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Miss Saigon is a sung-through stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini 's 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover.
Dec 13, 1999 · With singing that ranges from merely good to excellent, spot-on acting by a multicultural cast that nails the emotional center of every scene, precision choreography (Bob Avian) and dynamic...
Apr 12, 1991 · Challenged perhaps by the ill will that greeted their every move, the evening's creators, led by the director Nicholas Hytner, have given New York a far sharper version of "Miss Saigon"...
Apr 11, 2021 · Directed by Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian, Miss Saigon featured production design by John Napier, costumes by Andreane Neofitou and Suzy Benzinger, lighting design by...
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, along with director Nicholas Hytner and lyricist Richard Maltby Jr., have created a big, slick, entertaining, sentimental yet cynical melodrama that...
Sep 12, 1993 · But "Carousel," Mr. Hytner feels, is "harder to pull off -- balancing the dialogue with the singing, making the choreography work for the story. 'Miss Saigon' pins you to your seat.
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Mar 12, 1995 · Through song and spectacle, "Miss Saigon" chronicles the brief, ultimately tragic love affair between a U.S. Marine stationed in Vietnam and a 17-year-old Saigon bar girl. And despite a...
