Post by mbucksfan on Jan 17, 2010 13:15:39 GMT -5
Our intrepid reporter Toni has ound yet another great article about MiG-Wow this was a great find Toni!! I love this one and the pictures. There is another picture of MiG on the article so check it out.
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=541622&publicationSubCategoryId=70
MiG wows crowd in Broadway debut
FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo (The Philippine Star) Updated January 18, 2010 12:00 AM
MiG (seated, right) with some of the cast members of Burn the Floor led by Maksim Chmerkovsky (standing, left) of the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars during the Q&A with the audience right after the show.
A few issues ago, Funfare reported the “scoop” that MiG Ayesa, the Fil-Aussie who finished among the Top 3 in the CBS search for INXS vocalist, was making his Broadway debut in the musical Burn The Floor.
“MiG delivered a splendid performance Tuesday night (Jan. 5) as the musical’s lead male vocalist,” wrote Funfare’s Big Apple correspondent Edmund Silvestre in his follow-up report.
An SRO audience at the Longacre Theatre on 48th Street and Broadway gave MiG a roar of approval.
Added Edmund, “MiG, who has appeared in numerous musicals in London and Australia, performed major solo numbers (Magalena, I’m a Ding Dong Daddy, Si tu Supieras, etc.), and two duets (Proud Mary, Turn the Beat Around) with female vocalist Rebecca Tapia, as a dozen pairs of world champs and superstar dancers from around the globe set the stage on fire for over two hours with their sweaty, sensual and visually thrilling exhibition of cha-cha, rumba, swing, salsa, samba, paso doble and tango.”
“MiG simply shone everytime he was onstage,” Edmund quoted MiG’s friend Suzanne Gallagher as saying. “I didn’t know he’s also a great dancer.”
Among those who lent support to MiG was Oscar-winner Matt Damon, a friend of MiG and MiG’s wife Simone De La Rue.
“The dashing and buffed-up Hollywood leading man came incognito wearing eyeglasses and a headgear to avoid stealing the thunder from MiG and the rest of the cast that included Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Kym Johnson, and Mary Murphy.”
Matt and his wife Luciana joined the awestruck crowd in extending MiG and the dazzling performers more than five minutes of standing ovation during the curtain call.
“MiG was superb and the show spectacular,” Matt was quoted as saying.
The Bourne Identity and Departed star and his wife were seated with Simone in the same row with MiG’s supportive aunt, Dr. Ching Legarda, a US concert producer. Recently seen in Invictus, Matt won an Academy Award for original screenplay with friend Ben Affleck for the film Good Will Hunting.
MiG’s Broadway appearance was a limited engagement only, from Jan. 5 to 10, for the final week of the show’s New York run, as it embarks on a world tour in countries like Australia, Japan, Korea, Canada and then back to the US.
According to Edmund, Burn the Floor director Jason Gilkison and producer Harley Medcalf formally announced that the show was MiG’s Broadway debut. After his week-long Great White Way gig, MiG will be joining the show’s national and international tours, with fellow vocalist Rebecca Tapia, a Pinay-looking Australian Idol finalist who is of Ecuadorean descent.
MiG is in the middle of recording his follow-up CD, due for release in the first half of 2010. Earlier, he released a stunning composition called United As One (Kasama Mo Ako) as a tribute to the Filipino nation following the massive destruction wrought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. The must-see music video is available on YouTube (Visit www.mig-music.com <http://www.mig-music.com/>).
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=541622&publicationSubCategoryId=70
MiG wows crowd in Broadway debut
FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo (The Philippine Star) Updated January 18, 2010 12:00 AM
MiG (seated, right) with some of the cast members of Burn the Floor led by Maksim Chmerkovsky (standing, left) of the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars during the Q&A with the audience right after the show.
A few issues ago, Funfare reported the “scoop” that MiG Ayesa, the Fil-Aussie who finished among the Top 3 in the CBS search for INXS vocalist, was making his Broadway debut in the musical Burn The Floor.
“MiG delivered a splendid performance Tuesday night (Jan. 5) as the musical’s lead male vocalist,” wrote Funfare’s Big Apple correspondent Edmund Silvestre in his follow-up report.
An SRO audience at the Longacre Theatre on 48th Street and Broadway gave MiG a roar of approval.
Added Edmund, “MiG, who has appeared in numerous musicals in London and Australia, performed major solo numbers (Magalena, I’m a Ding Dong Daddy, Si tu Supieras, etc.), and two duets (Proud Mary, Turn the Beat Around) with female vocalist Rebecca Tapia, as a dozen pairs of world champs and superstar dancers from around the globe set the stage on fire for over two hours with their sweaty, sensual and visually thrilling exhibition of cha-cha, rumba, swing, salsa, samba, paso doble and tango.”
“MiG simply shone everytime he was onstage,” Edmund quoted MiG’s friend Suzanne Gallagher as saying. “I didn’t know he’s also a great dancer.”
Among those who lent support to MiG was Oscar-winner Matt Damon, a friend of MiG and MiG’s wife Simone De La Rue.
“The dashing and buffed-up Hollywood leading man came incognito wearing eyeglasses and a headgear to avoid stealing the thunder from MiG and the rest of the cast that included Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Kym Johnson, and Mary Murphy.”
Matt and his wife Luciana joined the awestruck crowd in extending MiG and the dazzling performers more than five minutes of standing ovation during the curtain call.
“MiG was superb and the show spectacular,” Matt was quoted as saying.
The Bourne Identity and Departed star and his wife were seated with Simone in the same row with MiG’s supportive aunt, Dr. Ching Legarda, a US concert producer. Recently seen in Invictus, Matt won an Academy Award for original screenplay with friend Ben Affleck for the film Good Will Hunting.
MiG’s Broadway appearance was a limited engagement only, from Jan. 5 to 10, for the final week of the show’s New York run, as it embarks on a world tour in countries like Australia, Japan, Korea, Canada and then back to the US.
According to Edmund, Burn the Floor director Jason Gilkison and producer Harley Medcalf formally announced that the show was MiG’s Broadway debut. After his week-long Great White Way gig, MiG will be joining the show’s national and international tours, with fellow vocalist Rebecca Tapia, a Pinay-looking Australian Idol finalist who is of Ecuadorean descent.
MiG is in the middle of recording his follow-up CD, due for release in the first half of 2010. Earlier, he released a stunning composition called United As One (Kasama Mo Ako) as a tribute to the Filipino nation following the massive destruction wrought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. The must-see music video is available on YouTube (Visit www.mig-music.com <http://www.mig-music.com/>).