‘Rak of Aegis’ keeps the audience coming

To say that “Rak of Aegis”—the musical about a young woman who, together with her humble neighborhood, wants to rise past her barangay’s perpetual water floods—has taken Manila by storm is a modest statement.

For the past five seasons, Rak, as it is fondly called, has attracted thousands of audiences in almost 300 shows, arguably an unprecedented figure in contemporary Filipino theater scene.