WITH tickets already sold out for both days of her most anticipated concert “Perfect Ten” happening, Lea Salonga said she was very hands on with this concert because it celebrates the milestones of her career.
This includes choosing her special guests like American theater actor Michael K. Lee. “I’m singing duets with all of them so it’s going to be fun. Especially with Michael because we’ve done so many duets together,” she shared.
“So I think we’ve picked a few that makes sense to our individual and our history as two people that have worked together. I can’t say yet what we’re doing but it will make sense on the day,” she added.
Also a guest is “Ang Huling El Bimbo” actress Tanya Manalang whom Lea has known since she was young. “She was in ‘Miss Saigon’ as has herself gotten positive notices for having done that.”
Lea also shared why she decided to include her daughter Nicole Chien in the show, “Yes Nicole is my daughter but this is something that she loves to do and well, her lola loves to watch her on stage so sige na pagbigyan (laughs).”
Another young guest performer is Esang de Torres whom Lea first heard perform on the set of “The Voice Kids” back in 2015. “Esang was on my team on The Voice. That’s where I first heard her sing and then she has gone on to do ‘Matilda’ as well for ‘Atlantis’ and she has just been continuing to record and to appear,” Lea shared.
Among all her guests, Lea admitted it is Michael K. Lee whom she has performed the most with. “He has been my leading man quite a few times. I’ve not had an Asian leading man in a lot of shows not counting the films which I did here. And we have seen each other grow from our mid to late 20s until now that we both have families.”
“Our friendship has grown even stronger over the years. And he’s just somebody who’s supremely talented. He’s just ridiculous and I wanted him to come and reacquaint himself with Filipino audiences. I think Michael still has fans from when he did ‘They’re Playing Our Song’ here and I think they want to see what’s happened in the last 20 or so years,” she explained. (Push)
