Miss Saigon (Songs & Music From Miss Saigon) - Kim Criswell/Carl Wayne

HIT SAIGON!

Advantages: An excellent show, high quality throughout
Disadvantages: No helicopter!

number 'The American Dream' before the tragic finale. Without these kinds of 'humour breaks', I feel it would be rather a harrowing experience. I was also surprised how much I felt it taught me about Vietnam, it is a very political musical and does make you think. The American Dream was a highlight for me. Once again, Jon Jon Briones gets to take the stage and work it. He's a little guy with a huge personality and seemed to relish the chance to shine. Accompanied by the live dancers and animation by the legendary Gerald Scarfe, this is a number you will not forget for a long time after seeing it. SONGS The songs from Miss. Saigon seem to be less well-known than those of Les Miserables, for example (another one of Boublil and Schonberg's successes), which is a shame, as they are very good. Some of them don't have the impact on CD ...

KarenUK 08.06.2006 · Read full review
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~~A Superb Masterpiece from Mackintosh~~

Advantages: Most spectacular production around the world
Disadvantages: The UK tour has already ended but there might be possible future shows

indeed Pinoys (Filipinos) are talented people with international caliber in the music scene. Overall, I liked the production held in the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) compare it in New York and in Belfast, except that a real/life-size helicopter was used in Broadway! I did enjoy watching the play in Broadway together with the rest of the audience (majority were Japanese). The show did not fail my high expectation, except that I had an aching neck after the show caused by sitting at the front row (second row from the stage). Moreover, several scenes (Act One: Saigon) in the Manila production, especially with Kim and Chris were more romantic and dramatic due to props, lighting and back draft, including the marching choreography of the army soldiers (Act One: Ho Chi Minh City). The music from orchestra in the Grand Opera House ...

digitalenvironmentalist 31.01.2007 · Read full review
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the heat is on in saigon

Advantages: great musical
Disadvantages: don't presume you don't like musicals until you;ve seen this one

in a seedy looking bar/brothel in Saigon in 1975; the Engineer (played by Leo Tavarro Valdez) provides the comic relief the entire show. He is a great singer and has an extremely expressive way of performing (very camp.) He opens with a song, backed up by the girls and the marines, called “The heat is on in Saigon”. The dancing that the girls do is supposed to be sleazy, and there are some quite sordid routines in this part of the show, Kim (played by Ima Castro) is dragged into view of the audience, the actress who plays her is tiny, almost childlike and immediately you feel afraid for her. Her voice is amazingly big considering and she plays the part extremely well. Chris (played by Niklas Andersson), the lead male role in the show also has an incredibly powerful voice, he is a shy soldier and doesn’t seem interested ...

darrenaspinall 22.01.2002 · Read full review
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