The Filipinos took over the online world with YouTube singing sensations Charice and Arnel Pineda and made the world laugh with YouTube videos of HappySlip, Petra Mahalimuyak and Mikey Bustos. Now, we will again capture the world with the first and original interactive musical web series inspired by the viral Youtube phenomenon, the “Dancing Inmates of Cebu.” – Prison Dancer
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.
Prison Dancer: The Musical includes Canadian Idol Finalist and YouTube Sensation Mikey Bustos and has opened for the concert of Pussycat Dolls and Christina Aguilera.
During the Mang Juan Bloggers meet up with Mikey Bustos, he sang his audition piece, Hello and one of his favorite song, Yellow by Coldplay.
It was his Filipino Accent Tutorial that landed him world wide stardom.
Mikey has proved that when a door closes, a window opens. He may have lost Canadian Idol, but he’s now everyone’s YouTube Idol. Another reason we should be proud to be a Filipino.
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