Lea Salonga#Compilation albums

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga{{Cite web |last=de Leon |first=Ed |date=June 12, 2020 |title=Lea nainis na sa nagpipilit sa kanyang maling pangalan |trans-title=Lea is tired of insisting on her wrong name |url=https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/pang-movies/2020/06/12/2020337/lea-nainis-na-sa-nagpipilit-sa-kanyang-maling-pangalan |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |language=tl }} was born on February 22, 1971{{Cite web|last=Aquino|first=Maine|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/news/8672/in-photos-celebrities-born-in-february/photo/104368/lea-salonga|title=IN PHOTOS: Celebrities born in February|publisher=GMA Network|date=February 3, 2018|access-date=January 11, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Drogin |first=Bob |date=December 24, 1990 |title='Saigon's' Miss: Actress Has Big Plans Even If She Can't Play Broadway. Ask Mom |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-24-ca-5269-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128020718/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-24-ca-5269-story.html |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}} to Maria Ligaya Alcantara Imutan (b. 1937) and Feliciano Genuino Salonga Jr. (1929–2016).{{Cite web|last=Salterio|first=Leah|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/21/17/lea-gerard-salonga-throw-surprise-party-for-their-moms-80th-birthday|title=Lea, Gerard Salonga throw surprise party for their mom's 80th birthday|publisher=ABS-CBN News|date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822012927/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/21/17/lea-gerard-salonga-throw-surprise-party-for-their-moms-80th-birthday|archive-date=August 22, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=January 11, 2024}}{{cite web |date=January 31, 2016 |title=Lea Salonga's father Feliciano Salonga dies |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/120909-lea-salonga-father-feliciano-dies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108051956/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/120909-lea-salonga-father-feliciano-dies/ |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=Rappler}}{{Cite web |last=Rocca |first=Jane |date=January 26, 2017 |title=What I know about men... |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/what-i-know-about-men-20170124-gtxkt9.html |access-date=January 13, 2025 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}} She has a younger brother named Gerard. At age three, she was trained by her aunt in singing.{{Cite book|last=Bautista|first=Veltisezar|title=The Filipino Americans from 1763 to the Present: Their History, Culture, and Traditions|publisher=Bookhaus|date=1998|isbn=0931613140}} At age six, she and her family relocated from Angeles City to Quezon City, then later San Juan.{{Cite web|last=Baldono|first=Krista|url=https://ent.abs-cbn.com/thevoiceteens2020/articles-news/the-voice-teens-coach-lea-salongas-fascinating-journey-as-the-countrys-premiere-global-artist-171|title=The Voice Teens coach Lea Salonga's fascinating journey as the country's premiere global artist|publisher=ABS-CBN Entertainment|date=February 6, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Rubenstein |first=Shelley |date=June 6, 2022 |title=Lea Salonga interview: 'One of the best perks of the job is free entry to Disneyland for life' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/lea-salonga-interview-one-of-the-best-perks-of-the-job-is-free-entry-to-disneyland-for-life-wbd5x673k |access-date=January 13, 2025 |website=The Times}}

As a child, Salonga began singing at family parties.{{Cite news |last=Pepper |first=Fiona |date=February 6, 2017 |title=Lea Salonga: Musical theatre star and real-life Disney princess performs in Melbourne |work=ABC Radio Melbourne |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-07/lea-salonga-musical-theatre-star-real-life-disney-princess/8246938 |access-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211233846/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-07/lea-salonga-musical-theatre-star-real-life-disney-princess/8246938 |url-status=live }} Her cousin, who was active with Repertory Philippines, encouraged her to audition for a production of The King and I, where she made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of seven.{{Cite web|last=Arevalo|first=Rica|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/09/lea-salonga-on-aging-gracefully-possible-with-plenty-of-laughter-and-wonderful-friendships/|title=Lea Salonga on aging gracefully: 'Possible with plenty of laughter and wonderful friendships'|work=Manila Bulletin|date=March 9, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2024}} She played the title role in Annie in 1980, later reprising the role in 1984, and appeared in other productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1978), Fiddler on the Roof (1978), The Sound of Music (1980), The Rose Tattoo (1980), The Goodbye Girl (1982), Paper Moon (1983), and The Fantasticks (1988).[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3444200168.html "Salonga, Lea 1971–"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018092844/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3444200168.html |date=October 18, 2015 }}, Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Encyclopedia.com, 2005, accessed November 4, 2015

In 1981, Salonga released her first album, Small Voice, which was certified gold in the Philippines,[https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/lea-salonga/ "Lea Salonga"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004130727/https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/lea-salonga/ |date=October 4, 2015 }}, D23, accessed October 21, 2015 and made her film debut in the comedy film Tropang Bulilit. As a young performer, Salonga received a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) award nomination for Best Child Actress and three Aliw Awards for Best Child Performer in 1980, 1981, and 1982.{{cite web |title=Lea Salonga |url=http://www.filipinoweb.com/leasalonga.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307111532/http://www.filipinoweb.com/leasalonga.html |archive-date=March 7, 2009 |website=Filipino Web}} From 1983 to 1985, she hosted her musical television show, Love, Lea, and was a member of the cast of German Moreno's teen variety show, That's Entertainment.

In 1985, Salonga and her brother, Gerard, took part in the 8th Metro Manila Popular Music Festival as the interpreters for the song entry titled "Musika, Lata, Sipol at La La La," composed by Tess Concepcion, which won second prize in the Amateur Division. That same year, she opened for the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo in their concerts in Manila.{{Cite web |title=Lea Salonga |url=http://www.tv.com/lea-salonga/person/92158/biography.html |website=TV.com |access-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-date=May 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510152243/http://www.tv.com/lea-salonga/person/92158/biography.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |last=Arevalo |first=Rica |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Lea Salonga on aging gracefully: 'Possible with plenty of laughter and wonderful friendships' |work=Manila Bulletin |url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/09/lea-salonga-on-aging-gracefully-possible-with-plenty-of-laughter-and-wonderful-friendships/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101195028/https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/09/lea-salonga-on-aging-gracefully-possible-with-plenty-of-laughter-and-wonderful-friendships/ |url-status=live }} She again performed with the group in 1986 and 1987, also appearing on their English-Tagalog album, In Action. As a teenager, Salonga continued to act in films, appearing in Like Father, Like Son (1985), Ninja Kids (1986), Captain Barbell (1986), and Pik Pak Boom (1988). In early 1986, 14-year-old Salonga was noted to be attending KBL campaign sorties alongside other celebrities for the reelection of president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 snap election.{{cite news|title=More stars join KBL campaign|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=January 30, 1986|quote=AS THE Feb. 7 election nears, more and more showbiz personalities have signified their support for the KBL campaign.}}

In 1988, she released her second studio album, Lea, and opened for Stevie Wonder in Manila. She finished her primary and secondary education as salutatorian and valedictorian, respectively, at Operation Brotherhood (OB) Montessori Center before continuing on a pre-medical track at Ateneo de Manila University.

{{See also|Miss Saigon controversy#Lea Salonga}}

In 1989, Salonga originated the leading role of Kim in the debut production of the musical Miss Saigon in London.{{cite web |title=Lea Salonga, Star File: Broadway.com Buzz |url=http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Star_File.aspx?ci=23104 |website=Broadway.com |access-date=March 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221175130/http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Star_File.aspx?ci=23104 |archive-date=February 21, 2005}} For her initial Manila audition in 1988, the then 17-year-old Salonga chose to sing Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's "On My Own" from Les Misérables. Salonga has sometimes credited the song as the starting point of her international career.{{cite web |last=Pierce |first=Scott D. |title=Stars reveal song that changed their lives in new TV series |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/lifestyle/53820026-80/song-changed-byutv-cardon.html.csp |website=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108052005/https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/lifestyle/53820026-80/song-changed-byutv-cardon.html.csp |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Gelfand |first=Janelle |title=Review: Disney princess to 'Dancing Queen,' Lea Salonga charms with Pops |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/23/disney-princess-dancing-queen-lea-salonga-charms-pops/83387668/ |website=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=April 23, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201055302/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/23/disney-princess-dancing-queen-lea-salonga-charms-pops/83387668/ |url-status=live }} After hearing her rendition, she was asked if she had prepared another song to perform. Although she had not prepared another song for the audition, she sang "The Greatest Love of All." At her first callback audition, Salonga was asked to sing "Sun and Moon" and "The Movie in My Mind," impressing the audition panel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bookco/707188.shtml|title=Behr, Edward and Mark Steyn, The Story of Miss Saigon, New York: Arcade Publishing, 1991|access-date=2007-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215095251/http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bookco/707188.shtml|archive-date=2007-12-15|url-status=dead}} In December 1988, Salonga appeared before the panel at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London to perform "I'd Give My Life For You" and "Too Much For One Heart." After three days of intensive work sessions in London, Salonga was offered the lead role.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0218/people.html | title = A Broadway belle hits the books again | magazine = Time (Asia Edition) | via = www.asiaweek.com | date = February 18, 2000 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010627072123/http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0218/people.html | archive-date = June 27, 2001 | url-status = dead}} During an episode of "Stars in the House" streamed on March 28, 2020, Salonga told Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, she found out that she was officially cast when she read the Sunday supplement of the Daily Mail.{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2020 |title=#StarsInTheHouse #24: Lea Salonga |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqruHKYxspE&t=2353s |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=YouTube |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019005559/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqruHKYxspE&t=2353s |url-status=live }}

For her performance as Kim, Salonga won the 1990 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest winners of the award. On December 21, 1990, Salonga performed with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Ateneo College Glee Club, and guest singer Robert Seña in a homecoming concert in Manila entitled A Miss Called Lea, which was later broadcast on television. She also received a Presidential Award of Merit from President Corazon Aquino for her services to the arts.{{cite web |last=Porcalla |first=Delon |title=Aquino confers awards on 33 outstanding Pinoys |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/12/06/1399540/aquino-confers-awards-33-outstanding-pinoys |website=The Philippine Star |date=December 6, 2014 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108052000/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/12/06/1399540/aquino-confers-awards-33-outstanding-pinoys |url-status=live }}

When Miss Saigon opened on Broadway in 1991, she again played the role of Kim,{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D8163AF931A35750C0A966958260 | title='Miss Saigon' finds home on Broadway | work=The New York Times | first=Mervyn | last=Rothstein | date=March 2, 1990 | access-date=May 7, 2010 | archive-date=September 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914023457/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/02/theater/miss-saigon-finds-home-on-broadway.html | url-status=live }} winning the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World awards and becoming the second-youngest actress and first actress of Asian descent to win a Tony Award.Gioia, Michael. [http://www.playbill.com/article/im-hoping-there-is-a-shift-says-lea-salonga-on-diversity-and-the-united-colors-of-this-season-com-354199 "'I'm Hoping There is a Shift', Says Lea Salonga On Diversity and the 'United Colors' of This Season"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603001440/http://www.playbill.com/article/im-hoping-there-is-a-shift-says-lea-salonga-on-diversity-and-the-united-colors-of-this-season-com-354199 |date=June 3, 2016 }}, Playbill, July 24, 2015, accessed April 30, 2016{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Ashley |title=Asian Actors Onstage: Lea Salonga, Phillipa Soo Sound Off on Broadway Representation, Cultural Perceptions |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/asian-actors-onstage-lea-salonga-842293/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065317/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/asian-actors-onstage-lea-salonga-842293/ |url-status=live }} During the production transfer from West End to Broadway, a controversy erupted over Salonga's citizenship. The Actors' Equity Association (AEA) initially prevented her from reprising the role, wishing to give priority to Asian-American performers.{{Cite web |last=Branigin |first=William |date=January 1, 1991 |title=Lea Salonga: She Accepts 'Saigon' Fuss |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19910101&slug=1258381 |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=The Seattle Times |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025035455/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19910101&slug=1258381 |url-status=live }} However, Cameron Mackintosh claimed he could not find a satisfactory replacement for Salonga, and an arbitrator later reversed the AEA ruling.{{cite book |last=Sternfeld |first=Jessica |title=The Megamusical |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2008 |chapter=The Megamusical in the 1990s}} In 1999, Salonga returned to reprise the role of Kim on Broadway,{{Cite web |last=Simonson |first=Robert |date=January 17, 1999 |title=Lea Salonga Returns to Bway Miss Saigon, Jan. 18 |url=https://playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-returns-to-bway-miss-saigon-jan-18-com-79513 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515112613/https://playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-returns-to-bway-miss-saigon-jan-18-com-79513 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=Playbill}} then again in 2001, at the age of 29 and after finishing the Manila run of the musical,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/southeast/12/03/philippines.miss.saigon/index.html|work=CNN|title=Musical Miss Saigon opens in the Philippines, home of its leading ladies|access-date=January 8, 2023|date=December 4, 2000|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065322/http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/southeast/12/03/philippines.miss.saigon/index.html|url-status=live}} this time to close the Broadway production.{{cite news|last=Tornquist|first=Cynthia|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Arts/01/16/miss.saigon/index.html|title=Miss Saigon star returns|work=CNN|date=January 16, 2001|access-date=May 7, 2010|archive-date=February 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217134008/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Arts/01/16/miss.saigon/index.html|url-status=live}}

In 1991, she was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122069,00.html "Beautiful Through the Years"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602084013/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122069,00.html |date=June 2, 2009 }}, People magazine, May 12, 1997, Vol. 47, No. 18, accessed October 21, 2015 In 1992, she performed the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's animated film Aladdin.{{Cite news |last=Chavez |first=Yong |title=Lea Salonga becomes a Disney legend |work=ABS-CBN News |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/21/11/lea-salonga-becomes-disney-legend |date=August 21, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820063757/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/21/11/lea-salonga-becomes-disney-legend |url-status=live }} Later that year, Salonga's agent submitted her to an audition for the leading role of Eliza Doolittle in the upcoming Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. However, the casting director for the production refused to see her because of her race.{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2019 |title=Disney princess: 'I was refused theatre role for being Asian' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5i0Fm-1Jio |website=YouTube |access-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025170455/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5i0Fm-1Jio |url-status=live }} Shortly after, Salonga was contacted by Cameron Mackintosh to join the Broadway production of Les Misérables.

