Oliver recently received a master's degree in public relations and corporate communication from New York University while serving as regional editor for BroadwayWorld.com.
Over the past 18 years, Oliver has been handling public relations and corporate communication for numerous brands (including Pepsi), Broadway shows, Broadway stars, non-profit organizations, and mainstream celebrities.
He also teaches public relations at De La Salle University-Manila.
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 BWW Reviews: 4 STARS Concert With Lea, Sierra, Ramin, And Yu
June 17, 2013
Putting together on one stage Lea Salonga, Ramin Karimloo, and Sierra Boggess sounds such a completely stellar idea; but, when examined closely, it is quite tricky. Given the varied theater credits under their names, one would have to carefully consider what type of show--in a concert form--would showcase their vocal abilities in a way that they need not upstage one another. To make things more interesting, or complicated, what if you would include Japan's very own TV and theater star Yu Shirota in the already mixed bag of performers? How will he fit in?
 FREEZE FRAME: Backstage with Lea Salonga, Sierra Boggess, Ramin Karimloo, and Yu Shirota
June 16, 2013
'4 Stars: One of Broadway Musicals Concert' headliners Sierra Boggess ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), Lea Salonga ('Miss Saigon,' 'Les Miserables'), Ramin Karimloo ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), and Yu Shirota ('Prince of Tennis,' 'Sailor Moon') posed for a snapshot for Jeffrey Aguiman and Tin Samson, BroadwayWorld.com correspondents from Manila, backstage at Aoyama Theatre (5-53-1 Jingumae, Shibuyaku-ku) earlier today.
 Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dayanara Torres at 200 CARTAS Premiere
June 14, 2013
'200 Cartas,' a bilingual romantic comedy film, written and directed by Bruno Irizarry ('The Rum Diary,' 'Shut Up And Do It!'), which stars Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and 1993 Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, held its world premiere at United Palace of Cultural Arts in Washington Heights on Wednesday night.
 Summer Stages: BWW's Top Picks for the Philippines Third Quarter
June 14, 2013
There are only two seasons in the Philippines: the dry season and the wet season. Technically, it is the wet season in the country from June to August; nevertheless, the local theater scene remains bustling with activities during these "bring your umbrella" months.
Below are our top-five picks for the Philippine Theater scene's third quarter:
 Video: 200 CARTAS Trailer Released; Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dayanara Torres Star
June 13, 2013
'200 Cartas, a bilingual romantic comedy, written and directed by Bruno Irizarry (The Rum Diary, Shut Up and Do It!), which stars Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and 1993 Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, held its world premiere at United Palace of Cultural Arts in Washington Heights last night. AMC Theatres in Times Square and the Bronx will screen the film starting tomorrow, June 14.
 Photo Coverage: McDonald, Cumming, And More At MADE IN NY Awards
June 12, 2013
For the eight time, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver hosted the annual "Made in NY" Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the city's media, entertainment, and digital media industries, at Gracie Mansion last Monday night.
 Velvet Channel Airs Tony Awards in PH, 6/10 (And Who Else Is Excited?)
June 8, 2013
Besides Velvet Channel, do you know who else is excited for the Tony Awards? Scroll down!
 Photos: Young at Arts Presents THE WIZARD OF OZ; Show Closes Tom., 6/9
June 8, 2013
Young At Arts, a non-profit organization that provides an after-school music and theater program for children, pre-school to 12th grade, residing in Southern Westchester County and the Bronx, presents the beloved family musical 'The Wizard of Oz' at Taylor Hall, Christ Church Bronxville until tomorrow, June 9, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets at $10 each.
 STAGE TUBE: Dan Domenech Talks Disney's TARZAN on ANC
June 7, 2013
Broadway star Dan Domenech ('Rock of Ages,' 'Glee') and pop star Rachelle Ann Go ('Disney's The Little Mermaid') play the roles of Tarzan and Jane, respectively, in Viva Atlantis Theatrical's production of Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang's Broadway musical 'Disney's Tarzan' at Meralco Theater on Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 29.
