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June 19:
Some enchanted evening.
Don't laugh but I took this ultra-rare pic of Lea at the, er, Menudo concert in 1985.
Theatre-musical fans that we are, Arnold and I attended Lea Salonga's (packed!) repeat concert at the PICC last night. The short of it: Braaavo! Broadway music and Lea go together really well.
Not that I ever doubted it -- I saw her perform at the Manila productions of Grease and My Fair Lady in the 90s with my mom; watched her in Miss Saigon and They're Playing Our Song a couple of years ago with Arn; and, come on, who in our generation didn't grow up watching her belt out "Tomorrow" and "Happiness" on Love Lea? She's practically synonymous with anything Broadway-related in this country.
If you didn't get to watch the show, don't worry, the Broadway Concert album is out in stores already -- released by BMG and designed by, ahem, yours truly. (: Click here for a preview.
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And since we're on the subject of musicals, we've been watching The Fantasticks over and over since Star Movies started playing it last (?) week. Nothing like a good old-fashioned magic-realism-laced love story to perk you up on a rainy working-afternoon.
5 comments
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Nice to see that there
Posted by Cynthia |
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Im a Lea groupie myself. I saw her thrice in a span of 30 or so days in 3 different venues, "Flower Drum Song" in Mark Taper in LA, in her first Broadway concert in Manila and that forgetable play, "Proof" at Roxas Blvd. Grabe, fanatic pala tayo!
Posted by Junnie Arreza |
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Wow Cyn, you designed Lea's latest CD? (I bow down before thee, I'm not worthy) I wonder if it will ever be released in the US (if not, I could prolly threaten one of my cousins to snag one for me). I'm quite a big Lea fan, I had the pleasant opportunity to meet her and get a photo op when she was here ('95). I've seen her also perform in Miss Saigon and that Menudo concert (bows head in shame -- my sis dragged me dammit) you just mentioned, wherein she sang a duet with one of the guys (um, what's his name? -- hehe).
Posted by Luis |
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the first song i ever learned to sing was "tomorrow." i can't remember the play my mom says we watched when i was little. and i can remember this segment on love, lea where she and her brother gerard made peanut butter sandwiches and kalamansi juice. a friend of mine asked me to watch the concert rehearsal but i was held hostage in a meeting the afternoon before the concert. blech. work.
Posted by jessel |
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Your last post inspired me to look through your portfolio again. Grabe! Ang galing mo talaga!
Posted by mona |