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Broadway geekery: activate!
Technically I'm writing an English paper that's due tomorrow. But I poked YouTube and goodies came out, so. :P
Random searching won me this: Lea Salonga performing "Defying Gravity."
I don't know if that means anything to anyone out there - "Defying Gravity" is, of course, from Wicked, and Lea Salonga is a prominent Broadway performer who's done roles such as Eponine in Les Miserables and Kim in Miss Saigon. You may have also heard her vocals from Disney movies like Mulan or Jasmine from Aladdin. She has a gorgeous voice, and she's also Asian (Filipina). So basically I've wanted to be her since I was about thirteen.
I have no idea what this performance was for, though the notes on the video say it was at Carnegie Hall. Finding it at random was pretty awesome.
Like Shoshana Bean in the performance I saw, she goes falsetto at the end instead of belting it out as fully as, say, Idina Menzel. I don't know if I'd want to see her actually play Elphaba - but this is still lovely to hear. (Be warned that the quality is pretty poor, though you can still hear her decently well.)
For more Lea Salonga goodness, here's a video of "Too Much For One Heart," a song that never made it to the final cut of Miss Saigon. (If you know the show, its melody is used in "Please.") And just for the heck of it, here's a video of Lea performing "The Last Night of the World," my favorite song from the show. (Dubious treatment of race aside, Miss Saigon has beautiful music.)
I also found this bit of Les Mis-related goodness: Ruthie Henshall performing "I Dreamed a Dream." She played Fantine in the special 10th anniversary performance several years ago, and I've always liked her portrayal; this performance is pretty recent, and I think is even better.
Now I'll get to work. I swear.
Random searching won me this: Lea Salonga performing "Defying Gravity."
I don't know if that means anything to anyone out there - "Defying Gravity" is, of course, from Wicked, and Lea Salonga is a prominent Broadway performer who's done roles such as Eponine in Les Miserables and Kim in Miss Saigon. You may have also heard her vocals from Disney movies like Mulan or Jasmine from Aladdin. She has a gorgeous voice, and she's also Asian (Filipina). So basically I've wanted to be her since I was about thirteen.
I have no idea what this performance was for, though the notes on the video say it was at Carnegie Hall. Finding it at random was pretty awesome.
Like Shoshana Bean in the performance I saw, she goes falsetto at the end instead of belting it out as fully as, say, Idina Menzel. I don't know if I'd want to see her actually play Elphaba - but this is still lovely to hear. (Be warned that the quality is pretty poor, though you can still hear her decently well.)
For more Lea Salonga goodness, here's a video of "Too Much For One Heart," a song that never made it to the final cut of Miss Saigon. (If you know the show, its melody is used in "Please.") And just for the heck of it, here's a video of Lea performing "The Last Night of the World," my favorite song from the show. (Dubious treatment of race aside, Miss Saigon has beautiful music.)
I also found this bit of Les Mis-related goodness: Ruthie Henshall performing "I Dreamed a Dream." She played Fantine in the special 10th anniversary performance several years ago, and I've always liked her portrayal; this performance is pretty recent, and I think is even better.
Now I'll get to work. I swear.