Lea Salonga Leads All-Filipino Concert at Alice Tully Hall, 11/7

[ooliveros]

Posted: 7/14/11 at 5:47pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Leads-All-Filipino-Concert-at-Alice-Tully-Hall-117-20110714

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 7/14/11 at 7:15pm

Great news! This will be a treat to Sondheim fans. Thank you, Oliver!

[Colle]

Posted: 7/15/11 at 1:54pm

I see that a number of people who I have seen in "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon" are going to be a part of this concert.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 7/15/11 at 2:13pm

It's probably because Mackintosh productions are some of the few that allow color-blind casting, thereby allowing more asian performers in caucasian roles.

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 7/15/11 at 3:03pm

I'm glad to see Lea do more Sondheim. I hope she does it well.

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 7/15/11 at 5:07pm

Lea does amazing Sondheim songs. She's performed the following quite beautifully: Tonight & One Hand, One Heart(with John Barrowman in a concert), Something's Coming (concert), Send In The Clowns (concert), Everybody Says Don't (concert), Another Hundred People (concert), You Could Drive a Person Crazy (Hey Mr. Producer!), Being Alive (concert), songs of The Witch (Into The Woods, Singapore), Children Will Listen (concert), and many others. I'm looking forward to this concert. It's for a charity too. I hear there is a segment where all 3 actors who've played Fantine (Lea, Joan & Rona) on Broadway and US Tour will have a "special" number.

Updated On: 7/16/11 at 05:07 PM

[jsg03jd]

Posted: 7/16/11 at 4:20am

Haven't those same women also played Kim in New York?

I've not heard Lea Salonga sing "Send In The Clowns." Is that available online?

"Everybody Says Don't" was a great number for Salonga in her recent appearance at Café Carlyle. And I just heard her duets with John Barrowman and thought she did a great job singing Maria from "West Side Story." I for one have been wishing that Salonga would sing more legit soprano musical theatre songs. She has a lovely lyric soprano.

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 7/16/11 at 11:22am

Lea sang "Send In The Clowns" from a duo concert in Manila with David Pomeranz a few months back. I'm sure it's in YouTube. Yes, she has a beautiful lyric soprano voice. Look for "The Prayer" she performed impromptu with Guy Merola after a workshop in Hawaii. That was unrehearsed.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/16/11 at 11:38am

Haven't those same women also played Kim in New York?

Most of the women listed have, yes. Ali Ewoldt was the revival Cosette.

[augustine73]

Posted: 7/18/11 at 9:44am

Another reason to drive to NY!