You Might Know Her From

Lea Salonga


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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

Lea was on tour with Il Divo

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 as Chandelier is to Phantom of the Opera

All Asian cast for 2002 Flower Drum Song revival in is one of Anne's favorite

We love Pat Suzuki who played Linda Low in the OBC

Singing voice of Princess Jasmine and Fa Mulan

Gets free admission to DisneyWorld for her lifetime (and +3)

Ming-Na Wen (speaking voice of Fa Mulan) is a great poker player

Gold Gala in Los Angeles

Hey Mr Producer is one of the best musical theatre concerts of all time

Performing "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" with Ruthie Henshall, Millicent Martin, and Maria Friedman

Hugh Jackman pre fame did Curly on Hey Mr Producer

Cameron Mackintosh produced a tribute to himself

Loves Jinkx Monsoon but hasn't done Drag Race Phillipines yet

Absolute/Perfect pitch Jongkook from the Calvin Klein ads

Eva Noblezada don't reach out about Broadway revival of Miss Saigon

Would choose to originate role on Broadway over a hit album or hit tv show

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend bit

Played Annie as a kid in Philippines

Played Grace at Hollywood Bowl Annie

Singing with Big Bird on Sesame Street

Riffed as Sandy in1995 production of Grease in Manila the third bridge (3:00)

Damian loves glycolic acid almost as much as Mother God loves colloidal silver

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