Philippine star rides dictator's coattails to West End

2014/10/31 06:32:44 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

The extraordinary road to the West End for the Philippines & #039; Mark Bautista began with singing boy-band covers at shopping malls and a long ride from poverty aboard a cargo ship. Now, he is performing to sold-out crowds at one of the world & #039;s most prestigious theatre venues, cast as ex-Filipino president Ferdinand Marcos in & quot;Here Lies Love & quot;, a rollicking disco-and-dictators musical. & quot;It was never in my wildest dreams that I could get a lead role in a Manila musical... and now I have this, & quot; Bautista, 31, told AFP recently before heading to London to star in the show written by Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne and Norman Cook -- a.k.a Fat Boy Slim. & quot;Here Lies Love & quot; tracks the rise and fall of former first lady Imelda Marcos, who partied with Hollywood stars as her husband, Ferdinand, ruled the impoverished Asian nation with an iron fist until toppled in a 1986 revolution.
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