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Karen Flores

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1753964954157combo-2.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Lea Salonga (left) and Eugene Domingo. Handout</div>MANILA -- Multi-awarded actress Eugene Domingo is all set for her theater comeback via the much-anticipated Philippine staging of Stephen Sondheim&#x27;s &quot;Into the Woods.&quot;<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/events/2025/1/27/eugene-domingo-joins-lea-salonga-arielle-jacobs-in-ph-staging-of-into-the-woods-musical-1531">She plays the role of Jack&#x27;s Mother</a> from &quot;Jack and the Beanstalk,&quot; joining a star-studded cast led by Tony Award winner Lea Salonga.In a press conference for the musical on Thursday, July 31, Domingo could not help but gush over Salonga, who <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/events/2025/1/17/lea-salonga-is-the-witch-in-ph-production-of-into-the-woods-1136">returns to the role of The Witch after 30 years</a>.Likening her to a saint that she prays to, the comedienne said: &quot;Santa Lea ang tawag ko sa kanya kasi siya na talaga &#x27;yung kinakapitan ko.&quot;&quot;Araw-araw nasa-starstruck ako... Kasi lagi siyang handa, lagi siyang perfect. Hindi siya nagkakamali,&quot; she added, citing their rehearsals.Domingo even went as far as declaring that Salonga is better than Bernadette Peters, who originated the role of The Witch in &quot;Into the Woods.&quot; &quot;Mas magaling pa siya!&quot; she said.In &quot;Into the Woods,&quot; Domingo has been working closely with Salonga&#x27;s son, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/2/10/lea-salonga-s-child-nic-chien-joins-cast-of-into-the-woods-as-jack-1612">Nic Chien, who plays the role of Jack.</a>She commended Chien for being both talented and professional, saying in jest that it was the teen who has been looking after her during rehearsals, and not the other way around.&quot;Ang simula, sabi ni Lea, &#x27;O ikaw na bahala sa anak ko ah.&#x27; Ang ending, si Nic ang bahala sa akin,&quot; Domingo shared. &quot;Si Nic ang nagsasabi sa akin na, &#x27;Tita, lika na, dito na tayo.&#x27; So naging baliktad na.&quot;She then told the Broadway star: &quot;You&#x27;re very lucky, you created the best human being.&quot;Salonga, for her part, described Domingo as an &quot;amazing&quot; theater actress, particularly citing her talent at doing line readings differently.&quot;Every time she&#x27;ll do a line read, it&#x27;s never the same... But here&#x27;s the thing, each line read she chooses on that day will be correct,&quot; she shared. &quot;It&#x27;s a lesson in acting and it&#x27;s a lesson on how safe a rehearsal room is supposed to be. You can basically throw all the stuff at the wall and see what sticks. In her case, she throws everything at the wall and everything sticks,&quot; she added. &quot;Into the Woods,&quot; a production of Theater Group Asia, will have a 24-show run from August 7 to 31. Aside from Salonga, Domingo, and Chien, the musical also stars Arielle Jacobs, Josh Dela Cruz, Nyoy Volante, and Mark Bautista, among others.

Multi-awarded actress Eugene Domingo is all set for her theater comeback via the much-anticipated Philippine staging of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods."

Multi-awarded actress Eugene Domingo is all set for her theater comeback via the much-anticipated Philippine staging of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods."

'Araw-araw nasa-starstruck ako': Eugene Domingo heaps praise on 'Into the Woods' co-star Lea Salonga

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'Araw-araw nasa-starstruck ako': Eugene Domingo heaps praise on 'Into the Woods' co-star Lea Salonga

Karen Flores Layno,

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Published Jul 31, 2025 08:42 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 31, 2025 09:11 PM PHT

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