Imelda, A New Musical
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 30, 2009
Closed Oct 18, 2009
Opened Sep 30, 2009
Closed Oct 18, 2009
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre presents the East Coast premiere of Imelda, A New Musical, featuring a book by Sachi Oyama, music by Nathan Wang and lyrics by Aaron Coleman. Tim Dang directs.
Imelda is a portrait of the ambitious and controversial woman often referred to as "The Steel Butterfly." The musical spans the 1940s to 1980s, the pivotal years after The Philippines gained its independence. Imelda Marcos wanted to set her country as an equal player on the world stage and gain the respect of the world.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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RE:Simply wonderful!
Great show. My wife and I went to see it and its one of the best musicals weve seen in a long time. The music is the outstanding element of Imelda. Brilliant compositions that reflect the decades in which this controversial figure lived keeps changing, and is never really stuck in one mode. Theres passion behind the ballads, toe-tapping disco numbers and downright catching powerful numbers that make you sit up in your seats, one song after another. The other outstanding element is the cast. The actress portraying Imelda is awesome; shes able to capture the youthful girl, the ambitious bitch, the conniving witch and the manipulating wife with conviction.
Definitely worth seeing; I hope to see Imelda on a bigger stage, with a bigger cast, and a larger band. It deserves to be on and not off-broadway.
Reviewed by stickybuns
on Tuesday, Sep 29th, 2009
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"Well, if it worked for Evita..." These words are heard at no point during Imelda, the new musical about Imelda Marcos now at the Julia Miles Theater, courtesy of Pan-Asian Rep, yet they echo throughout this muddled expose of the former glamorous first lady of the Philippines. Unfortunately, this portrait won't do for either its subject or its creators what Evita did. Still, this insight-free musical manages to do something original: in touring through Marcos' life, it pulls off the rather bizarre feat of conflating Evita with Mary Poppins.
For those who know Imelda best for her fetishistic commitment to high fashion, the musical handily comes in on that note, singing of "the shoe mystiq[...]