"You Must Love Me" is a pop ballad recorded by American singer-songwriter Madonna from the soundtrack album Evita of the motion picture of the same name.^[1] It was released in October 1996 by Warner Bros. as the first single from the album. Written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1997.^[1] It was seen by critics as her "new adult, matriarchal image".^[2]

Featuring a simple, elegantly arranged melody, the single sold roughly 1.5 million copies worldwide, and entered the top twenty in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The music video shows her while being eight months pregnant with her first child, and scenes from the film Evita, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.

Background[link]

	"You Must Love Me" noicon The song was specially written for the film version of Evita and won an Oscar for "Best Original Song in a Film" in 1997.
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The track is the only song recorded for the movie that did not originate in one form or another from the original stage version of the musical. The song reunited lyricist Tim Rice and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber after eleven years of not working together on any new songs. It was written specifically for the film (the director Alan Parker requested a rewrite of parts of the final scenes of the score) and was included in the stage production for the first time when the musical was staged in Iceland in 1997 and subsequently in many other productions, including the English language revival in June 2006 at London's Adelphi Theatre.

The song speaks on two levels: First, the literal level of Eva Perón's discovery that her husband Juan Perón has actually loved her all along and not merely seen her as a political prop. Second, in a more political level, as Eva Perón talking to her people, notably represented in the musical by the character of Che. The B-side to the single was "Rainbow High".

Brooke White covered this song on the seventh season of American Idol, during Andrew Lloyd Webber week. She marked Idol history that night when she stopped after the first verse in the song to restart because she forgot the lyrics.

Reception[link]

Critical[link]

The song won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[1] Madonna also performed the song at the awards. The song also won a Golden Globe Award as Best Original Song. Kathleen Guerdo from Billboard said that "[Madonna] delivers what is by far one of the strongest vocal performances of her career, comfortably scaling to the song's demanding soprano heights while infusing it with delicate, heart-rending emotion. This bodes well for the creative potency of the rest of the soundtrack, which is due Nov. 14. Prepare for wall-to-wall airplay of this flawless ballad on pop and AC radio."^[3]

Commercial[link]

The song returned Madonna to the UK top 10, at number 10 (selling 90,428 copies), and it was the beginning of an eight-year run of consecutive UK top 10 hits until the end of 2003 when "Love Profusion" stalled at number 11. It also became a hit in US, reaching number 18, and was certified gold by the RIAA on on October 22, 1998. It was released and was immediately embraced by U.S. radio.^[4]

In Germany, it was her worst peaking song, only reaching #78.^[5]

Music video[link]

Madonna filmed the music video for "You Must Love Me" on August 31, 1996 at Culver Studios in Culver City, California while she was eight months pregnant with her daughter Lourdes. The video was produced and directed by Alan Parker, also the director of Evita. The video includes footage from the film Evita, and shows Madonna singing the song in a small room. She stands behind an acoustic piano to hide her pregnancy, and her pianist and cellist are also in the video. There are no Madonna-related DVDs that included this music video.

• Director: Alan Parker
• Producer: Alan Parker
• Director of Photography: Darius Khondji
• Editor: Gerry Hambling
• Production Company: First Avenue Films

Live performances[link]

On March 27, 1997, Madonna performed the song at the 69th Academy Awards.^[6]

Madonna performed the song on a world tour for the first time in 2008 on the Sticky and Sweet Tour, marking one of the only acoustic, down-tempo moment in the entire show, which was dance intensive (the other down-tempo song of the tour being "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You").

Formats and track listing[link]

US CD / 7" Single

Madonna performing "You Must Love Me" during her Sticky & Sweet Tour

1. "You Must Love Me" (Single Version) - 3:09
2. "Rainbow High" - 2:27

EU CD Single

1. "You Must Love Me" (Single Version) - 3:09
2. "Rainbow High" - 2:27
3. "You Must Love Me" (Orchestral Version) - 4:27

Official versions[link]

This song was not remixed officially. A few unofficial remixes have been made but not released and they are not of any professional standards. A few versions of the song were made for the single release. The single version has an instrumental intro, whilst the album version begins a cappella.

