MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 11, 1991
Closing Date
Jan 28, 2001
1st Preview
Mar 23, 1991
1st Preview
Mar 23, 1991
Previews
19
Performances
4,092
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Apr 11, 1991 - Jan 28, 2001)
Setting
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City); USA; Bangkok. 1975 - October 1978.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh; Associate Producer: Martin McCallum
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.; Book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg; Adapted from the original French lyrics by Alain Boublil; Additional material by Richard Maltby, Jr.; Music orchestrated by William D. Brohn; Musical Director: Edward G. Robinson
Directed by Nicholas Hytner; Musical Staging by Bob Avian; Associate Director: Mitchell Lemsky and Peter Lawrence; Associate Choreographer: Jodi Moccia; Associate Choreographer (U.K.): Maggie Goodwin
Scenic Design by John Napier; Costume Design by Andreane Neofitou and Suzy Benzinger; Lighting Design by David Hersey; Sound Design by Andrew Bruce; Associate Scenic Design: Peter David Gould and Benedict Hilliard; Associate Costume Design: John Glaser; Associate Lighting Design: Ted Mather; Associate Sound Design: Mark Menard; Make-Up Coordinator: Chris Evans
Executive Producer: Mitchell Lemsky, Richard Jay-Alexander and Peter Lawrence; General Manager: Alan Wasser; Company Manager: Martin Cohen; Associate Gen. Mgr: Allan Williams
Technical Director: John H. Paull, III and Jake Bell; Production Stage Manager: Fred Hanson; Stage Manager: Sherry Cohen and Tom Capps
Musical Supervisor: David Caddick and Robert Billig; Conducted by Robert Billig and Edward G. Robinson; Associate Conductor: Jay Alger and Joshua Rosenblum; Assistant Conductor: Braden Toan; Rehearsal Pianist: Beth Fremgen, Peter Calandra and Jay Alger; Keyboards: Joshua Rosenblum; Bassoon: Braden Toan; Concertmaster: Mineko Yajima; Violin: Ming Yeh, Sandra Billingslea and Nicholas Milton; Viola: Mitsue Takayama; Cello: David Bakamjian and Julie Green; Bass: John Arbo; Bamboo Flutes/Flute/Piccolo: David Weiss; Flute/Piccolo: Timothy Malosh; Clarinet: Lino Gomez; Clarinet/Saxophone: Salvatore Spicola; Oboe/English Horn: Blair Tindall; French Horn: Russell Rizner; French Horns: Daniel Culpepper; Trumpet: Richard Henly and Anthony Gorruso; Trombone: Jack Gale; Bass Trombone/Tuba: John Hahn; Keyboard: Peter Calandra; Guitar: Doug Quinn; Percussion: Michael Hinton and Howard Joines
Assistant to the Scenic Designer: Raymond Huessy and Dana Kenn
Casting: Johnson-Liff & Zerman; General Press Representative: The Fred Nathan Company, Inc.; Logo Design by Dewynters, Limited; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Jeans courtesy of Levi Strauss & Co.; Sunglasses by Bausch & Lomb; Dance Captain: Howard Kaye; Press Associate: Dennis Crowley; Photographer: Michael Le Poer Trench; Associate Photographer: Joan Marcus
Hinton Battle
John
Barry K. Bernal
Thuy
Liz Callaway
Ellen
Willy Falk
Chris
Mar 23, 1991 - Dec 14, 1991
Jonathan Pryce
The Engineer
Mar 23, 1991 - Aug 17, 1991
Lea Salonga
Kim
Mar 23, 1991 - Mar 14, 1992
Kam Cheng
Saturday matinees
Kim
Alternate
Zar Acayan
Barman
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
 
Ensemble
Alan Ariano
With the show during the entire run
Barman
 
Soldier
 
Ensemble
Tony C. Avanti
Vietnamese Customer
 
Guard
 
Ensemble
Brian R. Baldomero
Tuesday, Thursday Evenings and Wednesday, Saturday Matinees
Tam
Alternate
Jane Bodle
Ensemble
Raquel C. Brown
Bar Girl
 
