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Filipino Times
a day ago
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- Filipino Times
Lea Salonga sings US National Anthem at New York Yankees game
Tony Award-winning actress and Broadway star Lea Salonga sang the United States National Anthem at the New York Yankees game. The Yankees posted the video of her performance on social media, showing Salonga singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' earning 7.7 million views on Facebook as of writing. 'Thank you to Tony-Award Winning Actress Lea Salonga for tonight's beautiful rendition of our National Anthem,' the baseball team wrote in a caption. Salonga is currently starring in 'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' on Broadway, a popular theater show in New York City. On her Instagram story, Salonga shared the Yankees' post and expressed her gratitude. 'Thanks for having me! Go NY!!!,' she wrote. A week earlier, Salonga attended the 78th Tony Awards as a presenter. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lea Salonga (@msleasalonga) Related Articles
GMA Network
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Lea Salonga performs US national anthem at New York Yankees game
Lea Salonga performed 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the national anthem of the United States, at a New York Yankees baseball game. The Yankees shared a video of the Tony Award-winning actress singing the anthem via X (formerly Twitter). 'Thank you to Tony-Award Winning Actress Lea Salonga for tonight's beautiful rendition of our National Anthem,' the caption read. On Instagram Stories, Lea shared the video of her performance and thanked the Yankees for having her. 'Thanks for having me! Go NYY!' she wrote. Lea currently stars in 'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' on Broadway, for which she has also received a nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award at the 2025 Drama League Awards. She is set to star in the Philippine staging of "Into the Woods" in August. She will play The Witch, while her child, Nic Chien, will portray the role of Jack. Thank you to Tony-Award Winning Actress Lea Salonga for tonight's beautiful rendition of our National Anthem ???? Lea is currently starring in @SondheimFriends on Broadway! — New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 16, 2025 —Jade Veronique Yap/CDC, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Lea Salonga returns to the Tony Awards as a presenter
Lea Salonga is back at the prestigious Tony Awards as part of the star-studded lineup of presenters for the 78th edition of the award-giving body. On Instagram, the Filipina theater legend shared a photo of herself posing beside her seat, where it was indicated that she was a presenter. "Me and me," she captioned the photo tagging the official account of the Tony Awards. This isn't the first time Lea has become a presenter at the Tony Awards. In 2021, she served the same role and notably took selfies with celebrities. Lea won a Tony Award in 1991 for her "Miss Saigon" performance as Kim, making her the first Filipino and Asian to receive such recognition. In April, Lea was named an honoree at the Drama League Awards 2025, where she received the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater. She was also nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award for "Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends." Lea is set to star in the Philippine staging of "Into the Woods" in August. She will play The Witch, while her child, Nic Chien, will portray the role of Jack. — Hermes Joy Tunac/LA, GMA Integrated News
South China Morning Post
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Mulan and Aladdin star Lea Salonga's trans son Nic Chien: at 19, he's following his mum into musical theatre and will appear alongside Salonga in Into the Woods
Broadway legend Lea Salonga is opening up about her relationship with her trans son Nic Chien, 19, who she shares with husband Robert Chien. Speaking to People, the Filipina star got candid about Nic's transition journey, advising parents to 'meet your kid where they are'. Nic was assigned female at birth, came out as transmasculine at 14, and began taking testosterone in January. Throughout the process, Salonga was a pillar of support for her child, although she at first thought he might be non-binary. Calling this response an 'OK reaction', Nic shared that because his family is 'very accepting', he wasn't 'super afraid' to come out. Lea Salonga at the opening night last April of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, in New York. via AFP Meanwhile, Salonga – who provided the singing voice for Jasmine in the original Aladdin (1992), and for the titular character in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004) – is back on Broadway with Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. The revue features several numbers dedicated to the late musical theatre icon, but the Miss Saigon star has made one her own. 'Loving You', she says, reminds her of her son, and she dresses in a purple jacket for the performance as a nod to Nic's favourite colour. Advertisement So what else do we know about Lea Salonga's son, Nic Chien? Lea Salonga originally wanted to raise him in the Philippines Nic Chien is Lea Salonga's only child. Photo: @nicchien_official/Instagram Salonga originally wanted to raise her child in her home country of the Philippines, as she explained in a 2007 interview with GMA News. 'There's just our fear that [he'll] be growing up too fast,' she said. 'I think here [in the Philippines], people hold on to their childhood for so much longer, it seems. And I'd like for [Nic] to be a kid at least for as long as I was,' she added. Nic attended high school in New York, per People. Nic Chien has always loved performing Lea Salonga's son Nic showed an affinity for performing from a very young age. Photo: @msleasalonga/Instagram Salonga revealed to GMA News in 2008 that Nic had taken to performing from a very young age. At less than two years old, he was already singing and dancing like a 'star', shared the proud mum. By the age of five, he was taking part in school performances. In 2014, Nic sang during his mum's Playlist concert in Manila, per the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
LGBTQ+ celebs dazzle Out and Advocate's Pride of Broadway red carpet
for Celebrities attend the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and equalpride in New York City. Category is: Pride of Broadway! Equalpride, the parent company of Out and The Advocate, got together a star-studded lineup of celebrities to kick off Pride Month with a fabulous New York City event this Monday. The 2025 Pride of Broadway event honored the Broadway divas gracing the cover of Out's Pride issue — Lea Salonga (Old Friends), Maleah Joi Moon (Hell's Kitchen), Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her), Kristin Chenoweth (The Queen of Versailles), and Idina Menzel (Redwood). The Advocate's Pride cover star, Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That…), was also honored at the event, held at Somewhere Nowhere NYC. Meanwhile, several other LGBTQ+ stars were in attendance at this fabulous Pride of Broadway party. They included Conrad Ricamora (Oh, Mary!), Nathan Lee Graham (Mid-Century Modern), Peppermint, Jelani Alladin (Fellow Travelers), comedian Punkie Johnson, Tituss Burgess, Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider, Wilson Cruz, Dominique Jackson (Pose), and RuPaul's Drag Race alumni such as Jan Sport and Jackie Cox, to name a few. The Pride of Broadway Red Carpet is sponsored by Maybelline New York, with support for the cover party from Gay Water, Heineken, Hornitos Tequila, and official hotel partner Motto Times Square. Scroll through to see pictures of the LGBTQ+ and allied celebs in attendance for and 's Pride of Broadway Cynthia Nixon attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Daniel Reynolds and Megan Hilty attend the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Sandra Valls attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Dominique Jackson attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and From left: Matthew Darren, Erynn Dana Dalton, Jennifer McClain, Miss Bouvèé, and Suzie Toot attend the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Justin David Sullivan attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Nathan Lee Graham attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Lea Salonga attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Plasma attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Judy Gold attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Telly Leung attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Amy Schneider attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Issa Perez attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Yuhua Hamasaki attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Dan Amboyer attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Blanca Leigh attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Alex Wong attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Lorna Luft attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and Mark Berryhill attends the 2025 Out & The Advocate Pride Cover Party: Pride of Broadway, hosted by and equalpride.
