PhotosPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: The Here Lies Love Files! Billy Bustamante's Red-Hot Portraits of Our Favorite Children of the PhilippinesHere Lies Love, the thrilling immersive experience charting the rise and fall of Imelda Marcos, ends its New York run Jan. 4. Cast member Billy Bustamante, also an accomplished photographer, introduces every member of the multi-talented ensemble through this series of stunning portraits. Congrats on a brilliant run, Fabulous Ones!
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: The Here Lies Love Files! Billy Bustamante's Red-Hot Portraits of Our Favorite Children of the Philippines
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: The Here Lies Love Files! Billy Bustamante's Red-Hot Portraits of Our Favorite Children of the Philippines
Here Lies Love, the thrilling immersive experience charting the rise and fall of Imelda Marcos, ends its New York run Jan. 4. Cast member Billy Bustamante, also an accomplished photographer, introduces every member of the multi-talented ensemble through this series of stunning portraits. Congrats on a brilliant run, Fabulous Ones!
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Hey Playbill! Hope you enjoy getting to know the cast of Here Lies Love! I've loved photographing these beautiful people!
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Let's start with our original Imelda, Ruthie Ann Miles!
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She's since passed on her dancing shoes but catch her next year in Siam! wink, wink
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Next up, the one and only, Jose Llana! He heats up the disco every night as Ferdinand Marcos!
Here's our favorite "child of the Philippines, Conrad Ricamora! He inspires us to rise up every night as Ninoy Aquino.
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He's also headed to Siam after this. You can also catch him on TV every thursday night!
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This is Maria-Christina Oliveras.
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Among other things, she did this in the show. And it was amazing.
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Here is the lovely, Melody Butiu!
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Breaking hearts as Estrella eight times a week.
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The ever- fierce Natalie Cortez...
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She is even more fierce than those yellow pumps!
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This is Kelvin Moon Loh! Our original DJ!
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He misses us so much! But you can catch him in Side Show till Jan 4th!
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Who's that?!?! It's George Salazar!
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King of the sparkle smize!
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Here is Vincent Rodriguez, one of our original Swings!
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His party with Here Lies Love is over for now but he is having a ball ringing the bells of Notre Dame!
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Here she is, everyone! Our new Imelda, Jaygee Macapugay!
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Come let her guide you through this awesome show. You won't regret it.
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This is Renee Albulario! Our wonderfully sweet Dance Captain!
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Well… Maybe not that sweet.
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And this is her right hand…woman! Assistant Dance Captian and Super Swing, Carol Angeli!
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She's always looking out for us. We call her our Guardian Angeli.
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Here's another addition to our Swing team, Aaron Albano!
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He's pretty fierce.
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This is the lovely Debralee Daco! "It's Daco like taco!"
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Come party with her!
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Now onto the ever sparkling Enrico Rodriguez!
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That hang time, though!
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This is the enchanting Janelle Velasquez
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Working a flag is just one of her many talents.
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HEY YOU GUYS! It's Tobias Wong! Our new DJ!
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He's very quickly made Club Millennium his turf!
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Here is one of our past swings, Julian Leong
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He's not with us anymore but he's still got those moves!
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This is our newest cast member, Kristian Espiritu! She is killing it every night!
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This is Jeigh Madjus
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He's our resident Canadian!
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Now onto Rob Laqui!
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Another valuable addition to our Swing team!
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Here is our final Swing/ Imelda cover, Diane Phelan
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She is also a wonderful Photographer! She helped set up the shots of...
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ME! Billy Bustamante!
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This show has had me dancing for joy for the past nine months! It's been the best gig of my life and I'll always be grateful for this wonderful, beautiful, talented cast! Come check us out through Jan. 4th!
The initial Public Theater production began performances on April 2, 2013 and ended its four-time extended run July 28, 2013.
The current production began performances again at The Public on April 14, 2014 with an official opening date of May 1. It will end its engagement January 3, 2015. The musical also opened Oct. 13 in London at the new Dorfman Theatre, under the auspices of the National Theatre. Though the New York run will come to an end, according to press notes, "plans are underway, with casting this month, for the Australian premiere as the centerpiece of the Vivid Sydney Festival in May 2015 as well as a US national touring production which will begin in San Francisco. Performances of the show are also projected for South America, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and even the Phillipines."
Tony nominee Alex Timbers (Rocky, Peter and the Starcatcher) stages the 90-minute, immersive musical, which centers around the First Lady of the Philippines. The original Public Theater production of Here Lies Love was critically acclaimed and extended four times during its initial run.
Set within a dance-club atmosphere, theatregoers stand and move with the actors for the duration of the show. Here Lies Love has music by David Byrne of The Talking Heads and DJ Fatboy Slim, with lyrics by Byrne.
The new, open-ended commercial run is produced by Joey Parnes and Emursive (Randy Weiner, Arthur Karpati, Jonathan Hochwald).
The production received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical; an Obie Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics; Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music, Lighting Design and Projection Design and Theatre World Awards for Ruthie Ann Miles (Imelda Marcos) and Conrad Ricamora (Aquino). It was recently nominated for a record 11 Lucille Lortel Awards.
According to the Public, "Within a pulsating dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos retracing her meteoric rise from childhood to her subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. Here Lies Love is neither a period piece nor a biography, neither a play nor a traditional musical but a wholly immersive theatrical event combining songs influenced by four decades of dance music, adrenaline-fueled choreography, and a remarkable 360-degree scenic and video environment to go beyond Imelda’s near-mythic obsession with shoes and explore the true tragic consequences of power and responsibility."
Here Lies Love has set design by David Korins, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Justin Townsend, sound design by M. L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, and projection design by Peter Nigrini. Annie-B Parson is choreographer.
Tickets range from $99-$139. For more info, visit herelieslove.com.
