Sam joins Anna Maria, Corbin Bleu in NYC show

FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo The Philippine Star Updated April 16, 2012 12:00 AM 

In the first major concert of Godspell star Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (left), Sam (right, photographed at New York’s Central Park) is doing a guest performance with Cobin Bleu (center), Anna Maria’s fellow Disney baby and High School Musical star. The concert, set for May 7, will be mounted onboard Hornblower Hybrid.

If Sam Milby keeps the three-month deadline he has given himself to try his luck as an actor in the US, maybe he won’t come home totally empty-handed. Did he bag a role from any of the auditions that he was reported to have taken? Uhm, not really. So far, the only project he has clinched is as a special guest in Anna Maria Perez de Tagle’s first major concert on May 7 onboard the Hornblower Hybrid, a cutting-edge boat by the world-famous Hornblower Cruises & Events, together with High School Musical star Corbin Bleu.


Sam said before he left that he would be away for three months which is much too short for any talent dreaming Hollywood to gain considerable ground. You see, competition out there is a hundred times stiffer (and far more cutthroat) than that in the local entertainment industry where more premium is put on looks than in talent. You have to compete not just with dozens but thousands of aspirants from around the world. And you must have the right connections.

So far, Sam’s only connection is Anna Maria who has become his friend and text-mate since their first meeting two years ago during a Star Magic event in California.

“That friendship was renewed recently when they met again in New York City where Sam is temporarily based while auditioning for prospective Hollywood projects,” said Funfare’s Big Apple correspondent Edmund Silvestre in an exclusive dispatch.


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All guests will embark at 7 p.m. (sharp) at Pier 40, at 353 West St. near West Houston St. in Manhattan.

(For tickets, call 818.823.1628 or e-mailw8888entertainment@gmail.com)

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