![]() ![]() The musical is set during the Vietnam War when Kim takes a job in a dive bar frequented by war-weary soldiers dreaming of the day they can get home. ![]() ![]() It’s an apt role for the beloved native of the Philippines who at age 17 was plucked from relative obscurity by producer Cameron Mackintosh and director Nicholas Hytner to star as Kim in Miss Saigon in the London West End premiere. Salonga, a poor villager, named Erzulie, has the most enviable transition. And there are gods-God of Water, Mother of the Earth, and Demon of Death. It’s a love triangle set on a storm-ravaged Caribbean island with the lure of tropical rhythms and first romance. Olivier and Tony Award winner, Disney Princess, recording artist, and international concert star Lea Salonga has returned to Broadway in the exciting revival of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Once On This Island. ![]()
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