The Philippine Star

Truly world-class

- (Tickets are available via www. smtickets.com and regular SM Tickets outlets. Call SM Tickets 470-2222 or Ovation Production­s at 532-8883.)

Filipino fans will once again be treated to worldclass entertainm­ent as Josh Groban brings his one-night-only show to the Philippine­s on Feb. 22 at the Mall of Asia Arena, backed by the ABS-CBN Orchestra and his five-man band, and the Ateneo Choir. Not only that,

Lea Salonga is Groban’s special guest!

Groban’s brand-new album Bridges was released in September 2018 to critical acclaim and his tour started in the US October last year, marking his first tour since his sold-out Stages Tour in 2016. His Manila show will be extra-special as Josh will perform his greatest hits All I Ask, Broken Vow, She’s Out of My Life, You Raise Me Up and Bridge Over Troubled Water among others. Groban made his Broadway debut in 2016 starring in the new musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. As an actor, Groban has

appeared on Glee, The Simpsons, The Office, CSI: NY, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelph­ia and The Crazy Ones. He was also in feature films Crazy, Stupid, Love; Coffee Town and Muppets Most Wanted. In 2015, he hosted ABC’s unique singing competitio­n Rising Star. He is a member of Americans for the Arts Artists Committee. Lea Salonga is known across the world for her powerful voice and perfect pitch, a singer and actress who is best known for her Tony-Award winning role in Miss Saigon. In addition to the Tony, she has won the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards in the field of musical theater. She is also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Miserables on Broadway and returned to the beloved show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. Josh Groban’s Bridges Tour Live in Manila is produced by Ovation Production­s on its 40th year of promoting the biggest names in live entertainm­ent.

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Josh Groban.
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Lea Salonga.

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