In 1993, Salonga played the role of Éponine in the Broadway production of Les Misérables, becoming the first Asian actress to perform the role on Broadway.{{Cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/buzz/96178/lea-salonga-to-replace-daphne-rubin-vega-in-les-miserables/ | title = Lea Salonga to Replace Daphne Rubin-Vega in Les Misérables | website = Broadway.com | date = January 3, 2007 | access-date = March 10, 2016 | archive-date = March 11, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071556/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/96178/lea-salonga-to-replace-daphne-rubin-vega-in-les-miserables/ | url-status = live }} She performed the song "A Whole New World" from Aladdin with Brad Kane at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPmK0_1l-Bg| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/LPmK0_1l-Bg| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title=A Whole New World| date=February 13, 2007|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}{{cite book|last=Wiley|first=Mason|title=Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards|year=1996| publisher=Ballantine Books| location=New York|isbn=0-345-40053-4|page=883|edition=5|author2=Damien Bona}} where the song won an Oscar, having already won a Golden Globe Award. That same year, she released her self-titled international debut album with Atlantic Records. In 1994, Salonga played in various musical theatre productions in the Philippines and Singapore,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aIu8qmB_wxEC&q=lea+salonga+age+of+seven+biography&pg=PA4|title="The Right Way to Sing" by Linda Marquart: Lea Salonga Biography|isbn=978-1-58115-407-8|last1=Marquart|first1=Linda|last2=Salonga|first2=Lea|date=2005-04-01|publisher=Allworth Press |access-date=October 30, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914023457/https://books.google.com/books?id=aIu8qmB_wxEC&q=lea+salonga+age+of+seven+biography&pg=PA4|url-status=live}} such as Sandy in Grease, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and The Witch in Into the Woods.

In the U.S. in 1995, Salonga played the role of Geri Riordan, an 18-year-old adopted Vietnamese American child in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie Redwood Curtain, which starred John Lithgow and Jeff Daniels. She then flew back to the Philippines to star with Filipino matinée idol Aga Muhlach in the critically acclaimed film Sana Maulit Muli, which gave her a second Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) award nomination, this time for Best Actress. She reprised the role of Éponine in the 10th-anniversary concert of Les Misérables at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which was recorded and later released as a film titled Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert.* {{Cite press release | url = http://www.lesmis.com/pages/news/newsdetail.php?newskey=52 | title = Tony Award winner to join the cast as Fantine | website = Les Misérables | access-date = July 11, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808195117/http://www.lesmis.com/pages/news/newsdetail.php?newskey=52 | archive-date = August 8, 2007 | url-status=dead}}

• {{Cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/buzz/96323/tony-winner-lea-salonga-gets-early-start-as-new-fantine-of-les-miz | title = Tony Winner Lea Salonga Gets Early Start as New Fantine of Les Miz | website = Broadway.com | date = March 2, 2007 | access-date = July 11, 2016 | archive-date = February 21, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170221041544/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/96323/tony-winner-lea-salonga-gets-early-start-as-new-fantine-of-les-miz/ | url-status = live }}

In 1996, Salonga was again in Les Misérables as Éponine in the West End production of the musical. In September of that same year, she continued to perform the role at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the musical's U.S. national tour.{{Cite web |date=April 9, 2019 |title=TIMELINE: A look back at some Broadway touring shows at the Blaisdell |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04/09/timeline-look-back-some-broadway-touring-shows-blaisdell/ |access-date=October 2, 2019 |website=HawaiiNewsNow |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417000054/http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04/09/timeline-look-back-some-broadway-touring-shows-blaisdell/ |url-status=live }}

In December 1996, Salonga represented the Philippines while performing at ONE: The WTO Show, the closing ceremony for the inaugural World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference held at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.{{Cite web |title=WTO {{!}} Singapore Ministerial 1996 |url=https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min96_e/min96_e.htm |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=www.wto.org |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019221931/https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min96_e/min96_e.htm |url-status=live }}

From 1997 to 2000, Salonga did recordings and concerts in the Philippines, another engagement in London, and a few returns to Miss Saigon in London and on Broadway. In 1997, she released I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing to gold sales in the Philippines.{{cite web | url = http://www.mp3.com/albums/528331/summary.html | title = I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - Lea Salonga - Song Listings | website = MP3.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080415043244/http://www.mp3.com/albums/528331/summary.html | archive-date = April 15, 2008 | url-status = usurped}} That recording was followed by Lea... In Love in 1998{{Cite news|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url=http://www.inquirer.net/saturday/jan99wk1/spc_main.htm|title=10: The Best of 1998|access-date=2007-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123193112/http://www.inquirer.net/saturday/jan99wk1/spc_main.htm|archive-date=2008-01-23|url-status=dead}} and By Heart in 2000, both albums reaching multiple platinum status in the Philippines. In 1998, she provided the singing voice for the title character in Mulan before later reprising the role in the 2004 sequel, Mulan II. At age 28, Salonga moved to New York City, purchasing her own apartment (which she still owns up to at least 2013).{{cite news |last=Gonzalez |first=Bianca |date=29 September 2013 |title=Lea Salonga on life as Kim, Sonia, Eponine, wife & mom |url=http://www.philstar.com/sunday-life/2013/09/29/1239225/lea-salonga-life-kim-sonia-eponine-wife-mom |work=The Philippine Star |access-date=28 March 2015 |archive-date=May 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514060253/http://www.philstar.com/sunday-life/2013/09/29/1239225/lea-salonga-life-kim-sonia-eponine-wife-mom |url-status=live }}
{{cite book|author=Kevin L. Nadal and the Filipino-American National Historical Society Metropolitan New York Chapter|title=Filipinos in New York City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6HOBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|date=30 March 2015|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-2308-2|page=8}} She participated in the 1998 tribute concert to Cameron Mackintosh in London entitled Hey, Mr. Producer!, where she performed numbers from several of his musicals.{{Cite web|last=Simonson|first=Robert|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/judi-dench-bernadette-peters-to-join-lea-salonga-in-london-benefit-com-75494|website=Playbill|title=Judi Dench, Bernadette Peters to join Lea Salonga in London benefit|date=May 21, 1998|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108063216/https://www.playbill.com/article/judi-dench-bernadette-peters-to-join-lea-salonga-in-london-benefit-com-75494|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.albemarle-london.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=Hey%20Mr%20Producer!|website=Albemarle of London|title=Hey Mr. Producer!|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917091433/http://albemarle-london.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=Hey%20Mr%20Producer!|archive-date=2010-09-17}}{{cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=33514 | title = DVDs: Mackintosh's Salad Days | first = Ken | last = Mandelbaum | website = Broadway.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080610191722/http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=33514 | archive-date = June 10, 2008 | url-status = usurped}} In December 1998, Salonga appeared in an international panel of performers, along with Iain Glen, Nicole Kidman, and Anna Manahan, for episode 277 of the American Theatre Wing's documentary series Working in the Theatre.{{Cite web |date=November 12, 2013 |title=Performance (Working In The Theatre #277) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrYqsh4JRgg |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=YouTube |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022203941/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrYqsh4JRgg |url-status=live }} In the Philippines in 1999 and again in 2000, she played Sonia Walsk in They're Playing Our Song."Lea Salonga, at Home and Playing Her Own Song", International Herald Tribune, August 15, 2000 After performing in the 2000 production, Salonga began a relationship with Korean-American co-star Michael K. Lee.{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Ricky |date=May 17, 2001 |title=Lea and Michael: Can marriage be far behind? |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2001/05/17/99769/lea-and-michael-can-marriage-be-far-behind |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004052604/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2001/05/17/99769/lea-and-michael-can-marriage-be-far-behind |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=PhilStar Global}} That same year, she enrolled for one semester at Fordham University, studying philosophy and history.{{Cite web |last=Kirk |first=Don |date=August 15, 2000 |title=Lea Salonga, at Home and Playing Her Own Song |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/15/style/IHT-lea-salonga-at-home-and-playing-her-own-song.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128020718/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/15/style/IHT-lea-salonga-at-home-and-playing-her-own-song.html |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |last=Nassour |first=Ellis |date=March 2018 |title=Lea Salonga On Theater, Song & Family |url=https://newyorklifestylesmagazine.com/articles/2018/03/11.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226173155/http://newyorklifestylesmagazine.com/articles/2018/03/11.html |archive-date=December 26, 2020 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=New York Lifestyles Magazine}}{{Cite web |last=Tang |first=Terry |date=May 9, 2001 |title=Woman of the World |url=https://dailybruin.com/2001/05/09/woman-of-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128020718/https://dailybruin.com/2001/05/09/woman-of-the-world |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=Daily Bruin}} She also performed in four concerts: The Homecoming Concert, The Millennium Concert, The Best of Manila, and Songs from the Screen–the last two being benefit shows. Salonga returned to Manila in Miss Saigon, staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines at the end of 2000.{{Cite web|last=Lefkowitz|first=David|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/she-will-be-miss-saigon-again-salonga-to-be-kim-in-october-manila-mounting-com-91263|website=Playbill|title=She will be Miss Saigon again: Salonga to be Kim in October Manila mounting|date=August 15, 2000|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108050152/https://www.playbill.com/article/she-will-be-miss-saigon-again-salonga-to-be-kim-in-october-manila-mounting-com-91263|url-status=live}}

In November 2001, while performing in the Los Angeles production of Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum, Salonga met American businessman Robert Chien who she married in 2004{{Cite web |last=Salterio |first=Leah |date=February 17, 2004 |title=Lea Salonga and Rob Chien: When love takes center stage |url=https://www.philstar.com/2004/02/17/239381/lea-salonga-and-rob-chien-when-love-takes-center-stage |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=PhilStar Global}}{{cite web |last=Santiago |first=Erwin |title=Lea Salonga returns to Broadway and 'Les Miserables' |url=https://www.pep.ph/celeb/spotlight/11692/lea-salonga-returns-to-broadway-and-les-miserables |website=Philippine Entertainment Portal |date=January 5, 2007 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065317/https://www.pep.ph/celeb/spotlight/11692/lea-salonga-returns-to-broadway-and-les-miserables |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Manis |first=Aimee |title=Filipina Singer Lea Salonga's Red Wedding in Los Angeles |url=https://www.insideweddings.com/weddings/lea-salonga-robert-chien/45080/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Inside Weddings |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004005639/https://www.insideweddings.com/weddings/lea-salonga-robert-chien/45080/ |url-status=live }}

After her final stint in Miss Saigon for its closing on Broadway in 2001, Salonga recreated the role of Lien Hughes, initially played by Ming-Na Wen, in the soap opera As the World Turns.{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-does-double-duty-flower-drum-song-and-as-the-world-turns-com-111132|website=Playbill|title=Lea Salonga does double-duty: Flower Drum Song and "As the World Turns"|date=January 22, 2003|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108075417/https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-does-double-duty-flower-drum-song-and-as-the-world-turns-com-111132|url-status=live}} She guested on Russell Watson's The Voice concert, narrated for the television special My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States, and appeared on the Season 8 Christmas episode of the television medical drama ER, playing a patient with lymphoma.

In 2002, Salonga returned to Broadway to play the leading role of Wu Mei-Li, a Chinese immigrant in a reinterpretation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song opposite Jose Llana. This was after the reinvented musical had a run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2001 with Salonga playing the role{{Cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=5316 | title = Lea Salonga confirmed for Flower Drum Song | website = Broadway.com | date = June 10, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080610191728/http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=5316 | archive-date = June 10, 2008}}{{cite web | url = http://asianweek.com/2002_10_11/feature.html | title = Making Musical History | website = asianweek.com | date = October 11, 2002 | last = Hong | first = Terry | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021127010212/http://asianweek.com/2002_10_11/feature.html | archive-date = November 27, 2002 | url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/the-flower-blooms-rodgers-and-hammersteins-drum-song-opens-oct-17-on-broadway-com-108959|website=Playbill|title=The Flower blooms: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Drum Song opens Oct. 17 on Broadway|date=October 17, 2002|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108063213/https://www.playbill.com/article/the-flower-blooms-rodgers-and-hammersteins-drum-song-opens-oct-17-on-broadway-com-108959|url-status=live}} and, in 2002, winning an Ovation Award for Lead Actress in a Musical.{{cite web |last=Ehren |first=Christine |title=Big River, Napoli Milionaria Big Winners at L.A.'s Ovation Awards |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/big-river-napoli-milionaria-big-winners-at-las-ovation-awards-com-109948 |website=Playbill |date=November 25, 2002 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727211303/https://www.playbill.com/article/big-river-napoli-milionaria-big-winners-at-las-ovation-awards-com-109948 |url-status=live }} The Salonga-led Broadway revival cast album was nominated for a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.{{Cite web|last=Christenfeld|first=Seth|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/five-musical-show-albums-nominated-for-grammy-awar_4167.html|title=Five musical show albums nominated for Grammy Awards|website=TheaterMania|date=December 4, 2003|access-date=June 16, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616072644/https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/five-musical-show-albums-nominated-for-grammy-awar_4167.html|url-status=live}} Salonga's performance was received positively by theatre critics in New York, and she received a nomination for Distinguished Performance from the Drama League, among other honors.[http://www.broadwaytovegas.com/dramaleague.html The 2003 Drama League Nominees and Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610182841/http://www.broadwaytovegas.com/dramaleague.html |date=June 10, 2008 }}, BroadwayToVegas.com, 2003 In September 2002, she appeared on Working in the Theatre for a second time, along with John Cullum, Edie Falco, Stanley Tucci, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Charlayne Woodard.{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2013 |title=Performance (Working In The Theatre #307) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fIDKdFfOPs |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=YouTube |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023021934/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fIDKdFfOPs |url-status=live }} Between the 2001 Los Angeles and 2002 Broadway productions of Flower Drum Song, she performed in a non-musical theatrical production for the first time, playing the role of Catherine in the stage play Proof in Manila. This was followed by a major concert, The Broadway Concert, at the Philippine International Convention Center. She also sang at the 56th Tony Awards with Harry Connick Jr., Peter Gallagher, and Michele Lee in a number paying tribute to Richard Rodgers.

