"Lane on 20 September 1989 and closed after 4,264 performances on 30 October 1999. The director was Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian and scenic design by John Napier. In December 1994 the London production became the Theatre Royal's (Drury Lane) longest running musical, eclipsing the record set by ""My Fair Lady"". Lea Salonga played the part of Kim, winning the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award. The Engineer was originated by Jonathan Pryce, who also won the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award for the role. The part of Chris was originated by Simon Bowman. The musical"
"Lane, London, on 20 September 1989, closing after 4,092 performances on 30 October 1999. It opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 11, 1991, and subsequently played in many other cities and embarked on tours. Prior to the opening of the 2014 London revival, it was claimed that Miss Saigon had set a world record for opening day ticket sales, with sales in excess of £4m reported. The musical represented Schönberg and Boublil's second major success, following ""Les Misérables"" in 1985. As of April 2017, ""Miss Saigon"" remains Broadway's thirteenth longest-running show. The musical was inspired by a"
"débuted on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on 11 April 1991 and closed on 28 January 2001 after 4,092 performances. Directed again by Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian, scenic design was by John Napier, costume design was by Andreane Neofitou and Suzy Benzinger and lighting design was by David Hersey. As of September 2017, ""Miss Saigon"" is still the 13th longest-running Broadway musical in musical theatre history. Preview performances for the anticipated West End revival in the show's 25th year began in early May 2014 at the Prince Edward Theatre. It was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and"
"a second French production which opened in Paris in 1991. Worldwide, ""Les Misérables"" has been seen by over 50 million people, with a total box office gross of over $1.8 billion. ""Miss Saigon"" opened in London on 20 September 1989 where it played for 10 consecutive successful years at the Drury Lane Theatre. It spawned two US touring companies, a Toronto production and has been seen by more than 13.2 million people in North America for a gross of $612 million. With Javier Arroyuelo and Rafael Lopez Sanchez, Boublil worked on the French translation of ""The Rocky Horror Show"" for"
"Broadway debut. Preview performances began on March 1, 2017, with an official opening on March 23. The final performance was on January 14, 2018. Since its opening in London ""Miss Saigon"" was produced in many cities around the world including Stuttgart from 2 December 1994 till 19 December 1999 and Toronto, where new theatres were designed specifically to house the show. In the small island community of Bømlo, Norway with only around eleven thousand inhabitants, the show was set up in the outdoor amphitheatre by the local musical fellowship and ran from 5 August to 16 August 2009. The local"
"""Miss Saigon"" premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on September 20, 1989, Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce wore heavy prosthetic eyelids and skin darkening cream in playing The Engineer, a mixed-race French-Vietnamese pimp. Once the London production came to Broadway in 1990, Pryce was slated to reprise his role as The Engineer, causing a major rift in American theater circles and sparking public outcry. Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang wrote a letter to the Actors' Equity Association protesting this portrayal of a Eurasian character being played by a White actor. Despite these protests, Pryce performed the Engineer to"
"staged at the Palais de Sports in Paris in 1980. In 1985 and 1987 respectively, the musical opened in London and on Broadway, to acclaim in each instance. The Broadway production was nominated for twelve Tony Awards in 1987 and won eight, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. In 1989, Schönberg and Boublil produced the London showing of the musical ""Miss Saigon"", which starred Lea Salonga and Jonathan Pryce. In its transition to Broadway, the show broke advance-ticket sales, earning $24 million before its premiere on 11 April 1991. The show was nominated for ten Tony awards, including Best"
