Nothing makes me smile more than witnessing a beautiful musicale. I remember watching The Lion King during a run in Singapore and it gave me goosebumps. So imagine my delight when Emil announced that he had tickets for a local production of Mamma Mia! at the R.S.M Event Center at the Philippine Women’s College.
Produced by the Indigent Children Educational Assistance Inc.(ICEA) Performing Arts in cooperation with the Divine Mercy Apostolate, Archdiocese of Davao, the musicale showcased the wonderful talents of Dabawenyos and their ability to stage a highly popular play that tickles every Dabawenyo’s joie de vie.
Mamma Mia! is a stage musicale based on the songs of ABBA familiar with the audience, some of whom sang along. Commendable where the performances by Conchita Romana Suarez as Donna in and Karen Rachel Simon as Sophie in their performance of Thank You for the Music.
I also tip my hat off to Diana Adtoon who played Tanya and Maria Amor Bacharpa playing Rosie. Their energetic performances added life and a little light humor to the play especially during their performances of Chiquitita and Dancing Queen.
I was just sad though that it would seem like the technical people manning the lights and sounds seem unfamiliar with their equipment leading to missing voices and missed spotlights, and this is why I commend the actors for playing on in spite of the glitches and ending their performance with a beautiful rendition of I Have a Dream.
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