Sitti to try theater
by NRJ Ramos
Local Bossa Nova Princess Sitti is out to reinvent herself as a theater actress.
At the launch of her latest CD “Contagious” under Warner Music Philippines in Red Box Trinoma last week, Sitti revealed that she is already working on a musical but that she can’t give details as yet.
“Management told me not to divulge so much as of now but I’m very excited about it,” said she.
Sitti added that she had long wanted to involve herself in theater. She named roles she dreamt of playing: Maria in ‘West Side Story’ and Kim in ‘Miss Saigon.’”
Sitti’s most recent acting job was in the primetime ABS-CBN soap opera, “Ysabella.” She sees acting as a welcome respite because she sometimes feel the need “to do something else.”
That would have to wait as far as her music goes. Like in previous albums, “Contagious” is comprised mostly by bossa nova renditions of well-loved tunes including Sade’s “Your Love is King”, Sarah Mclachlan’s “Adia” and Annie Lennox’s “No More I Love You’s.”
The only original track is titled “Is This Love,” composed by Andrew Fromm, George Noriega, Jorge Gonzales, Howard Dorough and Merecco Turner. From is co-writer of Christian Bautista’s signature hit, “The Way You Look At Me.”
Sitti hopes to branch out to other things in the future.
“I’ve lots of interest as an artist. As a singer I would like to one day go back to singing jazz and standards as when I started my singing career. I also wish to build a career in theater.”
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