Lea Salonga Talks "Once On This Island," Bringing "Fun Home" to The Philippines and Reflects on her Legendary Career

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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YOU GUYS!!!! Sitting down with Lea Salonga for this interview was literally a dream come true. Lea, of course, needs no introduction, but since I have to put something here, here goes: In 1989 she was selected to star as Kim in "Miss Saigon"--first in London and then on Broadway where, of course, she won the Tony Award for her work. She would go on to star in "Les Miserables," "Flower Drum Song," and "Allegiance" to name just a very few shows. She was also the singing voice of Jasmine in the ...

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0:00.0	Hey, theater people, Patrick here. Before we get to the episode, I wanted to quickly tell you about
0:04.7	another podcast from within the theater people family. For the last several months, producer Mike and
0:10.1	his co-host, Elise Castle, have been hard at work on their podcast, we couldn't help but wonder,
0:15.6	which is a journey through sex in the city. Mike has watched the series a million times.
0:20.1	Elise is watching it for the first time.
0:22.4	Each episode of the podcast is the two of them chatting about the episode they just watched.
0:26.9	They go in order, starting with the pilot. We Couldn't Help But Wonder is fun and hilarious and
0:32.0	sassy and you should definitely check it out. You can find We Couldn't Help But Wonder anywhere
0:36.5	you get your podcasts and you can stream their episodes on their website. We Couldn't Help But Wonder anywhere you get your podcasts, and you can
0:38.3	stream their episodes on their website. We Couldn't Help But Wonder.com. Okay, now to the show.
0:47.6	Welcome to the Theater People podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines. Today, we are living the dream theater people as we welcome the legendary
0:57.6	Tony winner Leah Salanga to the podcast. Leah obviously needs no introduction but here are
1:04.0	some highlights. In 1989 she was selected to star in the role of Kim in Miss Saigon first
1:10.1	in London then on Broadway where of course she won the Tony Award for the role of Kim in Miss Saigon, first in London, then on Broadway, where,
1:11.9	of course, she won the Tony Award for the role. She would go on to star in Le Miz, flower drum
1:16.9	song, and allegiance, as well as being the singing voice of Jasmine in Aladdin and Moulon in
1:21.9	Milan. In the Philippines, where she is a mega star, she's the co-host of The Voice.
1:30.0	Her credits go on and on and on.
1:34.6	And now she's back on Broadway as Erzuli, the goddess of love,
1:38.9	in Michael Arden's utterly magical production of Once on This Island.
1:43.4	It was one of the high honors of my career to get to meet and chat with her.
1:44.8	Here's our conversation.
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