Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil and Schönberg's legendary musical MISS SAIGON - a smash hit in London, Broadway, and currently breaking box office records on a national tour in the U.K. - will launch its highly anticipated North American tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in Providence, Rhode Island September 21- 30, 2018. In Providence, MISS SAIGON is part of the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series.
Tickets for MISS SAIGON go on sale at
ppacri.org on Sunday, June 10 at 10A. Phone and window sales begin Monday, June 11 at 10A. To purchase tickets, visit
ppacri.org, call (401) 421-ARTS (2787), or visit the PPAC Box Office at
220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence. Summer Box Office Hours are Monday - Thursday, 10A - 3P and two hours prior to curtain times on performance days. Ticket prices start at $38; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice. Please visit
https://www.ppacri.org/events/detail/miss-saigon for current prices.
Groups of 15 or more may contact Paul Hiatt at
phiatt@ppacri.org or (401) 574-3162 to order tickets and to learn more about group sales.
MISS SAIGON tells the story of a young Vietnamese woman named Kim, who is orphaned by war and forced to work in a bar run by a notorious character known as the Engineer. There she meets and falls in love with an American G.I. named Chris, but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. For 3 years, Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he's fathered a son. This new production features stunning spectacle and a sensational cast of 42 performing the soaring score, including Broadway hits like "The Heat is On in Saigon," "The Movie in My Mind," "Last Night of the World," and "American Dream."
To watch a video preview, please visit
www.miss-saigon.com.
Cameron Mackintosh said, "It's hard to believe that it has been over 27 years since MISS SAIGON first opened in North America but, if anything, the tragic love story at the heart of the show has become even more relevant today with innocent people being torn apart by war all over the world. This brilliant new production, directed by Laurence Connor and featuring the original dazzling choreography by
Bob Avian, takes a grittier, more realistic approach that magnifies the power and epic sweep of Boublil and Schönberg's tremendous score. Of all my productions, despite its popularity, MISS SAIGON is the one that the public has had the least chance to see as it requires such a huge international cast of Asian and Western performers and a vast array of visually stunning sets. Now, for the first time in 17 years, as it continues to wow audiences in major cities around the world, theatregoers across America will be able to see one of the most spectacular musicals ever written in all its glory, in a new production that critics in London and on Broadway have embraced."
Casting for the national tour will be announced at a later date.
MISS SAIGON has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg with lyrics by
Richard Maltby Jr. and
Alain Boublil, adapted from original French lyrics by
Alain Boublil, with additional lyrics by
Michael Mahler. The new production is directed by Laurence Connor with musical staging by
Bob Avian and additional choreography by
Geoffrey Garratt. Production design is by
Totie Driver and
Matt Kinley based on an original concept by
Adrian Vaux; costume design by
Andreane Neofitou; lighting design by
Bruno Poet; projections by
Luke Halls; sound design by
Mick Potter; and orchestrations by
William David Brohn. Music supervision is by
Stephen Brooker and
James Moore, with casting by
Merri Sugarman for
Tara Rubin Casting.
Since its London premiere in 1989,
Cameron Mackintosh's production of
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's epic musical MISS SAIGON has become one of the most successful musicals in history. The original Broadway production of MISS SAIGON opened on April 11, 1991 with what was the largest advance sale in Broadway history ($37 million). The show went on to play for nearly ten years with 4,111 performances and was seen by more than 5.9 million people. MISS SAIGON has been performed in 32 countries, over 350 cities, in 15 different languages, has won over 70 awards including 2 Olivier Awards, 3 Tony Awards, and 4 Drama Desk Awards and been seen by over 36 million people worldwide.
The new production of MISS SAIGON opened in London in May 2014 to record-breaking advance sales and critical acclaim. The Daily Telegraph wrote, "This thrilling new production spills out beyond theatre and speaks directly to the times we live in - magnificent performances." The Daily Mail said, "The greatest musical of all-time just got even better!" The London Times called the production "thrilling, soaring and spectacular." NY1 proclaimed "the new MISS SAIGON soars to the rafters!" and The New Yorker called MISS SAIGON "a dynamite Broadway revival!"
Cameron Mackintosh announced in 2015 that the production would transfer for a limited Broadway run from March 1, 2017 to January 14, 2018 before launching its National Tour at the
Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI in September 2018.
The new production of MISS SAIGON, currently on tour around the U.K., will also play at venues in Germany and Switzerland over the next year. New productions will also open during the next few years in Asia.
The full backstage story of how the new production was created, "The Heat Is Back On," is now available on DVD by Universal and is one of the most comprehensive insights into how a big musical is put together that has ever been filmed.
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