Ensemble
Annette Calud
Bar Girl
 
Ensemble
Eric Chan
Vietnamese Customer
 
Assistant Commissar
 
Ensemble
Marina Chapa
Gigi
 
Ensemble
Mirla Criste
Bar Girl
 
Ensemble
Francis J. Cruz
With the show during the entire run
Vietnamese Customer
 
Guard
 
Owner of the Moulin Rouge
 
Ensemble
Imelda de los Reyes
Yvette
 
Ensemble
Paul Dobie
Marine
 
Gibbons
 
Ensemble
Michael Gruber
Marine
 
Dragon Acrobat
 
Ensemble
JoAnn M. Hunter
Yvonne
 
Ensemble
Sala Iwamatsu
Mimi
 
Ensemble
Leonard Joseph
Marine
 
Troy
 
Ensemble
Philip Lyle Kong
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings
Tam
Alternate
Darren Lee
Vietnamese Customer
 
Dragon Acrobat
 
Ensemble
Jason Ma
Barman
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
 
Ensemble
Paul Matsumoto
Marine
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
 
Ensemble
Sean McDermott
Marine
 
Frye
 
Ensemble
Thomas James O'Leary
Marine
 
Shultz
 
Ensemble
Gordon Owens
Marine
 
Nolen
 
Ensemble
Christopher Pecaro
Marine
 
Ensemble
Matthew Pedersen
Marine
 
Huston
 
Ensemble
Kris Phillips
Marine
 
Ensemble
W. Ellis Porter
Marine
 
Ensemble
Ray Santos
With the show during the entire run
Vietnamese Customer
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
 
Ensemble
Jade Kaiwalani Stice
Bar Girl
 
Ensemble
Melanie Mariko Tojio
Bar Girl
 
Ensemble
Alton F. White
Marine
 
Antoine
 
Ensemble
Nephi Jay Wimmer
Vietnamese Customer
 
Dragon Acrobat
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
 
Ensemble
Bruce Winant
Marine
 
Reeves
 
Ensemble
Swings: Sylvia Dohi , Henry Menendez , Marc Oka and Todd Zamarripa
Understudies: Zar Acayan (Thuy), Tony C. Avanti (The Engineer), Jane Bodle (Ellen), Annette Calud (Kim), Imelda de los Reyes (Kim), Leonard Joseph (John), Jason Ma (Thuy), Paul Matsumoto (The Engineer), Sean McDermott (Chris), Christopher Pecaro (Chris), Melanie Mariko Tojio (Kim) and Alton F. White (John)

Broadway Theatre (Apr 11, 1991 - Jan 28, 2001)

Musical Director: Jay Alger
Associate Director: Fred Hanson
Company Manager: Susan Bell; Assistant Co. Mgr: Dave Ehle (Jul 1995 - Jan 1998); Associate Co. Mgr: Thomas Schlenk; Executive Producer: Fred Hanson
Stage Manager: Peter Wolf, Beverly Jenkins, Mark Dobrow, Lisa Buxbaum (Jan 05, 1998 - Jan 28, 2001) and Mahlon Kruse (circa. Aug 1992 - circa. Sep 1994); Production Stage Manager: Sherry Cohen and Mark Dobrow
Keyboards: Charles duChateau; Assistant Conductor: Deborah Hurwitz (Dec 1997 - Jul 1998), Matthew Sklar (Apr 11, 1991 - Jan 28, 2001), Matthew Sklar and Charles duChateau; Bass: John Arbo (circa. 1994 - circa. 2001) and Douglas Romoff; Concertmaster: Luann Montesi; Conducted by Jay Alger and Paul Raiman (Apr 12, 1999 - Aug 01, 1999); Associate Conductor: Braden Toan; Violin: Robert Shaw; Bamboo Flutes/Flute/Piccolo: Paula Bing; Oboe/English Horn: Lynne Cohen; French Horn: Jerry W. Peel and Patrick Milando; Bass Trombone/Tuba: Dean Plank; Guitars: Greg Utzig; Percussion: Keith Crupi
Assistant to General Manager: Bill Klemm; General Press Representative: The Publicity Office; Promotions: The Walton Group (1996 - 2001)

Cast

Jonathan Pryce
The Engineer
Sep 30, 1991 - Dec 14, 1991
Lea Salonga
Kim
Jan 18, 1999 - ?
 