• Album Version (2:50)
• Single Version (3:03)
• Orchestral Version (4:27)
• Radio Edit (2:22)

Credits and personnel[link]

• Vocals by Madonna^[1]
• Written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber^[1]
• Produced by Nigel Wright, Alan Parker, Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Caddick

Charts[link]

References[link]

Love Me may refer to:

• "Love Me" (Leiber/Stoller song), a 1954 song by Leiber and Stoller, made popular by Elvis Presley
• "Love Me", a 1960 song by "The Phantom" Jerry Lott
• "Love Me" (Bee Gees song), a song by the Bee Gees, made popular by Yvonne Elliman in 1976
• "Love Me" (Tracie Spencer song), the fifth and final single from Tracie Spencer's second album, Make the Difference
• "Love, Me", a 1991 single by Collin Raye
• "Love Me" (Eminem song), a song by rapper Eminem
• "Love Me", a song by Bow Wow Wow from When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
• "Love Me" (Justin Bieber song), a 2009 song by Justin Bieber from his debut album My World
• "Love Me" (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), a 2010 song by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut from her debut album My Cassette Player
• "Love Me" (StooShe song), a 2012 song by British group StooShe featuring Travie McCoy
• Love Me (Lee Jung Hyun album), a 2008 album by K-pop singer Lee Jung-hyun
• Love Me (Danson Tang album), a 2007 debut album of Taiwanese Mandopop artist Danson Tang
• Love Me (J Peezy album)
• Love Me!, a 1986 Swedish film
• "Love Me" (112 song), 1998

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Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga performing at Makati City
Background information
Birth name	Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga[1]
Also known as	Lea Salonga-Chien
Born	(1971-02-22) February 22, 1971 (age 41)
Origin	Angeles City, Philippines
Genres	Pop, OPM, R&B
Occupations	Singer, actress
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Atlantic, Arista , Capitol, EMI Philippines, Musiko, Sony Music Philippines, WEA, Walt Disney
Website	www.leasalonga.com

Lea Salonga-Chien^[1] (born February 22, 1971) is a mezzo-soprano singer, actress, and Disney Legend from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon,^[2] for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.^[2][3]

She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and Fantine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway.^[4] She also provided the singing voice of two official Disney Princesses: Jasmine in Aladdin (1992), and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004).^[5] Salonga was named a Disney Legend in 2011 for her work with the company.^[6]

Career[link]

1978–1988[link]

Salonga made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of seven in the musical The King and I by Repertory Philippines.^[5] She became the lead star of Annie and joined other productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, The Rose Tattoo, The Sound of Music, The Goodbye Girl, Paper Moon and The Fantasticks.^[7]

She began her recording career at the age of ten with her first album, Small Voice, which received a gold certification.^[7][8] A song on the album, the duet "Happiness", marked her first recording collaboration with her younger brother Gerard Salonga, who would, years later, work with her as musical director or creative director in her concerts and recordings.^[9][10] Her second album, Lea, was released in 1988.^[11]

In addition to performing in musical theater and recordings, Salonga hosted her own musical television show, Love, Lea,^[7] and was a member of the cast of German Moreno's teen variety show That's Entertainment. She acted in films, which included the family-oriented Tropang Bulilit,^[12] Like Father, Like Son,^[13] Ninja Kids,^[14] Captain Barbell,^[15] and Pik Pak Boom.^[16] She also opened for international acts such as Menudo and Stevie Wonder in their concerts in Manila in 1985 and in 1988, respectively.^[8]

As a young performer, Lea Salonga received a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) award nomination (the Philippine equivalent of an Oscar nomination) for Best Child Actress.^[17] and three wins from the Aliw (literally, "entertainment") Awards as Best Child Performer.^[7]

1989–1992[link]

