Official Video Casting Announcement for "Miss Saigon's" West End Revival

[jsg03jd]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 3:12am

Cameron Mackintosh, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg formally introduce the principal cast for MISS SAIGON's 2014 revival in London in the video clip below:

http://youtu.be/6ebPWLrKwr0

Gigi sounds really good but I have no idea why the snippet chosen for the new Kim shows her going flat when hitting those C-sharps/D-flat's in "I'd Give My Life For You."

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 8:44am

Eva Noblezada currently is 17 yr old that goes to Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte NC which was my two daughters HS. See link below.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/11/22/4489180/northwest-school-of-arts-student.html#.Uo_qKo3PHy8



Updated On: 11/24/13 at 08:44 AM

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 10:44am

Everyone is very talented obviously and these were audition bits for some of them..so we shouldn't be seeing a finished performance at this time. Kim sounded a little "modern" and "pop" for what I think the role should be but that does not mean her voice won't have the purer tone to it for the actual show.

That said and I have seen this commented on before..but the actress playing Ellen just seems way too old to be playing opposite this Kim and this Chris. Personally think the role of Ellen works the best when she is played young and vulnerable like Kim - both victims of war from totally different worlds - as the casualties of war are not always so obvious. I don't think we are going to see that from this Ellen.

Thanks for posting this....

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 11:22am

God, I LOVE Jon Jon Briones as the Engineer (saw him twice in the Non-Equity tour). I'm wondering how believable the guy they've cast as Chris will be as a Marine, it's hard to tell with the Les Mis "school boy" wardrobe. Rachel Ann Go seems great and I actually think that she seems more like a Kim than a Gigi (although maybe she's too old since this production seems to be going super young?) Agree that Tamsin (sp?) seems great but too old for this production.

I've already posted my thoughts on Kim in the Kim casting thread, but she just doesn't have the look for me.

Also, why didn't they mention Thuy at all? I think the role's kind of important.

Updated On: 11/24/13 at 11:22 AM

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 12:44pm

I too saw Jon Jon on the non equity tour and that dude was awesome in the role... AWESOME! i love how he's from the OLC and is going to be doing the revival...

[Wildcard]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 1:17pm

Rachelle was excluded as Kim because of her age. I believe she's turning 28. She has been asked to learn the role though and will likely be understudying.

[someone.else's.story2]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 5:53pm

Agreed tha the Gigi has a Kim quality. Good for Jon Jon Briones. He will be excellent!

[jsg03jd]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 7:15pm

This girl landed a major role and whoever put this together should have chosen a clip that best represented why she actually got this gig. Those series of notes in that passage of I'D GIVE MY LIFE FOR YOU are so under the pitch it's jarring big time. That's not something that should be advertised or promoted by Cameron Mackintosh and co. to show off how great this girl's voice is.

Updated On: 11/25/13 at 07:15 PM