Maintaining
three girlfriends at a time is a matter of being organized and having a loyal
housekeeper to cover for you. That’s the
advice of Bernard Whitford, the American playboy living in Paris in Repertory Philippines’ season opener, “Boeing
Boeing”. This ‘60s sex comedy is about living every man’s fantasy of
juggling three girlfriends at one time---all flight attendants from different
airlines and different nationalities. An
American, an Italian, and a German flight attendant, are all longing to be with
the same guy. So tell me that isn’t every
warm-blooded male’s secret fantasy, aside from being James Bond?
The situation
may make great locker room talk with the other guys but happiness is
short-lived, and as the play proves, may be even be tragic or lonely in the
end. Reality is tweaked in this
presentation since this is a comedy, so don’t
expect a tragic or suicidal ending.
Giannina Ocampo,
Jennifer Blair Bianco, and Carla
Dunareanu play the drop dead gorgeous sex kitten-like flight attendants who are
scene stealers not only with their physique but funny acting performance and
their brightly colored blue, red, and yellow uniforms. It was a struggle for the guys to compete for
the audience attention when these girls are on stage no matter what great
actors they are. No doubt they performed
wonderfully but they were no match to sexy girls in lingerie. It’s not their fault they were born male with
less physical attributes to stare at. Let’s
face the facts, women have a way of getting attention no matter how smart or
talented their male co-actors are.
Topper Fabregas
is certainly one of Rep’s up and coming comedians to watch out for. He was one of the scene stealers in last year’s
Rep play “Leading Ladies” and he was memorable as well in his role in “Sweet
Charity”. David Bianco was notable for
his gay role in “Next Fall” as the partner of Bart Guingona.
It was clear that
the German flight attendant Gretchen played by Carla Dunareanu was the favorite
of the audience for her loud antics and physical comedy. Her scenes with Topper
Fabregas had the highest in the laugh meter.
Ms. Baby Barredo,
the grand dame of Repertory, was not to be outdone. She shone brightly in her short bursts of stage
appearance as Bertha, the long-suffering housekeeper, with her one-liners and
cocky-style of acting. Director, set
designer and veteran theater actor Miguel Faustmann did excellently in putting
this play together.
The cast
features David Bianco as Mr. Bernard Whitford, an American architect
businessman living in Paris --- A
playboy who juggles love affairs with three air hostesses who touch down
briefly but lovingly in his apartment between flights.
Topper Fabregas
plays the role of the unworldly Robert, Bernard’s boyhood friend, newly arrived
from Wisconsin.
The three
fiancées are played by: Giannina Ocampo as
Gabriella, the sentimental, lusty Italian stewardess. Carla Dunareanu as
Gretchen, the hilarious, aggressive, dominating but thin-skinned German
stewardess. Jennifer Blair Bianco as Gloria, the Southern belle with upbeat
disposition take-charge health-obsessed American stewardess.
Baby Barredo
plays the role of Bertha, Bernard's long-suffering housekeeper who is a chic,
black-clad philosopher. A French existentialist maid who loves nothing more
than to complain. Ms. Joy Virata is alternate.
The artistic and
creative team of BOEING BOEING is led by Baby Barredo (Rep Artistic Director),
Miguel Faustmann (Stage Director/Set Designer), John Batalla (Lighting
Designer), and Raven Ong (Costume Designer).
BOEING BOEING’s
production staff is composed of Juno Henares (Officer-in-Charge), Gidget
Tolentino (Production Manager), Andrew Miranda (Stage Manager), Pol Roxas
(Sound Technician), Pablito Salvador (Lighting Technician) and Adul Lasin (Set
Execution and Scenic Artist).
The marketing,
sales and publicity of BOEING BOEING is led by Toots Tolentino (Publicist),
Charlie Barredo with Oliver Usison, Letty Barredo, Marie Talay and Rose Silva
(Marketing and Sales) and photography by Jojo Mamangun.
For further
inquiries regarding the details of show, please call 5716926 or 5714941 or
email info@repertory.ph or log on to www.repertory.ph. Tickets are also
available through Ticketworld at 8919999 or visit www.ticketworld.com.ph.
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