Miss Saigon
A musical by ALAIN BOUBIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG
Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG
Lyrics by RICHARD MALTBY Jr. AND ALAIN BOUBIL
Additional Material by RICHARD MALTBY Jr.
Originally Produced on the stage by CAMERON MACKINTOSH
Miss Saigon is presented though special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh Limited, Music Theatre International (NY) and Hal Leonard Australia.
About Miss Saigon
Cameron Mackintosh premiered Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's epic musical Miss Saigon at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1989 and overnight it became a legend, running in London for 4264 performances before closing. It then ran on Broadway for another 4092 performances. The musical represented Schönberg and Boublil's second major success, following Les Misérables in 1980.
Miss Saigon has won 30 major theatre awards including three Tony Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards and one Theatre World Award.
The Story
Set in 1975 during the final days of the American occupation of Saigon, Miss Saigon is an epic love story about the relationship between Kim, a young Vietnamese woman, and Chris, her American GI. Kim works in a sleazy Saigon night club owned by a notorious wheeler-dealer known as 'The Engineer'. John, an American GI, buys his friend Chris the services of Kim for the night. That night will change their lives forever.
Three years later, the US Army has fled Saigon. Chris has returned to America and is now married to Ellen, an American woman. He believes that Kim was killed during the war and is shocked to find out that she is alive and living in poverty in Bangkok with their three year old son Tam. When Kim learns that Chris is in Bangkok with his new wife, all her hopes of living the American Dream dissolve. She is desperate for her son to have a future in America with his father and will make the ultimate sacrifice to achieve this.
Musical numbers
Act 1 |
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| Overture/Backstage Dreamland | Gigi, Kim, The Engineer, bar girls |
| The heat is on in Saigon | Soldiers, Bar Girls, The Engineer, Kim, John, Chris, Gigi |
| The Movie in my Mind | Gigi, Kim, Bar girls |
| The Transaction | The Engineer, John, soldiers, Chris, Kim |
| The Dance | Kim, Chris, The Engineer |
| Why God Why? | Chris |
| This Money's Yours | Chris, Kim |
| Sun and Moon | Kim, Chris |
| The Telephone Song | Chris, John |
| The Deal | The Engineer, Chris |
| The Wedding Ceremony | Gigi, Kim, Bar Girls, Chris |
| Thuy's Arrival | Thuy, Chris, Kim |
| Last Night of the World | Chris, Kim |
| The Morning of the Dragon | Soldiers, The Engineer, Guard 1, Guard 2, Thuy |
| I Still Believe | Ellen, Kim |
| Back in Town | The Engineer, Kim, Thuy, Soldiers |
| Thuy's Death/You Will Not Touch Him | Thuy, Kim |
| This is the Hour | Chorus |
| If You Want to Die in Bed | The Engineer |
| Kim and Engineer ("Let me see his Western nose") | Kim, The Engineer |
| I'd Give My Life for You | Kim |
Act 2 |
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| Bui Doi | Chorus, John |
| The Revelation | Chris, John |
| What a Waste | The Engineer, hustlers, tourists, John, Kim |
| Please | John, Kim |
| Chris is Here | The Engineer, Kim, Club owner, John |
| Kim's Nightmare | Thuy |
| Fall of Saigon | Soldiers, Chris, Kim, John, citizens |
| Sun and Moon (Reprise) | Kim |
| Room 317 | Kim, Ellen |
| Now That I've Seen Her | Ellen |
| The Confrontation | Chris, Ellen, John |
| Paper Dragons | The Engineer, Kim |
| The American Dream | The Engineer |
| This is the Hour (Reprise) | Kim |
| Finale | Chris, Kim |