| Club Mwah's Bedazzled 6:
Dazzlingly Lavish
As
a theater cum-bar, Club Mwah!, nestled on the 3rd floor of The Venue Tower on
Boni Ave. Mandaluyong City, has become synonymous with world class, opulent, first
rate and quality. One thing
nice about Club Mwah is that the owners never scrimp on the budget for sets and
costumes for the sake of the authenticity and visual delight. This is again evident
in their latest presentation, bedazzled 6. There's no recycling of sets, props
and costumes. 
"We
don't want to shortchange our patrons. We always try our best to give them what
they deserve: quality entertainment. It's a commitment, and we are not reneging
on that, " says Pocholo Malillin, vice president and administrator. Bedazzled
6 presents entirely new numbers except for a reprise of the Cell Block Tango dance
sequence lifted from the hit musical Chicago starring Catherine-Zeta Jones and
Renee Zellweger), this time with Club Mwah! president Cris Nicolas doing the dirty
dancing gigolo part - the world-class choreographer-director in a fantastic display
of passionate dancing. Great! Madonna's
Vogue is given a Thai choreography complete with golden temple as background set
and exotic Thai costumes. "These
are all imported from Thailand: the silk cloth, necklace, everything," informs
Pocholo. Everything looks
authentically Thai. Malillin confides that the materials used in the golden costumes
and the Bangkok Temple in the background were all imported from Thailand. No wonder!
Whatever extravagance there maybe is for the better, and that's that! And
the Madonna clone, she's really something. Can you imagine the Material Girl performing
for the Thai royalty in Bangkok? Fabulous!  The
African tribal dance goes hip and contemporary with a luminous spider web converted
into a wall by tumbling scaling jazz dancers garbed in golden ethnic costumes
with matching headdresses and cannibal sticks to booth! Call it novel and higly
creative!
Shirley Bassey's
Goldfinger wearing gold rhinestone coming out from the hydraulic has a bevy of
glamorous damsels in dramatic black gown gliding on the ramp very much like James
Bond's temptresses in the 007 spy movies when Sean Connery was the title role.
What do you say Ian Fleming? The
most lavish number in Bedazzled 6 is their version of Miss Saigon. Would you believe
a helicopter in mid-air and American GI soldiers in regulation military uniforms?
And the Vietnamese villagers, all 30 of them are dressed and made up to look like
real Vietcongs down to the last chinky eyeshadow. Kim enters on a boat, paddling
onstage and turns the scene into a riotous comedy when she shows her exaggerated
pregnancy and her ala-Rapunzel long long hair. Riot! Wish Cameron Mackintosh were
in the audience. The penultimate
number billed, "Iam What We Are" has the gender-bending dancers in doble-cara
getups. Mind boggling, Dizzying! Tricky! Club
Mwah! - which has free valet parking, continues to live up to its reputation as
an upscale entertainment venue doubling as a party place. it has even earned another
trademark: Favorite launching pad for new products and services. And a taping,
shooting site for TV shows and movies! It has lately been accredited by Dept.
of Tourism as a must-see tourist stopover. The
lavish costumes and excellent choreography as well as the choice of music set
design is well crafted by Club Mwah Artistic Director Cris Nicolas. Call
532-2826 or 5357943 for reservations. Or Visit its website at www.clubmwah.com •
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