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After 'Rent,' 9 Works Theatrical to stage 'Once On This Island'

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<div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7t5O3KPP4G/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A925122.299999997%2C%22ls%22%3A924875.200000003%2C%22le%22%3A925114.599999994%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="833" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>MANILA -- At the closing show of its<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> latest restaging of the rock musical </span>&quot;Rent&quot; Sunday night, 9 Works Theatrical announced its upcoming production of the coming-of-age musical &quot;Once on This Island.&quot;</p><p>To be directed by Robbie Guevara with scenography by Mio Infante, &quot;Once on This Island&quot; <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty is based on the 1985 novel &quot;My Love, My Love or The Peasant Girl&quot; by Rosa Guy. A</span> Caribbean-set retelling of Hans Christian Andersen&#x27;s fairy tale &quot;The Little Mermaid,&quot; i<span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">t is about</span> a peasant girl in the French Antilles who falls in love with a rich boy and makes a deal with the gods to save his life.</p><p>In 2017, Lea Salonga portrayed one of the gods Erzulie in the Broadway revival that opened on December 3, 2017, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The production was showered with critical acclaim, and won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.</p><p>&quot;Once on This Island&quot; has been staged several times by various local theater companies through the years including Actor&#x27;s Actors Inc. in 2005 and Repertory Philippines in 1995.</p><p>Auditions for the cast will soon be announced and the show is set to have a limited run in September <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(5, 5, 5);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(240, 240, 240);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">at Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati.</span></p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>At the closing show of its latest restaging of the rock musical 'Rent' Sunday night, 9 Works Theatrical announced its upcoming production of the coming-of-age musical 'Once on This Island.'</p>

At the closing show of its latest restaging of the rock musical 'Rent' Sunday night, 9 Works Theatrical announced its upcoming production of the coming-of-age musical 'Once on This Island.'

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After 'Rent,' 9 Works Theatrical to stage 'Once On This Island'

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Jude Cartalaba

Published Jun 03, 2024 11:27 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 03, 2024 12:52 PM PHT

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