MISS SAIGON – After much speculation, it has been confirmed that the London revival of Miss Saigon will land on Broadway in spring 2017. Directed by School of Rock and Les Miz’s Laurence Connor, the West End’s leads, Eva Noblezada and Jon Jon Briones, are set to cross the pond with the Boublil and Schönberg tuner.
Set in 1975 during the final days of the American occupation of Saigon, Miss Saigon is an epic love story about the relationship between an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman. Orphaned by war, 17-year-old Kim is forced to work as a bar girl in a sleazy Saigon nightclub, 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—a night that will change their lives forever.
The original production of Miss Saigon opened at the Great White Way’s Broadway Theatre on April 11, 1991 and shuttered on January 28, 2001. At time of closing it had played 19 previews and 4092 regular performances.
