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“When the red curtain opens

A biography

Act 1. “Draw the Curtains!”

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga or more famously known as simply “Lea Salonga” was born on the 22nd of February, 1971 in Ermita, Manila. She was born to her father, Feliciano Genuino Salonga and her mother Ligaya Alcantara Imutan and became a sister to her brother, Gerard Salonga. Mr. Feliciano was a naval rear admiral and a shipping company owner. For her first six years in life, she lived in Angeles City before moving to Manila. She was a kid who loved to sing with dreams bigger than the Earth itself.

Her childhood was already part of the opening act of her life’s play as at the early age of seven, she made her professional debut in the musical “The King and I” in 1978 with Repertory Philippines. A Filipino theater company. After “The King in I”, she managed to secure the title role in her next play “Annie” and acted in the play in 1980. By the age of 10, she was able to record her first album “Small voice” in 1981 and it was well received by the masses as it was certified gold here in the Philippines. She also made left and right appearances in various plays such as “The Fantasticks” and “Paper moon” from 1988 and 1983 respectively. Her early childhood was full of acting and theater as that’s what she loved doing. She was a performer at heart.

Throughout the 1980s, Lea Salonga was steadily gaining popularity as she was featured in many television projects from GMA radio television arts. She was a child actress at the time and following her first album’s success, she was given an opportunity to host her own television show and this was named “Love, Lea”. Lea also made appearances as a member of the cast for a teen variety show “That’s entertainment” hosted by the late German Moreno. Because of her amazing acting skills and innate talent for it, Lea received multiple awards from FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences) and Aliw awards. The latter awarded her three times for three consecutive years for being the “Best Child Performer” of 1980, 1981, and 1982. Talk about consistency!

By 1988, Lea released her second album simply entitled “Lea” and in that same year, she finished her High School Education) at O.B. Montessori Center located at Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila. Lea also attended an extension program by the University of the Philippines College of Music that trains musically talented children and teens in Music and stage acting.

Act 2. “The Opening Act”

At the age of 17 years old, Lea auditioned for the role of the main character in the play “Miss Saigon” named “Kim”. In her audition, Lea chose to sing “Boublil” and “On my Own” by Claude-Michel Schonberg from the play “Les Miserables”. Because of her amazing singing ability, she was asked by the audition panel to sing “Sun and Moon” which impressed them. At the age of 18 in 1989, Lea was picked to play the role of Kim in Miss Saigon’s debut production held in London.

Lea Salonga was able to win the “Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical” in 1990 because of her successful performance as Kim in Miss Saigon. This made her one of the world’s youngest winners of the award which was a feat on its own. Also in the same year, she performed a homecoming concert in Manila named “A Miss Called Lea. In the following year, Lea won multiple awards from Theater World, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk from playing the same role in Miss Saigon’s play on Broadway. In the 1992 Disney animated film “Aladdin”, Lea became the singing voice for our beloved Princess Jasmine. In 1993, she achieved yet another feat of becoming the first ever woman of Asian descent to be awarded a “Tony Award”.

Act 3. “To The Center Stage!”

“Les Miserables” has been one of the most well known plays worldwide and in 1993, for the broadway production of the play, Salonga played the role of “Eponine”, the daughter of the Thenardiers. When the 65th Annual Academy Awards happened in Los Angeles in the same year, Lea performed as Jasmine in the song “A Whole New World” along with Brad Kane. In the awards show, the song won a deserving, Golden Globe Award! With the help of Atlantic Records, Lea was able to release her self-titled international debut album. In 1994, she was able to partake in multiple musical theater plays in the countries Singapore and Philippines. She took the roles of the witch in “Into the Woods” and Sandy in “Grease” to mention.

By 1995, Lea Salonga went back to the US to bring to life the role of an 18-year-old Vietnamese American adopted child named “Geri Riordan” in the television film “Redwood Curtain”. She proved herself to be still a busy woman as at the same year, she went back to the Philippines to act in the film “Sana Maulit Muli” along with Ariel Aquino Mulach or more famously known as Aga Mulach. Through this film, she was able to get her second FAMAS nomination as “Best Actress”. 1995 was also the 10th anniversary of Les Miserables and so, Lea flew all the way back to London to play Eponine in “Les Miserables: The dream cast concert” held at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall.

