Lea will also be part of the producing team of the musical about the life of Imelda Marcos.
Here Lies Love,Salonga will perform “Just Ask The Flowers” as the character of Aurora Aquino, mother of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino.
She will appear in the musical for five weeks from the July 11 to the August 13 shows. After her five-week stint, guest stars from the Philippines will take over her role. An international casting search is also underway. “I’m so excited to be joiningas both a performer and producer,” she said in a press release.
The production will serve as Salonga’s first Filipino role on the Broadway stage and first stint as a producer. will also mark her return to the Broadway Theater – where she made her Broadway debut in 1991 withThe immersive musical, which features music by David Bryne and Fatboy Slim, dramatizes the rise and fall of the Marcos matriarch and follows the dictator’s family through to the People Power Revolution.
In 2013, it was adapted into a musical, which premiered off Broadway in New York City, with Ruthie Ann Miles as Imelda, Jose Llana as the dictator, and Conrad Ricamora as opposition leader Ninoy Aquino. Following its off-Broadway premiere, the musical has since built a following, and has been staged in London and Seattle.‘s official opening night on Broadway is set for July 20, with preview performances starting on June 17.
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