"musical fellowship brought in a Bell Helicopter for the show. According to the ""Miss Saigon"" Official Site, ""Miss Saigon"" has been performed by twenty-seven companies in twenty-five countries and 246 cities, and it has been translated into twelve different languages. Arlington Virginia's Signature Theatre 2013's production was the US debut with the inclusion of the new song 'Maybe' (which replaced the prior song 'Now That I've Seen Her) which would be integrated into the West End's 2014 revival. After the London production closed in 1999 and also following the closure of the Broadway production in 2001, the show in its"
"December 18, 1969 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, where it ran for 329 performances. Directed by Michael Benthall and choreographed by Michael Bennett, the cast included René Auberjonois, George Rose, Michael Allinson, David Holliday, Bob Avian, Jon Cypher, Suzanne Rogers, Graciela Daniele, Ann Reinking, and Gale Dixon. Danielle Darrieux replaced Hepburn eight months into the run, but without the drawing power of a major star the poorly reviewed show closed two months later. Hepburn was scheduled to star in a West End production, but when the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane proved to be unavailable she refused to consider other venues"
"""Evita"". These proved huge successes and, along with the pantomimes, ensured the continued success of the theatre. ""Cats"" arrived in 1994, bringing an audience of 125,000. This was followed by many other shows, including ""The Phantom of the Opera"", which achieved the record attendance of 185,000 in 2000. In 2003, the theatre closed, again, for refurbishment. The main aspect, being the change of stage from a raked stage to a flat stage. Improvement for disabled access were also made, including the construction of a new lift. The theatre reopened, with the large scale production of ""Miss Saigon"", which would not"
"1989, at the St. James Theatre, and then moved to the Marquis Theatre on April 18, 1991 and closed on July 28, 1991 after 476 performances and 23 previews. Laurents returned as director, with Tyne Daly as Rose, Jonathan Hadary as Herbie and Crista Moore as Louise. Linda Lavin (on July 30, 1990) and Jamie Ross replaced Daly and Hadary respectively, with Daly returning to the production at the Marquis Theatre from April 18, 1991 until closing. This production won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival and Daly won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for"
"on 30 September 2013, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, and held its official opening gala night on 23 October. In all the London production features a cast of thirty three and a fifteen-member band. A typical London performance runs two hours and 50 minutes, including one interval of 15 mins. On 29 November 2013, it was announced the production would close on 26 April 2014, after a -month run, with the possibility of reopening at another theatre. The closure was later brought forward a month to 29 March. To mark the 72nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 2013,"
"a favorable review from the third-string ""New York Times"" critic, the creative team decided to move it uptown. The Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Albert Marre, opened on March 17, 1989 at the Ritz Theatre where, hampered by a no-name cast (Emily Zacharias as Lotte, Mark Zeller as Chu Chem, and Thom Sesma as the prince) and poor-to-dreadful reviews, it ran for only 68 performances, continuing for two months at heavy losses in the hope it would garner some Tony Award nominations in a season beset by bad musicals (""Carrie"", ""Legs Diamond""). When it was shut out, the production"
"and Claude-Michel Schönberg. ""I had seen several of Nick's opera productions – Handel's 'Xerxes' and Mozart's 'Magic Flute' – as well as some of his classical plays, and he has a marvellously visual point of view,"" Mackintosh said. For Hytner, ""It just felt like a huge lark... It was gigantic, and I was into gigantic at the time, so I threw everything I knew at it. It was big, honest, moving, brash, kind of crazy. I had no idea that it would take off."" Hytner's London production of ""Miss Saigon"" opened on 20 September 1989, and closed on 30 October"
"performed by Vanessa Hudgens. The track, entitled ""Vou Ser do Jeito que Eu Sou"", was released as a single that year, marking the new phase of her career. In 2008 she returned to her first stage name, Lissah Martins, in honor of her maternal grandfather Takuichi Kashiwaba, and made her musical debut as ""Miss Saigon"" in a production by Cameron Mackintosh of Boublil & Schönberg, which was staged for the first time in London and two years later debuted on Broadway. The musical went to 25 countries, translated into 12 different languages and watched by more than 30 million viewers."
