Brothers, sisters, uncles, nephews, husbands, wives and titas unite in Ma-Buhay, the long-awaited, all-Filipino musical that opens the season at Rainbow Stage on June 27. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Brothers, sisters, uncles, nephews, husbands, wives and titas unite in Ma-Buhay, the long-awaited, all-Filipino musical that opens the season at Rainbow Stage on June 27. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Brothers, sisters, uncles, nephews, husbands, wives and titas unite in Ma-Buhay, the long-awaited, all-Filipino musical that opens the season at Rainbow Stage on June 27.
Rainbow Stage June 26-July 14 Tickets $37 — $66 at Inspired by dramatic televised singing competitions and his own life as a wide-eyed musical theatre kid from Winnipeg with hopes of making it big, writer-director Joseph Sevillo’s tentpole project was always about relatives. In development for six years, Ma-Buhay drew significant inspiration from Sevillo’s late mother, Teresita, who he says embraced and encouraged his professional dreams from the time he stepped on Rainbow Stage as a 13-year-old in a 2003 production of South Pacific. “Family is everything,” says Sevillo, who gets to direct his 10-year-old nephew Jordan in the production.
“The whole story is just different parts of my life with my family, hidden behind these fictional characters. Everything you watch in the show is drawn from my own experi.
