Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary PerformanceCast2014 West End Revival CastReleaseYear2016The Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance is a filmed production of the musical Miss Saigon for its 25th anniversary, performed live at London's Prince Edward Theatre, in London's West End on September 22, 2014.
Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gal
Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga, Simon Bowman, and other cast members from the original 1989 production of Miss Saigon joined the current West End company on stage last night for a special gala performance marking the musical's 25th anniversary. They were joined by other Miss Saigon alumni in a spectacular 35 minute finale which saw Salonga and Bowman reprise their love duet, and Pryce recreate American Dream to raptuous applause from fans who paid 1989 prices for their tickets.
Tickets for this performance go on sale Aug. 26. Fans of the show will have a two-hour priority-booking period on-line from 10 AM London time via Miss Saigon social networks and the official show website with general on-sale starting at noon (maximum 2 tickets per person on-line). Fans can also purchase by queuing in person at the Box Office, which is open from 10 AM (maximum 4 tickets per person). To register visit miss-saigon.com.
Three years later, in 1978, a street parade is taking place in Saigon (since renamed Ho Chi Minh City) to celebrate the third anniversary of the reunification of Vietnam and the defeat of the Americans ("The Morning of The Dragon"). Thuy, now a commissar in the new Communist government, has ordered his soldiers to look for the still-corrupt Engineer. For the Communist Party, he goes by the name "Tran Van Dinh" and has spent the past three years working in the rice fields as part of a re-education program. Thuy orders the Engineer to find Kim and bring her to him. Although the intervening period is not shown, it is apparent that Kim and Chris have become separated in the three years separating the two acts. Kim has been hiding in an impoverished area, still in love with Chris and steadfastly believing that Chris will return to Vietnam and rescue her. Meanwhile, Chris is in bed with his new American wife, Ellen, when he wakes from a dream shouting Kim's name. Ellen and Kim both swear their devotion to Chris from opposite ends of the world ("I Still Believe").
On 22 September 2014, a special 25th anniversary gala performance was held. After a full performance of the current show, Lea Salonga, Simon Bowman, Jonathan Pryce and many of the original 1989 cast joined with the current cast for a special finale. The finale started with Lea Salonga leading the ensemble with "This is the Hour", Salonga and Rachelle Ann Go performed "The Movie in My Mind". Salonga, Simon Bowman, Alistair Brammer and Eva Noblezada performed "Last Night of the World" before Jonathan Pryce took to the stage for "The American Dream" and was later joined by Jon Jon Briones.[16] The West End production closed on 27 February 2016 after 760 performances. The cast also performed a "Muck-Up Matinee" on the day of closing, where many understudies came to the stage for one final bow, including Tanya Manalang (Alternate Kim), Christian Rey Marbella (Understudy Engineer), before the main cast in the evening. Cameron Mackintosh announced a cinema screening of the 25th Anniversary Gala along with a movie at a later date, a brand new UK Tour, and plans to transfer to Australia, Germany, and Broadway in the next two years.[17] The revival closed to make way for the London transfer of the Broadway best-selling show Aladdin in May 2016, with former understudy for Thuy, Ethan Le Phong, understudying the lead role of Aladdin.
On 27 February 2016, at the closing night of the Miss Saigon London Revival, Mackintosh hinted that the film adaptation was close to being produced when he said: "Sooner rather than later, the movie won't just be in my mind". As well as this, the 2014 "25th anniversary" performance of Miss Saigon in London was filmed for an Autumn cinema broadcast.[72] In March 2016, it was reported that Danny Boyle was in talks to direct the film for a 2018 release.[73] 2ff7e9595c
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