Miss saigon

In the days leading up to the fall of Saigon in 1975, Chris (a GI American) and Kim (a Vietnamese orphan working her first night as a prostitute) fell in love. When the city falls, the lovers are separated and each must find their own way. When, a few years later, Chris can return to Vietnam, he takes his American wife with him. Kim, who waited for Chris, raised their son, Tam, who is "bui-doi" - a term for a child conceived during the horrors of war. After so much damage, Kim and Chris must decide what to do next.
Miss Saigon is a tragedy of enormous proportions: passionate, deep and sincere.

You can watch the trailer for the musical that was recently on Broadway

General information
  • Style : Romance, Tragedy
  • Theme : Love, War, Vietnam, Dream, Politics, History, United States
  • year of creation : 1989
Music
  • Composer : Claude-Michel Schoenberg
  • Lyricist : Richard Malty, Jr. and Alain Boublil
  • Librettist : Claude-Michel Schoenberg and Alain Boublil
  • famous songs : "The Heat is On in Saigon" "The Movie in My Mind" "The Transaction" "Why, God, Why?" "Sun and Moon" "Last Night of the World" "I Still Believe" "I'd Give My Life for You" "The Revelation" "Now That I've Seen Her" "The American Dream"
  • Famous performers : Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce, Eva Noblezada, Jon Jon Briones, Alistair Brammer, Rachelle Ann Go, Peter Polycarpou
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : Inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly. Also inspired by a photograph of a mother leaving her son at the gates of the plane to the United States to find his father, an American GI.
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The 1989 London production won 2 Olivier Awards New York production won 3 Tony and 4 Drama Desk Awards. The 2014 revival won 9 Whatsonstage Awards
  • Number of performances : 4264
  • anecdotes : The show is the 13th show in terms of the number of performances on Broadway.
Currently on stage