Lea Salonga wins Best Featured Actress at 2018 Theater Fans Choice Awards

Lea Salonga via @missleasalonga Instagram

Broadway’s Theater Fans’ Choice Awards has released its roster of winners for this year and world-renowned Tony-award winning Filipina superstar Lea Salonga has again brought honor to the country when she won as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the successful run of “Once of This Island.”

The results were released by Broadwayworld.com and among the winners is American actor singer Alex Newell as Best Featured Actor in a Musical also from “Once on This Island” and “Hamilton” as Best Long Running Broadway Show.

Best Book of a Musical

Tina Fey – Mean Girls

Best Choreography

Camille A. Brown – Once On This Island

Best Costume Design

David Zinn – SpongeBob SquarePants

Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden – Once On This Island

Best Direction of a Play

John Tiffany – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Alex Newell – Once On This Island

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Nathan Lane – Angels in America

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Lea Salonga – Once On This Island

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Noma Dumezweni – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Best Leading Actor in a Musical

Ethan Slater – SpongeBob SquarePants

Best Leading Actor in a Play

Andrew Garfield – Angels in America

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

Hailey Kilgore – Once On This Island

Best Leading Actress in a Play

Glenda Jackson – Three Tall Women

Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer – Once On This Island

Best Long-Running Broadway Show

Hamilton

Best Musical

SpongeBob SquarePants

Best Off-Broadway Musical

Jersey Boys

Best Off-Broadway Play

Puffs

Best Orchestrations

AnnMarie Milazzo, Michael Starobin – Once On This Island

Best Play

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Best Revival of a Musical

Once On This Island

Best Revival of a Play

Angels in America

Best Scenic Design

Dane Laffrey – Once On This Island

Best Score

Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani, Lil’ C, David Bowie, Brian Eno,Tom Kenny, Andy Paley, Tom Kitt – SpongeBob SquarePants

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Peter Hylenski – Once On This Island

Best Sound Design of a Play

Gareth Fry – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Best Stage to Screen Production

The Greatest Showman – Twentieth Century Fox

Best Touring Production

Hamilton

Broadway’s Backbone Best Musical Ensemble

Once On This Island

Salonga’s return to Broadway via the Tony-award nominated revival “Once On This Island” is definitely an explosive threater return for her. She played  the role of Erzulie, goddess of love, in the Michael Arden-helmed revival of the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical that opened December 3, 2017, at Circle in the Square.

“Once On This Island” was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Revival, Best Direction, and Best Actress (Kilgore).

She will play her last performance on June 24.    /muf