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Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga will be returning to Broadway in 2025.

The Tony Award-winning actresses previously starred in the West End production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends in London in late 2023 and now they’re bringing the show to the U.S.

Old Friends is a revue of the late Sondheim‘s greatest hits with a star-studded cast.

The show will have its North American premiere at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre in February 2025 before heading to Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in March 2025.

Producer Cameron Mackintosh said, “Old Friends was Steve‘s idea, born during lockdown, when he suggested it was time (and we had plenty of it!) we put together a third review of his work, to follow from the worldwide hit Side by Side By Sondheim in 1976 (my first!) and Putting It Together (which Julia McKenzie directed at the Manhattan Theatre Club starring Julie Andrews in 1993). Though we had started work, very sadly, on Thanksgiving 2021, Steve moved on. So, a few weeks later over the Christmas holidays I collated all our notes and, drawing on material from all the other shows Steve, Julia and I had worked on over the years, completed ‘our farewell show.’”

“In May 2022, we staged a star-studded Gala in London’s West End at the Sondheim Theatre (which I had rebuilt and renamed after him) to celebrate Steve’s work and raise funds for his new Foundation. It was a sensational success that sold out within hours, screened simultaneously at the nearby Prince Edward Theatre, and was subsequently broadcast on TV on the BBC. The material held together so brilliantly that I decided to press ahead and give Old Friends the full stage life Steve and I had always planned. The show opened in September 2023 at London’s Gielgud Theatre, directed by Matthew Bourne, side by side with Julia McKenzie, and choreographed by Stephen Mear. Starring Bernadette Peters (making her West End debut at long last!) and Lea Salonga, it received rave reviews and nightly standing ovations during its 16-week run,” he continued.

Mackintosh added, “It is a tremendous joy to now be bringing Old Friends to the Ahmanson in Los Angeles and to be back side by side with Lynne Meadow at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York thanks to Daryl Roth’s support, with a terrific company headed again by my old friends Bernadette and Lea with many other stars to be announced shortly. Audiences are in for a joyous and unforgettable evening featuring some of the greatest songs ever written for the musical theatre in ‘a great big Broadway show’ – just as Steve wanted.”

The highly-anticipated new musical Here Lies Love has officially opened on Broadway!

Musical theatre legend Lea Salonga celebrated at the opening night performance alongside co-stars Arielle Jacobs, Conrad Ricamora, and Jose Llana on Thursday (July 20) at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.

Also walking the red carpet at the event were the show’s composer David Byrne and co-producer H.E.R.

Here Lies Love is an immersive musical based on the rise and fall of Imelda Marcos and the People Power Revolution of the Philippines. The staging has transformed the Broadway Theatre’s traditional seating area into a dance club environment, where audiences stand and move with the actors. There are both standing and seating options available in the venue.

Lea is playing a limited run in the musical through August 13. Get your tickets now to see the hit show!

The upcoming Pretty Little Liars reboot has added some new stars to the cast!

Deadline reports that the upcoming HBO Max series has found five actresses to play the mothers of the main characters.

Here’s a summary for Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin: Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago… as well as their own.

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Laverne Cox is all smiles while posing alongside Tituss Burgess on the red carpet of the Once On This Island: Broadway Opening Night Celebration held at Circle in the Square Theatre on Sunday (December 3) in New York City.

The 45-year-old Orange Is The New Black star and the 38-year-old Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star were also joined by Jenna Ushkowitz, Jordan Fisher, Clay Aiken, Kathryn Gallagher, Krysta Rodriguez, Billy Porter, Phylicia Rashad and the stars of the musical Alex Newell, Kenita R. Miller, Merle Dandridge, Hailey Kilgore, Lea Salonga and Quentin Earl Darrington.

Once On This Island is written by the Tony Award-winning team Lynn Ahrens (Book and Lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (Music), and is the tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl who falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of the island. When their divided cultures keep them apart, Ti Moune is guided by the powerful island gods, Erzulie, Asaka, Papa Ge, and Agwe, on a remarkable quest to reunite with the man who has captured her heart.

Eva Noblezada looks so chic on the red carpet at the 2017 Tony Awards held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday (June 11) in New York City

The 21-year-old actress is nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her work in Miss Saigon, a role she has been playing for the last few years. She was joined at the event by her co-star Jon Jon Briones and the show’s original Kim, Lea Salonga.

Eva was discovered when she was only 17 and performing at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmys. Months later, she had landed the role of Kim in the London production of Miss Saigon and now she’s starring in it on Broadway!

Make sure to watch Eva‘s performance of “I’d Give My Life for You” tonight on the Tonys.

FYI: Eva is wearing a Jonathan Simkhai dress. Lea is wearing Mikimoto jewelry.

The singer who sang the title character’s songs in the 1998 version of Mulan, Lea Salonga, is speaking out about the reveal that the new live action film won’t contain singing!

“From what I understand, no songs right now,” director Niki Caro revealed recently.

Lea took to Twitter to address the issue after some fan backlash.

“Hang on. This may just be a great decision. If the live action Cinderella is any indication, we’re in for a really cool ride,” Lea wrote on Twitter.

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Tina Fey and Tituss Burguess pose for a cute photo while on the red carpet at MCC Theater’s Miscast event on Monday (April 4) in New York City.

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt co-stars performed a surprise duet at the event. They sang “You’re Nothing Without Me” from the Broadway musical City of Angels. Watch the video below!

Other stars in attendance included the night’s honoree Marisa Tomei and performers Beth Behrs, Lea Salonga, Cynthia Erivo, and Shanice Williams.

The Good Wife‘s Julianna Margulies was also in attendance!