The longest-running original Filipino musical “Rak of Aegis” will be available on paid streaming this July, the culmination of Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (Peta) shift to the digital platform while live theater is indefinitely on hold.
Written by Liza Magtoto and directed by Maribel Legarda, “Rak of Aegis” has been Peta’s sold-out workhorse for seven seasons. Audiences have watched—and rewatched—the impoverished community of Barangay Venezia sing hit songs of the ’90s band Aegis. Birit videoke songs got the theater treatment, with the musical direction and arrangement of Myke Salomon.
With creative choreography by Gio Gahol, the impressive set by …
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