And we’re back! Folks, after over 5 months of actress-less episodes, we are finally back with the iconic Lea Salonga. You Might Know Her From Aladdin, Mulan, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and Broadway productions of Here Lies Love, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, and Flower Drum Song. Lea was the coolest and gave us all the behind-the-scenes scoop on her Tony-winning turn as Kim in Miss Saigon, Madame Thenardier and the Broadway hat trick we hope to live to see, and whether playing Mouse’s mom is a play on her legend status with the House of Mouse. All that plus, auditioning as both Jasmine and Fa Mulan, the secret Les Mis chorus track (and did Patti Lupone do it?), and her favorite drag queens. Anne and Damian, we twin flames writing this, are just pleased as ever to be back and interviewing actresses. Thanks for being along for the ride and please know that glycolic acid can also be applied under the armpits to stop odor and it works.
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Discussed this week:
SAG contract has been ratified
Lea was in Here Lies Love over the summer (it just closed on Broadway)
She is currently in Old Friends in London with Bernadette Peters
Escaping Twin Flames on Netflix
Megan Fox calls Machine Gun Kelly her “Twin Flame”
Wild Wild Country on Netflix
Keith Raniere from Nxivm (doc: The Vow)
Ethan Slater with Ariana Grande
I did look up “The Fifth Dimension” aka “5D”
Love Has Won on HBO
Here Lies Love producer Clint Ramos
Dee on Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
Eric Johnson voice on Assassins Creed. Lea’s a gamer
“Cry and Die” as Eponine and Fantine (she was also “Bullet Boy” in ensemble!)
Has NOT seen Katie Holmes sings “On My Own” in Dawson’s Creek
Ready to do the Broadway Hat Trick and play Madame Thenardier
Originated role of Kim in Miss Saigon. Lots of music in show was written for her voice
Nicholas Heitner’s Helicopter is to Miss Saigon
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