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	Lea Salonga - The Broadway Concert Lea Salonga BMG, 2002 average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Lea Salonga perfoms the Broadway Concert! Watch her sing 15 songs from the musicals! Track listing: 1. Overture 2. Maybe 3. I Can See It 4. I've Never Been In Love Before 5. I Enjoy Being A Girl 6. Love, Look Away 7. Andrew Llyod Webber Medley - I Don't Know How To Love Him - As If We Never Said Goodbye - Don't Cry For Me Argentina 8. Someone Else's Story 9. Nothing 10. You'll Never Get Away From Me/ Wherever We Go 11. Too Much For One Heart 12. Where Is Love/ As Long As He Needs Me 13. Someone To Watch Over Me 14. Someone Like You 15. Something Wonderful/ Being Alive DVD - NTSC format

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A Broadway Diva

Lea Salonga in my opinion has one of the most commanding voices on Broadway. She can give life to different types of songs. And in this particular concert, she gets to show the versatility of her voice as she tackled a varied selection of some of her favorite show tunes. Not to mention I have never heard anyone sings so perfectly in a LIVE performance.

I especially love her subdued, simple, and heartfelt version of I've Never Been in Love Before. She captured the essence of the song beautifully. She gets to sing two songs from Flower Drum Song. Her I Enjoy Being a Girl is a total treat as she sang it with such grinding, girlish, playful sassiness. Her Love Look Away is less emotional compared to the FDS cast recording, but this version is more polished and more precise.

One of the highlights of the concert was her rendition of Nothing from A Chorus Line. She dedicated the song to all her detractors early on her career when she was just starting. I love how she gave life and energy to the song, I have never heard that song sung with such vocal precision and vivacious spirit.

As a treat for Miss Saigon fans, she sang a song from the show that did not make it to the final cut. The song is called Two Much For One Heart. I wonder why the composer decided not to include the song. "I'd give my life my for you" was the emotional core of Kim, "Too much for one heart" could've been the vocal showcase core for Kim.

I also like Lea's take on Where is Love and especially As Long as He Needs Me. Those were powerful renditions that show off her vocal range. She was intense and in command of the song especially the latter. Her Someone to watch over me was also another highlight. She was very effective in capturing the hopeful and romantic and melancholic mood of the song.

The show ended with two great songs, Something Wonderful and Being Alive. As she sung the final note of Being Alive, the light bubs in the stage all lit up to one glorious finale. You just have to see it, it was breathtaking!

Note: The DVD does not contain the entire concert some songs were cut (Another Hundred People, Wouldn't it be Loverly, Children Will listen, Fallin, On My Own, I Still Believe in Love, and People) probably due to licensing issues or the fact that some of the songs were already released in her other albums. But this is a must buy. I highly recommend this to all her fans and fans of musicals.

Grade: A +

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This DVD is a MUST HAVE!

Until now, there were only 3 Broadway concert DVD's that a Broadway fan SHOULD have as part of their collection:

1) Les Miserables - the 10th Anniversary Concert
2) Hey Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
3) Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

This DVD belongs to such a group! I will not be surprised if the reviewers here would love different songs in the DVD because all the songs Lea sung were absolutely MARVELOUS! For example, one day I find myself repeatedly listening to the song "Someone Else's Story" from Chess and the next day, I would hear over and over again her rendition of "Nothing" from a Chorus Line.

You will be missing A LOT if you fail to watch this DVD. There are very few excellent Broadway DVDs available in the market and this one is definitely a STEAL!

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awesome, awesome, awesome,....did i emntion....awesome

Ever since seeing Lea on Geraldo Rivera in the early 1990 s, I ve always been impressed with her commanding voice. She sang On My Own from les Miz. I love her voice.

More, more of Lea

Lea creates her own world on stage. What a voice, what a talent. This is a must-have for your collection.

beautiful voice

She always has her sweet and beautiful voice. Every song in the DVD is performed perfect by her. As musical fans, you should have this one for your collections.

The only thing it disappoints me is Lea's dressing style, not suitalbe for her. But it's nothing to do with the DVD, just the one who did making up for Lea.

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