From 2003 to 2004, Salonga did her first "all-Filipino" concert in Manila called Songs from Home, which later won her an Aliw Award as Entertainer of the Year.[http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/129221/three-icons-reunite-in-the-legends-and-the-classics/amp "Three icons reunite in 'The Legends and the Classics'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329095421/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/129221/three-icons-reunite-in-the-legends-and-the-classics/amp/ |date=March 29, 2020 }}, Inquirer.net, October 5, 2013, accessed December 3, 2016 In 2003, she performed in several concerts at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. This was followed by a Christmas concert in the Philippines called Home for Christmas and performances at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center in Marlton, New Jersey, in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://www.carouselpinoy.com/leacaroustar.html|title=Lea Salonga|website=Carouselpinoy.com|access-date=December 12, 2007|archive-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122081612/http://www.carouselpinoy.com/leacaroustar.html|url-status=dead}} Later, in 2004, she played Lizzie in the Manila production of the musical Baby, which earned her another nomination from the Aliw Awards.{{cite news|work=Manila Bulletin|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/09/01/ENTR2004090117458.html|title=Bringing up Baby|access-date=October 15, 2007|archive-date=November 12, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112105255/http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/09/01/ENTR2004090117458.html|url-status=live}}

In 2005, Salonga gave her first U.S. concert tour.{{cite web|last=Lipton|first=Brian Scott|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/loose-lips_5598.html|website=TheaterMania|title=Lea Salonga hits the road|date=February 1, 2005|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065323/https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/loose-lips_5598.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Lea-Salonga-in-Concert-20050307|title=Photo Coverage: Lea Salonga in Concert|first=Shira|last=Greenberg|website=BroadwayWorld|date=March 7, 2005|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021103348/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Lea-Salonga-in-Concert-20050307|url-status=live}}{{Cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Photo_Op.aspx?ci=507228 | title = Lea Salonga brings down the house in Atlantic City | website = Broadway.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050223040127/http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Photo_Op.aspx?ci=507228 | archive-date = February 23, 2005 | url-status=dead}} Later that year, on November 7, she performed to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of Diverse City Theater Company.{{cite web|last=Strothmann|first=Ben|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Lea-Salonga-at-Carnegie-Hall-20051108|website=BroadwayWorld|title=Photo Coverage: Lea Salonga at Carnegie Hall|date=November 8, 2005|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065323/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Lea-Salonga-at-Carnegie-Hall-20051108|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Chang|first=Lia|url=http://www.asianconnections.com/a/?article_id=662|website=Asian Connections|title=Lea Salonga takes center stage at Carnegie Hall|date=2005-10-11|access-date=2007-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615161227/http://www.asianconnections.com/a/?article_id=662|archive-date=2008-06-15|url-status=dead}} The same year, she received the Golden Artist Award at the 53rd FAMAS Awards in honor of her international achievements, performed during the grand opening of Hong Kong's Disneyland,{{Cite news | url = http://english.sina.com/taiwan_hk/1/2005/0909/45382.html | title = Jacky Cheung, Coco Lee, Lea Salonga to headline Disneyland opening | website = english.sina.com | location = Hong Kong | agency = Associated Press | date = September 9, 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060219144726/http://english.sina.com/taiwan_hk/1/2005/0909/45382.html | archive-date = February 19, 2006}} and recorded two songs on Daniel Rodriguez's album In the Presence.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blixstreet.com/daniel_rodriguez_bio.html|website=Blix Street Records|title=Daniel Rodriguez Profile|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806162423/https://www.blixstreet.com/daniel_rodriguez_bio.html|url-status=dead}} She also did voice work for Disney's English dub of Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro as Yasuko Kusakabe. Salonga wrote the foreword to Linda Marquart's The Right Way to Sing (2005). In 2006, at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Salonga concluded the closing ceremony with the song "Triumph of the One" before an audience of 50,000 people at Khalifa International Stadium.{{cite news| last=Armero| first=Arman| url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=sports2_dec15_2006| work=Manila Standard Today| title=Lea leads closing program| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106060221/http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=sports2_dec15_2006| archive-date=January 6, 2009}}{{cite web|last=Liew|first=Lena|url=http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=10468_0_1_0_M135|website=Travel Video Television|title=Doha Asian Games comes to close amid mythology of 1001 nights|date=2006-12-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610182137/http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=10468_0_1_0_M135|archive-date=2008-06-10}}

In 2007, Salonga released her first studio album in seven years called Inspired, which was certified platinum in the Philippines.{{cite web| last=Lugay| first=Elton| url= http://broadwayasia.squarespace.com| title="Lea on Leadership" from Philippine News| date=2007-09-19| via=Broadway Asia| url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071121150008/http://broadwayasia.squarespace.com/| archive-date= 2007-11-21}} On August 14, 2007, she received the Order of Lakandula, with the rank of Commander (Komandante), from Philippine President Gloria Arroyo in recognition of using her talents to benefit Philippine society and foster cultural exchange. She has also received the Congressional Medal of Achievement from the House of Representatives of the Philippines for showing "the extent and depth of the Filipino musical talent" and "opening the way for other Filipino artists to break into the finest theaters in the world."{{cite news|work=The Philippine Star|last1=Romero|first1=Paolo|title=Order of Lakandula for Lea, climbers|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/383966/order-lakandula-lea-climbers|access-date=11 November 2015|date=February 8, 2007|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917195723/http://www.philstar.com/headlines/383966/order-lakandula-lea-climbers|url-status=live}}

In March 2007, Salonga returned to Broadway for another stint in the musical Les Misérables, this time as Fantine.{{cite web|last1=Gans|first1=Andrew|last2=Jones|first2=Kenneth|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/voices-soft-as-thunder-lea-salonga-to-make-early-entrance-in-les-miz-revival-com-138964|website=Playbill|title=Voices soft as thunder: Lea Salonga to make early entrance in Les Miz revival|date=March 2, 2007|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108053203/https://www.playbill.com/article/voices-soft-as-thunder-lea-salonga-to-make-early-entrance-in-les-miz-revival-com-138964|url-status=live}} Her rejoining the show boosted the musical's ticket sales.{{Cite web | url = https://www.broadway.com/buzz/96356/broadway-grosses-lea-boosts-les-miz/ | title = Broadway Grosses: Lea boosts Les Miz | website = Broadway.com | date = June 10, 2008 | access-date = January 8, 2023 | archive-date = January 8, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065317/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/96356/broadway-grosses-lea-boosts-les-miz/ | url-status = live }}{{Cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=545024 | title = Lea Salonga, Q&A; Interview: Broadway.com Buzz | first = Melissa Rose | last = Bernardo | website = broadway.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070630095632/http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=545024 | archive-date = June 30, 2007 | url-status = usurped}} President Arroyo watched Salonga in this role, with Filipino-Americans Adam Jacobs as Marius and Ali Ewoldt as Cosette.{{cite news|last=Dalangin-Fernandez|first=Lira|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=91076|title=Arroyo goes to Broadway, watches Lea Salonga in Les Miz|date=2007-09-27|access-date=2007-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011120018/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=91076|archive-date=2007-10-11|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Avendaño|first=Christine|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=91229|title=Arroyo takes break, is entranced by Lea in Les Miz|date=2007-09-28|access-date=2007-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611195315/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=91229|archive-date=2008-06-11|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/salonga-exits-les-miz-making-way-for-judy-kuhn-com-144693|website=Playbill|title=Salonga exits Les Miz, making way for Judy Kuhn|date=October 21, 2007|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108063211/https://www.playbill.com/article/salonga-exits-les-miz-making-way-for-judy-kuhn-com-144693|url-status=live}} Salonga received rave reviews and made it again to the short list of Broadway.com's Audience Award favorites as Best Replacement.{{Cite web | url = https://www.broadway.com/buzz/96504/nominees-announced-for-2007-broadwaycom-audience-awards-spring-awakening-tops-list/ | title = Nominees Announced for 2007 Broadway.com Audience Awards: Spring Awakening Tops List | website = Broadway.com | date = May 13, 2007 | access-date = January 8, 2023 | archive-date = January 8, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065318/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/96504/nominees-announced-for-2007-broadwaycom-audience-awards-spring-awakening-tops-list/ | url-status = live }}{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-chatting-with-les-miz-star-lea-salonga-plus-news-of-lupone-cook-and-kuhn-com-139118|website=Playbill|title=Diva Talk: Chatting with Les Miz star Lea Salonga, plus news of LuPone, Cook, and Kuhn|date=March 9, 2007|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108075419/https://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-chatting-with-les-miz-star-lea-salonga-plus-news-of-lupone-cook-and-kuhn-com-139118|url-status=live}} During her tenure on Broadway that season, she appeared in Broadway on Broadway 2007{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Broadway-on-Broadway-2007-20070917|title=Photo Coverage: Broadway on Broadway 2007|first=Genevieve Rafter|last=Keddy|website=BroadwayWorld|date=September 17, 2007|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820063757/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Broadway-on-Broadway-2007-20070917|url-status=live}} and Stars in the Alley 2007,{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Stars-in-the-Alley-2007-20070607|title=Photo Coverage: Stars in the Alley 2007|first=Mark|last=Rupp|website=BroadwayWorld|date=June 7, 2007|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820063759/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Stars-in-the-Alley-2007-20070607|url-status=live}} spoke at the Broadway Artists Alliance Summer Intensives,{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Lea-Salonga-at-Broadway-Artists-Alliance-20070817|title=Photo Coverage: Lea Salonga at Broadway Artists Alliance|website=BroadwayWorld|date=August 17, 2007|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820063758/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Lea-Salonga-at-Broadway-Artists-Alliance-20070817|url-status=live}} guested on the Broadway musical 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,{{Cite web|last=Hernandez|first=Ernio|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/salonga-joins-esparza-mitchell-for-broadway-night-at-spelling-bee-com-139329|website=Playbill|title=Salonga joins Esparza & Mitchell for "Broadway Night" at Spelling Bee|date=March 16, 2007|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108063219/https://www.playbill.com/article/salonga-joins-esparza-mitchell-for-broadway-night-at-spelling-bee-com-139329|url-status=live}} and participated in Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' 12th Annual Nothing Like a Dame event to benefit the women's health initiative of The Actors Fund.{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadwaycares.org/events/Dames2007.cfm|title=Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS: Nothing Like A Dame|access-date=2008-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212192819/http://www.broadwaycares.org/events/Dames2007.cfm|archive-date=2008-02-12|url-status=dead}} Right after doing Les Misérables, she performed in two events: at the U.S. Military Academy Band's concert in West Point, where she sang four songs and an encore,{{Cite web|url=http://www.usma.edu/band/event.htm|website=U.S. Military Academy Band|title=USMA Band Fall/Winter Guest Artist Series|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013042413/http://www.usma.edu/band/event.htm|archive-date=October 13, 2007}} and in her concert at the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York.{{Cite web|url=https://tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org/|title=Tarrytown Music Hall|website=Tarrytown Music Hall|access-date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=June 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621175843/https://tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org/|url-status=live}} She was then busy with other concerts and musical events,{{cite web|url=http://www.abscbnfoundation.org/SG/event.html|website=ABS-CBN Foundation|title=Simbang Gabi 2007|access-date=November 26, 2007|archive-date=November 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117081010/http://www.abscbnfoundation.org/SG/event.html|url-status=dead}} including a Christmas presentation in Manila.{{cite web|url=http://www.asianjournal.com/data/PDF/2007_SF/2007_11_09/2007_11_09_SF_sec2p%201.pdf|website=Asian Journal|title=Simbang Gabi with Lea Salonga|access-date=2007-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203200924/http://www.asianjournal.com/data/PDF/2007_SF/2007_11_09/2007_11_09_SF_sec2p%201.pdf|archive-date=2007-12-03|url-status=dead}}

