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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.
[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 ...
She is known for her role as Kim/Gigi in Miss Saigon in West End in the 1990s. [2] She is also a recording artist [3] and talent handler. [4] Laforteza recently commemorated her 24-year journey with the television series Star Magic, receiving a Loyalty Award during the Star Magical Christmas celebration on November 19, 2023. [5]
In 1989, Salonga originated the leading role of Kim in the debut production of the musical Miss Saigon in London. [19] For her initial Manila audition in 1988, the then 17-year-old Salonga chose to sing Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's "On My Own" from Les Misérables. Salonga has sometimes credited the song as the starting point of ...
In 1990 a turning point came for her career. Honda had auditioned for a part in the Tokyo production of Broadway play Miss Saigon, she won out over 15,000 other candidates for the part of Kim. [4] While still starring in the role as Kim in Miss Saigon in the 1990s, Honda visited Vietnam.
The 2018 death of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend Kim Porter had a massive impact on him, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “When Kim died, it rocked Diddy’s world,” the insider ...
Kim Porter’s sudden passing remains a mystery.Even after an autopsy was completed, the actress’ cause of death was listed as “deferred,” according to a death certificate obtained by Us Weekly.
In 1991, she appeared as Kim during the 65th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 1992, Salonga finished her run in Miss Saigon to provide the singing voice for Princess Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin. [7] In the same year, she returned to the Philippines to star as Sandy in the romantic drama film Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal.