Miss Saigon — Page 2

eatlasagna, I would sooner see a revival of Miss Saigon after being exposed to the "tragic shows" playing on Broadway right now such as Legally Blonde and Young Frankenstein. Oy vey. So much money put in to such awful shows... It boggles the mind really.

Oh my God, whose idea was that promotional photo?

At least the Kim is Asian, though.

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I think a revival of "Miss Saigon" will happen at some point,it was a pretty good show, it is just a question of when. I saw the non-equity tour and thought the helicopter projection was fine, though I can understand why it would be a disappointment to those who had seen the orginial production. Also, I have never heard of Kim being played by a Vietnamese, it would be interesting to see, just about all of them have been Filipino. The only exception I can think of is probably Kam Cheng, Lea Salonga's alternate in the orgainal broadway cast, who I think might have been Chinese. Can anyone think of anyone, who has played Kim, who was not Filipino?

That's correct, eatlasagna. Mika is Japanese.
Chloe, Kym and Alex are also not Filipinas.
Colle is almost accurate for the US productions, that most of the actors who were successfully cast as Kim were Filipinas.

Other non-Filipina Kims:
Japanese, Swedish, Korean and Hungarian productions;
Meera Popkin from OLC;
And, there's one non-Filipina Kim that performed in the Dutch production.

Regardless of the race, I'm sure CamMac will cast the right actor at the revival. If it happens. It'd be interesting to see if they update some of the songs and the set as well. The original worked for me and so as the set used in the Manila production which I thought was huge and the best looking (sans Buidoi segment). The last US tour with the projection was not bad except for the Sun and Moon which was sung on the stairway. It didn't make sense for Kim (wrapped only in a blanket) and Chris to be professing their love on the stairway when they could have staged that on the balcony of her apartment. It almost became like West Side Story.

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Updated On: 7/4/08 at 10:30 PM