Everybody’s concern when Stages announced Christian Bautista’s role as Tony in West Side Story is if he can dance. Christian is a self-admitted non-dancer so how will he tackle the part. Stages President Audi Gemora explained, “There are singing roles and and dancing roles in West Side Story,” shared Audi with Karylle doing Maria alternating with Joanna Ampil. “Christian’s role is a singing role that does not require him to dance.” Whoah, that’s comforting to know! But this does not mean he’s dancing-free. This new production will be faithful to the original Broadway choreography of Jerome Robbins as Audi revealed to BuzzBox. He said, “We have this book that details every dance movement in the musical.” According to Karylle, Christian has a dancing—nah, swaying part—in a song number. For this part, he took dance lessons. To stage in Meralco Theater from Sept. to Oct., West Side Story is directed by Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo with Gerald Salonga conducting the FILharmoniKa orchestra. Tickets from P500 to P1,200 are available at Ticket World (891-9999) and Stages (818-1111).
Source: Yehey! Entertainment
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