Your Weekend Guide (March 2, 2018)
Kinky Boots returns
ATLANTIS’ production of the musical that earned every Best Musical award including the Tony, the Grammy and London’s Olivier Award, returns with performances on March 2 to 18 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City. With music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, and directed by Bobby Garcia, Kinky Boots is about Charlie, a struggling shoe factory owner, who teams up with Lola, an entertainer to save the business. For tickets and schedules, visit TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 891-9999).
Comedy nights
COMEDY MANILA presents Funny Fridays: Can’t Stop Laughing at 8:30 p.m. every Friday at the Teatrino in Promenade Greenhills, San Juan. For tickets (P500) and schedules, visit TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 891-9999).
Silent Sky
REPERTORY PHILIPPINES presents Lauren Guderson’s Silent Sky from March 2 to 25 at the Onstage Theater in Greenbelt 1, Makati City. Directed by Joy Virata, the show tells the true story of astronomer Henrietta Levitt and her discovery of galaxies in the 1920s. For tickets and schedules, visit TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 891-9999).
Art Fair PHL
NOW ON its sixth year, Art Fair Philippines has expanded, with 51 local and international galleries taking over the The Link, Makati City car park until March 4. The fair is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. For information and tickets, visit https://artfairphilippines.com.
Doggie Run 2018
THE PET Express Doggie 1.5/3/5K Run 2018 will be held on March 3, 5:30 a.m., at SM Mall of Asia. Doggie race kits are priced at P600 and human race kits are priced at P450. For details, visit www.facebook.com/PetExpressPH/.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang RESORTS WORLD’s production of the children’s musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, about a family and their magical car, returns to the Newport Performing Arts Theater until March 18. Tickets and schedules are available at TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 891-9999).
PETA’s ’Night, Mother
PETA closes its 50th season with Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer-prize winning family drama, ’Night, Mother, featuring Eugene Domingo and Sherry Lara. The show runs until March 18 at the PETA Theater Center, No. 5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City. For tickets and schedules, visit TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 891-9999).
Himala: Isang Musikal
AICELLE SANTOS stars as Elsa, a young woman who is looked upon as a desperate town’s savior, in Himala: Isang Musikal, based on the 1982 Ishmael Bernal film starring Nora Aunor. The show runs until March 4 at the PowerMac Center Spotlight, Circuit Lane, Circuit Makati, Makati City. For tickets, visit TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 891-9999).
OPM musial revue
ARTIST PLAYGROUND’s Playlist TRACK 2: I Remember a Boy is an original musical revue featuring OPM classic hits, about a group of friends who reunite at a café they once frequented when they were college students. While reminiscing, they unearth feelings which were once laid to rest — will this reunion allow them to rekindle old flames and begin anew? Directed by Mariella Laurel, with musical director Jesse Lucas, it will be held at Arts Above, Artist Playground, 112 West Venue Bldg., West Ave., Quezon City on March 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m., with 3 p.m. matinees on March 3 and 10. Tickets (P1,200) are available at Ticketworld.