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Miss Saigon

Description: Her Majesty's Theatre. Miss Saigon is one of the most successful musicals in the world - seen by over 33 million people ... more

Miss Saigon ... in 25 countries. Set in 1975, during the final days leading up to the American evacuation of Saigon, MISS SAIGON is an epic love story about the relationship between an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman. Cameron Mackintosh, who produced Cats, Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, has created an entirely new version of MISS SAIGON, which has been acclaimed throughout the US, England and, most recently, Korea.

Newest Review: ... of not only watching it but being part of the musical. The main reason why Miss Saigon got an outstanding rating is not only the superb performance (acting and singing/voice) of the cast, but the selection of the beautiful love songs that bring the characters to life! The portrayal of the characters such as the roles for Kim, Engineer, Chris, Gigi and Ellen brought the audience into ... more

... laughter and tears. You also experience the pain, passion and intimacy between Chris and Kim while they are performing musical numbers like ‘The movie in my mind’, Why God why’, ‘The last night of the world’ ‘Id give my life for you; and of course the expre...more

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Miss Saigon: A Grand Salute to Mackintosh Production (1072 words)
by curious_tan - written on 07/07/06 (Very useful, 1556 readings)
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There are so many positive reviews and documented reports about the musical – from West End to Broadway and Down Under acclaiming that Miss Saigon is one of the best productions ever shown around the world! After reading other reviews in dooyoo (with crowns) and other on-line sites, I was inspired to write my own review considering that I was able to watch the play for 3 times: April 1997 (New York, USA), October 2000 (Manila, Philippines) and October 2005 (Belfast, Northern Ireland). With no doubt, each review has its own merit of telling us why Miss Saigon is highly recommended play to watch. Having that, so what is the reason why that I have to ...

HIT SAIGON! (1320 words)
by karenuk - written on 08/06/06 (Very useful, 556 readings)
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The Bristol Hippodrome is currently home to Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of the hit musical Miss. Saigon. Being a big fan of this genre, my daughter and I really wanted to see it, so I bought the tickets through Ticketmaster - £35 for mine, £30 for hers – and we saw it last night, fourth row of the stalls. Miss. Saigon is quite a ‘heavy’ musical, not one I would recommend for young kids (swearing, murder, suicide, skimpy costumes) or for casual fans. It is a “through-composed” musical, which means there is no spoken dialogue, everything is conveyed through song. I know some people don’t like this. I don’t think my husband would have enjoyed it ...

Miss Saigon: "How could we fail to do good?" (1957 words)
by QueenElf - written on 19/01/06 (Very useful, 951 readings)
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I’ve always loved musicals, even the older (now dated) ones, such as Carousel, but from my very first trip to London to see my first modern one I was hooked for life. “Miss Saigon” was the third one I went to see and luckily it was one of the first few performances with the original cast. That was back in 1989 with my (then) partner. I went again in 1994, this time with my best friend Ann and it was almost as good as the first time. Brought to the theatre by Cameron Mackintosh, it was an instant hit and continued to run at The Drury Lane theatre in London for an astonishing ten years, with cast changes who gave wonderful performances. I think my fond memories of ...

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