1997 was the year when Lea Salonga started making recordings and she started that off with her album entitled “I’d like to teach the world sing”. This album was well received by the Filipino people as the album reached gold sales in the Philippines. This album was then followed by the 1998 album “Lea…In heart” and the 2000 album “By heart”. These two albums were able to reach Platinum sales multiple times in the Philippines.

In 1998, she again collaborated with Disney and became the voice of the Disney animated film character “Mulan” and the singing voice of the same character in the film sequel “Mulan II” in 2004. Lea moved to New York City, USA where she purchased her apartment at the age of 28 and owned it until 2013. In the same year, Lea participated and performed at a tribute concert held for Cameron Mackintosh entitled “Hey, Mr. Producer: The musical world of Cameron Mackintosh.” By the years 1999 and 2000, Lea played the role of “Sonia Walsk” in the “They’re playing our song” musical.

Throughout the years of 2000 to 2003, Lea Salonga continued on making multiple appearances in various kinds of platforms from TV shows, musical and nonmusical theaters, and films which led to her appearances in multiple awards shows as well. By the 10th of January, 2004, she married the love of her life Mr. Robert Charles Chien whom she met in “Flower Drum Song”. The same year, she also performed her all-Filipino concerts entitled ”Songs from Home” which made her win the “Entertainer of the year” award from Aliw awards.

Act 4. “The Climax”

2005 was the year when Lea Salonga reached international status as she started to tour the world. She conducted her first US concert tour and in the same year, she managed to perform to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall. Because of her international ventures, Lea was awarded with a “Golden Artist” award from FAMAS. In 2006, she performed for the closing ceremony of the 15th Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar with the song “Triumph of the one” at the Khalifa Stadium.

Lea then proceeded to release her first studio album in 2007 entitled “Inspired” which gained popularity and got platinum sales in the Philippines. She was also awarded by the former president Gloria Arroyo with the “Order of Lakandula” for using her abilities to the benefit of the Philippines and its people. Lea made more appearances on the theater scene with the return of Les Miserables, Broadway on Broadway, Stars in the alley, and more.

By 2008, she became a columnist for the Philippine Daily inquirer. She wrote her column “Introducing: Lea Salonga, writer” and from then on, started writing more and more columns. Lea went on to do singing performances throughout 2009 with her appearance in the 95th anniversary special of Iglesia ni Cristo singing the song “Bayan ko” and the concerts “Lea Salonga…Your songs” for the 20 years of “Miss Saigon”.

Following her singing performances, Lea made an appearance as a celebrity judge for the show “Avon Voices”. Speaking of being a judge, she also became one of the judges to sit on the judges panel of the 60th Miss Universe 2011 held in Sao Paulo, Brazil which happened at the 20th of September, 2011

Lea Salonga continued on making more concert appearances as in 2013, she was part of the Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Concert Series. She also played as a mother in the concert performance of “Ragtime”. In the same year, she started her concert tour in the Philippines “Lea Salonga: Playlist” which was done to celebrate her 35 years of hardwork and dedication in show business.

By 2014, she went back to making judge appearances to “The Voice” and “The Voice kids”. Throughout 2014, she continued touring around the world with multiple concerts. She made an American television appearance in 2016 with “Crazy-Ex Girlfriend” and another for the international premiere of “Fun Home” as Helen Bechdel in Manila.

Act 5. “The Curtain Call”

Lea Salonga’s career has been going smoothly even until the present. With her steady amount of appearances in the theater scene for the past 4 years, it proves that Lea has made her mark in the theater scene as a whole which she worked hard for since age seven. She’s currently living with her family and has a daughter named Nicole Chien. This year, Lea is planning to embark on another world tour on the 6th of April, 2022 entitled “Dream Again” which will start in North America.

