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One More Chance, The Musical is based on the motion picture One More Chance (2007), produced by ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc.
One More Chance is a popular Filipino romantic drama film released in 2007. The movie tells the story of Popoy (John Lloyd Cruz) and Basha (Bea Alonzo), a couple whose long-term relationship faces numerous challenges.
PETA’s musical adaptation not only brings the iconic love story of Popoy and Basha to life but also creates a more nuanced and expanded experience for audiences, thanks to Ben&Ben's poetic, emotionally charged, and LSS-inducing songs. The musical includes the band’s smash hits “Kathang Isip,” “Araw-Araw,” “Leaves,” and “Paninidigan Kita,” to name a few.
With the stage play adaptation, we relive the moments of the central characters with much more intimacy, intensity, dimension, and perspective. Here we see them in the flesh; we are with them in the same room, watching them and seeing what goes behind every choice made and chance taken or not taken by the characters we all love so well.
The musical features the songs of the massively popular and award-winning Filipino nine-piece band, Ben&Ben.
One More Chance, The Musical is slated to run from April 12–June 30, 2024, at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City. The musical is presented by PETA and co-presented by Metrobank and Robinsons Malls.
Overview
One More Chance is a classic and an icon. Loved by a generation that saw themselves in Popoy, Basha, and the many friends and lovers that came into their lives. In them, we saw how a seemingly picture-perfect and solid relationship can easily crumble when the small cracks are ignored, or worse, covered up. With Popoy, we learned that giving your best doesn’t mean you won’t get your heart broken, and with Basha, we hoped to be chosen once again for another chance for a better kind of love. In the present context, this story about taking chances and living life without regrets resonates more than ever.
A chance to get closer
The intimacy of theater and the nuanced expression
Hope, love, and chances. These are sentiments that don’t escape us, sentiments that were captured so well by One More Chance because of how the film provided a closer look at a couple growing into themselves as individuals, and as lovers. Now, with the stage play adaptation, we relive the moments of Popoy and Basha with much more intimacy, as lent by the theater. To see them in the flesh, to be with them in one room goes beyond what cinema captured. In this version, we not only show the nuanced and expanded experience of the couple but also their friends, the Thursday barkada—the level-headed Kenneth and Krizzy and their couple goals, the jovial Chino and his heartbreak, tough-loving Anj’s tenacity, and carefree JP’s adventures as a playboy. We can also look into the people who were there for the protagonists at their lowest, Mark and Tricia.
Beyond Love
Behind the choices and chances
A musical provides the avenue to pick the characters’ hearts and minds, for their inner monologues to be heard in song as they make their choices. With the adaptation, the relevant themes and issues presented in the film can be further explored. More than the relationship,
Popoy and Basha’s struggles were also tied up to the expectations shouldered by the age group they belonged to—young professionals making a name for themselves; breaking boundaries in society while establishing their own; expectations from family; expectations to hit the ground running in a rat race that diminishes the self and self-care. These, along with the interrogation of how one handles pressure, pain, heartbreak, and depression, among others, are possibilities the stage play could accommodate.
Cast:
Sam Concepcion as Popoy
CJ Navato as Popoy
Anna Luna as Basha
Nicole Omillo as Basha
Kiara Takahashi as Tricia
Sheena Belarmino as Tricia
Jef Flores as Mark
Jay Gonzaga as Mark
Ada Tayao as Krizzy
Rica Laguardia as Krizzy
Poppert Bernadas as Kenneth
Paji Arceo as Kenneth
Via Antonio as Anj
Dippy Arceo as Anj
Jon Abella as JP
Johnnie Moran as Chinno
Chez Cuenca as Helen/Guia/Roselle
Coleen Paz as Helen/Guia/Roselle
JC Galano as Francis/Mr.Tan
Matthew Barbers as Francis/Mr.Tan
Neomi Gonzales as Rose/Edith
Carla Guevara Laforteza as Rose/Edith
Raul Montesa as Bert/Willie
Floyd Tena as Bert/Willie
Hazel Maranan as Elvie
Icon for an icon
Bridging generations with music
As an iconic film, One More Chance is only befitting of the iconic music that is Ben&Ben.
Their songs capture the emotional angst that will bring the scenes of the movie to the ‘now’.
The music of Ben&Ben reflects the brokenness of a person and his or her journey to heal from it and come out stronger. Their music is a fitting anthem to the film that embodies just those. This coming together of cinema, music, and live performance aims to be a heartwarming welcome for Filipinos back to the theater, for one more chance at love, healing, and the songs that go along with it.
Ben&Ben has endeared itself to many with their heartfelt lyrics, unique musicality, and their electric vibe onstage. In the prime of their youth, the band is keen on dedicating themselves to bringing richness to the music they create through songs of hope, love and positivity.
In a few years’ time, folk-pop collective Ben&Ben has maintained a level of cultural relevance that earned its place in the history of contemporary Philippine music. The award-winning band rose to prominence with heartfelt anthems that define an entire generation and show-stopping performances that mesmerize the audiences from all over the world.
For three years, the dynamic young band emerged as the most streamed OPM Artist and Group in the Philippines, being the first Filipino act to surpass more than a billion streams. In addition to this game-changing feat, Ben&Ben has averaged nearly three million monthly listeners on Spotify, and eclipsed its previous record by simultaneously charting a total of 10 songs on the platform’s Top 50.
Ben & Ben is a 9-piece band from the Philippines, composed of:
● Twin brothers Miguel Benjamin and Paolo Benjamin on acoustic guitars and vocals
● Poch Barretto on electric guitar
● Keifer Cabugao on violin
● Andrew De Pano and Toni Muñoz on percussion
● Pat Lasaten on keyboards
● Agnes Reoma on bass
● Jam Villanueva on drums
Show dates:
April 12 - June 30, 2024
📌 PETA Theater Center
Matinee Shows - 2:00 pm
Evening Shows - 7:30 pm
TICKETS
VIP - 3,000
Orchestra Center - 2,500
Orchestra Side - 2,200
Balcony Center - 2,500
Balcony Side - 1,500
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