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Enjoy the best stories and perspectives from the theatre world today.
Enjoy the best stories and perspectives from the theatre world today.
The helicopter lands in ‘The Nightmare’ in ‘Miss Saigon.’ Photo by Matthew Murphy and Johan Persson.
The following information was provided by the national touring production of Miss Saigon:
Adoptee Rae Leigh Case found her heart family ‘the moment I arrived’ in Colorado
The history
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Moving the tour
In 1996, Denver’s KOA Radio traffic helicopter was transformed into a ‘Miss Saigon’ chopper. Photo courtesy Jeff Hovorka.
The Helicopter
Wardrobe
Orchestra
This is the story of a young Viêtnamese woman named Kim who is orphaned by war and forced to work in a bar run by a notorious character known as the Engineer. There she meets and falls in love with an American G.I. named Chris, but they are torn apart by the fall of Sài Gòn. For three years, Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he’s fathered a son. Featuring stunning spectacle and a sensational cast of 42 performing a score that includes “The Heat is On in Saigon,” “The Movie in My Mind,” “Last Night of the World” and “American Dream.”
Red Concepción as The Engineer, Jace Chen as Tam and Emily Bautista as Kim in ‘Miss Saigon.’ Photo: by Matthew Murphy.