To many theater kids, Lea Salonga is one of the many theater actors and actresses that these kids can look up to. She’s the perfect example of one who’s passionate about their dreams whatever it may be. Once a small town girl, now one of the big names of show business, Lea Salonga is a woman of passion, pure talent, and dedication to her craft. A true performer.

#biography #chermed #humss

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affluencehqs · 2 years

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𝐭𝐨: rye student body 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦: rye university psychology department 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: valentine’s day questionnaire results

Happy Valentine’s Day!

On behalf of the department, we’d like to thank you for your diligence and patience in answering the questionnaire posed by psychology students. The results of the questionnaire were most enlightening, and after several days of analyzing the data we are happy to announce that we’ve made quite a few new and exciting observations on the subject of love and compatibility.

As a way to further extend our gratitude and expand this experiment, we’ve added a second phase to our research. Below you will find a list of student pairings that our data has confirmed as having all the markers of a highly successful match. If you find your name on this list, we encourage you to reach out to the other student you’ve been matched with and set up a date! After the conclusion of your date, please report any unique observations and your final findings on the compatibility of the predetermined matches to the department.

Thank you again for your participation! Go with love!

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coda-cola-39 · 2 years

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A Star Is Born

{A biography on Lea Salonga.}

Renowned for her crystalline voice and perfect pitch, Lea Salonga truly is one of Broadway’s best. An inspiration to aspiring Asian actors and actresses, she is best known for her various roles in musical theatre, as well as being the iconic voice behind Disney princesses, Jasmine and Mulan.

Born Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, she hails from Ermita, Manila, but spent the first six years of her life in Angeles City before moving there. Her parents were Feliciano Genuino Salonga, a naval rear admiral and shipping company owner, and María Ligaya Alcantara, whose father once served as mayor of the town. Musical talent seemed to run within the Salonga family, as her younger brother, Gerard Salonga, likewise thrived in the industry as an orchestral conductor.

Even in childhood, theatre intertwined with Lea’s life. She debuted at the age of seven in The King and I with Repertory Philippines, and soon played the titular role in Annie two years after. At the age of nine, she also recorded her first album, Small Voice, with her brother, which went on to receive a Gold record in the Philippines. Following the success of her debut album, she hosted her own musical television show, Love, Lea, and appeared in a number of television projects and films.

In 1988, she finished her secondary education at the O. B. Montessori Center in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila. In addition to that, she participated in the University of the Philippines College of Music's extension program, which trained musically talented children in music and stage movement. Later on in life, she studied at Ateneo de Manila University. When she moved to New York, she took on two courses at Fordham University and juggled it in between jobs.

Despite her musical prowess, Salonga originally planned to pursue a medical career, and studied biology throughout her freshman years in Ateneo de Manila University. Her Broadway career was kickstarted by that fateful audition during her college years. Unable to find the right East Asian actress to fill the role as Kim, the producers of Miss Saigon traveled from country to country and eventually settled in the Philippines. For her audition, the then-17-year-old Lea chose to sing On My Own from Les Miserables; to this day, she credits this song as the catalyst for her international career.

And in 1989, the extensive search for Miss Saigon’s Kim draws to a close, with Salonga originating the role. Although the shot to fame daunted her, she would go on to garner multiple awards for her performance, including being the first woman of Asian descent to win the coveted Tony Award. It all comes full circle back to the song that launched her Broadway journey when she stars in Les Miserables as Eponine, returning later on as Fantine.

Salonga officially moves to New York City at age 28, purchasing her own apartment. She returns to the theatre scene in 2002, playing the lead role in a revival of Rodger and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song. Over the course of the musical’s Broadway run, she meets Robert Chien, whose cousin was in the cast. The two take a liking to each other, and after a few years of dating, the couple married in 2004 in Los Angeles. The arrival of their first child, Nicole Beverly Chien, follows shortly after in 2006. The Salonga family appears to have a penchant for perfect pipes, as their daughter follows her mother’s footsteps by starring in a choral performance of Matilda.

Salonga’s talent doesn’t start and stop with just her luscious vocals. Besides theatre, she’s ventured into writing in 2008 and has written numerous columns for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. She has also published a book, Playlist: A Celebration of 35 Years, documenting her experiences in the show business. In October 2010, she was also named a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Goodwill Ambassador, and she has pledged to be an advocate for the FAO's Youth and United Nations Global Alliance initiative.