 Photos: Filipino Broadway Stars, New Yorkers Celebrate 115th PH Independence Day
June 6, 2013
Filipino-American Broadway stars Adam Jacobs (Les Miserables, Zorro) and Jose Llana (Spelling Bee, Here Lies Love) were among those approximately 90,000 to 100,000 New Yorkers, VIPs, and celebrity guests from the Philippines who went to celebrate the 115th Philippine Independence Day festival held along Madison Avenue Sunday, June 2.
 Win a Trip to NYC to See Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan in ANNIE!
June 4, 2013
After years of whipping those teenagers into shape on GLEE, Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch is giving a new batch of kids a little discipline as the dastardly Miss Hannigan in the hit revival of ANNIE. BroadwayWorld is inviting you to enter for a chance to win a trip to NYC to see Jane Lynch on Broadway!
 DISNEY'S TARZAN: Shaping Up To Be A Fabulous Treat
June 3, 2013
What will happen if you have a Broadway actor, a fierce diva, and a host of veteran and young talented thespians in 'Disney's Tarzan,' a stage musical? What you get is a jungle full of music and excitement that will keep your emotions swinging in every direction. From June 14 to 29, Disney's most-loved ape man, Tarzan, hollers his way to Meralco Theater, made possible by Viva Atlantis Theatricals Inc.
 Photo Exclusive: Boggess, Salonga, Karimloo, Shirota Rehearse for 4 STARS Concert
June 1, 2013
'4 Stars: One of Broadway Musicals Concert' headliners Sierra Boggess ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), Lea Salonga ('Miss Saigon,' 'Les Miserables'), Ramin Karimloo ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), and Yu Shirota ('Prince of Tennis,' 'Sailor Moon') posed for a pre-concert rehearsal snapshot for Fletcher Callanta, BroadwayWorld.com guest photographer, at Turtle Bay Music School on East 52nd Street earlier this week.
 DIRTY DANCING Producers Cancel Performances in Manila
May 29, 2013
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, Hi-Definition Radio Inc., and Concertus Manila, the team that brought to Manila hit Broadway musicals 'The Phantom of the Opera,' 'Mamma Mia!,' and 'Cats,' have decided to cancel the limited run of 22 performances of 'Dirty Dancing,' one of the fastest selling shows in London's West End, which was supposed to begin on Thursday, July 4 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
 Salonga-Led THE VOICE PH Releases Blind Auditions Trailer
May 24, 2013
ABS-CBN, the Philippine television network that bagged the rights to adapt the hit reality show 'The Voice' from Talpa Media Group, based in the Netherlands, has just released 'The Voice PH' newest blind auditions trailer, which features coaches Lea Salonga, Apl. de. ap of Black Eyed Peas, Bamboo Maalac, and Sarah Geronimo-all four have carved out solid music careers and have huge fan bases in the Philippines.
 Photos: In Rehearsal with Lea Salonga; Returns to Cafe Carlyle Tonight
May 21, 2013
Tony winner Lea Salonga returns to the intimate cabaret space at Cafe Carlyle for the third time starting tonight until Saturday, June 8. The Cafe Carlyle is located at The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street Madison Avenue).
 Philippine Stagers Foundation Accepts Five BWW Awards
May 18, 2013
Philippine Stagers Foundation, the theater company that successfully mounted two original productions-'Joe: A Filipino Rock'sical' and the Palanca Award-winning straight play 'Ang Bangkay'-last year was given its five 2012 BroadayWorld.com Philippines Awards on Thursday night, May 16, at Tanghalang Pasigueo.
