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☆ Lea Salonga on the groundbreaking representation of Broadway’s ‘Here Lies Love’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ann Bindot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Here Lies Love” arrives onto Broadway, though, at a moment of greatly increased visibility, representation and empowered Filipino identity. Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images“Here Lies Love” is an immersive experience that invites show-goers to the dancefloor, literally, imbuing the proceedings with a fun, nightclub-meets-karaoke vibe. That’s what I remember.”When the Marcoses fled to Hawaii in 1986, having been granted asylum by the United States, Salonga was celebrating her 15th birthday in Manila. The cast of "Here Lies Love" performing onstage. Watching “Here Lies Love” over two decades later, the emotion returned, packing an even stronger punch.

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☆ Jose Llana (a.k.a. Ferdinand Marcos) Makes a Home in the Hamptons
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And here sits Jose Llana — he plays Ferdinand — in the kitchen of the Hamptons, N.Y., weekend house he shares with his husband, Erik Rose, a real estate executive. At home, the Filipino-born Mr. Llana, 47, seems a perfect lamb. There he is eight times a week, imposing martial law. He also starred in the subsequent tours of “The King and I” around the United States and Britain. “It was an incredible thing to be able to come back after all that time and say, ‘OK, what are we going to do with this lump of cash we now have?’” recalled Mr. Llana.

Persons: David Byrne, Fatboy Slim poperetta, Ferdinand, Imelda Marcos, Jose Llana —, Ferdinand —, Erik Rose, Llana, Ken Watanabe, —, ’ ” Organizations: Broadway, Hamptons, N.Y, Lincoln Locations: Siam, United States, Britain

☆ For Filipino Audiences, ‘Here Lies Love’ Offers Emotional Rip Currents
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Melena Ryzik | More About Melena Ryzik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

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

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