John Barrowman and Lea Salonga - One hand, one heart (from "West Side Story")

By Andrew Gans
21 Jun 2005
Tony Award winner Lea Salonga and Sunset Boulevard's John Barrowman will take part in an upcoming tribute to the music of Leonard Bernstein in Germany.

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The Munich concert, A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein, will be held July 2 at the Klassik Am Odeonsplatz. The 9 PM performance will feature Barrowman and Salonga in a suite of songs from West Side Story with Barrowman singing the role of Tony and Salonga the role of Maria. The concert will also feature the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
John Barrowman recently reprised his role as Billy Crocker in the National Theatre's production of Anything Goes at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He originally played the role opposite Elaine Paige in 1989. On Broadway, the actor starred in the Stephen Sondheim revue Putting It Together and also made a guest appearance in the New York company of Sunset Boulevard, repeating his London role as Joe Gillis. Barrowman's other London theatrical credits include Grease!, The Phantom of the Opera, The Fix, Miss Saigon and Beauty and the Beast. He can currently be seen as Captain Jack in the BBC series "Dr. Who" and recently filmed a small role in the upcoming screen adaptation of Mel Brooks' The Producers. Barrowman's solo recordings include "John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter" and "Reflections from Broadway." He will soon return to the London Stage opposite Rob Lowe in A Few Good Men.

Lea Salonga burst onto the London and New York theatre scene as Kim in the international hit musical Miss Saigon. For her performance, she was awarded the Laurence Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World awards. On Broadway she was also seen in another Boublil Schönberg musical, Les Misérables, as the ill-fated Eponine, a role she would later repeat in the concert video of the musical. Her most recent Broadway appearance was in the revival of Flower Drum Song. (c) http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93658-Barrowman-and-Salonga-Team-for-Wes...

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[DCGirl98]

Wow, that was a great performance! Thanks for sharing. I also listened to "Tonight."  Were those the only two songs they performed?

[AnnieVesper]

@DCGirl98 Yes... Only two songs.

[AnnieVesper]

and amazing John :P

[bygollybabe]

Where was this recording taken from? It's great.

[AnnieVesper]

@bygollybabe Munich, 2005. Did you listen 'Tonight' from the same concert? you should view my channel )

[auronsquall]

Lea and John? That's quite a power duo.

[jsg03jd]

Thanks so much for uploading! I love John Barrowman and Lea Salonga's versions of these duets from "West Side Story!" They sound wonderful together.

[jhez1]

Amazing Lea!

[noisycanary]

Salonga can sing anything!!