For the first time in her storied career, the Filipino musical legend is actually playing a Filipino.
is back on the stage where her Broadway journey first began. But she isn’t playing someone Vietnamese or Chinese or Japanese at the Broadway Theatre.
The anticipation of getting to play a Filipino character for the first time is something shared by the entire company of “Here Lies Love.” The first Broadway show with an all-Filipino ensemble opens July 20, a decade after it played off-Broadway. But “Here Lies Love” is more about the sacrifices made by anti-Marcos leaders like Ninoy Aquino , she argues. August will mark 40 years since Aquino was assassinated at the airport in Manila, creating a flashpoint in the movement.
“They know that I would never be a part of the show that glorified the Marcoses,” Llana said. “Telling the history of the Philippines, sometimes it’s not easy… When history repeats itself is when you don’t talk about it and when you don’t remember the bad things that happened. And that’s really what our show is about.”“There’s less fear of whether it’s going to work,” said Llana, who was‘s love interest in “Flower Drum Song” over 20 years ago.
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