There’s no doubt that Lea Salonga has made quite the name for herself. Over the 43 years of her career, she has performed for countless national leaders: from the Queen Elizabeth herself to Corazon Aquino. She has collaborated with the most popular artists. She has won the most prestigious awards and heralded as a household name in the industry.

But the road to success isn’t a smooth-sailing one, and she’s faced her fair share of difficulties and setbacks. As a person of color working in a foreign country, she’s faced prejudice and has been rejected theatre roles for being Asian. She mentions spending many sleepless nights over the expectations that come with being an Asian playing typically Caucasian roles. Despite this, Lea doesn’t resent any of it. Not if all those trials led to where she’s standing now.

“It was all worth it,” she states in an interview for Sky News. “If it meant making it easier for generations of Asian actors, it was all worth it.”

Through the characters she has played, Lea Salonga has continued to inspire and touch people's hearts. As for me, she has certainly been what sparked my love for theatre. I fondly recall when I heard her sing the iconic On My Own piece in the Les Miserables Dream Cast for the first time through the radio. Her voice told me a story of love, loss and life with such ease, and in a way, it’s what spurred me to tell stories of my own through song. Lea Salonga told me stories I saw myself in – and in return, I did my part in telling hers.

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misslacito · 5 years

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iHeartRadio Podcast Awards 2019

Como cada fin de semana en estas fechas, ha estado cargado de premios. Empezamos el repaso con unos muy livianos para ir entrando en materia poco a poco. Se tarta de los iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. Tuvo lugar en el iHeartRadio Theater LAde Burbank, California. Una cita musical siempre suele ser un desastre estilístico. Esta vez no ha sido para mucho pero tampoco vemos nada como para tirar…

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clemsfilmdiary · 4 years

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The Best of September 2020

Best Discovery: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Runners Up: Cul-de-sac, Story of Women, Tale of Tales

Best Rewatch: A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Runners Up: Dogra Magra, The Shadow Within

Most Enjoyable Fluff: The Dirty Dozen

Runners Up: Captain Phillips, Carmen Comes Home, Niagara, Shattered Glass

Best Male Performance: Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Runners Up: James Dean in East of Eden, Gō Katō in The Shadow Within, Jesse Plemons in I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Best Female Performance: Isabelle Huppert in Story of Women

Runners Up: Jessie Buckley in I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Shima Iwashita in The Shadow Within, Sophia Loren in Two Women, Hideko Takamine in Wild Geese, Ayako Wakao in A Wife Confesses

Best Supporting Performance or Cameo: Toni Collette in I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Runners Up: François Cluzet in Story of Women, David Thewlis in I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Shijaku Katsura in Dogra Magra, Mayumi Ogawa in The Shadow Within

Most Enjoyable Ham: Hideko Takamine in Carmen Comes Home

Runners Up: Max Showalter in Niagara, Alfre Woodard in Cross Creek

Best Mise-en-scène: Dogra Magra

Runners Up: A.I. Artificial Intelligence, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, In the Mood for Love, Niagara, The Shadow Within, Story of Women, Tale of Tales, The Third Man, Wild Geese

Best Locations: Tale of Tales

Runners Up: Carmen Comes Home, Cross Creek, Cul-de-sac, Dogra Magra, Niagara, The Shadow Within, The Third Man

Best Score: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (John Williams)

Runners Up: Dogra Magra (Haruna Miyake), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Jay Wadley), In the Mood for Love (Michael Galasso, Shigeru Umebayashi), The Shadow Within (Yasushi Akutagawa), Story of Women (Matthieu Chabrol)

Best Hunk: Clint Walker in The Dirty Dozen

Runner Up: François Cluzet in Story of Women

Assorted Pleasures:

- Rich, lustrous color palette in Carmen Comes Home

- Lush green foliage and bayou setting in Cross Creek

- Yellow sulfur thermal ice-lake, other colorful landscapes in Mulan

- Fleshy albino sea monster, liquiform lava walls of Alcantara Gorge in Tale of Tales

#list #best of the month

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servus-immaculatae · 5 years

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Mural of St. Teresa of Ávila (communicant), St. Peter Alcantara (celebrant), St. Francis of Assisi and St. Anthony of Padua (as deacon and subdeacon) at Holy Mass (Templo y Convento de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Morelia, Michoacán)

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Sun and Moon

Biography

"Made of sunlight, moonlight" These words from a song in Miss Saigon definitely describes the voice of its singer.

