Smart Infinity Presents Les Miserables in Manila

When word came out about the staging of Les Miserables in Manila, I was really looking forward to watch it at The Theater in Solaire. With a world class cast flying all the way from Australia and London, I only expected this to be the best musical I'm ever gonna be able watch in our country's soil. I think this isn't the first time but with all the improvements they probably put in through the years, this should be a grand spectacle that we Filipinos shouldn't miss!

I'm sure Cameron Mackintosh and the rest of his production would have been happy with the performances we watched during the press preview last Tuesday, let alone the whole show last night. He probably wouldn't have been surprised to know that people were either in the verge of tears or were already crying about how the ensemble cast portrayed their roles. The premium postpaid brand Smart Infinity made sure members had their perks first. We had dibs on tickets since last year and it's no different than when they did it with Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Wicked. Infinity subscribers of course were the first ones to get tickets to the show so you don't really need to line up like rest, now how's that for perks? Ha-ha!

Here's Rachelle Ann Go on Video as Fantine

The cast also includes London's West End based Rachelle Ann Go who took time out of that production so she could do it in the Philippines and perform in front of the hometown audience. She was unbelievable. I couldn't even imagine how perfect she was during the press preview, even more during the actual musical. You could feel her, even if I was in the balcony, looking down on stage, and that takes a lot of talent to do it. I had to pick up jaws of other people since she dropped most of it.

Here's their performance on video:

The story's given, but the actors and watching it live felt like you're watching a painting come to life. To put it into words, it was just surreal! I couldn't let my eyes off the stage as I might miss some of the sequences and important parts that I need to connect with the second act.

Here's my favorite scene on the barricade!

We also saw the cast in the afterparty hosted by Smart Infinity. Thank you so much to these people who made it possible to bring these world class shows and stage it on Philippine soil. Thank you Smart Infinity!

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Dingdong Dantes and his Dad for Ensure

I'm sure you've watched it several times on TV where the good looking Dingdong Dantes takes hold of his Father's bike and restored it. His Father though, even when extremely happy about that, felt a little helpless as he thinks he couldn't do the things he did when he was much younger. That picture just tells so much about Filipinos nowadays that when they reach the number 50, they think their poor physical condition could hamper fulfilling their dreams. It is known that in order to be in tip top shape, you need nutrition for strength and their own families to support them in order to achieve their goals. The question is, how do they achieve this goal? 

"Loss of strength is a sign of deterioration of health, when the body experiences loss of strength. 8 out 10 complain if they get out of hospitals when they go back home. The loss if lean body mass can be attributed to consuming only 60 percent or less of their nutritional requirements for a day, it makes them at risk for nutritional gaps. They should always ask their doctors to solve this." says Dr. Dimaano from Abbott Nutrition Philippines.

Dingdong says "I had real life experience in helping my father achieve his dreams. I knew back then, I had to do something when my Dad said he's too old to relive his passion for riding bikes. I had to refurbish my Dad's bike and remind him to rebuild energy + fitness, as his son I wanted to have the duty to remind him of his nutrition so he could live his life to the fullest."

Abbot Ensure has a balanced nutrient formula - made of three major nutrients plus 28 vitamins and minerals. It also has high protein content, prebiotics, good for those with lactose intolerance. It's good to have something help the elderly regain or maintain their strength, and drinking it twice a day for 8 weeks can get their muscle strength.

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Regine Topbills New GMA Show Poor Señorita

This afternoon was fun as GMA launches another fun series starring Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez. This is entitled Poor Señorita, where Regine plays a rich successful woman who was struck with news that she's dying and only got a few days to live. She later finds out that she was misdiagnosed but the problem is, she already gave away her wealth to charities, her relatives and signed it off already. Unfortunately, none of them were willing to give it back. Now, the Señorita only had the clothes on her back and nothing more. She's now as poor as a rat.

Caught Regine lined up on the way to the press conference. I must say, she's still gorgeous and fun as always. She said she enjoys making comedy shows and this is but a welcome treat. Aside from that, she gets to work with really great people like Jaya, Snooky Serna, and the rest of the cast!

Caught these two looking so cute! It's the first prince and princess of Starstruck Season 6. Elison looks so happy now that he's given a break. He's also going to be paired with the lovely Ayra Mariano. It's also his first time to work with GMA's biggest stars and he only wants to do good and show his best foot forward. 

This is the first time Mikael Daez is working with Ms. Regine and says he's been wanting to do that because his guestings in Sarap Diva (Regine's cooking show) didn't push through. Regine also said Nate was asking why she's kissing Mikael in the trailer but explains she's just abusing him, a joke obviously from the Songbird. Regine wants to know first hand the personality of the character so she also adds that she had to ask about what direction they're taking the character. She has to be more animated since it's a comedy even if their peg was Devil Wears Prada. It's situational and says it's a bit hard to make people laugh. This is also for family viewing, so they don't really stress out doing the show. They made it light on purpose says the director. 

I'm also happy that Sheena Halili's back and playing the role of Regine's assistant. She's a bit quirky, fails at times, but still does good things. Regine says she's thankful for GMA giving her 4 years to spend with her son. It was enough time to mold her son she says and this is the time that she's going to work on a project that is this BIG. It's a wonderful soap and she's happy to see new people, reconnect with the old people and hopes the ones at home would be able to appreciate it. It's going to show right after 24 ORAS. 

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