Salonga was selected to play Kim in the musical Miss Saigon in 1989.^[2] Unable to find a strong enough East Asian actress/singer in the United Kingdom, the producers scoured many countries looking for the lead role of this major British production.^[18][19] For her audition, the 17-year-old Salonga chose to sing Boublil and Schönberg's "On My Own" from Les Misérables and was later asked to sing "Sun and Moon" to test the compatibility of her voice quality with the songs in the musical.^[20][21] The members of the panel were impressed with Salonga's rendition of the songs, noting that from Salonga's very first note, they already knew they had a potential Kim.^[20][21] Salonga competed with childhood friend and fellow Repertory Philippines performer Monique Wilson as they were tested with songs from the musical, which included "Too Much for One Heart", a number replaced by the duet "Please" just before the musical opened.^[20][21][22] Salonga was offered the lead role, with Wilson as her understudy (who was given the role of the bar girl named Mimi).^{[20][21][23][24]}

For her performance as Kim, Salonga won the Olivier for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for the 1989–1990 season.^[25] From its original London home, Miss Saigon moved to Broadway in April 1991.^[26] Salonga subsequently won the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and the Theatre World Awards for the same role.^[2][25] Between 1993 and 1996, she was asked periodically to play Kim on Broadway to boost ticket sales.^[27] In 1999, she was invited back to London to close the musical, and in 2001, at the age of 29 and after doing the Manila run of the musical,^[28] Salonga returned to Broadway to close the Broadway production.^[29]

In 1990, Salonga performed in a homecoming concert in Manila entitled A Miss Called Lea.^[30] She also received a Presidential Award of Merit from Philippine president Corazon Aquino.^[3]

1993–1996[link]

In 1993, upon completion of her initial stint as Kim on Broadway, Salonga played the role of street waif Éponine in the Broadway production of Les Misérables,^[31][32] and later flew to Los Angeles to perform the song "A Whole New World" of Disney's Aladdin with Brad Kane at the 65th Annual Academy Awards,^[33] where the song won an Oscar.^[34] That same year, she released her self-titled international debut album with Atlantic Records, which had modest sales in the USA but went platinum in the Philippines and sold 3 million copies worldwide.^[35]

In 1994, Salonga played in various musical theater productions in the Philippines and Singapore.^[2][5] She starred as Sandy in Grease,^[36] as Sonia Walsk in They're Playing Our Song,^[37] and as The Witch in Into The Woods.^[38]

Back in the U.S. in 1995, Salonga played the role of Geri Riordan, an 18-year-old adopted Vietnamese American child in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie Redwood Curtain, which starred John Lithgow and Jeff Daniels.^[39] She then flew back to the Philippines to star with Filipino matinée idol Aga Muhlach in the critically acclaimed film Sana Maulit Muli,^[40] which gave her a second Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) award nomination, this time for Best Actress.^[41] She accepted an invitation from Sir Cameron Mackintosh to play the role of Éponine in his 10th anniversary production called Les Miserables in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Salonga performed along with Colm Wilkinson, Michael Ball, Judy Kuhn, and Philip Quast.^[42][43]

In 1996, Salonga was in Les Misérables once again. She played Éponine in the London production of the musical, then continued on to do the role in the musical's U.S. national tour in Hawaii.^[2]

1997–2003[link]

From 1997 to 2000, Salonga did recordings and concerts in the Philippines and another engagement in London, in addition to her periodic returns to Miss Saigon in London and on Broadway. In 1997, she released I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing (recordings from her childhood days) to gold sales in the Philippines.^[44] That recording was followed by Lea... In Love in 1998^[45] and By Heart in 2000, with both albums reaching multiple platinum status in the Philippines.^[8] In addition to the release of these albums, she participated in the tribute concert to Sir Cameron Mackintosh in London called "Hey Mr. Producer: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh", where she did numbers from several of his musicals.^[46][47][48] She also performed in four concerts: The Homecoming Concert, The Millennium Concert, The Best of Manila and Songs from the Screen – the last two being benefit shows.^[30] Salonga returned to Manila in Miss Saigon, staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines at the end of 2000.^[49]

After Miss Saigon's closing on Broadway in 2001, Salonga recreated the role of Lien Hughes originally played by Ming-Na Wen in the soap opera As the World Turns. After completing her contract that year, she was asked to return to the role in 2003.^[50][51] She guested on Russell Watson's The Voice concert, narrated for the television special My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States, and appeared on the Christmas episode of the TV medical drama ER, playing the role of a patient with lymphoma.^[30][52]

