every year, I take note of all theater performances I'm able to watch and write a "Best of Philippine Theater" roundup by yearend. Here are the plays and musicals I saw in 2009.

Note: Click on a highlighted title to read my review.

NON-MUSICAL PLAYS

• Mary Stuart: Dulaang UP

• Ismail at Isabel: PETA

• A Streetcar Named Desire/Flores Para Los Muertos: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Mother Courage/Madonna Brava ng Mindanao: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Amphitryon: Dulaang UP

• Electra: FEU Art Theatre Clinique

• Tanyag--Our Lady of Arlegui/Baka Sakali/Ang Kalungkutan ng Mga Reyna: IIFA

• Apples From the Desert/Mansanas sa Disyerto: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Lulu:: Dulaang UP

• Dead Stars/Sepang Loca: UP Playwrights' Theater

• Noli-Fili Dekada 2000: PETA

• Virgin Labfest 5 (15 plays):: Tanghalang Pilipino/Writers' Bloc

• Machinal: UP Theater 200 (thesis play)

• Bent/Lihis: Dulaang Sipat Lawin

• Summer's Nights, Summer's Dreams/Isang Pangarap sa Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-Araw: DLS-CSB School of Design and Arts

• Gomer: UP Dulaang Laboratoryo

• Art: UP Dulaang Laboratoryo

• Lysistrata: Tanghalang Ateneo

• Isang Pangarap sa Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-araw: PHSA Dulaang Sipat Lawin

• Kwentong Bata: PHSA Dulaang Sipat Lawin

• Kung Paano Maghiwalay: Stage Right Theatre Productions

• Saan Tayo Ihahatid ng Disyembre?: PETA

• Atang: Dulaang UP

• A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino: Repertory Philippines

• I-Land (Keo Woolford): Asian Cultural Council

• Hacienda Animal: Dulaang ROC/UA&P

• Pamaypay, Kutsilyo at Yantok: Tanghalang Pilipino/GMA-7

MUSICALS

• Song of Joseph: Oblates of St. Joseph/Music Theater Foundation Philippines

• Sweeney Todd:: Repertory Philippines

• Si Juan Tamad, ang Diyablo at ang Limang Milyong Boto: PETA

• Spring Awakening: Atlantis Productions

• NOAH (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat): Trumpets

• Ako si Ninoy: Philippine Stages Foundation

• The Threepenny Opera: World Theater Project

• Tick, tick...Boom!: Ateneo Blue Repertory

• The Fantasticks: Repertory Philippines

• Songs For a New World: 9 Works Theatrical

• Sinta!: Dulaang Sibol

• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee:: Atlantis Productions

• 110, A New Musical: UP Dulaang Laboratoryo

• I Love You Because: Repertory Philippines

• You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: UA&P-Kultura

• Bare: Ateneo Blue Repertory

• ZsaZsa Zaturnnah: Tanghalang Pilipino

Playlist and reviews, 2008

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NON-MUSICAL PLAYS

• Comeback--3D: Usapang Dyuts Doobidoobidoo Delusyon/Couture: UP Theater Council

• Atang: Dulaang UP

• Express: Ateneo-Entablado

• Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Ang Mga Mananahi/Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang Habal-Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na Paghihintay sa Kanto ng Lanao del Norte: UP Repertory Theater

• Hiblang Abo: Gantimpala Theater

• Master Class: Philippine Opera Company

• Stiletto Club/Portraits: Rep Showcase

• Laban ng Basketball/Wanted: Isang Tsaperon: Lakbay Dulaang UP

• Antigone and Creon/The Lover/Baby B: Tanghalang Pilipino Actors' Company

• Tosca: PETA

• Pag-Haya: Ateneo Theater Arts Majors

• Otello, ang Moro ng Venecia: Tanghalang Ateneo

• The Golden Child: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Noli at Fili Dekada 2000 (Dos Mil): PETA

• Hinabing Pakpak ng Ating mga Anak: Dulaang UP

• Tarong--Tatlong Dula ng Pagtawid: Entablado/Ateneo

• Virgin Labfest 4 (11 out of 15 plays): Tanghalang Pilipino and Writers' Bloc

• A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer/The Vagina Monologues: New Voice Company

• Romeo and Juliet: Assumption-Makati

• Marisol: UP-Diliman/Philippine-American Educational Foundation

• May Day Eve: Tanghalang Ateneo

• Slipped Disc, A Study of the Upright Walk: Goethe-Institut Manila

• Tanikalang Guinto: Ateneo-Entablado

• Romance in D: Repertory Philippines

• Hamlet: Repertory Philippines

• Kudeta: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Romeo and Juliet: Gantimpala Theater

• Tuesdays With Morrie: Repertory Philippines

MUSICALS

• A Christmas Carol: Repertory Philippines

• Cory, the Musical: Buhay Isang Awit Foundation

• Georgette: DLSU-St. Benilde School of Design and Arts

• Hairspray: Atlantis Productions

• Piaf--Love Conquers All: MusicArtes, Inc.

• Isang Panaginip na Fili: Dulaang UP

• West Side Story: Stages

• Cinderella: Broadway Asia Entertainment

• Summer of '42: Ateneo BlueRep

• Avenue Q: Atlantis Productions

• Altar Boyz: Repertory Philippines

• Bat Boy, The Musical: Ateneo BlueRep

• Orosman at Zafira: Dulaang UP

• EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay nina Evelio Javier at Edgar Jopson: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Skin-Deep: PETA

Playlist and reviews, 2007

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NON-MUSICAL PLAYS

• Dogeaters: Atlantis Productions

• Love's Labour's Lost: Repertory Philippines

• Romulus D' Grayt: PETA

• Insiang: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Art: Actor's Actors, Inc.