Kim
Dec 31, 2000 - Jan 28, 2001
Donnell Aarone
Marine
 
Nolen
Tito Abeleda
Ensemble
Jun 1991 - Dec 1996
Cristina Ablaza
Bar Girl
Joan Almedilla
Kim
Susan Ancheta
Bar Girl
 
Mimi
Raul Aranas
The Engineer
1994 - ?
 
The Engineer
Aug 15, 1988 - ?
Yancey Arias
Thuy
Darrell Autor
Vietnamese Customer
 
Dragon Acrobat
 
Soldier
Frank Baiocchi
Marine
 
Frye
 
Doc
Robert Bartley
Ensemble
Anastasia Barzee
Ellen
Sep 1996 - Oct 1998
Stephanie Bast
Ensemble
Sep 16, 1996 - Apr 26, 1997
 
Bar Girl
Ronald 'Cadet' Bastine
Marine
 
Gibbons
Erik Bates
Marine
 
Doc
Emy Baysic
Kim
Alternate
 
Bar Girl
Craig Bennett
Marine
 
Reeves
 
Shultz
Randy Bettis
Ensemble
Sekiya Billman
Yvette
Timothy Robert Blevins
John
Jane Bodle
Ellen
Jun 22, 1992 - ?
 
Army Nurse
Matt Bogart
Chris
Jan 12, 1998 - ?
Justin Bohon
Broadway debut
Soldier
David Boyd
Marine
 
Nolen
C.C. Brown
John
Jan 03, 2000 - ?
 
Reeves
Franne Calma
Bar Girl
Annette Calud
Kim
Alternate
Paul Canaan
Marine
 
Doc
Tony Capone
Marine
 
Reeves
 
Chris
May 15, 1995 - Jun 15, 1995
 
Doc
Charlene Carabeo
Gigi
Philipp Lee Carabuena
Tam
Buddy Casimano
Huston
 
Marine
 
Dragon Acrobat
Eric Chan
Hustler
 
Barman
 
Soldier
Will Chase
Chris
Jul 20, 1998 - ?
 
Chris
Dec 31, 2000 - Jan 28, 2001
Victoria Chin
Tam
Alternate
Kristofer A. Chow
Tam
Alternate
Karl Christian
 
 
Melinda Chua
Kim
May 22, 2000 - Jun 17, 2000
 
Kim
Jul 17, 2000 - Dec 30, 2000
 
Kim
Jan 02, 2001 - Jan 28, 2001
Alternate
Emy Coligado
Broadway debut
Yvonne
Oct 1998 - Dec 1999
Curtiss I' Cook
Marine
Misty Cotton
Ellen
 
Army Nurse
Alvin Crawford
Reeves
Francis J. Cruz
Soldier
Evan D'Angeles
Vietnamese Customer
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
Christopher F. Davis
Marine
 
Troy
Imelda de los Reyes
Gigi
Matthew Dickens
John
Aug 1998 - ?
 
Frye
Paul Dobie
Shultz
Jay Douglas
Frye
 
Chris
Stephanie Douglas
Army Nurse
Andrew Driscoll
Marine
 
Huston
Jarrod Emick
Chris
Ambrose Eng
Tam
Rona Figueroa
Kim
Aug 1993 - Jul 1995
Michael Flanigan
Chris
Leila Florentino
Married on the stage of the Broadway Theatre 9/04/1993, officiated by Mayor David Dinkins
Kim
Mar 16, 1992 - Sep 04, 1993
Joseph Anthony Foronda
The Engineer
Nov 11, 1996 - ?
Lyd-Lyd Gaston
Yvonne
Margaret Gates
First Asian actress to play Ellen
Yvette
 
