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Nino in The Band’s Visit MNL

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Last March 2020, Atlantis Theatrical was set to open the curtain on Bet Hatikva and The Band’s Visit. A beautiful story about human connection and commonality between even the most unlikely of cultures. The Band’s Tale is the story of an Egyptian Police Band that gets stranded in a tiny Israeli town and must spend the night, getting to know and connect with the locals in the process. The Tony award-winning musical features music by David Yazbek and book by Itamar Moses based on a 2007 Israeli film of the same name. The Atlantis production was under the direction of Bobby Garcia.

“Words can’t express how happy I was to join this cast and this beautiful show,” Nino recalls. “The music is exceptional and the story is so poignant. Especially now, when we tend to feel divided and apart. It reminds us that we are all connected.”

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Nino shines in Waitress MNL

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Last November, Atlantis Theatrical staged the first international production of the hit Broadway show Waitress. The musical, a close adaptation of the 2007 film of the same name, is a current Broadway favorite with book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles. The show tells the story of Jenna (Joanna Ampil), a diner waitress with an incredible talent for baking pies as she, along with her friends and co-workers Becky (Bituin Escalante) and Dawn (Maronne Cruz), navigate life, love, and Jenna’s unwanted pregnancy.

Nino was ecstatic to join the Waitress MNL cast as Ogie – the eccentric and kindhearted suitor of quirky Dawn. He was immediately drawn to Ogie’s fun and memorable musical numbers and dove head first into this scene-stealing hilarious character.

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Once Upon a Mattress

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This January 20-22, 2017, Nino joins Ephesus Teatron Group, Inc.’s production of the hilarious Broadway musical Once Upon a Mattress at the Tanghalang Yaman Lahi Theater, Emilio Aguinaldo College and directed by Steven Conde.

Once Upon a Mattress features Music by Mary Rodgers and Lyrics by Marshall Barer and Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller . It is based on the fairytale The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen.

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