Miss Saigon (stage production)

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Miss Saigon is a hit musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil that reimagines the Madame Butterfly story during the Vietnam War, renowned for its powerful score and dramatic staging.

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instanceOf stage musical
theatrical production
awarded Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical (for Jonathan Pryce, 1990)
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (for Hinton Battle, 1991)
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (for Jonathan Pryce, 1991)
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (for Lea Salonga, 1991)
basedOn Madame Butterfly
linked to: Madama Butterfly
bookWriter Alain Boublil
Claude-Michel Schönberg
broadwayOpeningDate 1991-04-11
broadwayTheatre Broadway Theatre (New York City)
composer Claude-Michel Schönberg
countryOfOrigin France
United Kingdom
genre mega-musical
romantic drama
hasRevival 2014 West End revival
2017 Broadway revival
inspiredBy Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly
linked to: Madama Butterfly
language English
lyricist Alain Boublil
Richard Maltby Jr.
notableFor controversies over casting and racial representation
helicopter evacuation staging
spectacular large-scale production values
notableSong Bui Doi
I Still Believe
I'd Give My Life for You
If You Want to Die in Bed
Sun and Moon
The American Dream
The Heat Is On in Saigon
The Last Night of the World
The Movie in My Mind
Why God Why?
orchestrator William David Brohn
originalBroadwayOpeningYear 1991
originalBroadwayProducer Cameron Mackintosh
originalLanguageVersion French concept
originalWestEndLeadCharacter Chris
Ellen
Gigi
John
Kim
The Engineer
Thuy
originalWestEndOpeningYear 1989
originalWestEndProducer Cameron Mackintosh
originalWestEndTheatre Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
premiereCity London
linked to: London, England
premiereDate 1989-09-20
premiereLocation Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
producer Cameron Mackintosh
settingLocation Bangkok
Saigon
settingPeriod Fall of Saigon
Vietnam War
subjectMatter Amerasian children
linked to: Operation Babylift

U.S. military presence in Vietnam
Vietnam War
theme cultural clash
sacrifice
tragic romance
war and displacement

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Nicholas Hytner directed Miss Saigon (stage production)
Cameron Mackintosh notableWork Miss Saigon
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Naoko Mori notableWork Miss Saigon
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Naoko Mori appearedIn Miss Saigon
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Alain Boublil notableWork Miss Saigon
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Alain Boublil coCreated stage musical Miss Saigon
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Alain Boublil wroteLyricsFor Miss Saigon
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Alain Boublil wroteBookFor Miss Saigon
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Claude-Michel Schönberg notableWork Miss Saigon
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Claude-Michel Schönberg coCreatorOf Miss Saigon
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Claude-Michel Schönberg composerOf Miss Saigon
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Lea Salonga notableRole Kim in Miss Saigon
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Beatrix Theater hasHostedProduction Miss Saigon (Dutch production)
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Eva Noblezada performedIn Miss Saigon (West End, 2014 revival)
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Eva Noblezada performedIn Miss Saigon (Broadway, 2017 revival)
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Eva Noblezada role Kim in Miss Saigon
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Gale Harold hasActedIn Miss Saigon (stage production)
The Last Night of the World firstPerformanceIn Miss Saigon original London production
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I'd Give My Life for You act Act II of Miss Saigon
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