![]() Salonga’s career trajectory went off the charts in 1988, when English stage impresario Cameron Mackintosh rolled into town looking for a starlet. She recalled making an agreement with her parents as a teenager: to be allowed to sing and dance as long her school grades didn't slip.Īlready recognised as a burgeoning talent in Manil a – Salonga sang in local events and lead roles in locally staged productions of The King and I, Annie and Fiddler on the Roof – she maintained her end of the bargain by being a diligent high-school pupil with aspirations of becoming a doctor.Īs it turned out, it was a failed prognosis. ![]() With the production recently celebrating its 30th anniversary, Salonga recalls the experience as nothing short of life-changing.īeing a full-time performer, she states, was not part of her plan.
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