This is just more than detailed as what we usually have been watching and reading from other media sources. The nitty gritty of this interview is like a girl-heart-to-heart talk with the Tony Award winning actress. Thank you for the precise revelation of what we have not known yet. Thanks for uploading this video, this made me subscribe and gave thumbs up.
The Universe must have a hand in it to land in the Philippines as its final search, and, voila "Kim" is in the person of Lea Salonga. And the rest is history!
The Universe has spotted the small islands of the Philippines and right in Manila city was this young, small and charming lady, named Lea Salonga (who was just 17 y.o.), and, voila, "Kim" was found. It was a heaven-sent event that hit Manila as part of global search for this great musical show that also found several other Philippine theater artists that complete the 'Miss Saigon' cast in West End, London. Ms. Lea Salonga had paved the way for Asian artists to have opportunities to play in West End and Broadway as well as touring musical productions in different parts of the world. This is a great interview. Amazing lady interviewer!👋😘
According to one of the composers, one of the reasons they chose to go to Manila and hold auditions was because of a Lino Brocka movie. Schonberg saw this movie in Paris and it struck him how beautiful the scoring was and it stayed with him.
I followed Lea Salonga growing up & turned into a beautiful young lady to a gorgeous young woman 💖 I love her so dearly...she's the same age as my oldest daughter 💖 Angelic voice she has 🌹
well might have been really her birthday gift to the fandom ...to share this nitty gritty details as this was /published on her birthday feb 22 ... casting and "race" . she take on roles with historical impact or 'content' as what is the term nowadays (Music and Disney and theater God's will destiny trumps and win over the prejudices and stereotypes at mga maling akala .... yay!!!
Wow! I thought this was another typical interview about how Lea started her career. But so many details about the show was also revealed. I didn’t even know these controversies existed before. Amazing!
She is exactly correct. People who taught me my profession told me to pass on what they gave me. She is tiny but mighty. I know she is married, and certainly respect that, but I’m in love anyway.
Lea was a young woman in the 10th anniversary concert of Les mis as the street urchin and returned to the stage as Fantine in the 25 anniversary concert of les mis.
“Even people who haven’t seen miss Saigon think “miss Saigon, controversy.” Uh no lol. Never heard about this until now and I’ve seen the show three times.
