MISS SAIGON Flies Into Raleigh Memorial Auditorium March 21

North Carolina Theatre and Progress Energy are thrilled to present Miss Saigon, the classic love story of our time based on Puccini’s opera, Madame Butterfly. The show will run Saturday, March 21st through Sunday, March 29th in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

From the creators of the Broadway smash-hit Les Miserables comes a story of love, loss and sacrifice during the fall of Saigon. The story of Miss Saigon centers on the romance between a strong-willed Vietnamese woman, Kim, and an American soldier, Chris, during the Vietnam War. The Chicago Sun-Times raves “Miss Saigon – the musical epic. Grand in ambition, lushly melodic, extravagant in emotion, formidable in stagecraft, consistently fascinating.”

NC Theatre is pulling out all the stops to make their production of Miss Saigon a must-see on the Raleigh Memorial stage. The set features the original 1959 pink Cadillac car in the song “The American Dream” and a notorious helicopter.

Richard Stafford will direct this production of Miss Saigon and recently directed Dreamgirls for NC Theatre in 2008. The News & Observer states of Stafford’s direction, “NC Theatre celebrates its quarter-century with a staging of Dreamgirls that’s as impressive as anything it has ever produced.” Marc Oka will choreograph Miss Saigon and he served as the assistant to Robert Avian, choreographer for Miss Saigon on Broadway. Oka has performed on Broadway in Bells Are Ringing starring Faith Prince, Fosse, Miss Saigon, Shogun: The Musical and Anything Goes starring Patti LuPone.

Ticket Information
Tickets are $26-$76 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Walk ups are also available at the North Carolina Theatre Box Office. For groups of 10 or more, please call 919-831-6941 x6944 or 919-857-4565. For more information on Miss Saigon, please visit www.nctheatre.com.

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