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Miss Saigon is a sung-through stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover.
Carla Guevara-Laforteza (born December 26, 1975) is a Filipino musical theater actress of performances in both local and international productions. [1] She is known for her role as Kim/Gigi in Miss Saigon in West End in the 1990s. [2]
Following the limited run of Miss Saigon in London, Noblezada assumed the role of Éponine in the West End production of Les Misérables from April to December 2016. [9] On May 2, 2016, Noblezada made her Carnegie Hall debut, celebrating Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, performing "The Movie in My Mind" with Lea Salonga and The New ...
[5] [6] The Miss Saigon casting controversy was the source of much public interest in 1990 as the Miss Saigon debate made it to the front pages of The New York Times 8 times in August 1990. [5] Editorials in the Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , USA Today , and The Wall Street Journal published over the course of one week in August 1990 ...
Miss Saigon: Won [24] MTV Asia Awards: 2002 Favorite Artist Philippines: Herself Nominated [21] Outer Critics Circle Awards: 1991 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Miss Saigon: Won [25] Ovation Awards: 2002 Leading Actress in a Musical Flower Drum Song: Nominated [26] PMPC Star Awards for Music: 2012 Natatanging Alagad ng Musika Special Award ...
Junix Inocian (born Rufino Duran Inocian, Jr.; March 17, 1951 – June 13, 2015) was a Filipino actor and comedian. He starred in various plays, such as Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof, the film version of the Swedish crime novel Tatuerad Torso, [1] [2] and Sinbad.
An 18-year-old Miss Teen USA pageant competitor who overcame all odds -- including childhood homelessness and an abusive mother -- tragically died in a car crash on a Florida highway Monday.
Simon Bowman (born 16 February 1961) is a British actor and singer, born in Cardiff and trained at Mountview Theatre School. He is best known for originating the role of Chris, opposite Lea Salonga's Kim, in the original production of Miss Saigon at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the West End.