In 2008, Salonga gave concerts in the Philippines, California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Guam,{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Tour Finder – Lea Salonga |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/tour/tour_results.jsp?dateSrch=fieldsrch&act=Lea%20Salonga&rqType=flt |magazine=Billboard }}; {{cite web |title=Magic Wand Entertainment Upcoming Shows |url=http://www.magicwandshows.com/upcomingc.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205165758/http://www.magicwandshows.com/upcomingc.htm |archive-date=2008-02-05 |access-date=2008-02-14 }}; {{cite web |title=Lea Salonga at San Manuel Casino January 3, 2008 |url=http://www.philippinepressclub.com/2007/12/lea-salonga-at-san-manuel-casino.html |website=Philippine Press Club |access-date=February 14, 2008 |archive-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115132809/http://www.philippinepressclub.com/2007/12/lea-salonga-at-san-manuel-casino.html |url-status=dead }}; {{cite news |title=Lea Salonga sings to thousands in Bacolod |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=115380 |url-status=dead |access-date=2008-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607043056/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=115380 |archive-date=2012-06-07 }}; {{cite web |title=Lea Salonga – The Voice of Mulan |url=http://www.hkpo.com/eng/concerts_and_ticket/concerts/concertdetail.jsp?id=77 |website=Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra |access-date=February 14, 2008 |archive-date=June 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603214058/http://www.hkpo.com/eng/concerts_and_ticket/concerts/concertdetail.jsp?id=77 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |title=Tony-winning Lea Salonga to give four concerts in Hawaii |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jan/31/br/br3129784056.html |website=The Honolulu Advertiser |access-date=February 14, 2008 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107053333/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jan/31/br/br3129784056.html |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |title=Broadway and Philippine star Lea Salonga to perform at Sheraton Laguna tonight |url=http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/LIFESTYLE/80301005 |website=Guam Pacific Daily News }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; and {{cite web |title=Lea Salonga adds new Sunday concert at Blaisdell |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Mar/03/br/hawaii80303044.html |website=The Honolulu Advertiser |access-date=March 13, 2008 |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517144632/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Mar/03/br/hawaii80303044.html |url-status=live }} On July 3, 2008, Salonga became a columnist in the Philippine Daily Inquirer with her column "Backstory" (Entertainment section), "Introducing: Lea Salonga, writer."{{cite news |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080703-146131/Lea-Salonga-the-writer-debuts-in-PDI |title=Lea Salonga, the writer, debuts in PDI |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=2010-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901025609/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080703-146131/Lea-Salonga-the-writer-debuts-in-PDI |archive-date=2010-09-01 |url-status=dead }} Since then, she has written numerous columns for the Inquirer.[http://entertainment.inquirer.net/byline/lea-salonga "Lea Salonga – Inquirer Entertainment"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122025747/http://entertainment.inquirer.net/byline/lea-salonga |date=November 22, 2015 }}, Philippine Daily Inquirer, accessed November 3, 2015 She performed in "Global Pop" at the Music Center on July 11, 2008. It was presented by The Blue Ribbon, a group founded by Dorothy Chandler in 1968.{{cite web |url=http://www.downtownlascene.com/index.php/scene/news_item/31703/ |title=Rock, Pop & Jazz |website=DowntownLAScene.com |access-date=2010-01-24 |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113093948/http://www.downtownlascene.com/index.php/scene/news_item/31703/ |url-status=live }} Salonga gave a concert on July 11 at Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall.{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-salonga-plays-disney-concert-hall-july-11-com-151530 |title=Tony Winner Salonga Plays Disney Concert Hall July 11 |website=Playbill |date=2008-07-11 |access-date=2023-01-08 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108050152/https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-salonga-plays-disney-concert-hall-july-11-com-151530 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Nepales |first=Ruben V. |url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20080714-148268/Standing-ovation-for-Lea-Salonga-in-historic-concert |title=Standing ovation for Lea Salonga in historic concert |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=2008-07-14 |access-date=2010-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006175547/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20080714-148268/Standing-ovation-for-Lea-Salonga-in-historic-concert |archive-date=2008-10-06 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=Pentecostes |first=JP |url=http://pinoyreport.com/atbp.aspx |title=Lea Salonga...a Concert worth taking your daughter to |website=PinoyReport.com |date=2008-07-11 |access-date=2010-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505174245/http://pinoyreport.com/atbp.aspx |archive-date=2010-05-05 |url-status=dead }} That same year, she received a special citation from the Awit Awards.{{Cite web|title=The Philippine Awit Awards - About the Awit Awards|url=http://www.awitawards.com.ph/Finalists26th.html|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.awitawards.com.ph|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105053326/http://www.awitawards.com.ph/Finalists26th.html|url-status=live}}File:Lea Salonga2.jpgFrom late July 2008 to mid-2009, Salonga played the title role in the 30-week Asian tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which premiered in Manila.{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-to-star-in-cinderella-tour-com-138030|title=Lea Salonga to Star in Cinderella Tour|access-date=January 8, 2023|date=26 Jan 2007|website=Playbill.com|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108053201/https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-to-star-in-cinderella-tour-com-138030|url-status=live}}{{cite news|work=Manila Bulletin|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/09/22/ENTR20070922103538.html|title=Cinderella in Manila – Lea Salonga starring|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314191553/http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/09/22/ENTR20070922103538.html|archive-date=March 14, 2008}} Salonga performed a series of concerts in North America in 2009 and was asked to dance the Filipino novelty dances "Ocho-Ocho" and "Spaghetti."{{cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |url=https://playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-will-perform-concerts-in-california-new-york-nevada-and-more-in-2009-com-155118 |work=Playbill |title=Lea Salonga Will Perform Concerts in California, New York, Nevada and More in 2009 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |date=November 12, 2008 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108052353/https://playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-will-perform-concerts-in-california-new-york-nevada-and-more-in-2009-com-155118 |url-status=live }} The same year, Salonga advertised the Avon Products line of anti-aging skin care products, Anew Rejuvenate, in the Philippines.{{cite news |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=485401&publicationSubCategoryId=111 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906200245/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=485401&publicationSubCategoryId=111 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-06 |title=Avon launches Anew Rejuvenate and Anew Ambassador Lea Salonga |work=The Philippine Star|access-date=2010-01-24 |date=2009-07-10}} In June 2009, she sang at the 95th Anniversary Special of the Iglesia ni Cristo.{{cite news|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url=http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=217126| title=INC at 95, The musical; Lea Salonga stars|date=July 26, 2009| access-date=July 27, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727152700/http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1| archive-date=July 27, 2009| url-status=dead}} Salonga sang Patriotic song "Bayan Ko" at the Requiem Mass for former President Corazon Aquino at Manila Cathedral.{{cite web |last=Holandes Ubalde |first=Joseph |title=Lea Salonga's 'Bayan Ko' rendition brings mourners back to EDSA '86 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/169060/lea-salonga-s-bayan-ko-rendition-brings-mourners-back-to-edsa-86/story/ |website=GMA Network |access-date=January 8, 2023 |date=August 5, 2009 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065322/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/169060/lea-salonga-s-bayan-ko-rendition-brings-mourners-back-to-edsa-86/story/ |url-status=live }} Salonga celebrated 20 years of Miss Saigon by performing in concerts called Lea Salonga... Your Songs at the Philippine International Convention Center Plenary Hall on December 11 and 12, 2009. In the same venue, Salonga received the Gusi Peace Prize in November 2009.{{cite news|work=Voice of America|url=https://gr.voanews.com/a/a-22-2009-12-17-voa7-86555552/208735.html|title=2009 Gusi Peace Prize winners|date=December 17, 2009|access-date=December 17, 2009|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923224918/https://gr.voanews.com/a/a-22-2009-12-17-voa7-86555552/208735.html|url-status=dead}}

From July to August 2010, Salonga played the role of Grizabella in the Manila run of the Asia-Pacific tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In October, she played Fantine during the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables, fifteen years after appearing in the 10th Anniversary as Eponine.{{cite web |last=Oliveros |first=Oliver |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Performs-Requests-In-Manila-Concert-1211-1212-20090827 |title=Lea Salonga Performs Requests In Manila Concert 12/11 & 12/12 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=2009-08-27 |access-date=2023-01-08 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065317/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Performs-Requests-In-Manila-Concert-1211-1212-20090827 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/5101/Lea-Salonga-will-have-Richard-Poon-and-Ai-Ai-delas-Alas-as-guests-in-her-December-concert |title=Lea Salonga will have Richard Poon and Ai-Ai delas Alas as guests in her December concert |work=Philippine Entertainment Portal|date=2009-11-13|access-date=2010-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116161107/http://www.pep.ph/guide/5101/Lea-Salonga-will-have-Richard-Poon-and-Ai-Ai-delas-Alas-as-guests-in-her-December-concert |archive-date=2009-11-16 |url-status=dead }} The same year, she served as a celebrity judge for Avon Voices.

{{cite web |url=http://www.avonvoices.com/en/judges |title=Meet the Judges |website=Avon Voices |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915055939/http://www.avonvoices.com/en/judges |archive-date=September 15, 2011}}

Salonga was honored as a Disney Legend on August 19, 2011.{{cite web|last=Wolman|first=Lauren|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Lea-Salonga-Anika-Noni-Rose-Paige-OHara-et-al-Honored-at-D23-Expo-20110820|title=Photo Flash: Lea Salonga, Anika Noni Rose, Paige O'Hara et al. Honored at D23 Expo|work=BroadwayWorld.com|date=August 20, 2011|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-date=September 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908160837/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Lea-Salonga-Anika-Noni-Rose-Paige-OHara-et-al-Honored-at-D23-Expo-20110820|url-status=live}} She was one of the judges in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011.{{cite web|last=Rosky|first=Nicole|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Set-to-Judge-Miss-Universe-Pageant-912-20110907|title=Lea Salonga Set to Judge Miss Universe Pageant, 9/12|work=BroadwayWorld|date=September 7, 2011|access-date=September 7, 2011|archive-date=October 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023221659/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Set-to-Judge-Miss-Universe-Pageant-912-20110907|url-status=live}} Salonga and Darren Criss sang "A Whole New World" to its composer, Alan Menken, as Menken was named the winner of the 2011 Maestro Award at the Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference on October 24, 2011.{{Cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/buzz/158277/see-glee-star-darren-criss-tony-winner-lea-salonga-serenade-alan-menken-with-a-whole-new-world/ | title = See Glee Star Darren Criss & Tony Winner Lea Salonga Serenade Alan Menken with 'A Whole New World' | website = Broadway.com | date = October 25, 2011 | access-date = June 2, 2012 | archive-date = June 21, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621131322/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/158277/see-glee-star-darren-criss-tony-winner-lea-salonga-serenade-alan-menken-with-a-whole-new-world/ | url-status = live }}

Salonga performed in a six-concert series titled The Magic of Broadway and Disney Favorites in 2012 with the Palm Beach Pops.{{Cite web | last = Pfaff | first = Jennifer | url = http://www.palmbeachillustrated.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&ArticleId=2279#.UO8kHhj4ZZk | title = Palm Beach Pops shows Broadway and Disney magic | website = Palm Beach Illustrated | date = April 2012 | access-date = October 21, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151119215047/http://www.palmbeachillustrated.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&ArticleId=2279#.UO8kHhj4ZZk | archive-date = November 19, 2015 | url-status = dead }} She starred in the first production of Allegiance at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from September to October 2012.{{cite web| last=Jones| first=Kenneth| url=https://playbill.com/article/allegiance-musical-with-george-takei-and-lea-salonga-extends-run-in-ca-com-198082| title=Allegiance Musical, With George Takei and Lea Salonga, Extends Run in CA| work=Playbill| access-date=January 8, 2023| date=September 28, 2012| archive-date=January 8, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108050855/https://playbill.com/article/allegiance-musical-with-george-takei-and-lea-salonga-extends-run-in-ca-com-198082| url-status=live}} Salonga starred in the Philippine production of the comedy God of Carnage in July 2012 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium of RCBC Plaza in Manila. She reprised the role at the DBS Arts Centre in Singapore in November 2012.{{cite news |url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/56742/lea-salonga-goes-straight-in-%E2%80%98god-of-carnage%E2%80%99 |title=Lea Salonga goes straight in 'God of Carnage'  |first=Anne A. |last=Jambora |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=9 July 2012 |access-date=September 24, 2012 |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712154602/http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/56742/lea-salonga-goes-straight-in-%E2%80%98god-of-carnage%E2%80%99 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Salonga|first1=Lea|title=Time to say goodbye|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/64434/time-to-say-goodbye|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=October 24, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2012|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026035247/http://entertainment.inquirer.net/64434/time-to-say-goodbye|url-status=live}} Also in 2012, Salonga was the guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Epcot in Walt Disney World from December 14 to 16, retelling the Christmas story accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a mass choir.{{cite web|url=http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/candlelight-processional/news/20oct2012-lea-salonga-added-to-this-year%27s-candlelight-processional.htm|title=Lea Salonga added to this year's Candlelight Processional|date=October 20, 2012|work=wdwmagic.com|access-date=December 12, 2012|archive-date=November 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125122903/http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/candlelight-processional/news/20oct2012-lea-salonga-added-to-this-year%27s-candlelight-processional.htm|url-status=live}}

In January 2013, Salonga participated in Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series at the Allen Room.{{cite web|url=http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/206402?show_date=2013-01-30%2020:30:00&hit=1|title=Lea Salonga|work=lincolncenter.org|access-date=2012-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509152215/http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/206402?show_date=2013-01-30%2020:30:00&hit=1|archive-date=2013-05-09|url-status=dead}} In February in the Philippines, Salonga provided the theme song for TV5's reality singing competition Kanta Pilipinas, and, together with Tyne Daly and Norm Lewis, she starred as Mother in a concert performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.{{cite web | url = http://www.broadway.com/buzz/165581/lea-salonga-norm-lewis-tyne-daly-to-headline-ragtime-concert | title = Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis & Tyne Daly to Headline Ragtime Concert | first = Lindsay | last = Champion | date = November 16, 2012 | work = Broadway.com | access-date = August 20, 2019 | archive-date = July 8, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190708142705/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/165581/lea-salonga-norm-lewis-tyne-daly-to-headline-ragtime-concert/ | url-status = live }} Salonga headlined a concert series, "4 Stars One World of Broadway Musicals", in Tokyo Osaka in June, performing with Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, and Yu Shirota.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/76859/turning-japanese-2|title=Turning Japanese|author=Lea Salonga|date=January 16, 2013|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116193344/http://entertainment.inquirer.net/76859/turning-japanese-2|url-status=live}} She was one of the four coaches, together with apl.de.ap, Sarah Geronimo, and Bamboo Mañalac, for the ABS-CBN program, The Voice of the Philippines, which premiered in June 2013.{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/303868092994437121 | title=It's official: I am a coach on The Voice of The Philippines! I wonder who coach #4 will be. | publisher=Twitter | date=February 19, 2013 | access-date=February 20, 2013 | author=Lea Salonga | archive-date=October 9, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009225039/https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/303868092994437121 | url-status=live }} In December 2013, Salonga began her Lea Salonga: Playlist concert tour in the Philippines, celebrating her 35 years in show business. The concert series was extended to January 2014.{{cite news|title=Lea Salonga's 'Playlist' guests daughter Nicole Chien, Martin Nievera|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/130401/lea-salongas-playlist-guests-daughter-nicole-chien-martin-nievera|last=Ager|first=Maila|date=January 18, 2014|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=April 11, 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145152/http://entertainment.inquirer.net/130401/lea-salongas-playlist-guests-daughter-nicole-chien-martin-nievera|url-status=live}} Salonga wrote a book, Playlist: A Celebration of 35 Years, which she used as a souvenir program for the concerts.Salonga, Lea. [http://leasalonga.com/shop/playlist-a-celebration-of-35-years Playlist – A Celebration of 35 Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127085020/http://leasalonga.com/shop/playlist-a-celebration-of-35-years |date=November 27, 2016 }} (2013)

