![]() ![]() The hard work paid off, with his performance being received well during its original run and easing the pressure off for this return. Taking on the role was something Volante took very seriously, doing research that ranged from binge-watching RuPaul’s Drag Race to talking to a drag queen who, coincidentally, is also called ‘Lola’. Hindi ako mapakali kasi nga I was so scared to do it wrong. I was really scared up until that time I got to do it on stage and people saw it. “I didn’t want to do anything that will offend, or at the very least masabi na, ano, ‘hindi tama’. In the process and in doing it, you represent that side of society-that really important side of society that’s under represented.” This is one role na hindi lang siya i-aarte mo. Bibo Reyes, Emeline Celis-Guinid, and Mica Fajardo joins the ensemble while Miguel Suarez and Ian Albert Magallona alternates as Young Charlie and Rhythm Alexander alternates as Young Simon along with Pablo Palacpac who played the role last year.ĭuring the show’s first run last year, Nyoy Volante didn’t find sashaying in thigh-highs nor physically transforming into a drag queen to be the hardest thing about becoming Lola. “I’m looking forward to my big solo ( History of Wrong Guys ) just because it’s really one of those numbers you can play around with.” Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante | Photo Credit: Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment GroupĪpart from Bradshaw-Volante, there will be other new faces in the cast. She’s no stranger to this production as she was her husband’s make-up artist for the first run, but is excited to join the fun onstage this time around. She replaces Yanah Laurel who is currently in Resorts World Manila’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. There’s Bradshaw-Volante herself to look forward to as Lauren. ![]() That’s certainly one way to sell the show, but the Angels are only part of what this rerun of the Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper musical has to boast. ![]()
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