Red Turnip Theater Opens New Season With ‘Musical’ Play “33 Variations”

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33 Variations by Moises Kaufman is a musical play about the story of renowned musicologist Katherine Brandt. A mother coming to terms with her daughter. A composer coming to terms with his genius. It is a story of mothers and daughters and the legacies we long to leave behind.

The plot sets a fraught mother-daughter relationship to late music by Beethoven's “Diabelli” Variations, a piano work that riffs daringly and expansively on a seemingly pedestrian waltz written by the Viennese music publisher Anton Diabelli.

It is a sort of cultural-metaphysical detective story somewhere between a biographical psychodrama and a time-traveling, serious playfulness. The play moves between past and present, as Katherine pursues her sleuthing among a collection of manuscripts in the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Germany.

The play opens on July 24 and runs weekends until August 23 at Whitespace, Makati. Jenny Jamora, theater actress and Red Turnip's Theater co-founder,  also makes her directorial debut here.

Below is the official press release of Red Turnip Theater's new third season opener:

Manila Improv Festival 2015 To Be Held On July 2-12

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Silly People’s Improv Theatre (SPIT) is the country’s premiere improvisational theatre group known for their smart and incisive brand of comedy. Considered as one of the best improv comedy troupes in Asia, SPIT has had almost a thousand performances in the last decade to both local and international audiences whose combined numbers easily run up to the thousand. SPIT has represented the Philippines in the Los Angeles, Beijing and Hong Kong Comedy Festivals, and the Improv Festivals in New York and Chicago, and more recently, the Amsterdam Improv Festival in January of this year.

Improvisational theatre is a form of theatre where scenes are co-created by the audience and the actors in real time, without the benefit of a script or prior rehearsals for the performers. Because of this method, watching an improvised theatre show is more akin to performance art due to its non-conventional approach. 

This year, Manila International Improv Festival 2015 is happening on July 2-12, 2015. This performance art festival is a partnership with two prominent Philippine institutions. Silliman University in Dumaguete will host our Tropical Improv Camp from July 2-5, and the Philippine Educational Theatre Association (PETA) will be our partner venue where all theatre performances will be held on July 8-12, 2015.

 

Blue Bloods Season 5 Premieres on 2 July at AXN

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As Danny and Baez escort confiscated drugs to a remote location for incineration, their convoy is attacked and Baez is seriously injured, leaving Danny to track down the drug cartel responsible. Meanwhile, Frank must carefully navigate personal and political waters when an exemplary lieutenant's actions cause controversy for the NYPD, on the fifth season premiere of BLUE BLOODS.

BLUE BLOODS is a drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York City Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Commissioner.

A source of pride and concern for Frank is his eldest son Danny, a seasoned detective, family man, and Iraqi War vet who on occasion uses dubious tactics to solve cases. The sole Reagan woman in the family, Erin, is a N.Y. Assistant D.A. and single parent, who also serves as the legal compass for her siblings and father.