File:Lea Salonga - 2014.jpg in 2014|243x243px]]In 2014, she returned for the second season of The Voice of the Philippines and joined the new Philippine version of The Voice Kids,{{cite web | url=http://push.abs-cbn.com/features/10234/lea-salonga-talks-about-being-back-on-the-voice | title=Lea Salonga talks about being back on 'The Voice' | publisher=Push | date=January 15, 2014 | access-date=January 27, 2014 | last=Donida | first=Krissa | language=fil | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121044511/http://push.abs-cbn.com/features/10234/lea-salonga-talks-about-being-back-on-the-voice/ | archive-date=January 21, 2014}} on which she has appeared for three seasons.{{cite web |last=Villano |first=Alexa |title=Lea Salonga on 'Fun Home,' working with Eric Kunze |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/151597-lea-salonga-fun-home-eric-kunze/ |website=Rappler |date=November 11, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914023457/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/151597-lea-salonga-fun-home-eric-kunze/ |url-status=live }} Salonga recorded a song titled "Wished That I Could Call You" that was included in the charity compilation album Children In Need, released in March 2014.{{cite web|last=Cerasaro|first=Pat|title=Lea Salonga & Sierra Boggess Record New Tracks For Charity Compilation Album|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Sierra-Boggess-Record-New-Tracks-For-Charity-Compilation-Album-20131024|date=October 24, 2013|website=BroadwayWorld|access-date=February 11, 2014|archive-date=January 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111055721/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Sierra-Boggess-Record-New-Tracks-For-Charity-Compilation-Album-20131024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Lea Salonga's song 'Wish That I Could Call You' just sounds incredible now. Out in March.|url=https://twitter.com/DanLauraCurtis/status/421389459599261697|work=10 January 2014|publisher=DanLauraCurtis Twitter account|access-date=February 11, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304211708/https://twitter.com/DanLauraCurtis/status/421389459599261697|url-status=live}} Also, in 2014 and 2015, she toured Asia and North America with Il Divo.{{cite web |last=Henry |first=Alan |title=BWW Interviews: Lea Salonga Talks Il Divo Tour, Allegiance, Miss Saigon, and More! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Interviews-Lea-Salonga-Talks-Il-Divo-Tour-Allegiance-Miss-Saigon-and-More-20140522 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=May 22, 2014 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065323/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Interviews-Lea-Salonga-Talks-Il-Divo-Tour-Allegiance-Miss-Saigon-and-More-20140522 |url-status=live }} In mid-2015, she performed a concert series in Australasia.{{cite web |last=Cerasaro |first=Pat |title=Lea Salonga Kicks Off Australia & New Zealand Tour Today |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Kicks-Off-Australia-New-Zealand-Tour-Today-20150723 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=July 24, 2015 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065322/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Kicks-Off-Australia-New-Zealand-Tour-Today-20150723 |url-status=live }} Salonga reprised her role as Kei Kimura in the 2015–16 Broadway production of Allegiance.{{cite web |last=Peterson |first=Tyler |title=Breaking News: Tony Winner Lea Salonga & Telly Leung to Join George Takei in ALLEGIANCE on Broadway! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Tony-Winner-Lea-Salonga-Telly-Leung-to-Join-George-Takei-in-ALLEGIANCE-on-Broadway-20150312 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=March 13, 2015 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065317/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Tony-Winner-Lea-Salonga-Telly-Leung-to-Join-George-Takei-in-ALLEGIANCE-on-Broadway-20150312 |url-status=live }} In The New York Times, Charles Isherwood wrote of her performance: "Her voice retains its plush beauty, and her culminating first act solo, 'Higher' ... is perhaps the show's musical highlight."{{cite web |last=Isherwood |first=Charles |title=Review: 'Allegiance,' a Musical History Lesson About Interned Japanese-Americans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/theater/review-allegiance-a-musical-history-lesson-about-interned-japanese-americans.html |website=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2015 |access-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-date=December 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208210939/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/theater/review-allegiance-a-musical-history-lesson-about-interned-japanese-americans.html |url-status=live }} Salonga guest-starred on the April 2016 season finale of the American television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,{{cite news| last1=Dimalanta| first1=Ces|title=Lea Salonga to appear, sing in 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' finale|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/lea-salonga-to-appear-sing-in-crazy-ex-girlfriend-finale/| access-date=January 15, 2016|work=Manila Bulletin|date=January 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315192030/http://www.mb.com.ph/lea-salonga-to-appear-sing-in-crazy-ex-girlfriend-finale/|archive-date=March 15, 2016}} playing Filipino-heritage character Josh's visiting aunt, a former Star Search contestant, in town for a wedding, at which she sings the episode's climactic Disney princess parody song, "One Indescribable Instant."{{cite news|last1=Mallenbaum|first1=Carly|title=Exclusive clip: 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' finale has the perfect guest star|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/04/18/crazy-ex-girlfriend-finale/83189626/|access-date=July 30, 2022|work=USA Today|date=April 18, 2016|archive-date=July 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730070254/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/04/18/crazy-ex-girlfriend-finale/83189626/|url-status=live}}

In Manila in November 2016, she appeared as Helen Bechdel in the international premiere of Fun Home.{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title=Lea Salonga Will Star in Fun Home International Premiere |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-will-star-in-fun-home-international-premiere-com-372281 |website=Playbill |access-date=January 8, 2023 |date=November 18, 2015 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108053159/https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-will-star-in-fun-home-international-premiere-com-372281 |url-status=live }} A review in ABS-CBN News said that she "delivers a finely tuned performance, utilizing her prodigious stage presence to provide the cold and dark shadings to erstwhile peppy scenes with her subtle stares and held back emotions. ... [In] "Days by Days" ... she finally lets go of all the resentment and repressed anger of a woman stuck in a marriage built on a lie. Yet there is dignity in her breakdown ... Salonga pulls it off with such clarity, both musically and emotionally, that it's difficult not to be moved."{{cite web |last=Bunoan |first=Vladimir |title=Review: Superb 'Fun Home' cast moves audience to tears |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/11/11/16/review-superb-fun-home-cast-moves-audience-to-tears |website=ABS-CBN News |date=November 12, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108075339/https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/11/11/16/review-superb-fun-home-cast-moves-audience-to-tears |url-status=live }}

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In 2016, Salonga won two more Aliw Awards, one for Best Major Concert in a Foreign Venue and her second Entertainer of the Year award.{{cite web |title=Lea Salonga wins Entertainer of the Year at Aliw Awards 2016 |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/02/16/lea-salonga-wins-entertainer-of-the-year-at-aliw-awards-2016 |website=ABS-CBN News |date=December 2, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108092341/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/02/16/lea-salonga-wins-entertainer-of-the-year-at-aliw-awards-2016 |url-status=live }} The following year, Salonga was one of the coaches on The Voice Teens.{{Cite news |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/01/17/lea-excited-to-mentor-teens-on-the-voice |title=Lea excited to mentor teens on 'The Voice' |date=March 1, 2017 |work=ABS-CBN News |publication-date=April 17, 2017 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108085307/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/01/17/lea-excited-to-mentor-teens-on-the-voice |url-status=live }} Also in 2017, she released an album, Bahaghari: Lea Salonga Sings Traditional Songs of the Philippines, with songs sung in several languages spoken in the Philippines.{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=From Carnegie Hall to Miss Saigon and the Oscars, Tony Winner Lea Salonga's 5 Most Memorable Nights Onstage |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/from-carnegie-hall-to-miss-saigon-and-the-oscars-tony-winner-lea-salongas-5-most-memorable-nights-onstage |website=Playbill |date=February 9, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108051657/https://www.playbill.com/article/from-carnegie-hall-to-miss-saigon-and-the-oscars-tony-winner-lea-salongas-5-most-memorable-nights-onstage |url-status=live }} Salonga portrayed Erzulie in the 2017 Broadway revival of Once on This Island at Circle in the Square Theatre, where she received critical praise for her vocal performance.{{cite web| last=Stasio| first=Marilyn| title=Broadway Review: 'Once on This Island'| url=https://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/once-on-this-island-review-broadway-1202629232| website=Variety| date=December 3, 2017| access-date=January 29, 2018| archive-date=January 31, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131071000/http://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/once-on-this-island-review-broadway-1202629232/| url-status=live}}
{{cite news |title=Once on This Island on Broadway holds 'Filipino Night' |url=http://usa.inquirer.net/10529/island-broadway-holds-filipino-night |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |location=Philippines |date=March 2, 2018 |access-date=March 22, 2018 |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092412/http://usa.inquirer.net/10529/island-broadway-holds-filipino-night |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title=Lea Salonga Will Depart Broadway's Once On This Island |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-will-depart-broadways-once-on-this-island |website=Playbill |date=May 8, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108075421/https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-will-depart-broadways-once-on-this-island |url-status=live }} She returned to the show for its final performances in December 2018 and January 2019.{{cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=Lea Salonga Returns to ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Today, December 27 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Returns-to-ONCE-ON-THIS-ISLAND-Today-December-27-20181227 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=December 27, 2018 |access-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072348/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Returns-to-ONCE-ON-THIS-ISLAND-Today-December-27-20181227 |url-status=live }} The cast recording for Once on This Island was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2019 |title=2019 Grammy Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/grammys-2019-winners-live-updating-list-1178567/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211035732/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/grammys-2019-winners-live-updating-list-1178567/ |archive-date=February 11, 2019 |access-date=February 23, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Salonga appeared alongside Eva Noblezada, Dale Watson, and Princess Punzalan as a Philippine immigrant, Aunt Gail, in the musical film Yellow Rose, which premiered at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Musical Film YELLOW ROSE Starring Lea Salonga & Eva Noblezada Set For Opening Night Of LAAPFF |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Musical-Film-YELLOW-ROSE-Starring-Lea-Salonga-Eva-Noblezada-Set-For-Opening-Night-Of-LAAPFF-20190501 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=October 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008123642/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Musical-Film-YELLOW-ROSE-Starring-Lea-Salonga-Eva-Noblezada-Set-For-Opening-Night-Of-LAAPFF-20190501 |url-status=live }} She also toured North America and the United Kingdom that year.{{cite web |last=Ng |first=Philiana |title=Broadway Icon Lea Salonga Opens Up About Her First Big-Screen Movie in 20 Years (Exclusive) |url=https://www.etonline.com/lea-salonga-returning-to-big-screen-yellow-rose-124336 |website=ET Online |date=May 1, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506230119/https://www.etonline.com/lea-salonga-returning-to-big-screen-yellow-rose-124336 |url-status=live }} Later, in 2019, she played Mrs. Lovett in a revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Manila and then Singapore.{{cite web |last=Meyer |first=Dan |title=What Do Critics Think of Sweeney Todd in Manila, Starring Lea Salonga? |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/what-do-critics-think-of-sweeney-todd-in-manila-starring-lea-salonga |website=Playbill |date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108063209/https://www.playbill.com/article/what-do-critics-think-of-sweeney-todd-in-manila-starring-lea-salonga |url-status=live }} Critics praised her "crystalline tones that turned her numbers, especially 'By the Sea,' into unexpected show-stoppers"{{cite web |last=Bunoan |first=Vladimir |title=Theater review: Lea Salonga totally kills it in wild, dystopic 'Sweeney Todd' |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/12/19/theater-review-lea-salonga-totally-kills-it-in-wild-dystopic-sweeney-todd |website=ABS-CBN News |date=October 12, 2019 |access-date=October 27, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020144215/https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/12/19/theater-review-lea-salonga-totally-kills-it-in-wild-dystopic-sweeney-todd |url-status=live }} and called the performance a "career-high" for the actress.{{cite news |last=Yu |first=Vincen Gregory |title='Sweeney Todd': Bobby Garcia's reinvention of the musical a triumph of vision and staging |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/348650/sweeney-todd-bobby-garcias-reinvention-of-the-musical-a-triumph-of-vision-and-staging/ |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=October 19, 2019 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108065317/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/348650/sweeney-todd-bobby-garcias-reinvention-of-the-musical-a-triumph-of-vision-and-staging/ |url-status=live }} Between these two short runs, she gave concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane in November 2019.{{cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=Lea Salonga To Tour Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne In November 2019 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/australia-melbourne/article/Lea-Salonga-To-Tour-Brisbane-Sydney-and-Melbourne-In-November-2019-20190310 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=March 10, 2019 |access-date=June 18, 2019 |archive-date=June 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618100156/https://www.broadwayworld.com/australia-melbourne/article/Lea-Salonga-To-Tour-Brisbane-Sydney-and-Melbourne-In-November-2019-20190310 |url-status=live }}

