Miss Saigon Previews Thread- Page 15

[10086sunset]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 1:28pm

Sorry if this has already been posted.

 

$79 Orchestra 

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[LesWickedly]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 1:29pm

Anyone going to the matinee today? Curious to know if Eva is on or not.

[Lot666]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 2:21pm

I have seats 106-107 in the center of orchestra row K. Can anyone who's been tell me if this is too far back, or whether the helicopter will be partially blocked by the mezz overhang?

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 4:20pm

I seem to only post in Saigon threads!  haha... oh well it's my favorite show... 

anyways... I'll kinda repeat myself.  I feel like Chris (in the hands of a not so good actor) can feel like quite an uninteresting character.  You just need a really damn good actor and in all the performances I have ever seen, Steven Pasquale has been my definitive Chris.  He had the perfect voice and look (and by that I mean he looked like a young marine/soldier).  I never bought him as just "a white guy" saving Kim.  But he sold it to me as a guy caught up in this war he didn't want to be a part of and fell in love with this woman.  And when he sang about being American it wasn't an American pride type of thing but more still of that anger of American soldiers having to be put through that war and his guilt of messing up someone else's life.  Ugh... he was just so damn good in the role! 

I always like watching the original documentary of the Heat is On when Richard Maltby talked to the cast about the war and its effects on the American public.  He's American so I liked he gave the American soldier viewpoint of the war so it wasn't two European guys doing it.  So take that as you will.  

 

As for the objectification of Asian women.. i'll throw in my two cents... as someone pointed out, I thought it was just portraying women and their desperation at that time (which I will assume is real and not completely an alternative fact.. ha!) which is then why Movie in my Mind is so poignant. 

 

Oh and lastly.  I just really loved how in the original production they had an Asian Ellen.  It just added a whole other layer to the story.  That and Margaret Ann Gates had a freaking phenomenal voice!!!  

While I agree that Ellen is just a means to add conflict and drama to the story, in the right hands a good actress can make her sympathetic and not some enemy but also a woman who years after the war has ended was still feeling the repercussions from her husbands torture.  

[dodger106]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 4:41pm

No hostility, but your defensiveness is precisely why I don't generally post on theater boards. Get over yourself. I'm entitled to an opinion and pardon me if I feel the need to say something that you don't agree with. Oh the horror. 

[dodger106]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 4:41pm

Updated On: 3/15/17 at 04:41 PM

[dodger106]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 4:41pm

No hostility, but your defensiveness is precisely why I don't generally post on theater boards. Get over yourself. I'm entitled to an opinion and pardon me if I feel the need to say something that you don't agree with. Oh the horror. 

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 3/15/17 at 7:26pm

Lot666 said: "I have seats 106-107 in the center of orchestra row K. Can anyone who's been tell me if this is too far back, or whether the helicopter will be partially blocked by the mezz overhang?

Those are amazing seats, and not far back at all. I was in row H, and I was really pleased. You don't want to be too close. Also, the mezzanine overhangs row J, but you have to go further back than row K to have it block your view. I think you'll be very happy with them.

 

[Lot666]

Posted: 3/16/17 at 8:23am

CT2NYC said: "Lot666 said: "I have seats 106-107 in the center of orchestra row K. Can anyone who's been tell me if this is too far back, or whether the helicopter will be partially blocked by the mezz overhang?

Those are amazing seats, and not far back at all. I was in row H, and I was really pleased. You don't want to be too close. Also, the mezzanine overhangs row J, but you have to go further back than row K to have it block your view. I think you'll be very happy with them."

Thanks CT2NYC - somehow, you always seem to make my day!

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 3/16/17 at 1:33pm

Lot666 said: "CT2NYC said: "Lot666 said: "I have seats 106-107 in the center of orchestra row K. Can anyone who's been tell me if this is too far back, or whether the helicopter will be partially blocked by the mezz overhang?

Those are amazing seats, and not far back at all. I was in row H, and I was really pleased. You don't want to be too close. Also, the mezzanine overhangs row J, but you have to go further back than row K to have it block your view. I think you'll be very happy with them."

Thanks CT2NYC - somehow, you always seem to make my day!

Anytime, Lot666! Happy to be of service!

 

[Ptesan]

Posted: 3/16/17 at 2:38pm

I caught the show last night and it was a miss for me.  I loved it when it was first on broadway but not so much now.  It could be that the story didn't age well for me but I found the performances tepid with the exception of The Engineer who was pretty good.  My seat was in orchestra far right and even though my ticket didn't say partial view it should of- I couldn't see any of scene where Chris and Kim were in the bedroom.

