If you have children you might know Lea Salonga from her work as the voice of Jasmine in Disney’s animated film Aladdin or the voice of Fa Mulan in Disney’s Mulan. If you are a theatergoer, you might know her from her Broadway debut in Miss Saigon as Kim (for which she won a Tony Award) or from her two stints in Les Misérables or for the musical Allegiance. Recently she appeared in the Tony Award-winning revival of Once On This Island.
Lea Salonga returns Wednesday & Thursday to The Soraya for two concerts where she will celebrate her life and her film and stage career. Just as she does in this medley she performed Live at 54 Below in New York in 2016.
In 2017 she released Blurred Lines, an album that found Salonga performing songs by The Beatles, Rodgers & Hart, The Gershwins, John Legend, Pharrell Williams and more. Like the clip above, it was recorded live at 54 Below.
Which is to say, the best way to experience Lea Salonga is live and in person. She’s previously played one night concerts at The Soraya. This is her first two-night engagement at the venue in Northridge.
You can safely assume her set list will now include a song or two from Once on This Island where she played The Goddess of Love.
The only available tickets at press time for the May 22nd performance are re-sale tickets. You can find them here.
For tickets for the May 23rd performance (and there are very few left) can be found here.
Main Photo by Luis Luque/Courtesy of The Soraya