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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]
Salonga rose to international recognition in 1989 after starring as Kim in the original West End production of Miss Saigon, [5] a role she later reprised when the musical transferred to Broadway in 1991. [6] A documentary entitled The Heat Is On, which details the creation and casting process of the original production, was filmed and released ...
Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, OL (/ ˈ l eɪ ə s ə ˈ l ɒ ŋ ɡ ə / LAY-ə sa-LONG-ə; born February 22, 1971) is a Filipino singer and actress.Known primarily for her work in theatre, she has starred in musicals on Broadway and in the West End.
Pilar Cristina "Pinky" Roxas Amador is a Filipino actress, singer, commercial model and TV host. She was in the original London cast of the Cameron Mackintosh musical Miss Saigon. [1]
In 1989 she left the role to play Ellen in the London production of Miss Saigon. From 2000 to 2001, Moore played Mrs Anna (as alternate for Elaine Paige) in the London Palladium production of The King and I. [2] She has also played Fantine and Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables; [3] and also appeared in the musicals of Bernard J. Taylor. [4]
Brammer performed as 'Chris' in the Miss Saigon 25th anniversary performance. Originally from Exmouth, Devon, Brammer is the youngest of seven children. In 2005, he was one of 35 students from around England chosen to participate in the 20th anniversary celebration of Les Misérables at Queen's Theatre in the West End. [1]
Ernesto Cloma Briones Jr., [1] known as Jon Jon Briones (born August 7, 1965), [2] is a Filipino-American actor best known for his work in musical theatre.He played the Engineer in the original casts in the West End revival of Miss Saigon in 2014, for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and reprised the part on Broadway in 2017.