• As You Like It: Dulaang UP

• Buwan at Baril: Entablado, ADMU

• Fluid: 2007 Ateneo Theater Arts majors

• Batang Rizal: PETA

• Florante at Laura: Gantimpala Theater

• Pasyon ni Kristo: Dulaang UP

• Caucasian Chalk Circle: Tanghalang Ateneo

• The Virgin Labfest (18 plays): Writers' Bloc/Tanghalang Pilipino

• Sala sa Pito/Agnoia: Dulaang Sipat Lawin, PHSA

• Sa Ngalan ng Anak: Dulaang UP

• New Yorker in Tondo/The Commonwealth of Virginia: Entablado, ADMU

• Glorious: Repertory Philippines

• Gay Birds: Repertory Philippines

• Pagbulas ng Sibol: UPLB-CAS Dept. of Humanities

• Belong Puti: PETA

• Phil. Bedtime Stories: Rinko-Gun Theater (Tokyo)/CCP

• Isandaang Panaginip: Entablado, ADMU

• The Importance of Being Earnest: Kultura, UA&P

• Ang Mga Huwad: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Forever/Call Me Flory: Gantimpala Theater

• Peregrinations: Mars Cavestany/PETALS-Sydney

• The Glass Menagerie: Tanghalang Ateneo

• Moose Murders: Repertory Philippines

• Oedipus Rex: CEU Dramatic Guild

MUSICALS

• The Silent Soprano: Dulaang UP

• Fiddler On the Roof: Repertory Philippines

• Into the Woods: New Voice Company

• Himala, the Musical: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Mulan: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Avenue Q: Atlantis Productions

• Children's Letters to God: Actor's Actors, Inc.

• Pilipinas Circa 1907: Tanghalang Pilipino

• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Ateneo Blue Repertory

• High School Musical: Stages/Trumpets

• ZsaZsa Zaturnnah: Tanghalang Pilipino

• High School Musical: Ateneo Blue Repertory

• Basilia ng Malolos: Dulaang UP

• Song & Dance: Repertory Philippines

• Peter Pan: ABA Productions

Related theater stories, 2007

• Bravo! Best of Theater 2007

• Into the Woods: Tommy Abuel heads for the 'Woods'

• Insiang: Bloggers eyeball Insiang

• Romulus D' Grayt: Raves for 'Romulus'

• Various blogger reviews: Roundup

• Fluid: Fluid, as in wishy-washy

• Batang Rizal: Meet Pepe, aka Jose Rizal

• 2007 Virgin Labfest: Festival of fearless virgins

• Tribute to National Artist for Theater Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana: Daisy at 90

Playlist and reviews, 2006

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NON-MUSICAL PLAYS

• Middle Finger Po: Tanghalang Ateneo

• Hamlet Redux: Dulaang UP

• El Filibusterismo: Gantimpala Theater

• Bakeretta: Tanghalang Pilipino

• The Good Body: New Voice Company

• Don_Q: PETA

• The Boor/The Proposal: Repertory Philippines

• Luna, Isang Romansang Aswang: Teatro Tomasino

• Shock Value: Dulaang UP

• Kanser (Noli Mi Tangere): Gantimpala Theater

• Walang Himala: PETA

• Orfeo sa Impiyerno: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Oyayi: Frank Rivera

• Death and the Maiden: Actor's Actors, Inc.

• Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang: PETA

• Ars Poetica/Rite of Passage: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Ang Aksidenteng Kamatayan ng Isang Anarkista: Tanghalang Ateneo

• Master Class: Philippine Opera Company

• Virgin Labfest 2 (15 one-act plays): TP & The Writers' Bloc

• Godot, Wer Is U?: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Doubt: Atlantis Productions

• Shadows of the Reef: Dulaang UP

• Shooting the Boys: Dramatis Personae

• Mandragola: Dulaang UP

• 2 x 2 Make Sex: Repertory Philippines

• 7 Ng Umaga: Repertory Philippines

• Kung Pa'no Masiraan ng Bait: Dulaang Sipat Lawin, PHSA

• Pinoy Wannabes: PETA

• Ang Nilalang ni Victor Frankenstein: Tanghalang Ateneo

• Welcome to IntelStar/Geegee at Waterina: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Nobody's Perfect: Repertory Philippines

• The Godstealer/The Queen's Jewel: Gantimpala Theater

• Severino Montano trilogy: Dulaang UP

• Romeo & Juliet: Metropolitan Theater Guild

MUSICALS

• Ambon, Ulan, Baha: Artists Resource Network, Inc.

• The Sound of Music: Repertory Philippines

• Aladdin Jr.: Repertory Philippines

• Joseph the Dreamer: Trumpets

• Something to Crow About: NCCA

• We're Still Hot!: Bahaghari Productions

• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change: Repertory Philippines

• Gabriela, an Oratorio: Dulaang UP

• ZsaZsa Zaturnnah: Tanghalang Pilipino

• Adarna: Dulaang Sibol

Related theater stories, 2006

• Bravo! Best of Theater 2006

• Hamlet Redux: Sex, drugs and death in the state of Denmark

• The Sound of Music: Monique, Menchu and the sound of Maria

• Godot, Wer Is U?: Hope along 'da riles'

• Theater Olympics of the Nations: All the world's a stage

• Doubt: Lavinia goes to the nunnery

• UNESCO-ITI Congress: Theater for a better world

• ZsaZsa Zaturnnah: 'Winner!' on stage and CD