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Yahoo
27 minutes ago
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Rachel Zegler Performs 'Don't Cry for Me, Argentina' to London Crowd
Rachel Zegler performs "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" as part of her new role in "Evita" in London's West End.
GMA Network
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Filipina Julianne Pundan, Filipino-British Seann Miley Moore to star as Kim, The Engineer in 'Miss Saigon' UK production
Filipino actress Julianne Pundan and Filipino-British singer Seann Miley Moore are set to star in "Miss Saigon" in its United Kingdom production. Miss Saigon UK announced its principal cast on social media Thursday, with Julianne set to play the role of Kim and Seann as The Engineer. "We're bringing this back home to UK because I'm actually half Filipino, half British. So, finally perorming in the motherland, but I need to come back home to the UK to perform The Engineer," said Seann in the principal cast announcement video that Miss Saigon UK posted. "I feel very privileged, very honored as well, because Miss Saigon is this insane musical. The score compliments the story line so well. It is just all beautiful and the fact to play Kim, I'm so blessed, I feel very, very grateful," Julianne also said. On her Instagram account, Julianne shared that it is "a dream come true" to play the role of Kim, adding that this will be her professional lead debut. "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I will forever be grateful for, feeling so blessed, this is so surreal, thank you God," she wrote. She also expressed her gratitude to the people behind the production, as well as her friends and family for their support. "I can't believe this is happening, I am so excited to begin and become a part of such a legendary musical!" she said. Other cast members include Mikko Juan as Thuy, "The Voice" semi-finalist Ace as Gigi, Bea Ward as Alternate Kim, and Aaron Teoh as Alternate Engineer. Meanwhile, the ensemble includes Jamil Abbasi, Aaron Aisoni, Daniel Brian, Ann-Marie Craine, Ben Fenwick, Aaron Gonzales, Owen Johnston, Evita Khrime, Caleb Lagayan, Rayhan Lee, James Mateo-Salt, Shania Montevalde, Ryan Ocampo, Julius Sahr, Tonny Shim, Anh Koha Tr?n, Yiling Yang, Aimee Yue, and Carmen Zhu. The "Miss Saigon" musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg is presented by Michael Harrison and Cameron Mackintosh. The production will kick off its UK and Ireland tour beginning this October. Lea Salonga memorably portrayed Kim in the original West End and Broadway productions of "Miss Saigon." The musical follows the story of a 17-year-old Vietnamese girl named Kim who works in a bar in Saigon managed by The Engineer. She meets and falls in love with Chris Scott, an American GI assigned to Saigon during the Vietnam War. —CDC, GMA Integrated News
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Madonna blasted for her behavior by Broadway star who reveals her shocking act in Hamilton audience
Madonna was raked over the coals by Broadway star Anthony Ramos, who decried her behavior in the audience of Hamilton years ago. Anthony was in the 2015 original Broadway cast of the musical, playing two roles including Alexander Hamilton's son Philip, who is killed tragically in a duel. But although audiences were left weeping night after night at Anthony's death scene, the show was apparently insufficiently captivating for the Material Girl. The Queen of Pop allegedly sat in the theater on her tablet throughout the performance, Anthony said on Watch What Happens Live!. When host Andy Cohen asked: 'Who was the most terrifying celebrity to spot in the audience during your Hamilton days?' Anthony did not hold back. 'The most terrifying was Madonna with her iPad in her face. She was like this the whole time,' he said, miming looking down at the device. 'I was like: "Damn, shorty," I was like: "If you not enjoying it that much, you know the door's that way. You don't gotta stay here,"' he joked. Anthony is not the first member of the Hamilton cast to make reference to the Madonna incident, which went viral in 2015, the year the show opened on Broadway. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who not only starred as Alexander Hamilton but also wrote the book, music and lyrics of the show, appeared to tweet about Madonna. 'Tonight was the first time I asked stage management NOT to allow a celebrity (who was texting all through Act 2) backstage. #noselfieforyou,' he wrote. Although he never mentioned her by name and deleted the post from his Twitter account, rumors quickly circulated that Madge was the celebrity in question. The conjecture became so widespread that Madonna's publicist repudiated it, saying: 'It's not true. She was invited backstage four different times,' via Us Weekly. 