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After Imelda, the acclaimed documentary,
comes Imelda the musical.
East West Players, the leading Asian American theatre company
in the USA, will stage the world premiere of a musical on
Imelda Marcos in May next year.
Tim Dang, East West Players’ artistic director who will
also direct the production, said in an exclusive interview
with Inquirer Entertainment that Imelda will concentrate on
the “time when she (Imelda) ran for Miss Manila to when
she and Marcos were flown to Hawaii”.
Imelda will cap the 2004-2005 season of the Los Angeles-based
East West Players, which has trained numerous stage artists
who have gone on to win Tony Awards, Academy Awards, Obie
Awards, Emmy Awards and Theater LA Ovation Awards. The troupe
is acknowledged as the oldest and one of the most influential
Asian American theatre companies in the USA.
Dang said the musical “will have the tone of Evita with
more light and funny parts. It will be reality-based but theatre
can bring a magical and surreal touch that film or TV cannot
present. I look forward to exploring that magical part of
the musical.”
“We will have open auditions for all parts sometime
in January,” Dang announced. Asked about the plum title
role, which could be the role of a lifetime for whoever is
cast, he said: “We have not cast the role of Imelda
yet but we hope to cast someone who has celebrity (status)
in the USA along with the power, charm and beauty of Imelda.”
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