Paolo Montalban Will Join Filipino Performers for December Benefit Concert

By Andrew Gans
30 Nov 2009

Paolo Montalban
Paolo Montalban

Paolo Montalban, who was seen on Broadway in the revivals of Pacific Overtures and The King and I, will lend his voice to help raise money for the victims of the recent Ondoy and Pepeng typhoons in the Philippines.

Entitled Balikbayan, the benefit concert will be held Dec. 3 at 7 PM at The Philippine Center in Manhattan. Montalban will be joined onstage by several Filipino artists, including Enrico Rodriguez, Alan Ariano, Joanne Javien, Marc Delacruz and Olivia Oguma as well as cast members from the recent Off-Broadway musical Imelda: A New Musical.

The evening will feature direction by Billy Bustamante and music direction by Devin Iilaw.

This concert, according to press notes, will focus on "providing relief and rehabilitation to various victims of the typhoon including families, students and small businesses. All proceeds are coursed through Ayala Foundation-USA."

Tickets, priced $25 and $75, are available at http://broadwaybarkada.eventbrite.com. The Philippine Center is located at 556 Fifth Avenue (between 45th and 46th Street).