By Anna Valmero
Inquirer.net

The transience of the live theater makes it special and unique. Watching a two-and-a half hour stage performance of ‘Ibong Adarna’ at the AFP Theater is an invigorating experience to the senses as actors portray live the triumphs and tribulations of each character, bringing flesh and blood to the story.

All of us are required to read Francisco Baltazar’s ‘korrido’, as it was one of the required readings in the secondary level. Back then, I thumbed back and forth from one chapter of the book to the glossary and back, to work my way with the archaic Filipino ‘korrido’ verses. As I look back, I wished I had watched this kind of performance then. Luckily, I sat with thousands of high schools to watch the play last October 5.

Though I knew how the story would go, I sat expectantly from the start until the show ended. In terms of the technicalities, I would say the performers, stage crew and the director of the play did a good job. While remaining faithful to the material, the play has injected modern elements to appeal to the young audience.

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WHILE drinking last night, we got to talking about “Heroes,” “Star Trek” and the upcoming “Star Trek” movie (Zachary Quinto a.k.a. Sylar will play the young Spock, and original Spock Leonard Nimoy will also be in the film), when INQUIRER.net executive editor Leo Magno brought up this show Nimoy used to host, the TV documentary series “In Search of…”

Man, that takes us back. I told him I also used to watch that show all the time, but I’d forgotten about it until he mentioned it heh “Oh ayan, may maisusulat na naman si Joey,” our reporter Alex Villafania quipped.

Here’s a clip of the show intro on YouTube from KentuckyBootleg.