The lights go dark and four giant screens light up with a blinking cinematic countdown...9, 8, 7, 6, 5...the sound of a helicopter approaching builds to deafening proportions as a garishly huge make-up mirror backstage at the seedy club/brothel Dreamland lights up with an unforgiving glare and the "Movie In Our Minds" begins to roll!
Miss Saigon at Near West Theatre is a high tech explosion of video, photography, lights, rigging and music together with a phenomenal teen cast of fierce energy and brazen commitment to the emotional journey of this show. This rock opera feels like Evita or Jesus Christ Superstar on steroids, You can feel the foreboding tragedy looming in fateful inevitability as Mariah Burks, in the role of Kim, gives the performance of a lifetime along with Xavier Reminick as the ratty, opportunistic Engineer and Mike Glaven as the American G.I. who wins her heart and breaks it in two.
This is a HOT show in a HOT theater. It's the Vietnam War, with all the deception, the misplaced patriotism, the idealism, the courage and the horror.....and its a MUSICAL! Sweat it out!!... it's more than worth it. The heat is ON in Saigon.
| 1989 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
| 1991 | Broadway |
Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2002 | US Tour |
Big League Productions US Tour |
| 2002 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
| 2004 | UK Tour |
Touring Revival UK Tour |
| 2014 | West End |
West End Revival West End |
| 2017 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
| 2018 | US Tour |
US Tour US Tour |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | John Napier |
| 1990 | Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Claude-Michel Schonberg |
| 1990 | Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Alain Boublil |
| 1990 | Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Jonathan Pryce |
| 1990 | Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Lea Salonga |
| 1989 | Evening Standard Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical | 0 |
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