[einna2]

Posted: 3/16/17 at 11:30pm

CT2NYC said: "Lot666 said: "I have seats 106-107 in the center of orchestra row K. Can anyone who's been tell me if this is too far back, or whether the helicopter will be partially blocked by the mezz overhang?

Those are amazing seats, and not far back at all. I was in row H, and I was really pleased. You don't want to be too close. Also, the mezzanine overhangs row J, but you have to go further back than row K to have it block your view. I think you'll be very happy with them."

We have seats in Row S, what do you think, too far back?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 3/16/17 at 11:42pm

Any updates on which performances Eva is not performing?

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 12:07am

einna2 said:
We have seats in Row S, what do you think, too far back?

I think you'll be fine in Row S. I've sat in the last row of the orchestra for other shows at the Broadway Theatre, and I had no problem with it. If the mezzanine overhang blocks your view at all, it should only be the very top of the set, and the helicopter isn't even that high off the stage. In the case of this production, I think being closer to the center is more important than being closer to the stage.

 

Updated On: 3/17/17 at 12:07 AM

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 1:12am

Robbie2 said: "Any updates on which performances Eva is not performing?

 

"Bump!

 

[einna2]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 2:17am

CT2NYC said: "

I think you'll be fine in Row S. I've sat in the last row of the orchestra for other shows at the Broadway Theatre, and I had no problem with it. If the mezzanine overhang blocks your view at all, it should only be the very top of the set, and the helicopter isn't even that high off the stage. In the case of this production, I think being closer to the center is more important than being closer to the stage."

Thanks so much for the response and helpful tips!

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 10:12am

einna2 said: "CT2NYC said: "

I think you'll be fine in Row S. I've sat in the last row of the orchestra for other shows at the Broadway Theatre, and I had no problem with it. If the mezzanine overhang blocks your view at all, it should only be the very top of the set, and the helicopter isn't even that high off the stage. In the case of this production, I think being closer to the center is more important than being closer to the stage."

Thanks so much for the response and helpful tips!

Not a problem. If you have any other questions, ask away, and I'll answer them if I can!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 10:39am

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/theater/the-battle-of-miss-saigon-yellowface-art-and-opportunity.html?

[IlanaKeller]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 10:54am

I spoke with Kim alternate Lianah Sta. Ana. Check out her thoughts here if you're so inclined.
http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/theater/2017/03/17/meet-miss-saigon-lianah-sta-ana/99150304/

No alternate schedule has been announced yet.

[IlanaKeller]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 10:54am

I spoke with Kim alternate Lianah Sta. Ana. Check out her thoughts here if you're so inclined.
http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/theater/2017/03/17/meet-miss-saigon-lianah-sta-ana/99150304/

No alternate schedule has been announced yet.

[Lot666]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 11:42am

LizzieCurry said: "https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/theater/the-battle-of-miss-saigon-yellowface-art-and-opportunity.html?"

Pun Bandhu (actor active with Asian American Performers Action Coalition): "There continue to be protests against 'Miss Saigon' across the country, and I think that’s because the Asian community is so tired of seeing ourselves portrayed in one way. In many ways, 'Miss Saigon' is a colonial story, where none of the Asian characters are portrayed in a positive light — yes, they are victims of a war, but they are also characterized as opportunists, villainous, and, at the center of the story, Kim is written to be very weak."

IlanaKeller said: "I spoke with Kim alternate Lianah Sta. Ana. Check out her thoughts here if you're so inclined.
http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/theater/2017/03/17/meet-miss-saigon-lianah-sta-ana/99150304/"

Lianah Sta. Ana (Broadway revival Kim alternate): "I really love that Kim, you see her as this innocent, vulnerable character, but throughout the show she just blossoms into someone who is so strong and who is willing to stand up for herself and someone else, and she does it all out of love, which I find so incredible. I’m so honored to be playing such a strong woman, when strong women are so important today."

[HBBrock]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 12:15pm

Row S will be more than fine. I saw in Row R on Tuesday night and it was perfect!

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 2:47pm

Was Eva on Wednesday night?

 

Debating on a Monday or Wednesday night ticket.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 2:47pm

Was Eva on Wednesday night?

 

Debating on a Monday or Wednesday night ticket.

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 3/17/17 at 3:43pm

Just found my Playbill and ticket stubs from when I saw the show in May of 1991. At that time, Lea Salonga was off Saturday matinees, so I never got to see her as "Kim." I was thoroughly disappointed, especially since I had spent the then unheard-of premium price of $100 for front mezzanine seating, which was considered the best vantage point to see the helicopter. In 1993, I was fortunate enough to see Lea as "Eponine," and later, in 2007, as "Fantine," in LES MISÉRABLES.

Pics of the Playbill cast list and ticket stubs here:

https://imgur.com/a/sze9d