Lea Salonga Archives - North West End UK

A rare opportunity to see one of the greatest singers of our time, a true icon of musical theatre and a Disney princess twice over. The singing voice of warrior, Mulan and Princess Jasmine in Alladin, but perhaps best known for her role as Kim in Miss Saigon for over fifteen years, Salonga has a long list of stage and screen credits, spanning over 35 years. When Salonga took on the role of Kim in Miss Saigon in 1989, aged just 18, she went on to become the first Asian performer to win a Tony and one of the youngest to win an Olivier. In the 1990’s she played Eponine alongside, Michael Ball’s Marius in Les Misérables. The rest, as they say, is history. Most recently starring in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, in London’s West End, she has taken time out to tour the UK, for eight perf...

Dream Again. That was the invitation from Lea Salonga as she opened her show tonight at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. We have all been limited for the last two years in what we have been able to do, and now it is time for us all to Dream Again about what comes next. Using Ms Salonga’s own words, this concert tour is a time to enjoy the gift of music, a recognition of our collective perseverance and resilience, and a celebration of joy; joy which was clear from the moment Ms Salonga stepped onto the stage. When I saw her first UK tour in 2019, I was surprised by the diversity of music in her show. But not this time! One of the things I love about Ms Salonga as an artist is that she is never constrained by the concept of genre. Instead, she moves naturally between musical theatre n...

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Lea Salonga – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Lea Salonga: Dream Again – Bridgewater Hall