Another Filipino is currently making waves in the international scene. Fil-Canadian Mikey Bustos is in Manila for a series of appearances and radio tours to promote his latest accomplishment, PRISON DANCER.
Mikey is in Manila fresh from the completion of the very first Canadian produced Inter-Active Web Musical Prison Dancer, an original interactive musical web series inspired by the viral YouTube phenomenon, the “Dancing Inmates of Cebu” created to showcase the Filipino talent and culture, and to elevate the platform of entertainment and digital storytelling, to make people everywhere sing and dance!
Featuring a cast of Youtube stars and some of the most exciting Filipino musical talent emerging in North America, Prison Dancer is “Glee meets Miss Saigon” wrapped in a “choose your own” adventure. Filled with catchy pop tunes, star-crossed lovers, and engaging interactive elements, Prison Dancer brings together the best of Broadway and Youtube entertainment and takes transmedia storytelling to the next level.
Elements that are already in the mass consciousness, and PRISON DANCER: THE MUSICAL has all the ingredients of a new viral hit:
Filipino dancing inmates + Michael Jackson dance moves + B-boy/America's Best Dance Crew choreography (e.g. the Jabbawockees)+ Youtube viral video culture + Multi-platform musical theatre + Manny Pacquiao pride+ Original music, lyrics and script (written by two former castmembers of that other musical that made Filipinos famous) = Prison Dancer: The Musical
This is a 12 episode web series launching in March 2012! Music and Lyrics by Romeo Candido, written by Romeo Candido and Carmen De Jesus, and directed by Romeo Candido. Produced by Ana Serrano. Starring Mikey Bustos, Jeigh Madjus, Catherine Ricafort, Matt Wells, Ron Josol, Nicco Lorenzo, Norman Alconcel, Pierre Bayuga and Joseph Sevillo.
The PlotPrison Dancer is the story of 6 Filipino prisoners whose lives are forever changed by the dancing rehabilitation program that became a worldwide viral sensation on Youtube. Using surveillance footage, interviews with inmates inside the prison, and good old fashioned investigative journalism, pop culture journalist Matt Wells uncovers the personal, poignant, hilarious and universal stories of 6 prison dancers whose group dancing turned a maximum security jailhouse into a world stage.
Behind the prison walls, we meet inmates Ruperto Poblador aka LOLA (who along with his gay minions OO OO and NANA, choreographs the first prison dance routines), HOOKAPS, (the prison hustler), SHAKESPEARE (the prison’s resident poet) and CHRISTIAN, (the prison’s newest inmate) and discovers a tale of life, death, dreams, fears and ultimately, redemption.
Starring: Mikey Bustos, Catherine Ricafort, Jeigh Madjus, Matt Wells, Ron Josol, Nicco Lorenzo, Norm Alconcel, Pierre Bayuga & Joseph Sevillo. Directed by Romeo Candido, written by Romeo Candido + Carmen De Jesus and Produced by Ana Serano
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NEWS (July 15, 2010)
Prison Dancer: The Musical will be presented on August 8, 2010 at Lower Ossington Theatre, as part of the inaugural “Musical Works in Concert” program of Toronto’s Summerworks Theatre Festival.
Prison Dancer: The Musical was created by 5 time Dora award-nominee Romeo Candido, who wrote the music and lyrics, and co-written by Carmen De Jesus.
The Summerworks presentation of Prison Dancer: The Musical will feature many of Canada’s most talented Filipino performers: Universal recording artist and Canadian Idol Mikey Bustos, Dora-award winner Nicco Lorenzo, and Dora-nominee and internet sensation Jeigh Madjus. Prison Dancer also reunites cast members of the original Canadian production of Miss Saigon - including creators Romeo Candido and Carmen De Jesus, as well as Pierre Bayuga and Emilio Zarris.
Mikey Bustos burst into the entertainment scene when he landed Top 8 in Canadian Idol and as a matter of fact was the very 1st Pinoy to land in the top 11 in any Idol search around the world. Soon after that, he was invited to open for the concert of Pussycat Dolls and Christina Aguilera.
His biggest break came when his Filipino Accent Tutorial when viral and hit more than 1 million views on YouTube. This launched him as the new online sensation and has been featured in GMA, ABS-CBN, TV-5 and numerous news formats from print, TV to online. He presently has 19 videos on his YouTube channel and has garnered almost 8 million views to date.
Mikey Bustos recently received an award as "Video Slinger of The Year" by Globe Tatt and is nominated as "2011 Wiki Pinoy Of The Year".
Aside from his singer and online career, Mikey Bustos is also presently featured on Animal Planet for their program Pets 101 "Backyard Neighbors" wherein he tackles his Ant Farm company which distributes Ant Farms to over 22 countries around the world.
We are hoping that we could have the opportunity to work with you and that we could have the honor of being given a platform to further Mikey's campaign of promoting Filipinos and his being a very proud Filipino.
Management:
Jason V. Alvarez
Country Manager
Bustos Entertainment Inc.
Email: powercastam@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jaysalvarez
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