Category: Reviews
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Love, Remembered, The Notebook the Musical!
The Notebook is, at its core, the story of two people who keep finding their way back to each other across every kind of distance time, class, silence, and finally the cruel fog of memory itself. It is a meditation on what it means to choose someone again and again, through youth, through distance, through…
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Biyaheng Bente with Yeng: Twenty Years of Holding Hands, Strong Vocals, and a Journey That Still Feels Like Home
There are nights when time folds in on itself. When the lights hit the stage at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and a familiar voice cuts through the rain-soaked air outside, you don’t just hear songs, you remember who you were when you first sang them in your room, on the jeepney, or through heartbreak. I…
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Stell’s Crazy Live Showcase: Still the Vocal King
On August 28, 2026, the Crazy Live Showcase went live on YouTube, and for a couple of hours, the timeline, the chats, and countless living rooms belonged to one voice. Not the polished studio version. Not the layered track. Just Stell — raw, present, and completely in control of a gift he’s spent years refining…
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The Music of Pelican Town Comes Alive in Stardew Valley: Festival of Seasons in Manila
On April 25, the lobby of the Theater at Solaire was bustling with a diverse array of people in cottagecore fashion – classic overalls, plaid shirts and floral prairie-style dresses, mostly in earthy colors – much like the staple outfits seen in Pelican Town, the central hub in the game Stardew Valley. Known as one…
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Zootopia 2 Is the Rare Sequel That Actually Outruns the Original
The Zootopia 2 advance screening at the Trinoma Mall was a full-on immersive experience that delighted kids and their inner-child-accompanying adults alike. Interactive installations, hands-on activities, and the screening itself left everyone buzzing with excitement. Nine years later, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are back as rookie ZPD partners. A deadly snake in the mammal-only…
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Shrek The Musical: A Big, Bright, Beautiful, Ogre-riffic Show
Shrek The Musical has it all: the whimsically elaborate production, the solid cast, the mesmerizing stage design, and the harmonious live orchestra — all befitting the original story’s radiant humor and grandeur. The two-hour show will leave you enthralled and filled with the right does of wonder and laughter. Running from October 31 to December 2025…
