Remember that show that gave Filipinos a “landmark moment” on American TV?
Well, it’s about to give us another landmark moment, so to speak.
Broadway star Lea Salonga will appear in the finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
On Twitter, the Tony Award winner announced the good news. “I’ll be appearing on the finale of CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! And singing, too! How fun is that?!”
According to a report by Entertainment Weekly, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend lead star Rachel Boom also made the announcement backstage during the Golden Globes awarding ceremony on Sunday night (Monday morning, Manila time).
Bloom used the announcement as an opportunity to discuss the importance of diversity on television in the context of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which stars Filipino-American actor Vincent Rodriguez III.
“One of our characters happens to be Filipino so when we realized no one else had even made the effort to show a Filipino family on an American comedy, it taught me a lot about Filipino culture,” Bloom said. “It’s also taught me really about how important diversity is, if you want to tell a new story.”
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend premiered in October 2015. It will return on TV come Jan 25 for its midseason premiere.
I guess the news is out!!! I’ll be appearing on the season finale of @CW_CrazyXGF! And singing, too! How fun is that?!
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) January 10, 2016
