My 2014 MISS SAIGON Live Recording Has Dispatched!- Page 3

[Stew123]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 4:31pm

Chris sounds like a wuss.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 4:40pm

South FL, click on the link… it's a radio broadcast going on right now. It's not a video. Not sure if BBC will archive this but I'm sure someone out there is recording it. There will be video of the end of the show with the original cast that will be up on the site for the next 5 days after the broadcast.

[ggersten]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 4:43pm

>>Chris sounds like a wuss.<<
Well, the actor did cut his teeth playing Marius who also is, well, what you wrote.

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 4:49pm

Thank you, and you're right Chris could be a little more butch.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 4:59pm

How is this not butch?

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:09pm

I was joking, only hearing his voice, and wasn't even sure if I used that word correctly.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:14pm

I was joking too. I agree his interpretation of Chris is kind of at odds with his looks.

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:14pm

These two are great right now, Kim is great.

[ggersten]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:17pm

So glad The Engineer comes on to lighten the show a bit after the tense Kim-Thuy confrontation (which gets me crying).
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The Engineer scene starts with him killing a soldier snapping his soldier's neck. You can't tell that from the recording.

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:22pm

I have never seen this show, it will be on the 2015 agenda. My wife and I do a b'way trip once a year, and sometimes she goes solo like when, Dexter is Hedwig, or whatever his name is from Six Feet Under.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:25pm

I do hope the BBC makes it available for streaming after the broadcast at least for a bit. I would have loved to have listened to it but I don't know when and was out and about the past hour anyway. I like the music in Act One far better than act Two as well (Act II is just about to start as I write this).

[Wildcard]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:32pm

Alistair reads very young on stage, he has small features. That along with his characterization puts his Chris at a young age, maybe 20 or 21. You truly get a sense that he doesn't want to be there in Vietnam.

Jon Jon's accent is more pronounced in this broadcast than it was in the CD recording. Christian Marbella was on as the Engineer when I saw it. Shouldn't the Engineer's accent (if the actor chooses to have one), have more tinges of French to it, given the colonial background?

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 5:36pm

This intermission interview is great. They are touching the issue of racism. Awesome intermission.

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:04pm

act two is picking up, can't wait, this Kim is great.

[RW3]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:09pm

Sun and Moon almost made me cry.

[RW3]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:09pm

The reprise I should say.

[RW3]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:12pm

Room 317..... the emotions.

[RW3]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:14pm

Jesus Christ Ellen, shut the hell up!!!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:15pm

I listened to the recording and I much prefer this Chris to the one on the Symphonic recording. The biggest disappointment for me is Bui Doi. His vocal stylings completely overshadow the lyrics and it's beyond frustrating to hear. He clearly sings it like a stand-alone R&B single. Worst rendition of the song I've ever heard and it sticks out like a sore thumb in context of the rest of the show. I really like the rest of the recording and agree with many others that for a live recording, the quality is stellar. I just wish they had reined in that Jon. I also wasn't thrilled about the lyric changes in Please (or the necessity of them).

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:30pm

The American Dream is kickin my ass.

[RW3]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:31pm

I do hope Cameron brings Miss Saigon back to Bway next year and not 2016!

[RW3]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:33pm

Everybody try to keep your emotions in check. The show is coming to the end and we all know how the show ends.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:36pm

OMG, that scream in pain was heartbreaking

[South Florida]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:37pm

whomever mentioned it, Sun and Moon reprise every time

[RW3]

Posted: 10/3/14 at 6:39pm

Lea + This is the Hour + New and Original Company Members= Pure Ecstasy!!