 THE GREAT GATSBY Soundtrack Released; Film Opens in PH Today
May 17, 2013
MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'
 Photo Flash: Tarzan Meets Jane
May 15, 2013
Viva Atlantis Theatricals Inc., whose recent maiden production was Terrence McNally and David Yazbek's Broadway musical 'The Full Monty,' officially presented to the media earlier today Broadway star Dan Domenech ('Rock of Ages,' 'Glee') and pop star Rachelle Ann Go ('Disney's The Little Mermaid,' 'Party Pilipinas'), who will play the roles of Tarzan and Jane, respectively, in the Asian premiere of Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang's Broadway musical 'Disney's Tarzan.' The post-summer production opens at Meralco Theater on Friday, June 14.
 Meet Cebu's Cre8tive Thespians Club
May 13, 2013
Daisy Baad, veteran playwright and director once told Sonny Ouano Alquizola, Cre8tive Thespians Club Inc.'s (CTC) founder and artistic director, that CTC is one of those theater groups with very humble members that strongly reflects its leader's humility. Despite being acknowledged as one of Cebu's finest theater groups, CTC keeps it feet firmly rooted on the ground.
THE GREAT GATSBY Soundtrack Released; Film Opens in PH May 17
May 10, 2013
MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'
 Photo Flash: Baayork Lee's HELLO, DOLLY!; Show Closes Tonight
May 6, 2013
Fresh from her choreographing stint at the first London revival of Marvin Hamlisch's 'A Chorus Line,' Baayork Lee, 'A Chorus Line' veteran herself, and a co-founder of the National Asian Artists Project, a non-profit organization that promotes Asian performing artists, presents a fully-staged, fully-costumed adaptation of Jerry Herman's hit Broadway musical 'Hello, Dolly!,' featuring an all-Asian cast led by Rosetta Lenoire Award-winning actress Christine Toy Johnson as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a widowed matchmaker (a role originated by Carol Channing in the 1964 Broadway production).
 Natalie Toro, NJ Youths Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Tomorrow, 5/5
May 4, 2013
Latina Broadway star Natalie Toro, best known for originating the role of Madame Therese Defarge in Jill Santoriello's stage adaptation of 'A Tale of Two Cities,' a novel by Charles Dickens, and for playing the tragic heroine Eponine in Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil's stage adaptation of 'Les Miserables,' a novel by Victor Hugo, will join the young students at Collective Youth Theatre Company, an educational program of Jersey Arts Collective, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, a festival of Mexican heritage and pride, via a concert at Westminster Arts Center tomorrow, May 5, at 3 p.m.
 Photos: BWW Visits THE FULL MONTY; Show Runs Till 5/5
April 30, 2013
BroadwayWorld.com caught the second Friday night, April 26, performance of Terrence McNally and David Yazbek's hit Broadway musical 'The Full Monty,' locally produced by Viva Atlantis Theatricals, an offshoot of prolific theater company Atlantis Productions.
 At TAG's Workshop, Actors Pump Up Their Voices
April 29, 2013
An actor uses two important tools: the body and the voice. Oftentimes in acting workshops, the facilitator focuses more on physical activities than vocal exercises. However at Theater Actors Guild's (TAG) Actor's Voice Workshop, a different approach to developing the actor is brought about.
 STAGE TUBE: Cebu Theater Groups Unite Against Cancer
April 26, 2013
Cebu City, the 'Queen City of the South,' has seven theater groups, collectively known as the United Artists of Cebu; and they are staging a benefit concert 'Of Butterflies and Daisies' for Cebu Cancer Fight Inc. and playwright/director Daisy Baad, also a cancer patient, at Cebu Cultural Center, Lahug, Cebu City (across UP-Cebu) on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 at 7 p.m.
 BWW Reviews: SA WAKAS, A New Rock Musical
April 18, 2013
One of the hardest things when writing a review is doing our best not to be influenced by others' opinions, especially when we know something is amiss. While there is no question about how skilllfully Off-Broadway director Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan is able to fuse different theatrical elements to bring the spirit of alternative rock band Sugarfree's songs on stage, the lack of organic storytelling in Act One makes Sa Wakas: A New Rock Musical confusing to us.
