It’s nice to start the weekend by heading to the theater. Tonight Manila offers two musical productions that we can choose from. Tickets are available at the gate and i suggest that be there at least 45 min. before show time. Oh remember its Friday weekend traffic!!!

The Fantasticks
In a clever reverse of the Romeo and Juliet story, two fathers named Hucklebee and Bellamy who in a well-meaning attempt to spark a romance between their children devise a plan in which they pretend to feud. A story of growing up and facing the sometime cruelty of the real world and in the process, finding that love was waiting in your own backyard. Showing on July 3- 26 on Fridays & Saturdays, 8PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:30PM at Onstage, Greenbelt One. For details, please contact 0915-923965 or 0917-8030801 or email mika.sarmiento@yahoo.com or samanthadavid@gmail.com.

Spelling Bee
This hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of 6 adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. A quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. On July 3, 5 & 12, 8PM at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium. For details, please call Ticketworld at 891-5610.

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