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Lea Salonga starts rehearsals for 'Sondheim's Old Friends'

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<p>Lea Salonga has finally started rehearsals with the rest of the cast of the West End restaging of the Stephen Sondheim tribute “Sondheim&#x27;s Old Friends.”</p><p>In a video posted on the show&#x27;s Facebook page, Salonga was quoted as saying how thrilled she is to be in such company.</p><p>“It’s not often you get to gather a cast like this to sing this incredible material. This kind of gathering of actors and singers, it doesn’t happen very often. Better come and see this,” she said.</p><div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="314" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSondheimFriends%2Fvideos%2F273630068836328%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></div><p>It was in February when it was announced that Salonga will join “Sondheim&#x27;s Old Friends,” which will have a limited 16-week run at the Gielgud Theatre, this month.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/02/13/23/lea-salonga-to-join-west-end-restaging-of-sondheim-tribute">Lea Salonga to join West End restaging of Stephen Sondheim&#x27;s &#x27;Old Friends&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Aside from Salonga, the production also features Bonnie Langford, Marley Fenton, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters, Matthew Bourne, Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Bella Brown, and Harry Apps.</p><p>They are also joined by Filipina-British actress Christine Allado, Beatrice Penny-Touré, Jason Pennycooke, Gavin Lee, Bradley Jaden and Janie Dee.</p>

Lea Salonga has finally started rehearsals with the rest of the cast of the West End restaging of the Stephen Sondheim tribute 'Sondheim's Old Friends.'