In March 2020, shortly after performing in Dubai, Salonga announced that her 2020 North American tour would be rescheduled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, she announced that the tour would again be rescheduled to Fall 2021, but these dates were rescheduled again. During the pandemic, Salonga performed for several virtual global fundraising events and concerts. In August 2020, she released her single "Dream Again," a song of hope and persistence. On November 27, the PBS series Great Performances broadcast her 2019 concert at the Sydney Opera House, where she performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web |last=Ng |first=Philiana |title=Lea Salonga Talks 'Yellow Rose,' 'Mulan' Criticisms and the Power of BTS (Exclusive) |url=https://www.etonline.com/lea-salonga-talks-yellow-rose-mulan-criticisms-and-the-power-of-bts-exclusive-154637 |website=ET Online |date=October 12, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101015919/https://www.etonline.com/lea-salonga-talks-yellow-rose-mulan-criticisms-and-the-power-of-bts-exclusive-154637 |url-status=live }}

In 2021, Salonga voiced the Mysterious Woman in the Netflix series Centaurworld.{{cite web |last=Alter |first=Rebecca |title=Centaurworld Is a Cartoon Hybrid of Infinite Possibilities |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/centaurworld-creator-megan-nicole-dong-interview-netflix-animation.html |website=Vulture |date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730161215/https://www.vulture.com/article/centaurworld-creator-megan-nicole-dong-interview-netflix-animation.html |url-status=live }} In September of the same year, she announced her Dream Again Tour, named after her 2020 single.{{Cite web |last=Salonga |first=Lea |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Lea Salonga on Twitter: "Hey, UK! I'm so excited to announce that I..." |url=https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1439849649800716289 |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=Twitter |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304024432/https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1439849649800716289 |url-status=live }} One month later, she announced she would also be touring the United States and Canada.{{Cite web |last=Salonga |first=Lea |date=October 25, 2021 |title=Lea Salonga on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1452730352401850381 |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=Twitter |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518115504/https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1452730352401850381 |url-status=live }} On December 25, 2021, Salonga returned to Dubai to perform a Christmas concert for Expo 2020 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre.{{Cite web |title=Lea Salonga Christmas Concert |url=https://virtualexpodubai.com/listen-watch/events/lea-salonga |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=World Expo |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003053407/https://virtualexpodubai.com/listen-watch/events/lea-salonga |url-status=live }}

On April 6, 2022, Salonga began her Dream Again Tour in the United States and Canada. Following the completion of this tour, she performed the song "The Prayer" at the 2022 National Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., which was broadcast on PBS.{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2022 |title=National Memorial Day Concert {{!}} Lea Salonga Performs "The Prayer" |url=https://www.pbs.org/video/lea-salonga-performs-prayer/#:~:text=Lea%20Salonga%20performs%20the%20song,the%20Capitol%20in%20Washington%2C%20D.C. |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=PBS |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003031845/https://www.pbs.org/video/lea-salonga-performs-prayer/#:~:text=Lea%20Salonga%20performs%20the%20song,the%20Capitol%20in%20Washington%2C%20D.C. |url-status=live }} On June 18, she continued her tour in the United Kingdom. On July 28, the critically acclaimed series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin premiered on HBO Max, where Salonga portrays Elodie Honrada.{{cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=September 28, 2021 |title=In the News: Lea Salonga Tapped for Pretty Little Liars Reboot, Billy Porter and Henry Tisch Elected to Actors Fund Board |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/in-the-news-lea-salonga-tapped-for-pretty-little-liars-reboot-billy-porter-and-henry-tisch-elected-to-actors-fund-board |website=Playbill |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007182944/https://www.playbill.com/article/in-the-news-lea-salonga-tapped-for-pretty-little-liars-reboot-billy-porter-and-henry-tisch-elected-to-actors-fund-board |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=Jasmine |date=September 8, 2022 |title=Everything We Know About Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Season 2 |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a40968647/pretty-little-liars-original-sin-season-2/ |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=Seventeen |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003031845/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a40968647/pretty-little-liars-original-sin-season-2/ |url-status=live }} In September 2022, Salonga began portraying Mama Soubirous in the Indie Theatrical workshop of the new musical adaptation of The Song of Bernadette in Manhattan.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Lea Salonga and Sophia Anne Caruso Lead Workshop of New Frank Wildhorn Musical The Song of Bernadette |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-and-sophia-anne-caruso-lead-workshop-of-new-frank-wildhorn-musical-the-song-of-bernadette |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003033405/https://www.playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-and-sophia-anne-caruso-lead-workshop-of-new-frank-wildhorn-musical-the-song-of-bernadette |url-status=live }} In the same month, she was recognized by TIME magazine at the TIME100 Impact Awards for being a "life-long role model for children of color."{{Cite magazine |last=Mansoor |first=Sanya |date=September 25, 2022 |title=Lea Salonga, Voice of Disney Princesses, Is a Life-Long Role Model for Kids of Color |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-impact-awards/6215729/lea-salonga-time100-impact-awards/ |access-date=October 2, 2022 |magazine=Time}} On October 27, 2022, Salonga was featured on Pentatonix's cover of Jose Mari Chan's "Christmas In Our Hearts" in their Christmas album, Holidays Around The World.{{Cite news |last=Cua |first=Aric John Sy |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Lea Salonga sings Jose Mari Chan classic with Pentatonix's new Christmas album |work=The Manila Times |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/10/28/entertainment-lifestyle/show-times/lea-salonga-sings-jose-mari-chan-classic-with-pentatonixs-new-christmas-album/1864091 |access-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-date=October 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029064145/https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/10/28/entertainment-lifestyle/show-times/lea-salonga-sings-jose-mari-chan-classic-with-pentatonixs-new-christmas-album/1864091 |url-status=live }} On December 15, 16, and 17, 2022, Salonga performed with The Tabernacle Choir as the featured guest artist in a series of Christmas concerts at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Broadway Actress Lea Salonga to Join The Tabernacle Choir for Christmas Concerts |url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/broadway-actress-lea-salonga-joins-tabernacle-choir-christmas-concerts |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021203708/https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/broadway-actress-lea-salonga-joins-tabernacle-choir-christmas-concerts |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Pierce |first=Scott D. |date=December 16, 2022 |title=Tabernacle Choir boss is a stern taskmaster, says who? A Disney princess. |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |url=https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/12/16/tabernacle-choir-boss-is-stern/ |access-date=December 17, 2022 |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216233921/https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/12/16/tabernacle-choir-boss-is-stern/ |url-status=live }} The event was televised on PBS in December 2023.

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In February 2023, it was announced that Salonga would make her producing debut and appear for a five-week run in the original Broadway production of Here Lies Love in the role of Aurora Aquino, mother of Ninoy Aquino. The production notably marks the first time Salonga has played a Filipino role on the Broadway stage and her return to the Broadway Theatre, where Miss Saigon originally played.{{cite web |last1=Putman |first1=Leah |title=Tony and Olivier Winner Lea Salonga Will Star in Broadway's Here Lies Love |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-and-olivier-winner-lea-salonga-will-star-in-broadways-here-lies-love |website=Playbill |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227190539/https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-and-olivier-winner-lea-salonga-will-star-in-broadways-here-lies-love |url-status=live }} From March through July 2023, she performed concerts across the United States in California, New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, and North Carolina. On March 13, Salonga performed at the annual Broadway Backwards event at the New Amsterdam Theatre.{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=February 15, 2023 |title=Wayne Brady, Lea Salonga, Ali Stroker, More Set for 2023 Broadway Backwards Concert |work=Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/wayne-brady-lea-salonga-ali-stroker-more-set-for-2023-broadway-backwards-concert |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216044249/https://www.playbill.com/article/wayne-brady-lea-salonga-ali-stroker-more-set-for-2023-broadway-backwards-concert |url-status=live }} On April 26, Salonga performed for U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and other world leaders at a White House state dinner alongside Jessica Vosk and Norm Lewis.{{Cite news |last=Venkatraman |first=Sakshi |date=April 25, 2023 |title=Actor Lea Salonga and chef Edward Lee are among the stars at S. Korea state visit |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/actress-lea-salonga-chef-edward-lee-are-stars-s-korea-state-visit-rcna81345 |access-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620060527/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/actress-lea-salonga-chef-edward-lee-are-stars-s-korea-state-visit-rcna81345 |url-status=live }} On May 6, she was recognized by Gold House at the 2nd Annual Gold House Gala, receiving the Gold Legend Honor for a "lifetime of indelible contributions to the success and representation of the Asian Pacific community."{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2023 |title=A100 List |url=https://goldhouse.org/a100/?people-name=lea-salonga-4 |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=Gold House |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502052918/https://goldhouse.org/a100/?people-name=lea-salonga-4 |url-status=live }} On May 25, Salonga was featured on TAAF AAPI Heritage Heroes 2023 on Hulu. In June 2023, it was announced that Salonga would be featured on a studio recording for the upcoming musical Wild About You, which was released in December of the same year.{{Cite news |last=Masseron |first=Meg |date=June 15, 2023 |title=New Musical Wild About You to Record Album Featuring Lea Salonga, Alex Newell, Joaquina Kalukango, and More |work=Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/new-musical-wild-about-you-to-record-album-featuring-lea-salonga-alex-newell-joaquina-kalukango-and-more |access-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620060529/https://playbill.com/article/new-musical-wild-about-you-to-record-album-featuring-lea-salonga-alex-newell-joaquina-kalukango-and-more |url-status=live }} She returned to London's West End to star alongside Bernadette Peters in the tribute revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, which ran at the Gielgud Theatre from September 21, 2023, to January 6, 2024.{{Cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=February 13, 2023 |title=Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga Will Star in Limited West End Run of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends |work=Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/bernadette-peters-and-lea-salonga-will-star-in-limited-west-end-run-of-stephen-sondheims-old-friends |access-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213173413/https://playbill.com/article/bernadette-peters-and-lea-salonga-will-star-in-limited-west-end-run-of-stephen-sondheims-old-friends |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-07 |title=Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends delayed as Haydn Gwynne withdraws from the production |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/stephen-sondheims-old-friends-delayed-as-haydn-gwynne-withdraws-from-the-production_1524413/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907193957/https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/stephen-sondheims-old-friends-delayed-as-haydn-gwynne-withdraws-from-the-production_1524413/ |url-status=live }}

Salonga reprised her role as Elodie in Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, which premiered in May 2024.{{Cite news |last=Adeyemi |first=Boluwatife |date=April 10, 2024 |title=Pretty Little Liars: Summer School Premiere Date Revealed, Original Sin Season 2 Gets New Villain |url=https://screenrant.com/pretty-little-liars-season-2-release-date-may-synopsis/ |access-date=April 10, 2024 |work=Screen Rant}} In June 2024, Salonga appeared in the audio fiction series Does This Murder Make Me Look Gay?! alongside Michael Urie, Frankie Grande, Douglas Sills, Cheyenne Jackson, Jonathan Freeman, Brad Oscar, Robin de Jesús, Lea DeLaria, Seth Rudetsky, and Kate McKinnon.{{Cite news |last=Cristi |first=A.A. |date=June 10, 2024 |title=Michael Urie, Lea Salonga And More Join DOES THIS MURDER MAKE ME LOOK GAY? Audio Fiction Series |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Michael-Urie-Lea-Salonga-And-More-Join-DOES-THIS-MURDER-MAKE-ME-LOOK-GAY-Audio-Fiction-Series-20240610 |access-date=June 24, 2024 |work=BroadwayWorld}} In the same month, Salonga began performing her third U.K. concert tour, Stage, Screen & Everything In Between, which included a concert at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where the original production of Miss Saigon premiered.{{Cite news |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=December 4, 2023 |title=Lea Salonga Will Embark on a New UK Tour in 2024 |work=BroadwayWorld |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Lea-Salonga-Will-Embark-on-a-New-UK-Tour-in-2024-20231204 |access-date=December 5, 2023}} In October of the same year, Salonga starred in a Filipino production of the Franz Xaver Kroetz solo play Wunschkonzert (or Request Program), retitled Request sa Radyo, at the Samsung Performing Arts Center in Manila.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-25 |title=Lea Salonga and Dolly De Leon to star in 'Request sa Radyo' stage play |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/911138/lea-salonga-and-dolly-de-leon-to-star-in-request-sa-radyo-stage-play/story/#goog_rewarded |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}} She alternated the lead role of Ms. Reyes with Filipino actress Dolly de Leon.{{Cite news |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=June 24, 2024 |title=Lea Salonga, Dolly de Leon Will Alternate in Wordless Solo Play About Filipino Working Class |url=https://playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-dolly-de-leon-will-alternate-in-wordless-solo-play-about-filipino-working-class |access-date=June 24, 2024 |work=Playbill}} On November 1, 2024, Salonga released Sounding Joy, her first holiday album in over two decades.{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Margaret |date=September 3, 2024 |title=Lea Salonga Releasing New Holiday Album, Sounding Joy |url=https://playbill.com/article/lea-salonga-releasing-new-holiday-album-sounding-joy |access-date=September 21, 2024 |work=Playbill}} That same month, she performed on the Sesame Street float at the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.{{Cite news |last=Stump |first=Scott |date=November 28, 2024 |title=Elmo, Oscar and Big Bird make an appearance on the 'Sesame Street' float |url=https://www.today.com/life/holidays/blog/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-2024-live-updates-rcna181218 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |work=Today}}

