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Salonga rose to international recognition in 1989 after starring as Kim in the original West End production of Miss Saigon, [5] a role she later reprised when the musical transferred to Broadway in 1991. [6] A documentary entitled The Heat Is On, which details the creation and casting process of the original production, was filmed and released ...
Miss Saigon is a sung-through stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover.
Salonga returned to Manila in Miss Saigon, staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines at the end of 2000. [55] In November 2001, while performing in the Los Angeles production of Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum, Salonga met Robert "Rob" Charles Chien, an American entrepreneur of Chinese and Japanese heritage. [56]
Carla Guevara-Laforteza (born December 26, 1975) is a Filipino musical theater actress of performances in both local and international productions. [1] She is known for her role as Kim/Gigi in Miss Saigon in West End in the 1990s. [2]
In March 2016, she briefly starred in the Manila staging of Les Misérables at the Theatre at Solaire, which ran for three months. [86] [87] Go reprised the role of Gigi Van Tranh in the 2017 production of Miss Saigon in New York City, which marked her Broadway debut. [88]
Miss Saigon: Won [24] MTV Asia Awards: 2002 Favorite Artist Philippines: Herself Nominated [21] Outer Critics Circle Awards: 1991 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Miss Saigon: Won [25] Ovation Awards: 2002 Leading Actress in a Musical Flower Drum Song: Nominated [26] PMPC Star Awards for Music: 2012 Natatanging Alagad ng Musika Special Award ...
Almedilla moved to the United States in 1993 to pursue a college education and studied voice. Her first role was Kim in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon (1995–1997). [2] She then moved on to portray the role of Fantine on the Third National Tour of Les Misérables (1999–2000 and 2005–2006). [3]
Regine at the Theater was a concert residency by Filipino recording artist Regine Velasquez at The Theatre at Solaire in Parañaque, Philippines.The residency began on November 6 and concluded on November 21, 2015, after completing four shows.