Miss Saigon---good musical??

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Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:44pm

I just bought tickets to a CLO production of Miss Saigon. I don't know anything about this show...is it a favorite among musical-theater-goers, or am I going to regret buying them?

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:46pm

I enjoyed it when I saw it on tour.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:47pm

i love miss saigon. the tour i saw was alright, but the music and the story behind it all is very moving.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:52pm

I think I'm Lea Salonga biased.
I didn't like the show when I saw it on tour. But, then I saw the 10 yr. Anniversary, and loved it.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:56pm

I saw a local version of it, and that Kim was a grad student in busniess, but toured for Les Miz and Miss Saigon. She brought the house down with her voice, incredible, absolutely incredible. And I feel bad now because I can't remember her name.

Go see it, if the cast is good then there shouldn't be much to worry about, because the music is amazing. It does leave you a bit numb at the end though.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:10pm

I've never seen Miss Saigon, but I'm a huge fan of the music and it's probably #1 of my list of shows to see. Definitely go see it; if the cast is even decent you'll be blown away.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:12pm

So sad but so entrancing.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:37pm

A truly great musical, in my opinion.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:38pm

A truly great musical, in my opinion.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:41pm

Saigon is also one on my top ten list...IF the casting is especially strong.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:49pm

I like it...but the FBW song cracks me up...
"I am Hallmark and you, post card..." hee hee

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:50pm

Definitely - it's undoubtedly a very well written show, but if the cast isn't up to par it can ruin the experience.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:00pm

My first show ever on Broadway, and my first love. I think its wonderful.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:12pm

I am going to see it in Columbia, SC in March. CAN'T WAIT!!!

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:24pm

Saw the first national tour...simply incredible. Then a couple years later, this lesser version came to town. It was nowhere near as impressive. The second production used a video screen to project the chopper evacuating the troops. Not that the videocopter destroyed the whole show, it was just overall a weaker cast. I'd still go see the show any day of the week.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:29pm

i saw the touring cast in october and they were wonderful....it was truly an awsome show

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:27pm

it's an amazing musical (in my top 5 i would have to say)... it's very cast dependent though... so hopefully you have a good kim and engineer!

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:38pm

Morning of the Dragon and American Dream are the shizte.

Updated On: 1/30/05 at 10:38 PM

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:46pm

I saw the original London and Broadway casts (some cast members were the same) and I found both to be strong casts and it to be a very good show.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:35pm

I love MISS SAIGON. If you enjoyed LES MIZ, you'll enjoy MISS SAIGON too -- the score is strikingly different (more contemporary), but still retains Schonberg's moving, sweeping operatic style.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/31/05 at 2:42am

Well, after all these positive messages, I am REALLY looking forward to Miss Saigon...(and, by the way, I loved Les Miz!).

Thanks for all your comments.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/31/05 at 2:42am

for asking such a queston, you should be circumsized.

#23

re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/31/05 at 3:25am

circumcised? that's a harsh punishment.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/31/05 at 6:47am

I remember seeing this show for the first time in September 1989 at the Drury Lane in London, barely a month after it opened. It was a very young Lea Salonga who played the role of Kim ...with Jonathan Pryce creating the role of The Engineer, and Simon Bowman as the American soldier who falls for the charm of the young Vietnamese.

The show has really taken quite a journey throughout the world, including here in Manila, when Lea reprised her role in a special production of Miss Saigon a few years ago.

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re: Miss Saigon---good musical??

Posted: 1/31/05 at 8:51am

I, for one, didn't like it at all, and I only though Les Miz was a touch better, but neither is my kind of theatre. All that pop-ish screaming in my ear just isn't interesting to me.

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