In 2002, Salonga returned to Broadway to play the role of a Chinese immigrant in a reinterpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song opposite Jose Llana.^[32] This was after the reinvented musical had a run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2001 with Salonga playing the lead role^[53][54][55] and with the show garnering multiple wins and nominations, including Lead Actress in a Musical for Salonga, from the Theatre Los Angeles Ovation Awards.^[56][57] The show, given a brand new libretto and considered one of the 10 best plays on Broadway in 2002 by Time magazine,^[58] garnered Tony Award nominations for Best Book, Best Costume Designer, and Best Choreographer,^[59] and earned nominations from the Outer Critics Circle,^[60] the Drama League,^[61] the Astaire Awards,^[62] and Broadway.com's Audience Awards and Broadwayworld.com's Fans' Choice Awards as well.^[63] The Salonga-led Broadway revival cast album was also a top contender at the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Musical Show Album.^[64] While Salonga's performance was received positively by theater critics such as Matthew Murray, Heather Cross, Patrick Purdon, and John Simon, among others, she was not nominated at the Tony Awards for her brief stint on Broadway that season, although she did get nominations for Distinguished Performance from the Drama League, for Favorite Lead Actress in a Broadway Musical from Broadway.com's Audience Awards, and for Best Lead Actress in a Musical from Broadwayworld.com's Fans' Choice Awards.^[63] Between the 2001 Los Angeles and 2002 Broadway productions of Flower Drum Song, she performed in a non-musical theatrical production for the first time, playing the role of Catherine in the stage play Proof in Manila.^[2] This was followed by a major concert, The Broadway Concert,^[65] at the Philippine International Convention Center. She also sang with Harry Connick, Peter Gallagher, and Michelle Lee in a tribute number for Richard Rodgers at the 56th Tony Awards.^[66]

In 2003, Salonga did her first "all-Filipino" concert in Manila called Songs from Home, which later won a second Aliw Award as Entertainer of the Year; she also won the previous year.^[67][68] Upon her return to the U.S., she performed in several shows at the Mohegan Sun in Montville, Connecticut. This was followed by a Christmas concert in the Philippines called Home for Christmas at the end of the year, which was nominated for the 18th Aliw Awards,^[69] and performances at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center in Marlton, New Jersey the following year, in 2004.^[70] Later that year, she played Lizzie in the Manila production of the musical Baby, which earned her another nomination from the Aliw Awards.^[69][71]

2004–2007[link]

In 2005, Salonga played her first US concert tour in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, and Chicago.^[72][73][74] Concert dates in Washington, D.C. and Norfolk, Virginia followed.^[75] Later that year, Salonga performed with a 26-piece ensemble to a sold-out crowd at the Isaac Stern Hall in Carnegie Hall for the benefit of Diverse City Theater Company.^{[76][77][78][79][80]} Between her concerts, the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) bestowed her with the Golden Artist Award at the 53rd FAMAS Awards in honor of her international achievements.^[81][82] She performed during the grand opening of Hong Kong's Disneyland^[83] and recorded two songs on tenor Daniel Rodriguez's In the Presence CD.^[84] That same year, Salonga did voice work for Disney's English dub of Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro as Mrs. Kusakabe. Salonga's other Disney film credits include the singing voice of Princess Jasmine for Aladdin in 1992 and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II in 1998 and in 2004, respectively.^[5]

In 2006, at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Salonga concluded the closing ceremony with the song "Triumph of The One" before an audience of 50,000 people at the Khalifa Stadium.^[85][86][87]

In 2007, Salonga released her first studio album in seven years called Inspired, which has been certified platinum,^[88] and finished another stint in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway, this time as Fantine.^[89][90] She was scheduled to appear in a number of musical events scheduled in different countries until 2008.^{[91][92][93][94]}

