For him, even after so many years with the show, the addition of Filipino producers was deeply meaningful.
“It made me feel safe,” he said, “knowing that the Filipinos were in charge, that we could just do our jobs” as artists.
Like Salonga, he has played a variety of ethnicities, just about none of them Filipino.
“I feel like I owe all of those ethnicities an apology — like, I’m sorry I got cast,” Salonga said.
“I want to see other communities of color be able to look at ‘Here Lies Love’ and go, ‘We can do that.
Persons:
Aquino, “, Ferdinand, ”, “ kuya, Salonga, ” Salonga
Organizations:
Broadway