MISS SAIGON Revival to Sell 100 Tickets at £20, 9/9

The digital interactive media team behind the highly-anticipated revival production of Cameron Mackintosh's "Miss Saigon," opening Saturday, May 3, 2014, in London's Prince Edward Theatre (Old Compton St. London W1D 4HS), has just announced that the production will sell 100 tickets at £20 ($31.27) each tomorrow, September 9, at 4:30 p.m. (BST) at the theater's box office.

Those limited tickets will be honored on Wednesday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. Each ticketholder gets a "Miss Saigon" limited edition poster as well.

In addition, "Miss Saigon" will open public booking tomorrow, starting at 9 a.m. (BST). First set of tickets will be for performances--celebrating the mega-musical's 25th anniversary--from May 3 until Saturday, October 25, 2014.

No casting has been announced yet.

"Miss Saigon" features music by Claude-Michel Schönberg with lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Alain Boublil, adapted from the original French lyrics by Boublil.

This new production of "Miss Saigon" is directed by Laurence Connor with musical staging by Bob Avian and additional choreography by Geoffrey Garratt; production design by Totie Driver and Matt Kinley, from an original concept by Adrian Vaux; costume design by Andreane Neofitou; orchestrations by William David Brohn; lighting design by Bruno Poet and sound design by Mick Potter.

Set in 1975 during the final days of the American occupation of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), "Miss Saigon" tells the epic love story between Chris, an American G.I., and Kim, a young Vietnamese bargirl, which is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly."

Since its London premiere in 1989, "Miss Saigon," which originally starred Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga as Kim, has become one of the most successful musicals in history, and enjoyed a phenomenal 10-year run at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The mega-musical has been performed in 28 countries and in more than 300 cities in 15 different languages. It has won more than 40 awards, including two Olivier Awards, three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards; it has been seen by more than 35 million people worldwide.

For tickets (£27.50 [$42.99] to £67.50 [$105.53]), call 0844-482-5155 or visit www.miss-saigon.com.

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