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Walter Ang is a Filipino American writer and journalist known for his nonfiction book Barangay to Broadway: Filipino American Theater History.

The book covers events, groups, and individuals that have comprised Filipino American theater from 1898 to 2016. In addition, it lists the backgrounds of Filipino American theater companies such as Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York, CIRCA-Pintig in Chicago, and Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco, among others. It also includes information on Tony Award winners Lea Salonga ("Miss Saigon") and Lena Hall ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch") and Obie Award winners Ching Valdes Aran ("Flipzoids") and Mia Katigbak ("Awake and Sing!").

Career
Ang writes primarily about Filipino American theater for the USA section of Inquirer.net and other news outlets. Before he moved to the USA, he covered the Manila and Philippine theater industry for Philippine Daily Inquirer and other publications.

He was a contributing researcher-writer for the Theater Volume of the Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, second edition, published by Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Works

 * Barangay to Broadway: Filipino American Theater History, 2018. Hardcover ISBN 9780999686508    Paperback ISBN 9780999686515    Ebook ISBN 9780999686522

Exernal links

 * WordsOfWalter.blogspot.
 * Walter Ang at USA.Inquirer.net