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PERFORMANCES: February 24, 25, 26, March 4, 5, 11, 12, 2005
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A classic love story is brought up-to-date in one of the most stunning theatrical
spectacles of all time. In Miss Saigon, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michael Schönberg
(the creators of Les Misérables), along with Richard Maltby, Jr., bring Puccini's
Madame Butterfly into the modern world in a moving testament to the human spirit a
nd a scathing indictment of the tragedies of war. In the turmoil of the Vietnam War, an
American soldier and a Vietnamese girl fall in love, only to be separated during the fall
of Saigon. Their struggles to find each other over the ensuing years ends in tragedy for
her and a fighting chance for the child he never knew he had. An international sensation,
Miss Saigon is an epic, daring pop opera that is universal in its emotional power
even as it deals with controversial, contemporary issues. Its sung-through pop-inflected
score gives a multi-ethnic cast of strong pop singers an opportunity to shine, in show-
stopping numbers like "I Still Believe," "Why God Why?" and "The American Dream."
Meanwhile, its fluid cinematic structure gives directors and designers a field day.
Raw and uncompromising, Miss Saigon is an intensely personal story of the losses
we suffer and the sacrifices we make in a world gone mad. Opened in April 1991.
MUSICAL NUMBERS: The Heat Is On In Saigon * The Movie In My Mind * The Transaction
* Sun and Moon * The Morning of the Dragon * The American Dream
Lyrics by: Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg
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CAST and REVIEWS PHOTOS
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