Meralco Theater is a theater located at the compound of

Meralco The Manila Electric Company (), also known as Meralco (, ), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 22 cities and 89 munic ...

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. It used to be known as the Meralco Auditorium. It seats over 1,000 people and is a popular venue for various concerts, plays, musicals and events.

History

The Meralco Theater was inaugurated on March 22, 1969. It was designed by Filipino architect José María Zaragoza and forms part of the larger Meralco Building, which was completed a little earlier. The 14-story building, theater and adjoining buildings form a landmark in the Ortigas Center CBD. The theater was where the staged graduation ceremony of politician

Imee Marcos Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios "Imee" Romualdez Marcos (; born November 12, 1955) is a Filipina politician and former actress serving as a Senator since 2019. She is the daughter of Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos and the ...

took place, according to University of the Philippines Cebu history professor Madrileña de la Cerna.

Current tenants

*Sunday Mass Service (1974–present) *Palm Sunday Family Recollection (Every

Palm Sunday Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy ...

of each year) (1985–present)

Recent events

*HELLO KITTY LIVE Christmas 2016/17 *ABS-CBN Christmas Specials (2006-2007) *Akapela Open (2015) *Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society The Farewell Concert (1974) *Awit Awards (1996) *Boombaga (1985) *Credo: Himig Tomasino 2013 (Annual intercollegiate choral competition of the University of Santo Tomas) *Disney's

Aladdin (2011 musical) ''Aladdin'' is a Broadway musical based on the 1992 Disney animated film of the same name with a book by Chad Beguelin, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Beguelin. It resurrects three songs written by Menken and As ...

(2012) *Disney's Beauty and the Beast (musical) (2005) *Disney's

High School Musical on Stage! ''High School Musical on Stage!'' is a musical based on the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie ''High School Musical'', with music and lyrics by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Ray and Greg Cham, Drew Seeley, Randy Petersen, Kevin Quinn, Andy Dodd ...

(2008) *Disney's

Tarzan (musical) ''Tarzan'' is a musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios 1999 film of the same name. The songs are written by Phil Collins with a book by David Henry Hwang. The musical follows Tarzan, who is raised by gorillas in West Africa. He meets ...

(2013) *Trumpets'

The Little Mermaid (musical) ''The Little Mermaid'' is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up ...

(2011) *Eat Bulaga! Miss Millennial Philippines 2019 Grand Coronation Day (2019) *Erik Santos Power Of One Valentines Concert (2010) *GMA @ 45: GMA 45th Anniversary TV Special (1995) *Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Box-Office Entertainment Awards (2005) *Hi-5 House Hits Live! (2015) *Himig Handog Love Songs (2005) *Legally Blonde: the Musical (Off-Broadway Licensed Production) (2012) *

Les Misérables (musical) ''Les Misérables'' ( , ), colloquially known as ''Les Mis'' or ''Les Miz'' ( ), is a sung-through musical and an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, by Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel (origi ...

(1993) * Libera (concert, February 19, 2019) *

Jersey Boys ''Jersey Boys'' is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and eventual break-up of t ...

2016 *Metro Manila Film Festival Awards Night Gabi Ng Parangal (2010, 2012-2013) *Metro Manila Popular Song Festival (1978-1986) *Metro Pop Song Festival (1999) *MYX Music Awards (2008-2009) *NU 107 Rock Awards (1996-2002) *PMPC Star Awards For Movies (1984-1988) *PMPC Star Awards For Music (2009-2010) *PMPC Star Awards For TV (1987-1990) *PATAS Awards (1973-1982) *Peter Pan The Musical - September 30 – October 30 (2013) *PhilPop Song Festival (2013-2015) *

Shrek The Musical ''Shrek The Musical'' is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film ''Shrek'', along with elements of its sequels: ''Shrek 2'', ''Shrek Forever After'' ...

(2014) *Sueno: Himig Tomasino 2014 (Annual intercollegiate choral competition of the University of Santo Tomas) *West Side Story The Musical (2008)

References

{{Ortigas Center Theaters and concert halls in Metro Manila Buildings and structures in Pasig Theatres completed in 1969