Lea West News

Hey, old friend! Tony and Olivier Award-winner Lea Salonga got a special visitor backstage as her former Miss Saigon co-star, Jonathan Pryce, stopped by Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends!

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends will transfer to the West End for 16 weeks only beginning in September! The star-studded cast will be led by Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.

Drag Icon and Disney/Broadway superfan Nina West is guest hosting Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's Stars In The House on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 while hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley take a well-deserved break.

Twelve student finalists from top drama schools across the UK competed for the title of this year's Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY), on Sunday 17th May at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. Each student sung a song by Stephen Sondheim and, at his personal request, they each sang a new musical theatre song, written by members of Mercury Musical Developments and shortlisted for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Diese Band bricht alle Rekorde: Mit ihrem einmaligen Mix aus Klassik und Pop hat IL DIVO weltweit bereits mehr als 26 Millionen Alben verkauft und mehrfach Platin-Status erreicht. Nun kommen die begnadeten Sanger Carlos, David, Urs und Sebastien im Rahmen ihrer „IL DIVO - A Musical Affair: Die großten Hits aus den besten Musicals der Welt live'-Tour auch nach Deutschland!

LGBT stars, The Box Scene Project, and BAYCAT are celebrating LGBT media representation with a benefit commemorating BAYCAT's 10 Years Bold Anniversary and launching The Box Scene Project's Mirror Scholarship and Fellowship.

Iconic Tony Award-winning original star of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's MISS SAIGON, Lea Salonga, interviews one of the headliners of the new West End revival of the hit mega-musical, Jon Jon Briones, as part of a new interview.

On Twitter Watch, Lea Michele wrote 'Having another one of those beyond thankful moments at work.. When west side story came to bway a few years ago I wanted to do it SO bad! When I didn't get it was so devastated. If someone told me then that a few years later I'd be playing the same part but on a tv show!...I wouldn't have believed it. As cheesy as it is..dreams come true! Thats why never give up & when one door closes a huge window will open.'

FOX's hit television show GLEE made its season three return last night September 20, and next week's episode will mark the return of Tony winner Idina Menzel as Rachel's mom, Shelby Corcoran. During the episode, Lea Michele and Idina Menzel (Rachel and Shelby) sing 'Somewhere' from WEST SIDE STORY.