Salonga received the Order of Lakandula Award from Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in recognition of her excellence in her craft and for using her talents to benefit Philippine society.^[95] It was also announced that she would return to Broadway in the musical Les Misérables, replacing Daphne Rubin-Vega as Fantine on March 6.^[89][96] Her tenure started, however, on March 2, four days earlier than planned.^[97][98] Her casting on the show has been credited with boosting the musical's ticket sales on Broadway.^[99][100] On September 27, 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was in New York, watched Salonga in her new role in the musical, whose cast that night included Filipino Americans Adam Jacobs as Marius and Ali Ewoldt as Cosette.^[101][102] Her contract with the musical ended on October 21, 2007 and she was succeeded by Broadway's original Cosette Judy Kuhn.^[103][104] For her performances in this revival, Salonga received rave reviews and made it again to the short list of Broadway.com's Audience Award favorites—this time for Best Replacement for her new role as Fantine.^{[100][105][106]} During her stint on Broadway this season, she appeared on Broadway on Broadway 2007^[107] and Stars in the Alley 2007,^[108] spoke at the Broadway Artists Alliance Summer Intensives,^[109] guested on the Broadway musical 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,^[110] and participated in Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS' 12th Annual Nothing Like A Dame event to benefit the women's health initiative of The Actors Fund.^[106][111] Right after doing Les Misérables, she performed in two events: at the US Military Academy Band's concert in West Point where she sang four songs and an encore^[112] and in her own concert at the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York.^[113]

As of November 2007,^{[dated info]} a number of performances were scheduled for the rest of the year and for 2008, including a Christmas presentation in Manila,^[91][114] concerts in other parts of the Philippines and in California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Guam^{[92][93][115][116][117][118][119][120]} and Broadway Asia Entertainment's international tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, where she plays the lead.^[94][121]

2008–present[link]

On 3 July 2008, Salonga became a columnist in the Philippine Daily Inquirer with her column "Backstory" (Entertainment section), "Introducing: Lea Salonga, writer".^[122] She performed in "Global Pop" at the Music Center on July 11, 2008. It was presented by The Blue Ribbon a group founded by Dorothy Chandler in 1968.^[123] Backed by an orchestra of 19 musicians, Salonga received a standing ovation for her solo concert on July 11 at Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall. Salonga also performed part of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "There's Music in You", as preview of her coming show Cinderella at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on July 29.^{[124][125][126]} That same year she received a special citation from Awit Awards, the Philippines' version of Grammys.

From late July 2008 to mid-2009, Salonga played the title role in the 30-week Asian tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, opening in Manila and continuing to China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. According to Billboard.com, Salonga was scheduled to perform in Nevada, Washington, California, Indiana, New York, Hawaii and more in 2009 and was also asked to dance the Filipino novelty dances "Ocho-ocho" and "Spaghetti".^[127]

In July 2009, Salonga agreed to advertise the Avon Products line of anti-aging skin care products Anew Rejuvenate in the Philippines.^[128]

Also in the same month, Salonga was invited to sing at the 95th Anniversary Special of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC). She was given a standing ovation after her first song, which was an original composition by the Church arranged by Ryan Cayabyab.^[129]

At the Requiem Mass for former President Corazon Aquino on 5 August 2009, Salonga sang the patriotic Bayan Ko as the recessional before Aquino's casket was brought out of Manila Cathedral.^[130]

Salonga celebrated 20 years of Miss Saigon by performing in a concert called "Lea Salonga...Your Songs", at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Plenary Hall on December 11 and 12, 2009. She conducted an online poll via www.LEAyoursongs.com where fans could request songs they wanted to hear. The concert had crooner Richard Poon, the award-winning dance group Philippine All Stars and Concert Comedy Queen Ai-Ai de las Alas as special guests. "Lea Salonga...Your Songs" was under the musical direction of her brother, Gerard Salonga along with the FILharmoniKA.

From 23 July to 22 August 2010, Salonga played the role of Grizabella in the Manila run of the Asia-Pacific tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She returned to Les Misérables on October 3 in the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables as Fantine, fifteen years after appearing in the 10th Anniversary as Eponine.^[131][132]

In 2010, Salonga joined forces with Avon as a celebrity judge for Avon Voices,^[133] Avon's first ever global, online singing talent search for women and songwriting competition for men and women. Instantly, she become part of Miss Universe history because of her winning final question which won by Miss Angola Leila Lopes.

