The production will notably mark the first time Salonga has played a Filipino role on the Broadway stage and will mark her return to the Broadway Theatre, where Miss Saigon played. [107], From late July 2008 to mid-2009, Salonga played the title role in the 30-week Asian tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which premiered in Manila. [40] However, Cameron Mackintosh claimed he could not find a satisfactory replacement for Salonga, and an arbitrator later reversed the AEA ruling. Well, Lea Salonga's age is 52 years old as of today's date 26th April 2023 having been born on 22 February 1971. [127] Salonga headlined a concert series, "4 Stars One World of Broadway Musicals," in Tokyo Osaka in June, performing with Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, and Yu Shirota. Among the four coaches in The Voice Teens Season 2, Lea Salonga is the lone mentor who is happily married.Her husband is Robert Charles Chien, a Chinese-Japanese managing director of an entertainment software company in Los Angeles, California, whom she met while performing in "Flower Drum Song." Rob has truly been Lea's "Valentine date" for 16 long years and they are still going strong. Aside from her career, Salonga is an active supporter of non-traditional casting, women's rights, reproductive rights, sex education, and LGBT rights.[13][14]. I just refuse to date actors. She also sang at the 56th Tony Awards with Harry Connick Jr., Peter Gallagher, and Michele Lee in a number paying tribute to Richard Rodgers. Lea believes that when the spirit of competition is too intense, its not good for the children. It was quite advanced; he could recall his days at the military academy but not what happened the day before. She was just nice to me kasi mataas posisyon ko sa pelikula. [190], Salonga lives in the Philippines and the United States.[191]. On October 12, 2009, during a benefit concert held at The Philippine Center's Kalayaan Hall for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy, Salonga referenced the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. and stated, "I believe that every single human being has the fundamental right to marry whoever they want. [25] In 2006, at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Salonga concluded the closing ceremony with the song "Triumph of the One" before an audience of 50,000 people at Khalifa International Stadium. "Lea Salonga, at Home and Playing Her Own Song", Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Les Misrables: The Dream Cast in Concert, Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Philippine International Convention Center, House of Representatives of the Philippines, Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, violent attacks on Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, Les Misrables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary, Disney Princess: The Ultimate Song Collection, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, List of awards and nominations received by Lea Salonga, Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical, Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical, Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area, Recipients of Presidential Medal of Merit in the Philippines, "Lea Salonga performs "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miserables", "So it seems someone in Wikipedialand is insisting. Early Life of Lea Salonga Lea Salonga was born on February 22, 1971, in Manila, Philippines. the role of the singing voice of Jasmine in the Disney film. Love your enemies it's not always an easy tenet to live by and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well. In 1983, Salonga began hosting her own variety show entitled Love, Lea, which ended its run in 1985. Lea Salonga - On My Own (Les Misrables) [720p] - YouTube "[187] In February 2016, Salonga criticized Filipino politician and former professional boxer Manny Pacquiao via Twitter for his views on homosexuality and same-sex marriage. I didn't have a boyfriend in my co-ed high school they weren't interesting to me until I was much older. [97] She was then busy with other concerts and musical events,[98] including a Christmas presentation in Manila. It is no longer a career. There they go again! she says with a laugh. Lea Salonga Biography, Songs, & Albums | AllMusic Two kites can't get married because somebody needs to fly them. The first director I ever worked with was a woman, but Zenaida Amador demanded everyone call her sir. She provided the singing voices of two official Disney Princesses: Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004). [112] Salonga sang Patriotic song "Bayan Ko" at the Requiem Mass for former President Corazon Aquino at Manila Cathedral. [168][169] The event is set to be televised on PBS in December 2023.