Controversial actor-singer Markki Stroem stages first of “Triple Threats” series

The day of reckoning has come.

Will controversial actor-singer Markki Stroem come up successfully as a major solo performer when he takes center stage of the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (TIG), the Black Box of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) at 7:30 tonight, October 14, 2022?

Markki, one of the stalwarts in Philippine musical theater headlines the first act in the series of “Triple Threats” concerts in his show billed as “Leading.”

According to the press briefs prepared and distributed by the CCP Corporate Communications Department, “each concert is an intimate evening of beautiful music, personally selected by the artists themselves, from their vast repertoire of favorite songs from Broadway, West End, original Filipino musicals, and the movies.  Dubbed as a series of ‘concept concerts,’ the narrative of the performance is dictated by the song choices.  It is a rare opportunity for the audience to see a different facet of the acclaimed theatre artist being featured.  The definition of a ‘triple threat’ is someone in a particular field who exhibits the three skills that are necessary to excel – can act, can sing, and can dance.”

The other artists to perform in the series are Arman Ferrer and Poppert Bernadas in “All of Me” and “Ang Musika, ang Teatro at Ako” slated to stage on November 18 and December 21, respectively.

Stroem, dubbed as today’s Contemporary Crooner, was a finalist on ABS-CBN’s “Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1” and had nine (9) theater credits including “Henry in Next To Normal” (Atlantis, 2011), “Shane Gray in Camp Rock” (Repertory, 2012), “Tommy Ross in Carrie: The Musical” (Atlantis, 2013), as a leading man in “Kung Paano Ako Naging Leading Lady” (Dalanghita Production, 2015), as Tommy de Vito in “Jersey Boys” (Atlantis, 2016), as Gabby in “Awitin Mo at Isasayaw ko” (Ballet Philippines, 2016), as Claude Hooper Bukowski in “Hair” (Repertory, 2017), as Terry Connor in “Side Show” (Atlantis, 2018) and as Joe Pitt in “Angels in America” (Atlantis, 2019).

Markki is also in the major cast of the successful stage production of “Mula sa Buwan.’

Aside from theater, Stroem also dived into the Television industry as he became a part of the variety show, “ASAP”’s Boys R Boys (BRB) and won as Most Promising Male Group in the Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Awards. 

Markki was then nominated as Best Actor (Cinema 1 Originals Awards), Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor (Golden Screen Awards), Best Breakthrough Actor (Gawad Tangi), and New Movie Actor of the Year (PMPC Star Awards for Movies) for Cinema One Originals 2012 “Slumber Party.” 

Stroem also produced and directed music videos for artists like Rachelle Ann Go, Christian Bautista, and Noel Cabangon.  His first album, “Thousands of Pieces” tapped the Astroplus top-selling album charts in 2012.