"2003 and closing on January 4, 2009. In June 2005, ""Mamma Mia!"" played its 1000th performance in Las Vegas, becoming the longest-running West End/Broadway musical in Las Vegas. The clothes and scenarios from this production are now used in Brazil. The show returned to Las Vegas on May 16, 2014 at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, but announced its closing soon after on July 22. The North American tour started in Providence, Rhode Island in February 28, 2002 and closed in St. Louis, Missouri in July 30, 2017, after more than 4.000 performances. The first non-English version of the show"
"April 1989 to 8 July 1989. During this time there were tube strikes (public transport) which Ron Moody worked into the script through ad-libs. A revival tour (in a slightly revised version) opened at the Bristol Old Vic on 16 March 1993 with Robert Powell in the title role, Roy Barraclough as Watson and Louise English as Bella Spellgrove. In April 2013 Leslie Bricusse worked with the Morphic Graffiti theatre company to revise and revamp the show within a Victorian Music Hall setting at Hoxton Hall in London, which is, itself a 145-year-old grade II listed Music Hall Theatre. The"
"and 1997. Petula Clark filled in for Paige during her holiday in September/October 1995, before taking over the role in January 1996 when Paige departed for the United States. The last actress to play Norma in London was Rita Moreno, who filled in for a vacationing Clark in September and October 1996. John Barrowman played Joe until 1995, when he was replaced by Alexander Hanson. Graham Bickley played the role for the final year of the London run. The show closed on 5 April 1997, having played 1,530 performances. The American premiere was at the Shubert Theatre in Century City,"
"Boggess played her final performance as Rosalie Mullins. She was replaced by Jennifer Gambatese. On April 13, 2017, it was announced that Alex Brightman would return to the cast as Dewey Finn from April 14 to April 30, while Eric Petersen was on vacation leave. The Broadway production is expected to close on January 20, 2019, after 31 previews and 1,307 regular performances. On 7 December 2015, following the show's Broadway opening, it was announced by Andrew Lloyd Webber that the show will transfer to London's West End in autumn 2016, with the intention to open at the London Palladium."
"Royal, Drury Lane, starring Denis Quilley and Sheila Hancock along with Andrew C. Wadsworth as Anthony, Mandy More as Johanna, Michael Staniforth as Tobias, Austin Kent as Judge Turpin, Dilys Watling as the Beggar Woman, David Wheldon-Williams as Beadle Bamford, Oz Clarke as Jonas Fogg, and John Aron as Pirelli. The show ran for 157 performances. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the production won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1980. The production closed on November 14, 1980. The first Broadway revival opened on September 14, 1989 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, and closed on February 25,"
"century—the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank, the 1939 ""Gone With the Wind"" premiere, the 1958 Temple bombing, and the city’s 1964 dinner honoring Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize."" The plays are ""Driving Miss Daisy"", ""The Last Night of Ballyhoo"", and ""Parade"". Off-Broadway (1987–1990) The original Off-Broadway production was staged at Playwrights Horizons Studio Theatre on 42nd Street, opening on April 15, 1987. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino, the role of Daisy was also played by Rochelle Oliver and Frances Sternhagen, replacing Dana Ivey. It later transferred to the John Houseman Theatre, closing on June 3, 1990, with 1,195 performances. US.National"
"a columnist for the ""Daily Planet"" newspaper, who resents Lois Lane's attraction to Superman, and later teams up with Sedgwick to destroy Superman. The musical opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on March 29, 1966. Directed by Harold Prince with choreography by Ernest Flatt, it starred Bob Holiday as Clark Kent and Superman, Patricia Marand as Lois Lane, Jack Cassidy as Max Mencken, and Linda Lavin as Sydney. The production received generally positive reviews, but it failed to catch on with the theater-going public and closed on July 17, 1966 after 129 performances. The musical received three Tony Award"
"womanhood and femininity. In the opera ""Miss Saigon"" (1989), the country of Vietnam is represented as a beautifully exotic and mysterious place of sensuous beauty, incomprehensible savagery, and much filth. The opening chorus of the first song, ""The Heat's on Saigon"", begins thus: ""The heat's on Saigon / The girls are hotter 'n hell / Tonight one of these slits will be Miss Saigon / God, the tension is high / Not to mention the smell"". The first act, set in Saigon City, presents the adolescent prostitute-heroine named Kim, who is portrayed as a demure ""Lotus Blossom"" who is a"
"The show was originally scheduled to close in March 2009 on LuPone's final performance, but closed on January 11, 2009 due to decreases in ticket sales. Like the 2003 production, this revival also closed at a loss. The production played for 332 performances and 27 previews. On the eve before the final curtain call, LuPone made news when she literally stopped the show in the middle of the song ""Rose's Turn"", to scold a patron for taking illegal photographs during the performance. Patti LuPone had performed in ""Gypsy"" prior to Broadway. She has stated that when she was thirteen years"
"final show performances in London. When I say this is it, it really means this is it, this will be the final curtain call."" On March 11, two days before pre-sale began, an extra 40 dates were added to meet high demand, bringing the number of shows to 50 — five of these dates were reserved in their entirety for the public sale. Jackson's 50 dates would make the concerts the longest residency at the arena. In May 2009, the show was originally set to have begun on July 8, 2009, and finished on March 6, 2010. On May 20."
