Menchu and Raymond Lauchengco in Sibling Revelry
Photo Courtesy of Girlie Rodis
The choice for any theatre afficionado this Valentine’s day on 14 February 2010 has to be clearly Sibling Revelry. Siblings Menchu and Raymond Lauchengco will be singing duets that encompass diverse fare from Broadway songs to Tony Bennett.
Menchu Lauchengco describes to Jojo Panaligan of Manila Bulletin regarding the process of choosing songs for the concert and how you won’t hear her, the Queen of Philippine musical theatre, singing pop during Sibling Revelry
Most of the songs were picked by or had the approval of Raymond
“It ended up that way. If he left it up to me, I would’ve chosen obscure songs that would make people say when they hear it, `That’s nice, but what is it?’ He was afraid that if I put in all my Stephen Sondheim favorites, people would fall asleep! He chose something that many would recognize because he wants people singing along, humming, tapping their feet to the music,” said Menchu.
No pop song for her, please
“I’m not even going to attempt to take on Top 40. I’m not comfortable singing such songs. It’s not for me nor do the songs from that genre fit my voice. I mean, technically, I can sing pop…but it would sound really funny kasi sobrang linis. Once, when I sang pop, my friends joked, `Wow, we didn’t even know that song had those lyrics or notes.’ Sobra kasing linis nung version ko.
“But I’ll be singing Broadway songs that have crossed over to becoming standards such as `Someone To Watch Over Me.’ And it will sound more like Barbra Streisand when she sings pop,” said Menchu.
A four-course, sit-down dinner has been designed and prepared by Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef Him Uy de Baron of Chef Cuisine (which we in the press launch sampled courtesy of Imarflex/Cuisinart/Saeco). Major presentor is Chevrolet. Tickets are at P3,300 (inclusive of dinner). For free delivery of tickets within Metro Manila, please call (0939) 128-6569. Tickets are also available at TicketWorld with tel. no. 891-9999.
Thank you to Oliver Oliveros for the Manila Bulletin link.
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