Ellen
Oct 26, 1998 - Dec 30, 2000
Margaret Ann Gates
Bar Girl
Steve Geary
Marine
 
Dragon Acrobat
Ai Goeku
Yvette
Andrew Goon
Plays Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Evenings:
Tam
Michael Gruber
Doc
Alisa Gyse
Army Nurse
Cliffton Hall
Marine
 
Huston
Kurt Andrew Hansen
Marine
 
Reeves
Moon Hi Hanson
Yvonne
Jim Harrison
Ensemble
 
Dragon Acrobat
 
Soldier
Jim Berkley Harrison
Ensemble
1994 - ?
 
Dragon Acrobat
Ruthie Henshall
Ellen
Dec 31, 2000 - Jan 28, 2001
Emily Hsu
Gigi
MaryAnn Hu
Bar Girl
circa. Sep 2000 - Jan 28, 2001
Sala Iwamatsu
Gigi
Devanand N. Janki
Ensemble
 
Vietnamese Customer
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
 
Guard
Leonard Joseph
John
Norman Wendall Kauahi
Marine
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
Veronica Kelly
Tam
Alternate
Jonathan Regner Kho
Tam
Kenny Kim
Tam
Vivian King
Tam
Alternate
Keith Byron Kirk
John
Thomas C. Kouo
Vietnamese Customer
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
Eric Kunze
Chris
Jenna La Salla
Tam
Alternate
Zoie Lam
Mimi
Michael K. Lee
Thuy
Ming Lee
Barman
 
Soldier
Norm Lewis
John
Peter Lockyer
Chris
Luzviminda Lor
Bar Girl
Jason Ma
Thuy
 
Vietnamese Customer
 
Assistant Commissar
Deedee Lynn Magno
Kim
Jul 21, 1997 - ?
 
Kim
Jun 14, 1999 - ?
Candese Marchese
Ellen
J. Elaine Marcos
Yvonne
Aug 1999 - Jan 28, 2001
Kevin Neil McCready
Shultz
 
Gibbons
Sean McDermott
Chris
Dec 16, 1991 - ?
Heidi Meyer
Army Nurse
circa. 1994 - ?
J. T. Moye
Dragon Acrobat
 
Marine
Alan Muraoka
The Engineer
Edmund Nalzaro
Thuy
Milton Craig Nealy
John
Michelle Nigalan
Bar Girl
Jenni Padua
Ensemble
1994 - ?
 
Bar Girl
1994 - ?
Raymond Patterson
Marine
 
Gibbons
Elizabeth Paw
Kim
 
Bar Girl
 
Kim
Alternate
Chris Pecaro
Chris
Christopher Peccaro
Chris
Juan P. Pineda
Thuy
 
Guard
 
Vietnamese Customer
 
Soldier
Jacquelyn Piro
Ellen
Billy Porter
John
May 17, 1999 - Jan 01, 2000
Gail A. Quintos
Tam
Alternate
Geena Quintos
Tam
Alternate
Jeff Reid
Marine
Kristine Remigio
Kim
Jun 14, 1999 - ?
Alternate
Rusty Reynolds
Marine
 
Bucky
Blake Riley
Marine
 
Dragon Acrobat
Andrea Rivette
Army Nurse
Tyley Ross
Chris
Francis Ruivivar
During Jonathan Pryce's vacation
The Engineer
Dec 16, 1991 - Mar 1993
 
The Engineer
Aug 19, 1991 - Sep 28, 1991
Glenn Sabalza
Vietnamese Customer
 
Soldier
 
Hustler
Herman Sebek
The Engineer
Roger Seyer
Marine
 
Gibbons
Brad Sharp
Marine
Thos Shipley
Marine
 
Troy
Christine Sison
Tam
Alternate
Chloe Stewart
Kim
Alternate
 
Mimi
Natasha Tabandera
Yvette
Johanna Tacadena
Yvonne
Roxanne Taga
Kim
Alternate
 
Bar Girl
Alex Lee Tano
Kim
Alternate
Tami Tappan
Ellen
Robert Tatad
Hustler
 
Vietnamese Customer
 
Soldier
Stephen Tewksbury
Marine
 
Shultz
Thi Kim Thu Nguyen
Tam
Anne Torsiglieri
Army Nurse
Lucy Vance
Ellen
 
Army Nurse
Charles E. Wallace
John
Luoyong Wang
The Engineer
Oct 02, 1995 - ?
Robert Weber
Marine
 
