‘Alikabok’ Musical to be Staged at Newport World Resorts in August 2027
Newport World Resorts, in association with Full House Theater Company (FHTC) and Culturtain Musicat Productions, has announced the return of Alikabok more than 30 years after the original Filipino musical was first staged.
Featuring music by National Artist Ryan Cayabyab, the production draws inspiration from Juan Luna’s painting La Bulaqueña. The new production opens in August 2027 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater.
A reworking of the original 1997 production, Alikabok is the fictional tale of Visitacion “Bising” Vallejo, a beautiful young heiress from the 1800s whose character is based on Luna’s La Bulaqueña. She falls in love on the eve of the revolution and, like so many women of the time, joins the Katipunan to fight for her country.
Told through the eyes of her Fil-Am descendant Asia, Bising’s story unfolds as Asia discovers her letters in the ancestral Vallejo home. Piece by piece, Asia slowly puts together the legacy of her family, her home, and her country. But time is running out, as her mother Anna wants to sever her last tie to the Philippines by selling the Vallejo home, and Asia desperately races to complete Bising’s story before it’s lost forever.
The revival is part of FHTC’s 2027 theater season, which also includes the Manila staging of & Juliet, the Tony Award-nominated jukebox musical that reimagines what might have happened if Juliet had survived the ending of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Casting, creative team, performance dates, and ticketing details for Alikabok will be announced soon.
Full House Theater Company is the in-house production arm of Travellers Group, developing and presenting shows at Newport World Resorts and the soon-to-open Westside Resort.
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