James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days
James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days
NEW YORK (AP) — James Corden may not be allowed in a theater these days but there’s still a way to laugh with him onstage. Lea Salonga isn’t permitted to sing to a crowd right now but there’s still a way to hear her magnificent voice.
Both Tony-winning artists are having career milestones revisited on TVs and mobile devices as part of Great Performance’s fourth annual “Broadway’s Best” lineup on PBS for November — Corden’s deliriously funny play “One Man, Two Guvnors” and Salonga’s 2019 concert in Australia.
“Just going to the theater and seeing shows and watching my friends tell stories — it’s heartbreaking to know that I can’t do that for maybe another year,” said Salonga from Manila.
“I’m glad we have these to remind us of just a year ago what life was like and maybe bring hope to people that this is what we have to look forward to once the virus is gone.”
In addition to Salonga and Corden, the “Broadway’s Best” lineup every Friday in November includes the first documentary on the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” and a capture of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Irving Berlin’s “Holiday Inn.”
Corden’s deliriously funny “One Man, Two Guvnors” airs Friday, a slapstick farce about a simpleminded guy who juggles errands for two underworld bosses in an English seaside town in the 1960s. There’s ribald humor, pratfalls, eating inappropriate things and slamming doors.
