Disco and despots: Filipino-Americans grapple with Broadway musical about Marcos family

Broadway actors Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana dance onstage as Imelda Marcos and Ferdinand Marcos Sr for Here Lies Love in New York. - COURTESY OF BILLY BUSTAMANTE, MATTHEW MURPHY AND EVAN ZIMMERMAN

NEW YORK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The disco ball spun in the air as 1980s music blared from inside Broadway Theatre, now transformed into the likeness of New York City nightclub Studio 54, where Imelda Marcos, the Philippines’ flamboyant former first lady, once partied the night away.

Her younger face was flashed on the screens hanging around the hall. A DJ appeared onstage and told the audience that it was time to dance.