Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical will make its Philippine premiere in April 2027 at the Proscenium Theater in Rockwell, Makati. Official logos courtesy of 9 Works Theatrical. Manila theater already has one of its biggest 2027 titles, and we do not even have a cast yet. 9 Works Theatrical is bringing Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical to Manila for its Philippine premiere in April 2027 at the Proscenium Theater in Rockwell, Makati. Yes, Manila is going to Arendelle. The musical is based on Disney’s 2013 animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Filipino-American composer Robert Lopez, and a book by Jennifer Lee. It also arrives with a built-in problem for whoever stages it: almost everyone already knows what Frozen is supposed to look, sound, and feel like. Frozen Manila 2027: what has been announced Production: Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical Producer: 9 Works Theatrical Venue: Proscenium Theater, Rockwel...

At a glance: On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan is entering the final stretch of its Manila run at the Proscenium Theater in Rockwell Center, Makati. Presented by Rockwell and 9 Works Theatrical, the production stars Kayla Rivera and Molly Langley, alternating as Gloria Estefan, opposite Cuban-American actor Jason Canela as Emilio Estefan. The Manila production of On Your Feet! brings the music, movement, and story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan to the Proscenium Theater. Photo courtesy of Rockwell. If a production is selling Gloria Estefan, it has to look like it can move. The Manila staging does. On Your Feet! arrives with bright lights, a full ensemble, bodies constantly in motion, and stage pictures that seem to come with their own rhythm. It pushes toward the edges of the Proscenium Theater stage without losing the people at the center of the music. That movement is part of what makes the production work. Audiences arr...

Photo by Saul de Jesus / Unsaulicited Video via YouTube At the July 8 Preview Night of 9 Works Theatrical’s On Your Feet! , the show did not immediately explode the way a Gloria Estefan musical is expected to. It was polished. It was colorful. It had the shape of a production ready to burst. But at first, it felt slower than expected. The rhythm was there, but the emotional pulse still felt like it was waiting for the right number to unlock it. Then Anything For You happened. That was when the production finally found its heart. Not because the number was the loudest or the biggest, but because it gave Gloria the space to be felt. Kayla Rivera settled into the moment beautifully, with the blending from Gloria’s sister Rebecca giving the song an added layer of warmth. It was tender, clear, and exactly the point where the show started to pick up completely. From there, On Your Feet! became the show it was trying to become. Kayla Rivera sh...

The stage before the June 12 press preview of YEMAYA at The Black Box at The Proscenium Theater. Photo by Saul de Jesus / Unsaulicited. The best way to enter YEMAYA is not to demand a map. It is to allow yourself to believe, even for a while, that its world exists. At its June 12 press preview, 9 Works Theatrical’s YEMAYA did not build every corner of that world for the audience. Instead, it invited us to become active participants in imagining it: the fictional province of Magdalena, the city beyond it, the waters leading toward an idealized America, and the uncertain possibilities waiting past the shore. That trust is one of the production’s strengths. YEMAYA taps into a part of the psyche that adulthood often teaches us to suppress. It puts us through the paces of childlike wonder, shock, hope, fantasy, and the unexpected. It allows the story to unravel without immediately explaining every bend in the journey. At times, it...

Thinking of catching YEMAYA with someone? Ticket2Me has made the invitation a little easier. Ticket2Me and 9 Works Theatrical are offering an Independence Day Flash Promo for selected performances of YEMAYA at The Black Box at The Proscenium Theater in Rockwell Makati. Purchase one ticket and receive another ticket free. Not every show is included, so this is one of those promos worth reading past the headline. The deal applies only to four selected performances and runs until June 12, 2026, at 12:00 PM . YEMAYA Ticket2Me Promo: What to Know Offer Buy one YEMAYA ticket and get another ticket free Deadline June 12, 2026, at 12:00 PM Selected shows June 13, June 14, June 27, and July 4 Venue The Black Box at The Proscenium Theater, Rockwell Center, Makati City Booking platform Ticket2Me Which YEMAYA shows are included in the Ticket2Me promo? The buy-one-get-one-free offer is available for the following YEMAYA performances: Performance Date Show Time June 13, 2026, Saturday 7:...

Kayla Rivera and Molly Langley alternate as Gloria Estefan, with Jason Canela as Emilio Estefan, in On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan . Image courtesy of 9 Works Theatrical and Rockwell. Manila Theater News On Your Feet! Manila now has its Emilio Estefan. Cuban-American actor Jason Canela will reprise the role of the producer and music visionary behind the rise of Gloria Estefan when On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan opens on July 10, 2026, at The Proscenium Theater, Rockwell Center, Makati City. Canela joins Kayla Rivera and Molly Langley, who will alternate as Gloria Estefan , in the upcoming 9 Works Theatrical production. The casting gives the Manila staging an Emilio with roots in the story he will be telling. Canela previously played the role in the Miami regional premiere of On Your Feet! , becoming the first Cuban actor to portray Emilio Estefan onstage. Six yea...

Original On Your Feet! Manila poster. Courtesy of Rockwell and 9 Works Theatrical. Review update, September 7, 2026: Our On Your Feet! review with Kayla Rivera covers the July 8, 2026 preview performance. The cast announcement below includes both alternate Glorias; the review is specific to Rivera's performance. Schedule and ticket details below are from the original announcement. Kayla Rivera and Molly Langley were announced as alternate Gloria Estefans in the Manila staging of On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan . Rockwell and 9 Works Theatrical’s June 4, 2026 cast release set out both performers’ backgrounds and the company joining them. The production was announced as the musical’s Southeast Asian premiere, with a July 10 to August 2, 2026 run at The Proscenium Theater, Rockwell Center, Makati City. This article preserves that cast announcement. The linked review assesses Rivera’s preview performance and does not assess Langley in the role. Kayla Rivera...

YEMAYA title artwork and Bituin Escalante. Courtesy of 9 Works Theatrical; photo by Lee Morale. Review update, September 7, 2026: Read our YEMAYA review , based on the June 12, 2026 press preview of the play. The cast announcement below retains its original schedule and ticket information. Bituin Escalante was announced as Yemaya/Inay in 9 Works Theatrical’s YEMAYA , with Tommy Alejandrino and Benedix Ramos alternating as Jesus/Mulo, and Sheena Belarmino and Ness Roque alternating as Maya. The production uses Filipino text by Eljay Castro Deldoc, based on Yemaya’s Belly by Quiara Alegría Hudes, with Ed Lacson Jr. directing and designing the set. The original run was announced for June 13 to July 5, 2026 at The Black Box at The Proscenium Theater, Rockwell, Makati. This article records the April 29 cast announcement and its accompanying biographies. It does not assess the alternate casts’ performances. Hudes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, also wrote the book for In the Heig...