In January 2025, Salonga made a guest appearance on an episode of Finding Your Roots.{{Cite news |last=Mangalindan |first=JP |date=August 15, 2024 |title=Finding Your Roots Season 11 Will Feature Chrissy Teigen, Kristen Bell and Laurence Fishburne (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/finding-your-roots-season-11-to-feature-chrissy-teigen-kristen-bell-more-exclusive-8695030 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |work=People}} In March of the same year, Salonga and Bernadette Peters reprised their performances in the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, following a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.Cullwell-Block, Logan. [https://www.playbill.com/article/bernadette-peters-and-lea-salonga-will-star-in-stephen-sondheims-old-friends-on-broadway "Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga Will Star in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends on Broadway"], Playbill, April 8, 2024Evans, Greg. [https://deadline.com/2024/04/bernadette-peters-lea-salonga-sondheim-broadway-1235878300/ "Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga To Headline New Sondheim Broadway Revue 'Old Friends'; Pre-Broadway Staging Set For L.A."], Deadline Hollywood, April 8, 2024 In April 2025, Salonga made a guest star appearance on the crime drama series The Cleaning Lady.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Ellen |date=March 26, 2025 |title=Lea Salonga Is Entering Her Villain Era — And She's Loving It |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lea-salonga-the-cleaning-lady_n_67e3f50de4b0ae983054120f |access-date=March 28, 2025 |work=HuffPost}} In May 2025, Salonga will be honored with the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater at the 91st Annual Drama League Awards.{{Cite news |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Lea Salonga, Whitney White & More to be Honored at The 91st Annual Drama League Awards |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Whitney-White-More-to-be-Honored-at-The-91st-Annual-Drama-League-Awards-20250122 |access-date=March 27, 2025 |work=Broadway World}} Salonga will return to the Philippines to reprise her role as The Witch in Into the Woods, with performances beginning in August 2025.{{Cite news |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Lea Salonga Will Star in INTO THE WOODS in the Philippines This Summer |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lea-Salonga-Will-Star-in-INTO-THE-WOODS-in-the-Philippines-This-Summer-20250119 |access-date=March 27, 2025 |work=Broadway World}} Additionally, Salonga is set to star in the upcoming short film The Vale – Origins.{{Cite news |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Lea Salonga to Topline Short Film Prequel To Abigail Hing Wen Novel John Aoshima And Neil Blevins Attached For Animation |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/lea-salonga-short-film-the-vale-origins-1236287165/ |access-date=March 27, 2025 |work=Deadline}}

In her popular music releases, Salonga has sung "simple love songs," common in Original Pilipino Music.{{cite web |title=Lea Salonga: By Heart |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/by-heart-mw0001032816 |access-date=September 24, 2012 |website=AllMusic |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314092943/http://www.allmusic.com/album/by-heart-mw0001032816 |url-status=live }}

Salonga's style and music have been inspired by musical artists such as ABBA, the Carpenters (particularly Karen Carpenter), Olivia Newton-John, the Osmonds, Elaine Paige, and Barbra Streisand.{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=David |date=March 2, 2011 |title=Influences: Broadway star and Tony winner Lea Salonga |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2011-03-02/influences-broadway-star-and-tony-winner-lea-salonga#:~:text=Barbra%20Streisand%3A%20She's%20one%20my,and%20she's%20wonderful%20to%20watch. |access-date=October 17, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018050735/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2011-03-02/influences-broadway-star-and-tony-winner-lea-salonga#:~:text=Barbra%20Streisand%3A%20She's%20one%20my,and%20she's%20wonderful%20to%20watch. |url-status=live }} She has noted that these performers provided "clear voices that really helped the listener focus on the lyrics besides the tone and music."{{Cite web |title=PERFECTIONIST, PROFESSIONAL AND PATIENT: A Lea Salonga Interview |url=https://usasians-articles.tripod.com/lea-salonga-music.html |access-date=October 17, 2022 |website=US Asians |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018050736/https://usasians-articles.tripod.com/lea-salonga-music.html |url-status=live }}

Salonga has repeatedly praised Streisand as one of her favorites for her "mammoth" career in singing, acting, producing, and arranging. During her January 15, 2000 concert at the Philippine International Convention Center, Salonga called Streisand one of her idols.

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Salonga has been praised for her absolute pitch{{Cite web |last=Malonzo-Balane |first=Cristina |date=February 26, 2015 |title=Lea Salonga advises The Voice semi-finalists not to use their stories to campaign for votes |url=https://push.abs-cbn.com/2015/2/25/fresh-scoops/lea-salonga-advises-the-voice-semifinalists-not-to-22637 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=PUSH: Philippines' Ultimate Showbiz Hub |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005010645/https://push.abs-cbn.com/2015/2/25/fresh-scoops/lea-salonga-advises-the-voice-semifinalists-not-to-22637 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Almo |first=Nerisa |title=What Regine Velasquez refuses to do in singing talent search show |url=https://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/28249/what-regine-velasquez-refuses-to-do-in-singing-talent-search-show |date=2018-07-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210132557/https://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/28249/what-regine-velasquez-refuses-to-do-in-singing-talent-search-show |archive-date=2020-12-10 |access-date=2020-11-28 |website=PEP.ph |language=en}} and control over her powerful vocals, which can evoke a wide array of emotions and soundscapes.{{cite web |last=Fuamoli |first=Sosefina |date=June 11, 2012 |title=Live Review: Lea Salonga – Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide (10 June 2012) |url=http://www.theaureview.com/adelaide/live-review-lea-salonga-adelaide-festival-theatre-adelaide-10-06-12 |access-date=September 24, 2012 |website=theaureview.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620141921/http://www.theaureview.com/adelaide/live-review-lea-salonga-adelaide-festival-theatre-adelaide-10-06-12 |archive-date=June 20, 2012}} Her voice has been described as "golden" by Marilyn Stasio for Variety magazine{{Cite web |last=Stasio |first=Marilyn |date=November 8, 2015 |title=Broadway Review: 'Allegiance' with Lea Salonga and George Takei |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/allegiance-review-broadway-george-takei-1201636192/ |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=Variety |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006030258/https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/allegiance-review-broadway-george-takei-1201636192/ |url-status=live }} and "clear and as sparkling as Baccarat crystal" by Rex Reed for Observer.{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Rex |date=November 11, 2015 |title=Two Musicals: Only One Worth Seeing |url=https://observer.com/2015/11/two-musicals-only-one-worth-seeing/ |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=Observer |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006030257/https://observer.com/2015/11/two-musicals-only-one-worth-seeing/ |url-status=live }}

Due to her vocal versatility, her vocal range and type classifications are often debated. When Salonga performed as Kim in Miss Saigon, she was expected to utilize most of her range, hitting notes as low as E₃ and as high as D₅. In both Disney Princess singing roles, Jasmine and Mulan, Salonga uses head tones that reach up to F₅.{{cite web |date=April 2, 2007 |title=Reflection Lea Salonga Digital Sheet Music |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0057034&ref=google |access-date=September 29, 2012 |publisher=MusicNotes |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235022/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0057034&ref=google |url-status=live }}{{link note|note=Purchase required|date=September 2012}}

In 1987, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Population Center Foundation (later renamed the Philippine Center for Population and Development) established the Philippine Young People's Project and selected Salonga and Menudo to lead the campaign.{{Cite web |last=Shaivitz |first=Marla |date=February 20, 2014 |title=#TBT: Lea Salonga and Menudo, the Ricky Martin Years |url=https://healthcommcapacity.org/tbt-lea-salonga-and-menudo-the-ricky-martin-years/ |access-date=November 24, 2023 |website=HC3}} Music videos, commercials, and live performances were used to sell the message of responsible sexual behavior and to encourage counseling for discussing and solving their problems.{{Cite journal |last=Rimon |first=Jg |date=December 1989 |title=Leveraging messages and corporations: the Philippine experience |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12316164/ |journal=Integration (Tokyo, Japan) |issue=22 |pages=37–44 |pmid=12316164 |via=PubMed}} Additionally, Salonga promoted the campaign's program Dial-A-Friend, a telephone hotline that provides confidential counseling regarding mental health, relationships, and contraception.{{Cite journal |last=Aguilar |first=R. |date=October 1993 |title=Telephone provides "instant friend" |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12287150/ |journal=Network (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=22 |pmid=12287150 |via=PubMed}}

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In 2011, Salonga expressed support for the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, later signed and known as the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 or RH Law. On May 18, 2011, she was interviewed by Jessica Soho on State of the Nation about her views on the controversial bill.{{Cite news |last=Montenegro |first=Candice |date=May 19, 2011 |title=Lea Salonga: You don't have to use contraceptives to be pro-RH |work=GMA News |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/221054/lea-salonga-you-don-t-have-to-use-contraceptives-to-be-pro-rh/story/ |access-date=November 24, 2023}} In the interview, Salonga showed understanding towards the anti-contraceptive stance held by many Filipino Catholics at the time but stated that the bill was designed "to serve every single Filipino."

On October 15, 2010, Salonga was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.{{cite news |date=October 15, 2010 |title=Lea Salonga is UN goodwill ambassador in fight vs hunger |work=ABS-CBN News |publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation |agency=Agence France-Presse |url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/15/10/lea-salonga-un-goodwill-ambassador-fight-vs-hunger |access-date=January 15, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191644/http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/15/10/lea-salonga-un-goodwill-ambassador-fight-vs-hunger |url-status=live }} In a speech, she stated: "I am very honored to assume today the office of Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It is of great significance to me, as an artist, as a woman, as a mother, to have the opportunity to participate in this global effort to give support to the hungry and impoverished."{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2013 |title=Get Involved: Lea Salonga |url=http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/ambassadors/ambassadors/ambassadors-leasalonga/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115094900/http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/ambassadors/ambassadors/ambassadors-leasalonga/en/ |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |website=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |via=www.fao.org}}

Salonga has been openly supportive of LGBT equality for many years. On October 12, 2009, during a benefit concert held at the Philippine Center's Kalayaan Hall for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy, Salonga referenced the National Equality March in Washington, D.C., and stated, "I believe that every single human being has the fundamental right to marry whoever they want."{{Cite web |last=Varley |first=Eddie |date=October 19, 2009 |title=STAGE TUBE: Lea Salonga Sings at the Typhoon Ondoy Relief Benefit |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE-TUBE-Lea-Salonga-Sings-at-the-Typhoon-Ondoy-Relief-Benefit-20091019 |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103023332/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE-TUBE-Lea-Salonga-Sings-at-the-Typhoon-Ondoy-Relief-Benefit-20091019 |url-status=live }} In 2011, The Advocate called her a "major gay icon".{{Cite web |last=Gieseke |first=Winston |date=October 3, 2011 |title=Lea Salonga: Reflections on Her Journey (And Ours) |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2011/10/03/lea-salonga-reflections-her-journey-and-ours |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103023352/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2011/10/03/lea-salonga-reflections-her-journey-and-ours |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=The Advocate}} In February 2016, Salonga criticized Filipino politician and former professional boxer Manny Pacquiao via Twitter for his views on homosexuality and same-sex marriage.{{Cite web |date=February 21, 2016 |title=Lea Salonga reiterates support to LGBTs by tackling inconsistency of haters |url=https://outragemag.com/lea-salonga-reiterates-support-to-lgbts-by-tackling-inconsistency-of-haters/ |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=Outrage |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004222007/https://outragemag.com/lea-salonga-reiterates-support-to-lgbts-by-tackling-inconsistency-of-haters/ |url-status=live }} In October 2018, she tweeted, "Trans rights are human rights, and trans people will not be erased."{{Cite news |last=Caedo |first=Tisha |date=October 26, 2018 |title=Lea Salonga Wants Same-Sex Marriage To Be Legalized In The PH |work=Cosmopolitan |url=https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/lea-salonga-same-sex-marriage-legalized-philippines-a983-20181026 |access-date=November 24, 2023}}

On March 29, 2021, Salonga condemned the rise of violent attacks on Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Salonga |first=Lea |date=March 29, 2021 |title=Meanwhile... this is still happening. |url=https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1376748787171926016 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=Twitter |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702011023/https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1376748787171926016 |url-status=live }} On April 21, 2021, she appeared with actress Lucy Liu, politician Hillary Clinton, and others in the #AAPI Women Strong: Organizing Beyond A Hashtag forum to share their experiences and spread awareness of anti-Asian hate.{{Cite web |last=Moya |first=Jove |date=April 22, 2021 |title=Stop Asian Hate: Hilary Clinton, Lucy Liu, Lea Salonga Come Together In Solidarity |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/power-purpose/philanthropy/stopasianhate-influential-roster-of-aapi-women-and-allies-come-together-solidarity |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=Tatler |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004222007/https://www.tatlerasia.com/power-purpose/philanthropy/stopasianhate-influential-roster-of-aapi-women-and-allies-come-together-solidarity |url-status=live }}