 Lea Salonga, Apl.de.ap and More Start THE VOICE PH Blind Auditions, 4/15
April 14, 2013
Formally introduced to the public via a press conference held at Philippine TV network ABS-CBN on Friday, "The Voice of the Philippines" coaches Lea Salonga, Apl. de. ap of Black Eyed Peas, Bamboo Maalac, and Sarah Geronimo -- all four have carved out solid music careers and have huge fan bases in the Philippines -- will get to turn their own swivel chairs when the Philippine franchise of the hit reality singing competition "The Voice" starts taping its first set of blind auditions at a sound stage in Bulacan tomorrow, April 15.
 Photo Flash: THE GRADUATE Production Photos; Show Runs Until 4/28
April 11, 2013
Pinky Marquez (Mrs. Robinson), Reb Atadero (Benjamin Braddock), and Cara Barredo (Elaine Robinson) star in Repertory Philippines' 76th season third offering, 'The Graduate,' a film-to-stage adaptation by Terry Johnson, playing at Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1 until Sunday, April 28.
 Photo Flash: Anthony Fedorov and Jennifer Paz's Newborn Baby, Julian
April 5, 2013
Anthony Fedorov and his fiancee, Jennifer Paz, are now proud parents!
 Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of THE GRADUATE, Opening Tonight
April 5, 2013
Kathleen Turner (Mrs. Robinson), Jason Biggs (Benjamin Braddock), and Alicia Silverstone (Elaine) would have found their Filipino counterparts Pinky Marquez, Reb Atadero, and Cara Barredo respectively by the time the hit West End and Broadway play 'The Graduate,' based on the novel and film of the same name, opens at Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1 tonight, April 5. Scroll down for photos of the cast!
 Photo Flash: DIRTY DANCING Releases Production Photos
April 4, 2013
One of the fastest selling shows in London West End, 'Dirty Dancing,' makes its Manila premiere on Thursday, July 4 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of THE GRADUATE; Play Opens 4/5
April 2, 2013
Kathleen Turner (Mrs. Robinson), Jason Biggs (Benjamin Braddock), and Alicia Silverstone (Elaine) would have found their Filipino counterparts Pinky Marquez, Reb Atadero, and Cara Barredo respectively by the time the hit West End and Broadway play The Graduate, based on the novel and film of the same name, opens at Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1 on Friday, April 5.
 VIDEO: Team Behind Non-Musical SPRING AWAKENING Turns to Kickstarter
March 31, 2013
Tartan Entertainment, a Philadelphia based independent film company and an affiliated company of Bruce Productions LLC, turns to Kickstarter, an online crowdfunding platform, to raise 30,000 dollars for its non-musical, stage to screen adaptation of Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 German play 'Spring Awakening.'
 STAGE TUBE: Dan Domenech, Dancing Dreams at NASDAQ Opening Bell
March 29, 2013
Broadway star Dan Domenech, best known for his role as Drew on Broadway's 'Rock of Ages,' and who is bound for Manila for the Asian premiere of Disney's 'Tarzan' in June, shared with NBC sports commentator Al Trautwig, who is the spokesperson for Dancing Dreams, a non-profit dance company that gives children with physical and medical challenges the opportunity to dance, the honor to ring the opening bell at NASDAQ Stock Market in Times Square two days ago.
 Photo Flash: Dan Domenech, Dancing Dreams at NASDAQ Opening Bell
March 27, 2013
Broadway star Dan Domenech, best known for his role as Drew on Broadway's 'Rock of Ages,' and who is bound for Manila for the Asian premiere of Disney's 'Tarzan' in June, shared with NBC sports commentator Al Trautwig, who is the spokesperson for Dancing Dreams, a non-profit dance company that gives children with physical and medical challenges the opportunity to dance, the honor to ring the opening bell at NASDAQ Stock Market in Times Square earlier today.
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