Mula sa Buwan is an original Filipino musical based on Edmond Rostand’s timeless classic Cyrano de Bergerac. However, this is not your usual Cyrano. Although it retains the plot of unrequited love, question of beauty and the relentless battle against compromise, the beloved story has been reimagined to tell a more familiar story: OURS.
Now set in 1940’s Manila, the musical now features wide-eyed dreamers, fools, and misfits where harana, kundiman, together with passion and genuine friendships abound! Through wit, stories, and music, they dream and fight for their place in an ever-changing city. However, when war strikes, love, ideals, and truth are all tested–the young now forced to suddenly “grow up”.
The musical moves to a time after the war, to a field of rubble, of forgotten memories, of heroes lost in a country struggling to survive. At the center of it all is the unrequited and heartbreaking love story between the poet Cyrano, his beloved Roxane, and the kind-hearted Christian.
Created by Pat Valera and William Elvin Manzano in 2010, Mula sa Buwan has been staged numerous times with each version (GSIS Theater; 2011, Irwin Theater; 2016, Arete; 2018) becoming ever more spectacular—without losing the raging love of the play.
PRODUCERS: Barefoot Theatre Collaborative (BTC)
WHERE: Samsung Performing Arts Theater, Circuit Makati
WHEN: AUGUST 26—SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 (THIRTEEN SHOWS ONLY)
August 26, 2022 – 7:30 PM — OPENING NIGHT
August 27, 2022 – 7:30 PM
August 28, 2022 – 7:30 PM
September 2, 2022 – 7:30 PM
September 3, 2022 – 2:00 PM
September 3, 2022 – 7:30 PM
September 4, 2022 – 2:00 PM
September 4, 2022 – 7:30 PM
September 9, 2022 – 7:30 PM
September 10, 2022 – 2:00 PM
September 10, 2022 – 7:30 PM
September 11, 2022 – 2:00 PM
September 11, 2022 – 7:30 PM — CLOSING NIGHT
WHO: Book & Direction by Pat Valera
Original Lyrics by William Elvin Manzano & Pat Valera
Original Music by William Elvin Manzano
Based on Edmond Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Soc Rodrigo’s Filipino translation
Featuring: Myke Salomon as Cyrano
Gab Pangilinan as Roxane
Markki Stroem as Christian
Now, on its final version, we invite you to join us as we all journey to the moon! For inquires, visit mulasabuwan.com, ticketworld.com.ph or mulasabuwan.com/tickets