Salonga is married to American businessman Robert Charles Chien, an American entrepreneur of Chinese and Japanese heritage.{{cite news |last1=Siazon |first1=Rachelle |title=Lea Salonga on husband Robert Chien: "I married an incredibly wonderful guy!" |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/51483/lea-salonga-on-husband-robert-chien-i-married-an-incredibly-wonderful-guy |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=PEP.ph |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. |date=22 April 2015 |language=en}} They had their marriage on January 10, 2004, at the Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral. She gave birth to their son, Nic, on May 16, 2006.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.catholicdigest.com/article/print/this-is-the-career-god-has-chosen-for-me | title = This is the career God has chosen for me | last = Rattey | first = Julie L. | magazine = Catholic Digest | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090107051101/http://www.catholicdigest.com/article/print/this-is-the-career-god-has-chosen-for-me | archive-date = January 7, 2009 | url-status = dead}}{{Cite web |last=Valle |first=Jocelyn |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Lea Salonga's Only Child At 17: 'Nic Is Living Their Best Life And I Couldn't Be More Proud' |url=https://www.smartparenting.com.ph/parenting/real-parenting/lea-salonga-daughter-acceptance-a00370-20230518-lfrm |access-date=June 16, 2023 |website=Smart Parenting |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616210306/https://www.smartparenting.com.ph/parenting/real-parenting/lea-salonga-daughter-acceptance-a00370-20230518-lfrm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|last=Gabinete|first=Jojo|url=https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/172774/lea-salonga-daughter-claudine-barretto-son-a734-20230417|title=Mga teenager na anak nina Lea Salonga at Claudine Barretto, muling nasilayan ng publiko|trans-title=Lea Salonga's and Claudine Barretto's teenage children seen again by public|website=Philippine Entertainment Portal|language=tl|date=April 17, 2023|access-date=December 9, 2023}} Salonga is supportive of Nic who realized his transmasculine identity at age 14 and who had begun taking testosterone in January 2025.{{cite news |title=Lea Salonga, trans child Nic Chien open up about 'emotional' transition journey |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/familyandrelationships/941483/lea-salonga-trans-child-nic-chien-open-up-about-emotional-transition-journey/story/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=GMA News |date=3 April 2025 |language=en}}

{{Main|Lea Salonga discography}}{{Hatnote|This section lists select works only. Refer to the main article for further information.}}

• Small Voice (1981)
• Lea (1988)
• Lea Salonga (1993)
• I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing (1997)
• By Heart (1999)
• Lea Salonga: The Christmas Album (2001)

• Miss Saigon (Original London Cast Recording) (1989)
• The King and I (Hollywood Studio Cast Recording) (1992)
• Aladdin (Soundtrack Recording) (1992)
• Mulan (Soundtrack Recording) (1998)
• Flower Drum Song (Revival Cast Recording) (2002)
• Mulan II (Soundtrack Recording) (2005)
• Cinderella (Original International Tour Cast Recording) (2010)
• Allegiance (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2016)
• Once on This Island (First Broadway Revival Cast Recording) (2018)

• Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert (1995)
• Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010)

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One of the most prolific actresses since her career's inception in 1978, Salonga has appeared in numerous international theatre productions, television shows, films, and video games.

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• Pik Pak Boom (1988)
• Aladdin (1992)
• Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal (1992)
• Sana Maulit Muli (1995)
• Mulan (1998)
• Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert (1998)
• My Neighbor Totoro (2004)
• Mulan II (2004)
• Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010)
• Yellow Rose (2019)

• That's Entertainment (1986)
• Redwood Curtain (1995)
• As the World Turns (2001, 2003)
• Sofia the First (2012, 2014)
• The Voice of the Philippines (2013, 2014–15)
• The Voice Kids (2014–2019)
• The Voice Teens (2017, 2020)
• Centaurworld (2021)
• Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022)
• Pretty Little Liars: Summer School (2024)

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• Miss Saigon (1991–1992, 1999, 2001)
• Les Misérables (1993)
• Flower Drum Song (2002–2003)
• Les Misérables (2007)
• Allegiance (2015–2016)
• Once on This Island (2017–2018, 2018–2019)
• Here Lies Love (2023)
• Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2025)

• Miss Saigon (1989–1990, 1999)
• Les Misérables (1996)
• Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2023–2024)

• The King and I (1978)
• Annie (1980)
• Annie (1984)
• My Fair Lady (1994)
• Grease (1995)
• They're Playing Our Song (2000)
• Miss Saigon (2000)
• Baby (2004)
• Cats (2010)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2019)
• Request sa Radyo (2024)
• Into the Woods (2025)

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Dubbed the "Pride of the Philippines,"{{Cite news |last=Eusebio |first=Aaron Brennt |date=December 17, 2022 |title=WATCH: Lea Salonga joins Pentatonix in singing Jose Mari Chan's classic Christmas song, 'Christmas In Our Hearts' |work=GMA Network |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/96079/watch-lea-salonga-joins-pentatonix-in-singing-jose-mari-chans-classic-christmas-song-christmas-in-our-hearts/story |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221182459/https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/96079/watch-lea-salonga-joins-pentatonix-in-singing-jose-mari-chans-classic-christmas-song-christmas-in-our-hearts/story |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Oliveros |first=Oliver |date=October 12, 2010 |title=Photo Flash: Salonga, Boe et al. in the LES MIS Anniversary Concert |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Salonga-Boe-et-al-in-the-LES-MIS-Anniversary-Concert-20101012 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123050335/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Salonga-Boe-et-al-in-the-LES-MIS-Anniversary-Concert-20101012 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Nassour |first=Ellis |date=March 11, 2018 |title=Lea Salonga On Theater, Song & Family |url=https://newyorklifestylesmagazine.com/articles/2018/03/11.html |access-date=February 2, 2023 |website=New York Lifestyles Magazine |archive-date=December 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226173155/http://newyorklifestylesmagazine.com/articles/2018/03/11.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Sayco |first=Julia |date=March 29, 2021 |title=Lea Salonga: Pride of the Philippines |url=https://www.aapc-ud.com/lea-salonga-pride-of-the-philippines/ |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=aapc-ud.com |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004202235/https://aapc-ud.com/lea-salonga-pride-of-the-philippines/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Sarah Jane |date=January 3, 2023 |title=Episode 117: An interfaith conversation on 'sharing goodness' and the Tabernacle Choir, with social media influencers from the Philippines |url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/podcast/2023/1/3/23537701/tabernacle-choir-christmas-concert-social-media-influencers-philippines |access-date=February 2, 2023 |website=Church News |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202193258/https://www.thechurchnews.com/podcast/2023/1/3/23537701/tabernacle-choir-christmas-concert-social-media-influencers-philippines |url-status=live }} Salonga gained national recognition in the Philippines at a young age, winning Best Child Performer at the Aliw Awards in 1980, 1981, and 1982 and earning a nomination for Best Child Actress at the FAMAS Awards in 1982.{{Cite web |title=Salonga, Lea 1971– {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/salonga-lea-1971 |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.encyclopedia.com |archive-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728154617/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/salonga-lea-1971 |url-status=live }}

• {{Cite web |date=2009-03-07 |title=Lea Salonga: Singer/Actress - biography - FilipinoWeb.com |url=http://www.filipinoweb.com/leasalonga.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307111532/http://www.filipinoweb.com/leasalonga.html |archive-date=2009-03-07 |access-date=2022-07-28 }} For her success as a child singer and actress, she was known as the "Shirley Temple of the Philippines."{{Cite web |last=Branigin |first=William |date=December 29, 1990 |title=LATEST 'SAIGON' BATTLE FOCUSES ON ACTRESS |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-12-30-9003050513-story.html |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031050558/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-12-30-9003050513-story.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Drogin |first=Bob |date=January 9, 1991 |title=A Scream of Joy Heard From 'Saigon' to Broadway : Stage: Lea Salonga celebrates after winning the lead role in the Broadway opening. But the actress admits she's 'a little afraid' of New York. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-09-ca-7338-story.html |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031050557/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-09-ca-7338-story.html |url-status=live }} Salonga has been cited as an influence for several singers and actors, especially those of Asian descent, including Ali Ewoldt,{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2018 |title=Fil-Am Ali Ewoldt on Broadway success, inspiration from Lea Salonga |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/pinoyachievers/669660/fil-am-ali-ewoldt-on-broadway-success-inspiration-from-lea-salonga/story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119233220/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/pinoyachievers/669660/fil-am-ali-ewoldt-on-broadway-success-inspiration-from-lea-salonga/story/ |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=GMA News}} Kimiko Glenn,{{Cite web |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |date=Oct 22, 2020 |title=Over the Moon's Asian-American cast on what the movie means for them |url=https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/10/22/21527523/over-the-moon-netflix-cast-asian-american-representation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119231719/https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/10/22/21527523/over-the-moon-netflix-cast-asian-american-representation |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=Polygon}} Rachelle Ann Go,{{Cite web |last=Fernando |first=Jeff |date=May 12, 2017 |title=Rachelle Ann Go says Lea Salonga gave her the push to try musical theater abroad |url=https://push.abs-cbn.com/2017/5/12/fresh-scoops/rachelle-ann-go-says-lea-salonga-gave-her-the-push-70216 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119231723/https://push.abs-cbn.com/2017/5/12/fresh-scoops/rachelle-ann-go-says-lea-salonga-gave-her-the-push-70216 |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=ABS-CBN}} Vanessa Hudgens,{{Cite news |last=Roque |first=Nika |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Vanessa Hudgens says that Lea Salonga is her singing inspiration |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/865650/vanessa-hudgens-says-that-lea-salonga-is-her-singing-inspiration/story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408155654/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/865650/vanessa-hudgens-says-that-lea-salonga-is-her-singing-inspiration/story/ |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |access-date=April 8, 2023 |work=GMA News}} Arielle Jacobs,{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Arielle |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Happy 10 year anniversary to a show... |url=https://www.facebook.com/160775199204082/posts/813267523954843 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Facebook |quote=Aladdin has always been a point of Filipino pride, & Asian pride in general, because, of course, the original singing voice of Princess Jasmine is the great Lea Salonga (who many of you know was my inspiration). Because Lea did everything… I knew I could do anything.}} Vina Morales,{{Cite news |last=Basco |first=Karl Cedrick |date=August 25, 2023 |title=Vina Morales shrugs off possible comparisons to Lea Salonga in Broadway debut |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/08/25/23/vina-shrugs-off-possible-comparisons-to-lea-in-broadway-debut |access-date=April 3, 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News |quote='She’s actually an inspiration to all of us kasi she started Broadway. And now, a lot of actors are given the chance to do Broadway because she was one of the first who did Broadway. She’s an inspiration to us,' she said.}} Bella Poarch,{{Cite web |last=Ping |first=Teng Yong |date=August 17, 2022 |title=Bella Poarch admits to crush on Joshua Garcia: 'We message a lot' |url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/bella-poarch-admits-to-crush-on-joshua-garcia-we-message-a-lot-061249197.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119231718/https://ph.news.yahoo.com/bella-poarch-admits-to-crush-on-joshua-garcia-we-message-a-lot-061249197.html |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=Yahoo Philippines}} Nicole Scherzinger,{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |title=NICOLE SCHERZINGER Hopes To Collaborate With LEA SALONGA: "I Always Looked Up To Her" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okR5JI9AfkE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119231718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okR5JI9AfkE&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=YouTube}} Phillipa Soo, and Lola Tung.{{Cite news |date=2024-02-05 |title=TODAY surprises Lola Tung with message from Lea Salonga |url=https://www.today.com/video/lola-tung-talks-joining-cast-of-hadestown-on-broadway-203626053738 |access-date=2024-02-12 |work=Today}}

In 2011, Salonga was declared a "Disney Legend" for her work with the Walt Disney Company, providing the singing voices for Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II. In September 2022, Salonga was recognized by TIME magazine at the TIME100 Impact Awards for being a "life-long role model for children of color." In 2023, she was recognized by Gold House with the Gold Legend Honor. In September 2024, Salonga was featured as a wax figure in the Madame Tussauds Singapore museum's Music Zone in recognition of "her remarkable talent and contributions to the world of entertainment."{{Cite news |date=June 6, 2024 |title=Lea Salonga celebrated as cultural icon at Madame Tussauds Singapore |url=https://www.manilastandard.net/lifestyle/314456123/lea-salonga-celebrated-as-cultural-icon-at-madame-tussauds-singapore.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |work=Manila Standard}} The figure, wearing Filipino designer Rajo Laurel's blue "workhouse gown," was unveiled at Solaire Resort & Casino.{{cite news |last1=Purnell |first1=Kristofer |date=September 14, 2024 |title='Creepy but a treat': Lea Salonga on her Madame Tussauds wax figure |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/2024/09/14/2385241/creepy-treat-lea-salonga-her-madame-tussauds-wax-figure |accessdate=September 15, 2024 |work=The Philippine Star}}

For her performance as the leading role of Kim in Miss Saigon, Salonga won Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical at the 1990 Laurence Olivier Awards before making history as the first Asian actress to win a Tony Award and the second-youngest actress to win for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.{{Cite web |title=Stars Who Won a Tony Award and an Olivier Award for the Same Role |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/stars-who-won-a-tony-award-and-an-olivier-award-for-the-same-role/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.tonyawards.com |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727211305/https://www.tonyawards.com/news/stars-who-won-a-tony-award-and-an-olivier-award-for-the-same-role/ |url-status=live }} She later became the first Asian actress to portray the role of Éponine when she joined the Broadway production of Les Misérables in early 1993. In 1993, she also became the first Filipino artist to sign with an international record label when she signed with Atlantic Records.

In 1990, she received a Presidential Medal of Merit from President Corazon Aquino for her services to the arts. In 2007, President Gloria Arroyo honored Salonga with the rank of Commander of the Order of Lakandula in recognition of using her talents to benefit Philippine society and foster cultural exchange. The House of Representatives of the Philippines also awarded her the Congressional Medal of Achievement for showing "the extent and depth of the Filipino musical talent" and "opening the way for other Filipino artists to break into the finest theaters in the world."

• Marquart, Linda; Salonga, Lea (2005). The Right Way to Sing. New York City, New York: Allworth Press. {{ISBN|1581154070}}.
• Michael, Ted; Salonga, Lea (2012). So You Wanna Be a Superstar?: The Ultimate Audition Guide. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press Kids. {{ISBN|978-0762446100}}.

• "Backstory." Inquirer Entertainment. Makati, Metro Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer; Inquirer Holdings, Inc. {{ISSN|0116-0443}}. 2008–present.

• Ko, Lisa (Author); Lea Salonga (Narrator). The Contractors (2020). Amazon Original Stories. {{ASIN|B08FF2W658}}.

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• List of people with absolute pitch
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