Shows · Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon

Opened 1991

4,092 performances

Musical, Megamusical

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.

"'Cameron Mackintosh presents Miss Saigon .’": the show's own period marketing line.

Music: Claude-Michel Schonberg
Lyrics: Richard Maltby Jr. & Alain Boublil
Book: Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg

WarSacrificeColonialismThe American DreamMotherhood

Productions6 productions: 2 on Broadway, 4 in the West End

1990

ProductionLondon

1991

Broadway TheatreBroadway Original, opened April 11, 1991, directed by Nicholas Hytner

4,092 performances, 3 Tony wins

1999

ProductionLondon

2016

ProductionLondon Opened February 27, 2016

2017

Broadway TheatreBroadway Revival, opened March 23, 2017, directed by Laurence Connor

547 performances

2017

ProductionLondon Opened November 19, 2015

Songs10 songs

The Heat Is On in Saigon, Sun and Moon, The Last Night of the World, I Still Believe, The American Dream, The Movie in My Mind, Why God, Why?, The Morning of the Dragon, I’d Give My Life for You, What a Waste

Recordings 18 recordings

Miss Saigon Geffen Records GED-24271; ? GEFD-24271

Germany

1989

Miss Saigon Geffen Records 9 24271-2, released 1989

United Kingdom

1990

Highlights From Miss Saigon Geffen Records GEFD-24621, released 1990

United States

1990

Miss Saigon Geffen Records 9 24271-2, released February 2, 1990

United States

1990

Miss Saigon First Night Records ENCORE CD 5, released November 26, 1990

United Kingdom

1992

Miss Saigon Toshiba Records TOCT-6432, released April 8, 1992

Japan

1993

Miss Saigon: The Highlights Tring International PLC GRF224, released May 3, 1993

Germany

1993

Miss Saigon Toshiba Records TOCT-8008; Toshiba Records TOCT-8009, released May 19, 1993

Japan

1993

Highlights from Miss Saigon Decca Records 24621, released December 7, 1993

United States

1995

Saigon Highlights First Night Records CAST CD60, released 1995

United Kingdom

1995

The Complete Recording of Boublil & Schonberg's Miss Saigon Festival Records D98012; First Night Records D98012, released 1995

Australia

1995

Miss Saigon: Die Höhepunkte der Stuttgarter Aufführung Polydor 527 705-2, released June 19, 1995

Germany

1995

Miss Saigon: The Complete Recording Broadway Angel CDCB 7243 5 55564-2, released November 14, 1995

United Kingdom

1995

Miss Saigon: The Complete Recording (1995 studio cast) First Night Records KIM CD1, released November 14, 1995

United Kingdom

1997

Hoogtepunten Uit Miss Saigon Endemol Entertainment ENCD 7113, released 1997

Netherlands

1997

Miss Saigon: Originele Nederlandse versie Endemol ENCD 7103, released 1997

Netherlands

1999

Saigon Highlights Broadway Angel 7243 5 56810 2 7, released April 6, 1999

United States

2004

Miss Saigon: The Highlights Euro Trend CD 157.017, released 2004

Germany

Licensing 1 entry

Music Theatre International Miss Saigon matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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