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                    [Title] => Tales and illustrations
                    [Summary] => 

 Essential life lessons cannot always be communicated or taught by way of simple discussions only. Especially if the teaching is directed to the young, illustrations help a lot in putting the message across, to go with the words. And so the story books come to be.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440725 [AuthorName] => Kimberly Limpahan [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1298933 [Title] => August: Osage County: Riveting madness takes center stage [Summary] =>

Of all the new 'classics' that emerged from American theater over the past decade, Tracy Letts' expansive tragi-comedy 'August: Osage County' is arguably the most daunting to adapt.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 09:54:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730003 [AuthorName] => Ryan Reyes [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20140309/Baby-Barredo-Pinky-Amador.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282137 [Title] => Red at CCP on Jan. 31-Feb. 9 [Summary] =>

Bart Guingona reprises his award winning role as painter Mark Rothko in John Logan’s award winning and critically acclaimed play “Red” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Huseng Batute (Studio Theater) on January 31 - February 9.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-23 11:03:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/39/q3rn.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 825733 [Title] => Lea and Adrian reunite in 'God of Carnage' [Summary] =>

It has been 12 years since Tony Award winner Lea Salonga last worked with Adrian Pang, one of Singapore’s most established actors, on They’re Playing Our Song.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 822308 [Title] => Love, lust, and sexual conquest tackled in 'Bedscenes/sins' [Summary] =>

“Love, lust and sexual conquest, these are the themes presented in “BedScenes/Sins,” twin-bill of two-one-act gay themed plays, “Dapo” at “Carmi Martin,” written by award-winning playwright J. Dennis Teodosio, under the direction of Bong Cabrera (URIAN Best Actor nominee) and Paul Santiago.

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It so happens in theater and film that a part gets more attention than the whole. We have all been entranced by The Godfather’s glorious I-do-renounce-him baptism/murder scene, and excited to see the celebrated Miss Saigon chopper (which was once absent on gala night) before Chris leaves Kim, perhaps forever.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155285 [AuthorName] => Averill Pizarro [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 487238 [Title] => Manny cops ESPY best fighter title [Summary] =>

Manny Pacquiao added another title to his mounting list of achievements, winning the “Best Fighter” crown in 2009 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly awards or ESPY.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439711 [Title] => A musical play on homosexuality staged within the Jesuit grounds of Ateneo [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Fresh from portraying the celebrated role of Candida in Portrait of an Artist as Filipino, Ana Abad Santos, actress and director of the Best Play nominee, Hamlet, enters the realm of directing again with Bare, a rock musical about two gay teenagers struggling to find their place in the world as they’re about to graduate from a Catholic high school.

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For the month of August, David Henry Hwang’s play The Golden Child dazzled audiences at the CCP, in both its English ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134677 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248080 [AuthorName] => Danton Remoto [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 343678 [Title] => 'Tis the season for theater in Cebu [Summary] => Little Boy Productions, Cebu's leading theater production company, is celebrating its 5th Year Anniversary with two inspiring theater events in Cebu this June and July-Broadway's current hit play "Doubt" starring Cherie Gil and a musical from Repertory Philippines-"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!"
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