Salonga was honoured as a Disney Legend on 19 August 2011.^[134]

She was chosen to serve as one of the judges in the 60th Miss Universe 2011 Beauty Pageant in São Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011. ^[135]

Salonga will star in the Broadway-bound musical, Allegiance, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from 6 September – 20 October 2012.^[136]

Education and personal life[link]

Lea Salonga is the daughter of Feliciano Genuino Salonga and Ligaya Alcantara Imutan and spent the first six years of her childhood in Angeles City before moving to Manila.^[7]. She is not related to former Senator Jovito Salonga. She has a brother named Gerard Salonga who is an orchestral conductor.

She studied and finished her secondary education in 1988 at the O. B. Montessori Center in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila,^[137] where she was a Bergamo 1 Student and an active participant in school productions. She also attended the University of the Philippines College of Music's extension program aimed at training musically talented children in music and stage movement. A college freshman at the Ateneo de Manila University when she auditioned for Miss Saigon,^[138] she later took two courses at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus while in between jobs in New York.

On January 10, 2004, Salonga married Robert Charles Chien, a Chinese-Japanese managing director of an entertainment software company in Los Angeles, California, whom she met while doing Flower Drum Song.^[3][139] They have a daughter, Nicole Beverly, who was born on May 16, 2006, named after Salonga's late mother-in-law, Beverly.^[140] She is also an avid video game enthusiast, and has mentioned her love for the hobby in several of her print articles.^[141]

On October 15, 2010, Lea Salonga was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Discography[link]

• Small Voice (1981)
• Lea (1988)
• Miss Saigon (Original London Cast) (1990)
• The King And I (Hollywood Studio Cast) (1992)
• Little Tramp – The Musical (1992)
• Aladdin (soundtrack) (1992)
• Lea Salonga (1993)
• Les Miserables - The Dream Cast in Concert (1995)
• Hey Mr. Producer: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh (1997)
• I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing (1997)
• Mulan (soundtrack) (1998)
• By Heart (1999)
• Lea... In Love (1999)
• Lea Salonga Live Vol. 1 (2000)
• Lea Salonga Live Vol. 2 (2000)
• Lea Salonga: The Christmas Album (2000)
• Making Tracks (2001)
• Songs from The Screen (2001)
• The Broadway Concert (2002)
• Flower Drum Song (2002)
• 100% Lea Gives Her Best (2003)
• Songs from Home: Live Concert Recording (2004)
• Mulan II (2005)
• The Ultimate OPM Collection (2007)
• Inspired (2007)
• Shelldon (soundtrack) (2008)
• The Journey So Far - Recorded Live at Cafe Carlyle (2012)

Filmography[link]

• Tropang Bulilit (1981)
• Like Father, Like Son (1985)
• Captain Barbel (1986)
• Ninja Kids (1986)
• Pik Pak Boom (1989)
• Dear Diary (1989)
• The heat is on in Saigon (1989) – the making of Miss Saigon
• Aladdin (1992) – singing voice of Princess Jasmine
• Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal (1992) – Sandy
• Sana Maulit Muli (1995) – Agnes
• Redwood Curtain (1995) – Geri Riorden
• Les Misérables: The 10th Anniversary Concert (1995) – Éponine
• Mulan (1998) – singing voice of Fa Mulan
• As the World Turns (2001) – Lien Hughes (also reprised role in 2003)
• My Neighbor Totoro (2004) – voice of Mrs. Kusakabe in the Disney English language version
• Mulan II (2004) – singing voice of Fa Mulan
• Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007) – singing voice of Princess Jasmine
• Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert (2010) – Fantine

See also[link]

• Kuh Ledesma
• George Canseco
• Pilita Corrales
• Martin Nievera
• Gary Valenciano

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Lea Salonga at the Internet Broadway Database
• Lea Salonga at the Internet Movie Database
• Lea Salonga at the Disney Legends Website
• FAO Goodwill Ambassador website

