Miss Saigon (stage production)

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stage musical theatrical production

Miss Saigon is a hit musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil that reimagines the Madame Butterfly story during the Vietnam War, renowned for its powerful score and dramatic staging.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Miss Saigon	9
Kim in Miss Saigon	1
Miss Saigon (Dutch production)	1
Miss Saigon (stage production) canonical	1
stage musical Miss Saigon	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	stage musical ⓘ theatrical production ⓘ
awarded	Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical (for Jonathan Pryce, 1990) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (for Hinton Battle, 1991) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (for Jonathan Pryce, 1991) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (for Lea Salonga, 1991) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Madame Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ
bookWriter	Alain Boublil NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude-Michel Schönberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate	1991-04-11 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre	Broadway Theatre (New York City) NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Claude-Michel Schönberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
genre	mega-musical ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
hasRevival	2014 West End revival ⓘ 2017 Broadway revival ⓘ
inspiredBy	Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Alain Boublil NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Maltby Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	controversies over casting and racial representation ⓘ helicopter evacuation staging ⓘ spectacular large-scale production values ⓘ
notableSong	Bui Doi NERFINISHED ⓘ I Still Believe NERFINISHED ⓘ I'd Give My Life for You NERFINISHED ⓘ If You Want to Die in Bed NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun and Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ The American Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ The Heat Is On in Saigon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Night of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ The Movie in My Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ Why God Why? NERFINISHED ⓘ
orchestrator	William David Brohn NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningYear	1991 ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer	Cameron Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguageVersion	French concept ⓘ
originalWestEndLeadCharacter	Chris NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ Gigi NERFINISHED ⓘ John NERFINISHED ⓘ Kim NERFINISHED ⓘ The Engineer NERFINISHED ⓘ Thuy NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalWestEndOpeningYear	1989 ⓘ
originalWestEndProducer	Cameron Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalWestEndTheatre	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereCity	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereDate	1989-09-20 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Cameron Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation	Bangkok NERFINISHED ⓘ Saigon NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod	Fall of Saigon NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	Amerasian children NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. military presence in Vietnam ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	cultural clash ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ tragic romance ⓘ war and displacement ⓘ