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, born on February 22, 1971 in Ermita, Manila. Her father, Feliciano Genuino Salonga, a naval rear admiral and shipping company owner. Her mother, María Ligaya Alcantara, née Imutan of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental. Her brother, Gerard Salonga, is a conductor.

Before migrating to Manila, she spent the first six years of her upbringing in Angeles City. She has worked in the music industry since she was a child. At the age of seven, she made her professional debut with Repertory Philippines in the musical The King and I. In 1980, she starred in Annie as the title character, as well as The Rose T, The Goodbye Girl (1982), and The Fantasticks (1988).

Her first album, Small Voice, was released in 1981 and was awarded gold in the Philippines. In 1985, she and her brother performed as interpreters for Tess Concepcion's song "Musika, Lata, Sipol at La La La," which was entered in the seventh Metro Manila Popular Music Festival.

She also worked as a kid actor on various television productions for GMA Radio Television Arts during the 1980s. She hosted her own musical television show, Love, Lea, and was a part of the cast of German Moreno's teen variety show That's Entertainment from 1983 to 1985, following the success of her first album.

She was nominated for a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences award for Best Child Actress in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and she won three Aliw Awards for Best Child Performer in 1980, 1981, and 1982. In 1988, she released her second album, Lea.

She finished her secondary education in 1988 at the O. B. Montessori Center in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila. She also attended the University of the Philippines College of Music's extension program aimed at training musically talented children in music and stage movement.

A college freshman studying biology at the Ateneo de Manila University when she auditioned for Miss Saigon, she intended to have a medical career. Later, in between jobs in New York, she took two courses at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus.

She was chosen to play Kim in the London premiere of the musical Miss Saigon in 1989. The then-17-year-old auditioned by singing "On My Own" from Les Misérables by Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, and was then invited to sing "Sun and Moon," impressing the audition panel. She has attributed "On My Own" as the start of her worldwide career on occasion.

She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1990 for her performance as Kim, making her one of the youngest winners of the award. She reprised her role as Kim in Miss Saigon on Broadway in 1991, winning the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards and became the first woman of Asian heritage to win a Tony Award. She continued the production from 1993 to 2001, then returned to Broadway to bring it to a close.

She also received a Presidential Award of Merit from President Corazon Aquino. In 1991, she was named as one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1992, she performed the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's animated film Aladdin.

From 1993 to 1996, she played the role of Éponine in the Broadway production of Les Misérables. She performed the song "A Whole New World" from Aladdin with Brad Kane at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, where the song won an Oscar, having already won a Golden Globe Award.

That same year, she released her self-titled international debut album with Atlantic Records. In 1994, she played in various musical theatre productions in the Philippines and Singapore, such as Sandy in Grease, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and the Witch in Into the Woods.

She then flew back to the Philippines to star with Filipino matinée idol Aga Muhlach in the critically acclaimed film Sana Maulit Muli, which gave her a second Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences award nomination, this time for Best Actress.

From 1997 to 2000, she did recordings and concerts in the Philippines and another engagement in London. In 1997, she released I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing to gold sales in the Philippines. In 1998, she again lent her voice to a major Disney animated film, singing the title character in Mulan, also providing the character's singing voice in the 2004 sequel, Mulan II.

Between the 2001 Los Angeles and 2002 Broadway productions of Flower Drum Song, she performed in a non-musical theatrical production for the first time, playing the role of Catherine in the stage play Proof in Manila.

