RESORTS WORLD MANILA kicks off 6th Grand Fiesta

In the spirit of Christmas and the holidays, nothing compares with the celebrations in Resorts World Manila. World-class entertainment and delightful meals and treats are in store for the whole family. Resorts World Manila dubs this as the Grand Fiesta which kicked off Thursday at the Plaza of the Newport Mall with the annual lighting of the Christmas Tree ceremonies made more exciting with a short program of entertainment.

Giant Parol and Christmas Tree at Newport Plaza

The lighting of the giant Christmas Tree is also filled with amazing numbers by the Flying Duo and George der Gummi Guri. Watch the videos below:

Here's a rundown of activities of the Grand Fiesta at Resorts World Manila. Plan your trips and enjoy:

Giant Parol Light Show
November 12 – January 3
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall

Grand Wine Experience
November 13
Marriott Grand Ballroom

NBA 2K16 Tournament
November 14
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall

Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Advance Screening
November 17
Newport Cinemas

King's Cup Billiards Tournament
November 19 – 21
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall

Newport Mall Christmas Sale
December
Newport Mall

Holiday Dining Specials
Whole month of December

Indoor MassKara Light Parade
All Saturdays and Sundays of December and Christmas Day
Newport Mall

UP Singing Ambassadors at the Plaza
All Saturdays and Sundays of December
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall
Bituing Walang Ningning The Musical
December 3 – 6, 14 and 15
Newport Performing Arts Theater

Antoinette Taus as Lavinia Arguelles
Antoinette Taus makes a comeback in Bituin Walang Ningning the Musical!
Posted by Resorts World Manila on Sunday, October 4, 2015

Santa Claus and Buskers
All Saturdays and Sundays of December, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall

Pinoy Ultimate Jeepney Exhibit
Ground Floor, Newport Mall
December 4 – 14

Day of the Cat
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall
December 6

Anticipated Simbang Gabi
December 15 – 23
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall

Hi5 House of Dreams
December 18 – 22
Newport Performing Arts Theater

Christmas High Mass
December 25
Newport Performing Arts Theater

Christmas Day Show
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall
December 25

New Year Countdown Party
December 31
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall

The Grand Countdown
December 31
Marriott Grand Ballroom

New Year Mass
January 1
The Plaza, 2F Newport Mall

For more information about Resorts World Manila and Grand Fiesta, you may visit http://www.rwmanila.com/grand-fiesta-manila-2015. You can also follow them on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

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Let's talk about 6!

Everybody will be talking about 6 and walking into Resorts World Manila from August to October, as Resorts World Manila gives another thrilling year of entertainment and fun with 6 reasons in their 6th anniversary:

1. the newest concept restaurant New York Pinoy Deli (NYPD) opens and can bring you from Manila to New York and back with just a heartbeat with New York delicacies and classic Filipino specialties.
2. a mark down sale on your favorite items on August 26 -30 at the Newport Mall.
3. Resorts World brings 6th anniversary party on August 29, 6PM at The Plaza with special performances by Mark Mabasa and Friends, musicians and more!
4. The annual RW Chocolate Festival is on September 1-13 at The Plaza.
5. Bituin Walang Ningning: The Musical is back sarting October 8 at Newport Performing Arts Theater. Relive Dorina and Lavinia's stardom rivalry onstage with new additions to the cast and attractions.
6. Movie fans and gamers now have a chance for luck as RW makes cinema more exciting by converting the whole cinema as a game of lottery.
   
   I've experienced this first hand. In a special screening of Pixels, the whole cinema turned into a roulette and the media audience won exciting prizes. Get into Resorts World Cinemas and get a chance to win Php1,000,000.00!

Learn more about Resorts World's 6th anniversary which can be enjoyed by the whole family. Visit www.rwmanila.com or via the Tourist/Visitor Hotline at (632) 908-8833.

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MUSIKAT JAM - a celebration of musical diversity

it's non-stop entertainment at Resorts World Manila for a week of music and cultural diversity. in partnership with Ultimate Entertainment, MUSIKAT JAM will showcase different musical acts that determine the generations of Resorts World's market.

opening the month of June, watch our local theater icons in Some Enchanted Music: Broadway Hits in Concert. revisit theatrical masterpieces featuring Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Bo Cerrudo, Pinky Marquez, Audie Gemora, Cris Villonco, Gina Respall, Shiela Valderrama-Martinez, Jon Joven, Tanya Manalang and Michael Williams as they sing the classics of the musicals we love at the Newport Performing Arts Theater (NPAT).

jazz up with the AMP Big Band together with Bituin Escalante, Arthur Manuntag, Lynn Sherman and Mel Villena in All That Jazz! strut with Resorts World Manila's dancers at Taps, located at Genting Club on June 4.

our love for classical music will be catered to when Best of Opera plays at NPAT with world-class talents Noel Azcona, Adam Diegel, Arthur Espiritu, Andrew Fernando, Maria Rachelle Gerodias, Margarita Gomez-Giannelli, Cammille Lopez-Molina, Mako Nishimoto and Magdalena Wor. their vocal power will be accompanied by ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Gerard Salonga with Viva Voce, Nonon Baang and Fame Flores.

