Lea Salonga working for

the Miss Saigon role..

It is said that for the role of Kim in MISS SAIGON, thousands  of girls were interviewed in New York, Hollywood and Honolulu. But it is in Manila that they finally found Lea Salonga whose angelic voice won her the coveted role. She had to go to London to make some more tests before she was offered the part.

Here are some photos during her audition in Manila:

Lea asked for the auditioning pianist his autograph on a music sheet of a song from LesMiz..Now a days she is in NYC to perform one of the key roles in this musical based on Victor Hugo's classic..

She waved her hand in glee as the pianist signed her copy...

 

A close up of Lea as she sang the audition piece..

 

a side view shot of her doing the same piece..

 

A view from the keyboard side

 

Now she is singing another song to a panel of judges..a la American Idol...

 

This and the next one below was taken in a London Theatre stage for the next audition test..Maybe to test her voice in the acoustics of the actual stage..

 

 

She won the part and she had to undergo strenous rehearsals before the opening of this major musical that would put her name in lights...

more photos to come...