In 2003 to 2004, she did her first "all-Filipino" concerts in Manila called Songs from Home, which later won her an Aliw Award as Entertainer of the Year. Later in 2004, she played Lizzie in the Manila production of the musical Baby, which earned her another nomination from the Aliw Awards.

On January 10, 2004, she married Robert Charles Chien, an American managing director of an entertainment software company in Los Angeles, California, of Chinese and Japanese heritage, whom she met while performing in Flower Drum Song. They have one daughter, Nicole Beverly Chien.

In 2005, she performed to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of Diverse City Theater Company. The same year, she received the Golden Artist Award at the 53rd FAMAS Awards in honor of her international achievements. In 2006, at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Salonga concluded the closing ceremony with the song "Triumph of the One" at the Khalifa Stadium.

In 2007, she received the Order of Lakandula, with the rank of Commander, from Philippine president Arroyo in recognition of using her talents to benefit Philippine society and foster cultural exchange. She has also received the Congressional Medal of Achievement from the House of Representatives of the Philippines. In 2008, she gave concerts in the Philippines, California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Guam.

On 2008, she became a columnist in the Philippine Daily Inquirer with her column "Backstory", "Introducing: Lea Salonga, writer". Since then she has written numerous columns for the Inquirer.

From July to August 2010, she played the role of Grizabella in the Manila run of the Asia-Pacific tour of Cats at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In October, she played Fantine during the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables.

She performed in a six-concert series titled "The Magic of Broadway and Disney Favorites" in 2012 with the Palm Beach Pops. She joined the Candlelight Processional at Epcot in Walt Disney World as narrator retelling the Christmas story accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a mass choir.

In January 2013, she took part on the 2013 season of Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series at the Allen Room. She headlined a concert series, "4 Stars One World of Broadway Musicals," in Tokyo Osaka in June.

She was one of the four coaches, together with apl.de.ap, Sarah Geronimo, and Bamboo Mañalac for the ABS-CBN program, The Voice of the Philippines, which premiered in June 2013. In December 2013, she began a concert tour in the Philippines titled "Lea Salonga: Playlist" that celebrated her 35 years in show business. In 2014, she recorded a song called "Wished That I Could Call You" that was included in the charity compilation album Children In Need, released in March 2014.

In 2016 she won two more Aliw Awards, one for Best Major Concert in a Foreign Venue and her second Entertainer of the Year award. The following year, she released an album, Bahaghari: Lea Salonga Sings Traditional Songs of the Philippines, with songs sung in several languages spoken in the Philippines.

She portrayed Erzulie in 2017–2018 in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island at Circle in the Square Theatre. She returned to the show for its final performances in December 2018 and January 2019. Once on this Island was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

Later in 2019, she played Mrs. Lovett in a revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Manila and then Singapore. Critics praised her "crystalline tones that turned her numbers, especially 'By the Sea', into unexpected show-stoppers. ... She disappears into this loud devil woman. This is by far the best musical theater outing of Salonga in the Philippines, post-Miss Saigon, and the very long wait was well worth it", and called her portrayal "a delirious hurricane of deviousness and devilry, sprinkled with lust ... one of the most accomplished stage creations we've seen this year ... a career high for the actress. Pangan simmers; Salonga is the explosive fire underneath."

Lea Salonga is now 51 years old. She іѕ оne оf the mоѕt well-known and idolized аrtіѕtѕ іn thе wоrld. Ѕhе hаѕ cоntіnuоuѕlу wоrkеd hаrd tо асhіеvе her dreams and ѕuссеѕѕ. Ѕhе соntіnuеѕ tо use her voice not only to еntеrtаіn but also to inform and teach people асrоѕѕ thе glоbе about music and culture.

As someone who loves singing, I adore Lea Salonga. You can't take your eyes off of her, she acts out every word of the song. She tells a story with rhythm and melody. Her long list of accomplishments are not hers alone, but also her fellow Filipinos and of course, women who are inspired by her.

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phgq · 4 years

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TD Vicky now over Bohol Sea

#PHnews: TD Vicky now over Bohol Sea

MANILA -- Tropical Depression Vicky is now over Bohol Sea packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 70 kph, the weather bureau said in its 11 p.m. update Friday.

