Miss Saigon 1989

Ages: 13+
Opened: July 20, 1989
Closing: unknown

Miss Saigon - 1989 - West End History , Info & More

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Catherine Street London WC2B 5JB London

The lights go dark and four giant screens light up with a blinking cinematic countdown...9, 8, 7, 6, 5...the sound of a helicopter approaching builds to deafening proportions as a garishly huge make-up mirror backstage at the seedy club/brothel Dreamland lights up with an unforgiving glare and the "Movie In Our Minds" begins to roll!



Miss Saigon at Near West Theatre is a high tech explosion of video, photography, lights, rigging and music together with a phenomenal teen cast of fierce energy and brazen commitment to the emotional journey of this show. This rock opera feels like Evita or Jesus Christ Superstar on steroids, You can feel the foreboding tragedy looming in fateful inevitability as Mariah Burks, in the role of Kim, gives the performance of a lifetime along with Xavier Reminick as the ratty, opportunistic Engineer and Mike Glaven as the American G.I. who wins her heart and breaks it in two.



This is a HOT show in a HOT theater. It's the Vietnam War, with all the deception, the misplaced patriotism, the idealism, the courage and the horror.....and its a MUSICAL! Sweat it out!!... it's more than worth it. The heat is ON in Saigon.


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Other Productions of Miss Saigon

1989   West End Original London Production
West End
1991   Broadway Broadway Production
Broadway
2002   US Tour Big League Productions
US Tour
2002   Milburn, NJ (Regional) Paper Mill Production
Milburn, NJ (Regional)
2004   UK Tour Touring Revival
UK Tour
2014   West End West End Revival
West End
2017   Broadway Broadway Revival Production
Broadway
2018   US Tour US Tour
US Tour

Miss Saigon - 1989 West End Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners will appear on a background
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1990 Olivier Awards Designer of the Year John Napier
1990 Olivier Awards Musical of the Year Claude-Michel Schonberg
1990 Olivier Awards Musical of the Year Alain Boublil
1990 Olivier Awards Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical Jonathan Pryce
1990 Olivier Awards Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical Lea Salonga
1989 Evening Standard Awards Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical 0

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