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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Power to the Pinoys! Days of Disco (A History) With Here Lies Love's MC Oliveras

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Oliveras' current projects include Hatuey, a new musical by Frank London and Elise Thoron, directed by Leigh Silverman, at Sundance MassMoCA, and the upcoming indie feature, "Manhattan Nocturne," starring Adrian Brody, slated for 2015 release. She was last seen on Broadway in the Roundabout Theater Company’s production of Machinal, starring Rebecca Hall, directed by Lyndsey Turner and previously made her Broadway debut in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

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The initial Public Theater production began performances on April 2, 2013 and ended its four-time extended run July 28, 2013.  The current production began performances again at The Public on April 14, 2014 with an official opening date of May 1. It will end its engagement January 3, 2015. The musical also opened Oct. 13 in London at the new Dorfman Theatre, under the auspices of the National Theatre.  

Though the New York run will come to an end, according to press notes, "plans are underway, with casting this month, for the Australian premiere as the centerpiece of the Vivid Sydney Festival in May 2015 as well as a US national touring production which will begin in San Francisco.  Performances of the show are also projected for South America, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and even the Phillipines."

Read about the upcoming Australian production here. 

Tony nominee Alex Timbers (Rocky, Peter and the Starcatcher) stages the 90-minute, immersive musical, which centers around the First Lady of the Philippines. The original Public Theater production of Here Lies Love was critically acclaimed and extended four times during its initial run.

Set within a dance-club atmosphere, theatregoers stand and move with the actors for the duration of the show. Here Lies Love has music by David Byrne of The Talking Heads and DJ Fatboy Slim, with lyrics by Byrne. 

The new, open-ended commercial run is produced by Joey Parnes and Emursive (Randy Weiner, Arthur Karpati, Jonathan Hochwald).

The cast features Jaygee Macapugay as Imelda Marcos, Jose Llana (Spelling Bee, Flower Drum Song) as Ferdinand Marcos alongside Conrad Ricamora as Ninoy Aquino.

The production received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical; an Obie Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics; Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music, Lighting Design and Projection Design and Theatre World Awards for Ruthie Ann Miles (Imelda Marcos) and Conrad Ricamora (Aquino). It was recently nominated for a record 11 Lucille Lortel Awards.

According to the Public, "Within a pulsating dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos retracing her meteoric rise from childhood to her subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. Here Lies Love is neither a period piece nor a biography, neither a play nor a traditional musical but a wholly immersive theatrical event combining songs influenced by four decades of dance music, adrenaline-fueled choreography, and a remarkable 360-degree scenic and video environment to go beyond Imelda’s near-mythic obsession with shoes and explore the true tragic consequences of power and responsibility."

Here Lies Love has set design by David Korins, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Justin Townsend, sound design by M. L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, and projection design by Peter Nigrini. Annie-B Parson is choreographer.

Tickets range from $99-$139. For more info, visit herelieslove.com.