Lea Salonga took 21 selfies at the 2017 Tony Awards
Tony award-winning theater actress Lea Salonga did good on her word when she said she had planned to take to take selfies with people she admired at the Tony Awards in New York, where she was a presenter.
True enough, her Twitter was on fire Monday morning with nothing but...selfies with celebrities! All 21 of them, at least as of this writing.
As early as Friday, Lea was already tweeting her excitement over the fact that actor Mark Hamill will be there. She also tweeted her theater friends like "Hamilton" creator Lin Manuel Miranda to seal those sweet selfie deals.
She started taking selfies during rehearsals and continued all the way to awards night proper, where she wore a glittering Rajo Laurel suit.
Check them out below, starting with the first of the lot:
1. With Josh Gad, who played Lefou in the live action version of "Beauty and the Beast"
Here is the first selfie of #TonyAwards2017: @joshgad!!! pic.twitter.com/xYcr21Hbmh
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 11, 2017
2. With Mark Hamill, whom she bookmarked very early on.
And here it is!!! @HamillHimself, thank you for being so gracious and sweet. #TonyAwards2017 pic.twitter.com/NaPNzCRJxM
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 11, 2017
3. With "Hamilton" creator Lin Manuel Miranda, whom she calls her pare
First @HamiltonMusical related selfie: with creator and all-around badass @Lin_Manuel! pic.twitter.com/VPlhmIGSbp
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 11, 2017
4. With other "Hamilton" peeps Christopher Jackson and Oak Onaodowan
And here's the other: @OakSmash and @ChrisisSingin!!! pic.twitter.com/sIerFp2suZ
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 11, 2017
5. With Justin Guarini and David Abeles
Another #TonyAwards2017 selfie: with @JustinGuarini and @iamdavidabeles! @InTransitBway pic.twitter.com/zJBvRLeJ9K
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 11, 2017
6. With fellow Tony award-winner John Lithgow
Reunion pic: with @JohnLithgow! #TonyAwards2017 pic.twitter.com/WZgpo44UWl
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 11, 2017
7. And her friend Brian Jose
And this is probably the most important selfie of the day: the man taking care of me, my friend @bjose. Thanks, Brian! pic.twitter.com/IgG7y5FHtO
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 11, 2017
8. With theater actor Stephanie Brock
Red carpet selfie time!!! Here's @StephanieJBlock. Hi, @MartaWoodhull!!! pic.twitter.com/dgsYJyDYNS
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
9. With Erich Bergen from "Madam Secretary," which she posted twice, at the request of her assistant
With Madam Secretary's @erichbergen! #RedCarpetSelfie #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/TKfyFDTXBr
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
10. Lea's beaming with Courtney Reed, who also played Princess Jasmine
Here with Courtney @RhodesReed! #PrincessJasmines #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/czrdp5E6Go
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
11. With actor Ben Platt who won that night
With the man of the night, @BenSPLATT!!! Congratulations on your Tony! #TonyAwards @DearEvanHansen pic.twitter.com/Gxul5bSYCA
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
12. Here's Lea with Cobie Smulder of "Present Laughter"
With @CobieSmulders from the cast of #PresentLaughter! #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/xJVtfQWwQp
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
13. Having a ball with Theater owner Jordan Roth
Check out @Jordan_Roth's jacket!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/I5sqILdsWO
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
14. Inside the theater, she was able to nab a selfie with Christian Borle, who was nominated that evening
With the magnificent @ChristianBorle, nominated for @FalsettosBway! #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/MJuQ65OCWq
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
15. And here with actor Eva Maria Nobledaza, who also played Kim in the Broadway run of "Miss Saigon"
With @EvaNoblezada! For the rest of her life she will have the "Tony Nominee" label preceding her name. #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/HsNtFgsQxa
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
16. She was able to take a photo with ex-VP Joe Biden
With one of my favorite people of the night, former vice-president @JoeBiden. What a cool, sweet guy! #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/nQ4cDfvHM6
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
17. As well as with Josh Groban
With @GreatCometBway's @joshgroban!!! #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/c9skRbfb0N
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
18. Here Lea is with Frances Ruffelle, who also played Eponine in "Les Miserables"
And we two Eponines found each other! @francesruffelle #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/pF8b4N2SJo
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
19. And then with Benj Pasek, who was still holding his trophy from that evening
20. She was able to take selfie with yet another winner, Rachel JonesYaaaaaas! With another huge winner, @benjpasek!!! #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/FCe99JeuTa
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
21. And finally, with Denee BentonWith @rachelbayjones, newly minted Tony winner for @DearEvanHansen! #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/NintPxqUcY
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
With @GreatCometBway's @DeneeBenton! #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/anFvUpYJAY
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) June 12, 2017
Phew. Lea sure did have ball that evening, didn't she?—LA, GMA News