Vicky and the tail-end of a frontal system will cause heavy to intense rains over Eastern Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

Moderate to heavy, with at times intense rains will prevail over the southern portion of Quezon province, Bicol Region, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Norte, Camiguin, the northern and central portions of Palawan including Calamian, Cuyo, and Cagayancillo Islands, and the rest of the Visayas.

Light to moderate, with at times heavy rains will be experienced over the rest of Caraga, the rest of Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Oriental Mindoro, the rest of Quezon, Aurora, mainland Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Ifugao.

The following areas remain under tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1:northern and central portions of Palawan (Araceli, Dumaran, Taytay, El Nido, San Vicente, Roxas, Puerto Princesa City, Aborlan, Narra, Quezon) including Calamian, Cuyo, Cagayancillo, and Kalayaan Islands, central and southern portions of Cebu (Tuburan, Carmen, Asturias, Danao City, Compostela, Liloan, Consolacion, Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City, Cordoba, Balamban, Cebu City, Talisay City, Minglanilla, Toledo City, Pinamungahan, Naga City, San Fernando, Aloguinsan, Carcar, Barili, Sibonga, Dumanjug, Ronda, Alcantara, Moalboal, Argao, Dalaguete, Badian, Alegria, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Malabuyoc, Ginatilan, Samboan, Santander), Bohol, Siquijor, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, the central and southern portions of Iloilo (Ajuy, Barotac Viejo, San Enrique, San Rafael, Passi City, Bingawan, Calinog, Lambunao, Janiuay, Banate, Anilao, Dingle, Duenas, Badiangan, Barotac Nuevo, Zarraga, Pototan, Dumangas, Mina, New Lucena, Santa Barbara, Leganes, Iloilo City, Pavia, Cabatuan, Maasin, Alimodian, San Miguel, Leon, Oton, Tigbauan, Tubungan, Guimbal, Igbaras, Miagao, San Joaquin), and the southern portion of Antique (Valderrama, San Remigio, Sibalom, Hamtic, Tobias Fornier, Anini-Y, Bugasong, Laua-An, Patnongon, San Jose, Belison), Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Sur, the northwestern portion of North Cotabato (Pigkawayan, Libungan, Banisilan, Carmen, Midsayap, Aleosan, Alamada), the northern portion of Maguindanao (Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Northern Kabuntalan, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Mastura, Parang, Matanog, Barira, Buldon), Cotabato City, the northern and central portions of Zamboanga del Norte (Siocon, Baliguian, Gutalac, Kalawit, Labason, Tampilisan, Liloy, Godod, Bacungan, Salug, Sindangan, Siayan, Manukan, Jose Dalman, Sergio Osmena Sr., Pres. Manuel A. Roxas, Katipunan, Dipolog City, Pinan, Mutia, La Libertad, Polanco, Rizal, Sibutad, Dapitan City), Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay.

Those areas will have strong breeze to near gale conditions.

The northeast monsoon will also cause gusty conditions over most of Luzon and Visayas where the TCWS was not hoisted.

Meanwhile, rough to very rough seas will continue over the entire seaboards of northern Luzon, the seaboard of Aurora, the eastern seaboard of Quezon including Polillo Islands, the seaboard of Camarines Norte, the northern seaboard of Camarines Sur, the northern and eastern seaboards of Catanduanes, the eastern seaboard of Albay including Rapu-Rapu Islands, the eastern seaboard of Sorsogon, the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Samar, the eastern seaboard of Eastern Samar including Homonhon Island, the eastern seaboard of Dinagat Islands, the eastern seaboard of Surigao del Norte including Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands, the seaboard of Surigao del Sur, and the eastern seaboard of Davao Oriental.

Moderate to rough seas will prevail over the coastal waters of areas under TCWS no. 1, the seaboard of Agusan del Norte, and the remaining seaboards of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands , PAGASA said. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "TD Vicky now over Bohol Sea." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1125228 (accessed December 19, 2020 at 08:53AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "TD Vicky now over Bohol Sea." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1125228 (archived).

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