Miss Saigon
Published
About the show
- Written by: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Richard Maltby Jr.
- Premiered: 1989
- Categories: 1980s, Drama, Romance, Two Act, War
- Setting: 1970s, 1980s, America
Miss Saigon is a tragic tale of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War.
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Synopsis
The story follows the romance between Chris, an American GI, and Kim, a young Vietnamese woman.
They fall in love in Saigon just before the city’s fall.
Chris is evacuated back to America, and Kim is left behind, pregnant with Chris’s child.
Years later, Chris discovers he has a son and returns to Vietnam with his American wife, Ellen, to confront his past.
The musical explores themes of sacrifice, identity, and the lingering effects of war on individuals and families.
It is a powerful examination of the human cost of war and the complexities of love and loyalty.
Songs from Miss Saigon
- Overture / Backstage Dreamland
- The Heat is On in Saigon
- The Movie in My Mind
- The Transaction
- The Dance
- Why God Why?
- This Money’s Yours
- Sun and Moon
- The Telephone Song
- The Deal
- The Wedding Ceremony
- Last Night of the World
- The Morning of the Dragon
- I Still Believe
- Back in Town
- Thuy’s Death
- You Will Not Touch Him
- This is the Hour
- If You Want to Die in Bed
- Let Me See His Western Nose
- I’d Give My Life for You
- Bui-Doi
- The Revelation
- What a Waste
- Please
- The Fall of Saigon
- Room 317
- Now That I’ve Seen Her
- The Confrontation
- The American Dream
- The Sacred Bird
- Finale