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#1

LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 2:25am

How true is this? I've been reading about this. Rumor has it she is to sing "Defying Gravity" ... Also heard at the Ovations benefit that Liz Callaway might be guest appearing. Didn't they do Saigon together in the original Broadway cast?
#2

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 2:39am

Does anybody know if the concert will be recorded for CD or DVD release?

It'd be great to hear ... especially if there is someone WICKED and Liz Callaway ...

Dan
#4

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 6:34am

If it is true....finally the song will be sung properly. How awesome would it be, wow. Please have it recorded for cd......powers that be. It is the only song from the show that I like, and to have an actress/singer emote it rather than belt it would be fabulous.
Drought Down Under.
#6

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 9:54am

Seeing the title of this thread, here is what I imagined:


Curtain opens to reveal 50-member orchestra. The Concert Master enters to a mild smattering of applause and the orchestra tunes up. The Conductor enters to slightly more enthuastic applause and begins the intro.

Lea Salonga enters the stage and the crowd goes wild.

The orchestra plays a 32-bar intro which increases in intensity as Lea takes a deep breath, opens her mouth, and sings...

"ELPHABAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!"

The orchestra fininshes with a flourish. The conductor motions the musicians to stand and accept their applause. The conductor bows. Then Lea bows to a spontaneous standing ovation. She kisses her hand and waves to the crowd. The curtain falls. Lights up and the audience exits abuzz with excitement.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#8

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 10:17am

LOL MisterMatt
(formerly bronte604) "You really just love money and power and capitalism? You know they're never going to love you back." "Things happen for the best...I don't even believe that myself."
#9

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 10:19am

I LOVE me some Lea Salonga.....BUT

She so does not have the voice to belt out Defying Gravity. I am sorry, but it's the truth.


And Mister Matt, PRICELESS. :)

Updated On: 10/20/05 at 10:19 AM

#12

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 11:29am

i still think lea has the voice to sing those 'elphaba' songs...but wicked songs or not im sure her carnegie concert will be a good one... i just wish they will produce a cd / dvd of the concert.
#13

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/20/05 at 7:59pm

I'm new here and just posted a press release of the Carnegie concert here. How did you hear about this? If it's true, that would be awesome since Lea recorded "For Good" with Jen Paz. Infact, the cd is already available. The version has a more contemporary flair but, it is pretty good. I'm watching the concert so, now I am even more excited to see it it does happen. Let us know how you found out. Thanks for sharing!
Jen Paz CD
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#14

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 10/21/05 at 5:58am

IF she is singing anything Wicked, it will probably be the aformentioned rendition of "For Good" she did..
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#15

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 11/2/05 at 1:40pm

Someone posted this on Ebay....2 tickets to Lea's Carnegie concert....row CC. That guy better have a good excuse for not going re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT
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"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#18

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 11/2/05 at 4:32pm

My guess...and I'm psychic...haha...that Lea and her special guest would sing "For Good" since Lea is already familiar with the song. She recorded a contemporary version with Jen Paz. Click on the forward button until it plays the song. CD is good.
Recording Sampler
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#19

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 11/2/05 at 6:09pm

damn....... this girl is SO begging to be cast in Wicked, it's not even funny. All her recent interviews scream how she would love to be in Wicked, either role...... blah blah blah. She'd probably even agree to the equity-minimum scale too!!!

Lea honey........we love you. Please come back to Broadway in a NEW Musical that is worthy of your talents
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup

Updated On: 11/2/05 at 06:09 PM

#20

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 11/2/05 at 6:40pm

I have to admit, I WOULD go see Wicked again if they cast Lea in it.

But I agree, new show....



So ridiculously jealous of anyone who is going to this concert. I hate living in Florida...now if you excuse me- I'm going to go watch my video of Lea's Broadway Concert...
#21

re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 11/2/05 at 7:15pm

If Liz Callaway is going to show up as a guest in Lea's concert, then I hope they sing I STILL BELIEVE, as both were in the original NYC company of MISS SAIGON many moons ago.
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re: LEA SALONGA TO SING ELPHABA AT HER CARNEGIE CONCERT

Posted: 11/3/05 at 5:23am

I hope she sings it too...for discussion's sake only.
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending. The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."

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