Elena Roger
Born	(1974-10-27) October 27, 1974 (age 37)[1] Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	actress, singer
Years active	1997–present

Elena Silvia Roger (born October 27, 1974, Buenos Aires, Argentina ^[1]) is an Argentine actress who won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in Piaf.^[2] She has also appeared in the West End in Evita, Boeing-Boeing, and Passion.^[3]

Argentine career[link]

Prior to being cast as Eva Perón in the West End revival of Evita, Roger was already an accomplished performer in her native Buenos Aires.^[4] In 1997, she was nominated for the Trinidad Guevara Award as Best Breakthrough Female for her work in Yo Que Tu Me Enamoraba. ^[5] She went on to appear in a number of productions including Nine, Houdini, Beauty and the Beast, and Fiddler on the Roof, as well as starring in Les Misérables as Fantine, and Saturday Night Fever as Annette.^[5] For the 2002/2003 season, she was nominated for an ACE Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Jazz, Swing, Tap. ^[6] The following season, she starred in the show, Mina...che cosa sei?, which she coauthored with the show’s director, Valeria Ambrosio.^[7] Roger won the ACE Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this performance.^[8] She has also appeared on several Argentine television programs, including Hombres de Honor, Pensionados, and El sodero de mi vida. ^[9] Internationally, she briefly toured Europe with Tango por Dos. ^[10]

West End Career[link]

While doing research in Buenos Aires for the 2006 West End revival of Evita, an employee of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group saw Roger perform and suggested her for the title role of the show.^[3] After several rounds of auditions, Roger was cast as Eva Perón and performed the role to much critical acclaim.^[4] She was nominated for a 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance at the Adelphi Theatre but lost the award to Jenna Russell for her performance in Sunday in the Park with George.^[11] Roger next appeared on the London stage as Gabriella in the hit production of Boeing-Boeing, directed by Matthew Warchus at the Comedy Theatre.^[12] In 2008, Roger played the title role in the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Piaf and once again received rave reviews.^[13] The show eventually transferred to the larger Vaudeville Theatre,^[14] and Roger won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.^[2] She subsequently toured internationally with Piaf including a stop in her hometown of Buenos Aires.^[4] During her time back in Buenos Aires, she revived her performance in Mina...che cosa sei? for a brief run.^[4] From September 10 through November 21, 2010, Roger starred as Fosca in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical Passion for a limited engagement at the Donmar Warehouse.^[15] On February 7, 2011, it was announced that Roger was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as Best Actress in a Musical for the third time for her work in this role.^[16]

Recordings[link]

Roger can be heard on the cast albums of Mina...che cosa sei? ^[17] and Evita. ^[18] She has also recorded two solo albums: Vientos Del Sur and a live album recorded in Buenos Aires entitled Recorriendo el Rock Nacional (Nueva Edi). ^[19]

[edit] Evita on Broadway

Roger will return to the role of Eva Perón in a new Broadway revival of Evita with previews beginning in March 2012 and an opening night in April at the Marquis Theatre. The production will be directed by Michael Grandage and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Pop singer Ricky Martin will co-star as Che and Broadway veteran Michael Cerveris will co-star as Peron.^[20]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Elena Roger @ Livejournal

Brooke White
White in the American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World.
Background information
Birth name	Brooke Elizabeth White
Born	(1983-06-02) June 2, 1983 (age 29)[1] Phoenix, Arizona
Origin	Mesa, Arizona, United States
Genres	Indie pop, folk-pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, actress
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
Years active	2005–present
Labels	June Baby Records (2009-present)
Associated acts	Michael Johns, Jack and White
Website	www.BrookeWhite.com/ Jack and White

Brooke Elizabeth White (born June 2, 1983) is an American indie pop/folk-pop singer-songwriter and actress from Mesa, Arizona who was the fifth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2005, White released her first studio album, called Songs from the Attic. White's first post-Idol album High Hopes & Heartbreak was released on July 21, 2009.^[2][3] The first single "Hold Up My Heart" was released on February 25, 2009, and the song debuted at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] The second single "Radio Radio" was released on June 23, 2009. She is also half of the duo Jack and White.