"his father. While this is happening, Kim steps behind a curtain and shoots herself. As she falls to the floor, everyone rushes into the room at the sound of the gunshot and find Kim mortally wounded. Chris picks up Kim and asks what she has done. She asks him to hold her once more and repeats something that he said to her on the first night they met: ""How in one night have we come so far?"" and dies in his arms as he cries her name (""Finale""). ""Miss Saigon"" premiered in the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury"
"on 26 November 2006, and underwent further development in preparation for Broadway at the Hilton Theater in March 2007. The Broadway opening date was 5 April 2007. ""Miss Saigon"" co-lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr. worked with Boublil on revisions to the book and lyrics, and Graciela Daniele worked on the musical staging. Following a critical savaging and poor ticket sales, ""The Pirate Queen"" closed on 17 June 2007 after 85 performances and 32 previews, resulting in a loss of almost $18 million, ranking it among the largest commercial flops in Broadway history. ""Les Misérables"" celebrated its twentieth anniversary in London on"
"25, 1980, at the Winter Garden Theatre, and then moved to the Majestic and finally to the St. James, closing on January 8, 1989, after 3,486 performances and 6 previews. (Frank Rich called this a sign of the ""shift of power"" on Broadway, as the show had to leave the Winter Garden to make way for ""Cats"" and the Majestic to accommodate ""The Phantom of the Opera"".) The original cast included Jerry Orbach as Julian Marsh, Tammy Grimes as Dorothy Brock, Wanda Richert as Peggy Sawyer, and Lee Roy Reams as Billy Lawlor. Replacements later in the run included Barry"
"resigned myself to the fact that this is the way it is.' The statement also addressed the alleged charges of racism, first published in Thursday's New York Post. Carter is black. 'I, Nell Carter, never, ever, ever accused my producers or anyone in the show of racism,' she said. Producers have said it is too expensive to film a new commercial."" Carter was later replaced by another white actress, Sally Struthers. The revival closed on October 19, 1997 after 14 previews and 239 performances. The show was revived at the Victoria Palace, running from 30 September 1998 to 28 February"
"Sandy Faison as Grace Farrell. Danielle Brisebois was one of the orphans. It was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven, including the Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. Replacements in the title role on Broadway included then-child actors Shelley Bruce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Smith and Alyson Kirk. Replacements in the role of Miss Hannigan included Alice Ghostley, Dolores Wilson, Betty Hutton, Marcia Lewis, and June Havoc. Ann Ungar understudied and played for Dorothy Loudon in the role of Miss Hannigan. She also understudied Alice Ghostley and Dolores Wilson. The show closed on January 2, 1983, after"
"to the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, and closed on September 29, 1985. The production later featured Will Patton, Bruce Willis, Aidan Quinn, and Frances Fisher. Ellen Barkin was cast and rehearsed the role, but injured her arm before actually performing it. Moira Harris, wife of Gary Sinise, also performed the leading role. The play premiered in London at the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre on October 4, 1984, directed by Peter Gill and starring Ian Charleson and Julie Walters. The play transferred to the Lyric Theatre on February 4, 1985. The first London revival was in 1991, at the Timber Street Studios,"
"Miss Saigon won many awards around the world, including the Tony Awards, the premier award for American theater. In 2009, once again starring in a blockbuster Broadway hit, Lissah played the character Belle, ""Beauty and the Beast"". Based on Walt Disney's two-Oscars design and the first animation to run for the main prize (Best Picture), Broadway's stage set has surpassed 13,000 performances worldwide, seen by 16 million viewers in more than 13 countries, including Canada, Japan, Mexico, and Argentina. In 2010, Lissah also appeared in ""Jekyll & Hyde - The Doctor and the Monster"". Another Broadway musical, based on the"
"make way for """". Loyal fans of the show have launched campaigns online and via social media to prevent its closure. In the first 48 hours, over 750 signatures were collected for an online petition. The show ultimately closed on January 5, 2016. The attraction opened at both Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood in 1992. The Florida venue replaced ""An American Tail Theatre"" which was opened at the park in 1991, and the Hollywood venue replaced """", which opened in the Castle Theater in 1983. It was once located in a small outdoor theater (where Super Silly Fun"