RS FRANCISCO...BILANG SI SONG LILING! MBUTTERFLY NGAYONG SEPTEMBER NA!

 RS Francisco shall reprise his epic portrayal of Song Liling, the Chinese Opera Singer who is Gallimard's object of affection and seduces him through his biases of the East then exploits theit intimacy to collect classified information for agents of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1990, RS Francisco essayed this role for Dulaang UP opposite veteran actor, writer and critic Behn Cervantes to crtitical acclaim and box-office success. Extended runs played to full house theater audiences and tours to the key cities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao marked this poignant drama's run in Philippine theater history. In many years thereafter, RS Francisco's theater credits in numerous productions and variety of roles continued to hone his craft as a compleat artist. In films, his most recent awards include the Sinag Maynila Best Actor, The Star Awards Movie Actor of the Year and the Subic Bay International Film Festival Best Actor.
" Sobrang minahal ko ang play na ito 25 years ago. I love my passion and it's about time to bring it back again. Maraming kuwento sa likod ng M. Butterfly. " sez RS sa aming panayam.
When the play was revived recently on Broadway, RS had thought of bringing it to life once again to the new theater audiences of today. After all, this is the only one role that continues to remain closest to his heart. M Butterfly will land this coming month of September starting September 13, thursday as Gala Opening Night at 8 pm at Maybank Performing Arts Theater, BGC Arts Center, Bonifacio Global City. The re-staging of M. Butterfly will be 100% non-profit. Net proceeds from each performance will be dedicated to ONE particular charitable institution or oraganization geared toward education and the arts. For tickets please call TICKETWORLD at 891-9999 and please check out or follow M. Butterfly at the following social media accounts MButterflyMNL from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube! You can contact Isha Germentil at 0917-6233834!