Lea Salonga to join huge online concert celebrating musical legend Stephen Sondheim

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/04/25/lea-compo.jpg' ><figcaption>Lea Salonga is among the musical greats who will be performing at a online concert to celebrate the 90th birthday of musical legend Stephen Sondheim. <em>@msleasalonga, @nph, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Here's something music fans wouldn't want to miss. </p><p>Lea Salonga will be joining the likes of Meryl Streep, Neil Patrick Harris, and Lin-Manuel Miranda for an online concert this weekend. </p><p>She is part of the star-studded lineup for the concert, scheduled for Sunday (Monday, 8 a.m. PH time), to celebrate the 90th birthday of a legend of musical theater, composer Stephen Sondheim. </p><blockquote class='twitter-tweet'><p dir='ltr' lang='en'>OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!! <a href='https://t.co/CZT1Sma8lK'>https://t.co/CZT1Sma8lK</a></p>— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) <a href='https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1253515280434651136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>April 24, 2020</a></blockquote><p><script async src='https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' type='text/javascript'></script></p><p>The others acts include Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Groban, Aaron Tveit, and Jake Gyllenhaal among many others, Broadway.com revealed. Check out the full lineup <a href='https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199153/more-stars-take-me-to-the-world-a-sondheim-90th-birthday-celebration-just-got-even-bigger/'>here</a>. </p><p>The concert will honor Sondheim, considered one of the most important figures of 20th-century musical theater. His works as a composer and lyricist include "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "Into the Woods," and "West Side Story." </p><p>It will also double as a fundraiser dubbed <a href='http://astep.org/'>Artists Striving to End Poverty,</a> an organization dedicated to transforming "the lives of youth using the most powerful tool they had: their art." </p><p>The YouTube link for the concert can be seen below: </p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fo_HpQUG37A?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<blockquote class='twitter-tweet'><p dir='ltr' lang='en'>OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!! <a href='https://t.co/CZT1Sma8lK'>https://t.co/CZT1Sma8lK</a></p>— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) <a href='https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1253515280434651136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>April 24, 2020</a></blockquote><p><script async src='https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' type='text/javascript'></script></p><p>The others acts include Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Groban, Aaron Tveit, and Jake Gyllenhaal among many others, Broadway.com revealed. Check out the full lineup <a href='https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199153/more-stars-take-me-to-the-world-a-sondheim-90th-birthday-celebration-just-got-even-bigger/'>here</a>. </p><p>The concert will honor Sondheim, considered one of the most important figures of 20th-century musical theater. His works as a composer and lyricist include "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "Into the Woods," and "West Side Story." </p><p>It will also double as a fundraiser dubbed <a href='http://astep.org/'>Artists Striving to End Poverty,</a> an organization dedicated to transforming "the lives of youth using the most powerful tool they had: their art." </p><p>The YouTube link for the concert can be seen below: </p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fo_HpQUG37A?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Lea Salonga will be joining the likes of Meryl Streep, Neil Patrick Harris, and Lin-Manuel Miranda for an online concert this weekend. </p><p>She is part of the star-studded lineup for the concert, scheduled for Sunday (Monday, 8 a.m. PH time), to celebrate the 90th birthday of a legend of musical theater, composer Stephen Sondheim. </p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/04/25/lea-compo.jpg' ><figcaption>Lea Salonga is among the musical greats who will be performing at a online concert to celebrate the 90th birthday of musical legend Stephen Sondheim. <em>@msleasalonga, @nph, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Here's something music fans wouldn't want to miss. </p>

<p>Salonga will be joining the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, and Lin-Manuel Miranda for a concert honoring one of the most important figures of 20th-century musical theater</p>

Salonga will be joining the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, and Lin-Manuel Miranda for a concert honoring one of the most important figures of 20th-century musical theater

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Lea Salonga to join huge online concert celebrating musical legend Stephen Sondheim

Lea Salonga to join huge online concert celebrating musical legend Stephen Sondheim