miss saigon

     

"Madame Butterfly" is the basis for this musical

Trivia about miss saigon

  • In 1991 Jonathan Pryce & Lea Salonga won Tonys for acting in this British import
  • In 1999 Lea Salonga returned to the cast of this musical that won her a Tony not salonga go (in 1991)
  • "Go Sin Amiss"
  • This musical takes place in part during the last days of the Vietnam War
  • This musical that hit Broadway in 1991 is set partly in Bangkok & partly in Ho Chi Minh City
  • Jonathan Pryce won a Tony for playing a pimp known as "The Engineer" in this Vietnam war-set musical
  • This musical's "American Dream" ended on B'way after 4,097 performances--& a lot of helicopter flights