Asia's Nightingale Lani Misalucha makes her  concert at NPAT entitled Lani Misalucha One More Time on June 6. fill the NPAT with her soulful voice that she only has.

rock fans will not be disappointed as Bamboo visits NPAT for a rock concert. gather up for this versatile artist that can adapt not only with his genre but a fan to other styles as well. Rock with Bamboo happens 8pm on June 7.

lastly, the music festival will be wrapped off with Malaysian chart-topping singer-songwriter Eric Moo as he comes back to Manila with his "Come Back to You" concert series. listen to his award-winning hits on June 8 at NPAT.

there are countless reasons to go back to Resorts World Manila. you can start with the entertainment by dialling (02)908-8833 for your ticket reservations or visit www.rwmanila.com for details about the Musikat Jam.

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THE KING AND I bids farewell, but leaves a memorable keepsake

it's been 8 months since Resorts World Manila's multi-awarded musical, The King and I bids farewell on its final show on Sunday, May 26, 2013. the extravagant show that left us with colorful memories and wonderful story of Anna and the King of Siam will end but it leaves us with a wonderful keepsake that we can open again and again.

Something Wonderful, The King and I's Coffee Table book will be available soon for us to look on the beginnings and the extravagance of the show. with words from the production team and the cast, numbers that will make us overwhelmed and appreciate it more, and how the musical has transformed and inspired lives compiled in a memorabilia that is well-planned and executed by the creative team of  Resorts World Manila and Ultimate Entertainment.

The King and I has garnered several awards like Winner of the 2012 ALIW Award for Best Musical Production, it featured such thespians as Leo Tavarro Valdez, Nonie Buencamino, and Bo Cerrudo who all played the gallant King Mongkut, plus Monique Wilson, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, and Sheila Valderrama who all played the poised Anna Leonowens.

during its launch, May 21, special supporters were able to receive a copy each of Something Wonderful like the Department of Tourism and National Library. Something Wonderful, The King and I Coffee Table book will be sold at Php 3,500 at National Bookstores.

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a pair of shoes and stars in Resorts World Manila's CINDERELLA

Resorts World Manila increases hot announcements for their epic summer lineup for 2013. with the successful adaptations of The Sound of Music and The King and I, comes the first magical journey of a fairytale that everybody loves. Cinderella, which opens third quarter of this year, will feature not only magical moments but more than artistry and creativity.

RW Manila is also proud to introduce the two big casts of Cinderella as youth icon Karylle plays the title role and Christian Bautista fits in the shoe of the Prince Charming in this new musical experience. the two have been working together in the Asian hit TV show, The Kitchen Musical and last appeared onstage with Rama Hari at the CCP.

Cinderella will be directed by another stage veteran and idol, Michael Stuart Williams. together with  Resorts World Manila's premiere talents and production team, turning Newport Performing Arts Theater into the Prince's grand palace and Cinderella's humble home.

to know more about RWM’s upcoming shows and events, visit www.rwmanila.com or call Tourist Hotline at (02) 908-8833.

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epic nightlife in RESORTS WORLD MANILA's SUNDOWN SOUNDS

if you can't get enough summer experience, enjoy the music as the sun sets and livens up the partying breed at Resorts World Manila's SUNDOWN SOUNDS. more than a long night of music, different OPM artists gather to rock the place with a variety of genre.

The Plaza at the Newport Mall will be the new haven of concert goers from 6PM - 10PM. enjoying the dinner surrounding the plaza as Soul Republic plays on April 22 and as guitar-driven music with 60’s and 80’s pop sensibilities courtesy of the Itchyworms twins with the fusion rock of Amistad on April 23.

the heavy and gritty sounds of Sandwich headlines with the dreamy pop tunes of Moonstar 88 on April 26, while Pinoy rock legends The Dawn shares the spotlight with the folk-wave psychedelic musings of Join The Club on April 27.

more exciting sets continue on April 28, as premium rockers Spongecola joins pop-punk collaboration project Save Me Hollywood, then award-winning and Time Magazine-featured eclectic power quartet Up Dharma Down and 8-piece rock collective Tanya Markova rock the house on April 29.

for the last day of the event, Rastafarian-inspired heavy reggae masters Franco perform a finale set with veterans of reggae rock Indio I on April 30.

for more exciting summer events, tune in to Resorts World Manila's Twitter @rwmanila

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Resorts World Manila brings new THE KING AND I leads

as a gift to musical fans this Christmas Day, Resorts World Manila unravels two respected actors in the Philippine theater industry. Menchu Lauchengo-Yulo plays Anna and Nonie Buencamino as the King of Siam in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, THE KING AND I, which is already running since September at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World, Manila.

