Here Lies Love

2023 - 1 - 14

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Netizens question Marcos 'romanticization' as 'Here Lies Love ... (Rappler)

The disco pop musical dramatizes the rise and fall of Imelda Marcos.

In 2013, it was adapted into a musical, which premiered off Broadway in New York City, with Ruthie Ann Miles as Imelda, Jose Llana as the dictator, and Conrad Ricamora as opposition leader Ninoy Aquino. Who/ what the musical is about, especially considering who the president is now? Meanwhile, @amanda_carmela found herself “conflicted”: “Broadway musical about Filipinos hopefully employing lots of Filipinos?

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Fatboy Slim and David Byrne's musical, Here Lies Love, set for ... (DJ Mag)

Based on the pair's 2010 double album of the same name, it documents the life of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, and includes the story ...

The history of the Philippines is inseparable from the history of the United States, and as both evolve, we cannot think of a more appropriate time to stage this show. The new Broadway production, which is set to debut this summrer, is being developed and directed by American writer Alex Timbers with choreography from Annie B-Parson. We welcome everyone to experience this singularly exuberant piece of theatre.

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​Fatboy Slim and David Byrne's musical 'Here Lies Love' is coming ... (Mixmag)

The double LP, based on the story of Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, was released in 2010 and later transformed into a full theatrical ...

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David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Musical 'Here Lies Love' to Debut on ... (Relix)

The disco-pop adaptation tells the story of the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, and the People Power Revolution, which removed her husband, ...

Here Lies Love comes as a result of the mid-2000s music and other multimedia work produced by Byrne and Slim at New York’s Carnegie Music Hall–and was released in album form in 2010. The history of the Philippines is inseparable from the history of the United States, and as both evolve, we cannot think of a more appropriate time to stage this show. Here Lies Love is being produced by Hal Laftig, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna, Clint Ramos and Jose Antonio Vargas; it is expected to premiere on-stage in the summer of 2023.

David Byrne's 'Here Lies Love' heads to Broadway this summer (Yahoo News)

NEW YORK — David Byrne is headed back to Broadway. The Talking Heads singer-songwriter's pop musical “Here Lies Love” will open July 20 at the Broadway ...

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Wake Up With BWW 1/13: HERE LIES LOVE on Broadway, Idina ... (Broadway World)

Top stories include Here Lies Love headed to Broadway this year! Plus, Idina Menzel will star in a new world premiere musical at La Jolla, and more!

( BAM (The Brooklyn Academy of Music) has announced the full company and creative team for the first New York revival in 50 years of Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. She will star in the world premiere musical Redwood, which Menzel began developing nearly 20 years ago. Colton Ryan and Anna Uzele will star in the brand new Kander & Ebb musical, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, coming to Broadway this Spring! Full casting and the creative team have been announced for the all-new musical production of Disney's Hercules at Paper Mill Playhouse. Sara Bareilles teamed up for a duet of She Used To Be Mine from Waitress with Brandi Carlile at Girls Just Wanna Weekend.

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David Byrne's next Broadway show will be 'Here Lies Love' (Japan Today)

Byrne and Fatboy Slim plan to put their musical “Here Lies Love,” a show that charts the rise and fall of Philippine ex-first lady Imelda Marcos, on a Broadway ...

The Marcoses ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 — the last 14 years of that under martial law — before being driven into exile in Hawaii during a 1986 popular revolt, leaving the country’s economy faltering under huge debts. Following a whirlwind courtship, she marries up-and-coming politician and soon-to-be president, Ferdinand Marcos. Timbers this time will be charged with turning the 1,763-seat Broadway Theatre into an immersive experience.

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Here Lies Love to open on Broadway in Summer 2023 — (Asian Journal News)

Momar G. Visaya & Christina M. Oriel August 27, 2020. On the eve of retirement, VA nurse succumbs to COVID-19. Melissa Bailey | Kaiser Health News April 15, ...

From its world premiere at The Public Theater in 2013, Here Lies Love has enjoyed popular and critical acclaim. Here Lies Love’s staging at the Broadway Theatre will transform the venue’s traditional proscenium floor space into a dance club environment, where audiences will stand and move with the actors. And nothing is more surprising than the way Here Lies Love vibrantly and creatively sheds light on a crucial part of Philippine history.

Audition for HERE LIES LOVE (BROADWAY) at Producing Org TBD ... (Broadway World)

Equity actors for male-presenting chorus dancer parts in HERE LIES LOVE on Broadway (see breakdown). All stage managerial positions have been filled. Note: ...

ENSEMBLE MEN/SWINGS: Various Filipino characters (20s-30s) including Soldiers, Citizens of Manila, among others. THE DJ/ENSEMBLE: 20s-30s. At other times DJ/MC. Good at counting beats while leading a group (counting people in and out of sections of songs). AQUINO (NINOY)/ENSEMBLE: 20s-30s. At times he is a storyteller to the audience. A singer with strong R&B/Gospel voice. Follows the intertwining lives of Imelda Romualdez Marcos, political rival Ninoy Aquino, and the woman who raised Imelda, Estrella Cumpas, against the political backdrop of the Marcoses' rise to power and fortune in the Philippines. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended.

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