'She texted post show when they were doing their fundraising pitch. Madonna had already made a generous donation,' said the spokeswoman. However Jonathan Groff, who played King George III, openly declared that Madonna was not invited backstage 'because that b**** was on her phone.' The Spring Awakening star insisted: 'You couldn't miss it from the stage. It was a black void of the audience in front of us and her face there perfectly lit by the light of her iPhone through three-quarters of the show,' per Dot429. Madonna's alleged spat with the Hamilton cast came two years after she was banned by the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater chain over claims that she texted through a premiere screening of the Oscar-winning drama 12 Years a Slave. When another audience member at the screening asked her to put her phone away, she reportedly snapped back: 'It's for according to Page Six. The Like a Virgin hitmaker herself has a long history with the New York stage, having acted on Broadway in the David Mamet play Speed-the-Plow in 1988. She also famously played the polarizing Argentine first lady Eva Peron in the 1996 movie adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Evita. Her performance was memorably excoriated several years ago by Patti LuPone, who won a Tony for the role of Eva in the original Broadway cast of the stage show. 'Madonna is a movie killer,' said Patti. 'She's dead behind the eyes. She cannot act her way out of a paper bag. She should not be on - in film or onstage.' She allowed that Madonna was a 'a wonderful, you know, performer for what she does,' but slated her as 'not an actress,' on Watch What Happens Live!.
Leader Live
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
West End passersby see Rachel Zegler sing Don't Cry For Me Argentina on balcony
The actress plays Eva Peron, the former first lady of Argentina, in Jamie Lloyd's new production of the hit musical Evita, which follows the story of Peron as she rises from poverty to become the most powerful woman in Latin America. The 24-year-old was seen singing the musical's most popular number from a balcony outside the London Palladium theatre on Thursday. Dressed in a white strapless gown with white-blonde hair, Zegler can be seen serenading crowds of fans who have stopped to film the performance from outside the theatre. The artistic choice has meant that ticketed audience members are unable to witness the live rendition themselves, but rather, watch it on a screen from inside the theatre. Zegler rose to fame after staring as Maria in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story which saw her win the Golden Globe Award for best actress. She has since garnered a series of film credits including for the Hunger Games franchise, appearing in the prequel, The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes, as Lucy Gray Baird, and also starred in Shazam! Fury Of The Gods, both of which were released in 2023. She went on to make her Broadway debut in 2024, starring as Juliet in Romeo And Juliet with clips going viral after Heartstopper's Kit Connor, who played Romeo, did a pull up on stage to kiss her. Zegler is also known for starring in the title role of a live action film version of Disney's Snow White. Her portrayal of Peron in Lloyd's production marks the actress' debut on the West End. Evita opened on June 14 and will run at the London Palladium for 12 weeks.
South Wales Guardian
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
West End passersby see Rachel Zegler sing Don't Cry For Me Argentina on balcony
The actress plays Eva Peron, the former first lady of Argentina, in Jamie Lloyd's new production of the hit musical Evita, which follows the story of Peron as she rises from poverty to become the most powerful woman in Latin America. The 24-year-old was seen singing the musical's most popular number from a balcony outside the London Palladium theatre on Thursday. Dressed in a white strapless gown with white-blonde hair, Zegler can be seen serenading crowds of fans who have stopped to film the performance from outside the theatre. The artistic choice has meant that ticketed audience members are unable to witness the live rendition themselves, but rather, watch it on a screen from inside the theatre. Zegler rose to fame after staring as Maria in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story which saw her win the Golden Globe Award for best actress. She has since garnered a series of film credits including for the Hunger Games franchise, appearing in the prequel, The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes, as Lucy Gray Baird, and also starred in Shazam! Fury Of The Gods, both of which were released in 2023. She went on to make her Broadway debut in 2024, starring as Juliet in Romeo And Juliet with clips going viral after Heartstopper's Kit Connor, who played Romeo, did a pull up on stage to kiss her. Zegler is also known for starring in the title role of a live action film version of Disney's Snow White. Her portrayal of Peron in Lloyd's production marks the actress' debut on the West End. Evita opened on June 14 and will run at the London Palladium for 12 weeks.