Menchu is recently seen in Atlantis Productions' God of Carnage with Lea Salonga, and is very excited to be part of this grandiose production joining the
stellar cast of young actors especially with the kids. she is also one of the Creative team of Repertory Philippines. as teacher Anna, she promises to give a different attack on the character which she dreamed of playing when she was younger.
Nonie Buencamino, on the other hand, is closely known as antagonist Miguel in ABS-CBN's phenomenal teleserye, Walang Hanggan. playing King Mongkut is like a calling for him being more than 30 years in the theater industry. he was also recently seen in Tanghalang Pilipino's Stageshow opposite his own wife, Shamaine.

Menchu and Nonie will be alternating with Bo Cerrudo and Shiela Valderamma as the king and Anna. Resorts World is also grateful to announce the extended run of The King and I due to its positive feedback among different audiences. also, the musical has won 3 Aliw Awards for Best Director Freddie Santos, Best Musical Production for 2012 and Best Actor for Leo Valdez.

join Menchu and Nonie in this royal adventure of courage and love in the wonderful production of The King and I in Resorts World Manila's Newport Performing Arts Theater. for tickets, call 836-6333 or visit www.rwmanila.com for more details about the show.

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wonderful Siam in THE KING and I

with the success of The Sound of Music, Resorts World Manila and Ultimate Entertainment brings another musical that is loved through the years. Rogers and Hammerstein's The King and I will bring the grandeur of the kingdom of Siam starting September 15, 2012 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater and runs until December of 2012.

including in the cast are two of the country's premiere artists, Monique Wilson as Anna and Leo Tavarro Valdez as the King; joined with a huge number of talents in the grand Newport Performing Arts Theater (NPAT). the massive stage of NPAT was completely maximized with the amazing symmetrical Siamese design by director Freddie Santos. great colorful and royal costumes designed by no other than Rajo Laurel deserves great applause.

sing along with well-loved songs like "Getting to Know You" and "I Have Dreamed" as Manila Philharmonic Orchestra provides the music and emotions to the musical. and this will not only provide you a glimpse of Siam, but a story of love, despite the differences in culture and beliefs.

you may reserve your tickets now at the following prices:
VIP - Php 2,400
Premiere - Php 2,400
Deluxe - Php 1,600
Balcony - Php 1,000

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Resorts World presents The Sound of Music

For those who grew up with Julie Andrews' "Do-Re-Mi" and definitely sings their heart out in nature with "The hills are alive with the sound of music," Resorts World presents this classic on stage with definitely Filipino crafting. The Sound of Music is set to capture our hearts starting October 15 2011 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater. Featuring our very own Joanna Ampil and Cris Villonco alternating Maria, Audie Gemora, Ed Feist and Jon Joven alternating Capt. Von Trapp. Joined by equally talented cast and directed by Roxanne Lapuz.

The Sound of Music is a story of Maria who was expelled from a convent and then worked as a nanny in a prominent country in Austria. She finds her purpose teaching and taking care of the Von Trapp children, valuing family and protecting it from the Nazi regime. Set in the 1930s-1940s, Maria is also portrayed by Julie Andrews in the 1965 movie.


Something different, the largest LED screen in Southeast Asia was utilized in enhancing the set through video. Thanks to the creativity of director Paul Soriano and Mio Infante -- geniuses of today's entertainment for the Filipino people. And even if this is a foreign piece, Resorts World has made it sure that this was developed by 100% Filipino artistry.

Remember the songs, the characters and the values addressed in this musical. Watch it in the Newport Performing Arts Theater starting October 15 2011. Also, you can find Resorts World staircases designed with The Sound of Music steps where you can take your photo op.


Tickets prices range from P1000 (Balcony), Php 1,300 (Deluxe Right, Left and Center), P1,700 (Premiere Right, Left and Center) and Php 2,000 for VIP. With Gala shows on Wednesday to Saturday and Matinee on Saturday and Sunday.

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