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The Teresa Herrera project
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - September 12, 2008 - 12:00am
On the set of Gen-Y Cops, one of Teresa Herrera’s first ventures into cinema, the model-actress turned TV host thought that her life was about to reach its tragic denouement.
Hot on the campaign trail
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - April 27, 2007 - 12:00am
As you may know, I have been heavily immersing myself in my father’s political campaign here in Pangasinan as a performer at various sorties and as a representative...
A glorious mystery
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - April 20, 2007 - 12:00am
After my friend Robbie’s " very joyful directorial " debut with Repertory " Philippines’...
Small world, bold horizons
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - April 13, 2007 - 12:00am
Theater is a really small world. From Repertory Philippines, to Atlantis, to Dulaang UP and possibly to the West End and the Great White Way, the people you meet, the people you work with, the friends you...
Past, present and future
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - March 16, 2007 - 12:00am
I’m down to my last few weeks of school before school year 2006-2007 comes to a close. Apart from the usual jellybean tank of school requirements, group reports,...
Spring awakens
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - January 12, 2007 - 12:00am
NEW YORK – "Once in every generation, a new musical comes along that changes everything." So reads one of the reviews printed across a glass panel that hung atop the Eugene O’Neill Theatre....
Purple reign
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - January 5, 2007 - 12:00am
York – Tell me something: What can’t Oprah do? She has a "Book Club." She has her yearly "Favorite Things" episode, which makes viewers salivate at the prospect of being at the...
Broadway déjà vu
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - December 22, 2006 - 12:00am
It’s that time of the year once again! In 2005, whence Santa Santisima came on his rattan sleigh and checked his list for those who destabilized and those who did not, I, on the other hand, flew the...
Hooked on ‘Heroes’
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - December 8, 2006 - 12:00am
There’s something about people having superpowers that fascinates me. This inclination is most apparent in my addiction to comic books, particularly to the world of X-Men who, believe it or not, are...
Raindrops and birthdays
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - November 3, 2006 - 12:00am
Maria always had this way of cheering up the Von Trapp family septet. Apart from her charming antics and forward-thinking coolness, she infused them with the gift of song, which revitalized the tired Austrian...
I think that I shall never see
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - October 6, 2006 - 12:00am
A poem as lovely as a tree…" I think we all had to memorize this poem at some point back in grade school. "Trees" is one of those quintessential literary works for the young, developing mind –...
Start of somethin’ new with Danita Paner
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - September 29, 2006 - 12:00am
Have you ever had those childhood acquain-tances that you used to play with back in the day? You know, the ones who you’re forced to mix and mingle with while your mom chatters away with her many amigas. Probably,...
To the caterpillar
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - September 22, 2006 - 12:00am
Theater has really kept me locked and loaded for 2006. From Merrily We Roll Along, to an Easter Ayala event for Rep, to Aladdin, and most recently to Hope for the Flowers for my new home in blueRep, I have become...
JUJU EVANGELISTA-CARISSA CRUZ: Together in love and laughter
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - May 21, 2006 - 12:00am
MACAU – A couple of week-ends ago, I flew overseas for a three-day sojourn in Macau, Asia’s very own City of Lights. For reasons aside from, well, nothing else really because I am unfortunately under...
JUJU EVANGELISTA-CARISSA CRUZ: Together in love and laughter
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - May 21, 2006 - 12:00am
MACAU – A couple of week-ends ago, I flew overseas for a three-day sojourn in Macau, Asia’s very own City of Lights. For reasons aside from, well, nothing else really because I am unfortunately under...
Big Apple, here I come
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - December 23, 2005 - 12:00am
The last time I set foot on good ‘ol New York City, I was still an eager child waiting to buy an arsenal of Nerf guns and PS1 games from F.A.O. Schwartz. Oh-so-many years later, that wonderland, second to Disney...
The never-ending story of KC
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - December 16, 2005 - 12:00am
One lazy afternoon, my brother and I were throwing ideas around for my column "Chasing Toff." Grounded on what’s hot and what’s not, I thought I’d take a different approach today and commemorate...
Once upon a ballet
by CHASING TOFF By Christopher De Venecia - December 9, 2005 - 12:00am
A usual Saturday night in the life of a 19-year-old would normally consist of eating out, watching movies, going to the bar, and partying as if there’s no tomorrow. Of course, being the eccentric that I am,...
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