Beyond the emerald curtain: SPAT at four
It was more than a milestone; it was a poetic tribute to four years of curating world-class dreams in the heart of Manila.
T8iuhhe Samsung Performing Arts Theater (SPAT) marked its 4th anniversary in a breath of pure theatrical alchemy, transforming the stage into a luminous landscape where memories and melodies collided.
The celebratory evening, aptly titled After Oz, became a sanctuary of sweeping emotion as Broadway’s own Lissa de Guzman and Allie Trimm breathed new life into the emerald-tinted legacy of Wicked. Under the theater’s grand canopy, their voices soared and intertwined like a beautifully scripted duet, casting a gilded spell over an audience completely captivated by the raw, nostalgic magic of the stage.
It was more than a milestone; it was a poetic tribute to four years of curating world-class dreams in the heart of Manila.
De Guzman and Trimm commanded the spotlight with an elegant, almost ethereal synergy, bridging the distance between New York and the local stage with every soaring crescendo.
FERNANDO and Kit Zobel de Ayala with Mme. Roswitha Brieger and His Excellency Johann Brieger, Austrian Ambassador to the Philippines.
EMELDA Teng, Her Excellency Titanilla Tóth, Hungarian Ambassador to the Philippines Vivien Józsa and Tia Tavasz.
AYALA Land president and CEO Meean Dy, Sofia Zobel Elizalde, and Samsung Performing Arts Theater Managing Director Christopher Mohnani
HIS Excellency Nader Nabil Zaki, Egyptian Ambassador to the Philippines and Patxi Elizalde.
DETTE Tan, Mia Borromeo, Susie Quiros and Marian Ong.
MINJUKim, Myeongjin Kim and Czarina Camus.
TINETTE Puyat
BEA Elizalde and Franco Villanueva.
NANCY Ramzy and Merche Roses.
As the final notes reverberated through the hall, the evening stood as a testament to the venue’s enduring promise: to remain a masterfully crafted home where global brilliance finds its most passionate echo.
“After Oz with Wicked on Broadway’s Lissa de Guzman and Allie Trimm” An Ayala Land and SPAT presentation in partnership with Theatre Group Asia and made possible with additional support from Make it Makati, Circuit Makati, Seda Residences Makati and El Nido Resorts.