Dragon Acrobat
Alton F. White
John
Bruce Winant
Shultz
Frank Wright II
Troy
 
Marine
Albert G. Yalun
Tam
Alternate
Welly Yang
Thuy
 
Assistant Commissar
Lisa Yuen
Bar Girl
Swings: Richard Bassin , Emy Baysic , Frankie Braxton , Tony Capone , Karl Christian , Paul Dobie , Samuel T. Gerongco , Tina Horii , Sala Iwamatsu , Howard Kaye , Shawn Ku , Jason Ma , Frank Maio , Charles Munn , Robert Orosco , Blake Riley and Jeff Siebert
Understudies: Donnell Aarone (John), Frank Baiocchi (Chris), Robert Bartley (Chris), Erik Bates (Chris), Emy Baysic (Kim), Sekiya Billman (Ellen), C.C. Brown (John), Tony Capone (Chris), Charlene Carabeo (Ellen), Curtiss I' Cook (John), Jay Douglas (Chris), Stephanie Douglas (Ellen), Margaret Gates (Ellen, Gigi), Ai Goeku (Ellen), Cliffton Hall (Chris), Jim Harrison (Thuy), Devanand N. Janki (Thuy), Norman Wendall Kauahi (The Engineer), Thomas C. Kouo (Thuy), Ming Lee (The Engineer), Heidi Meyer (Ellen), Michelle Nigalan (Kim), Marc Oka (Thuy), Jenni Padua (Kim), Raymond Patterson (John), Elizabeth Paw (Kim), Juan P. Pineda (Thuy), Jeff Reid (John), Andrea Rivette (Ellen), Ray Santos (The Engineer), Brad Sharp (Chris), Thos Shipley (John), Chloe Stewart (Kim), Jade Kaiwalani Stice (Ellen), Roxanne Taga (Kim), Stephen Tewksbury (Chris), Anne Torsiglieri (Ellen), Lucy Vance (Ellen) and Frank Wright II (John)
music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Act 1
Sung By
The Heat Is On in Saigon
The Engineer, Girls, Marines and Company
The Movie in My Mind
Gigi, Kim and Girls
The Transaction
John, The Engineer, Chris and Company
Why God Why?
Chris
Sun and Moon
Kim and Chris
The Telephone
John, Chris and The Engineer
The Ceremony
Kim, Chris and Girls
The Last Night of the World
Kim and Chris
The Morning of the Dragon
Company, Thuy and The Engineer
I Still Believe
Kim and Ellen
Back in Town
Kim, The Engineer and Thuy
You Will Not Touch Him
Kim and Thuy
If You Want to Die in Bed
The Engineer
I'd Give My Life for You
Kim and Company
Act 2
Sung By
Bui-Doi
John and Company
What a Waste
The Engineer and Company
Please
John and Kim
The Guilt Inside Your Head (The Fall of Saigon, April 1975)
Thuy, Kim, Chris, John and Company
Sun and Moon (Reprise)
Kim
Room 317
Ellen and Kim
Now That I've Seen Her
Ellen
The Confrontation
Ellen, Chris and John
The American Dream
The Engineer and Company
Little God of My Heart
Kim and Tam

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1991 Nominee
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh
 

Best Book of a Musical

1991 Nominee
Book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg
 

Best Original Score

1991 Nominee
Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg

Best Actor in a Musical

1991 Winner
Jonathan Pryce

Best Actress in a Musical

1991 Winner
Lea Salonga

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1991 Winner
Hinton Battle
 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1991 Nominee
Willy Falk
 

Best Scenic Design

1991 Nominee
Scenic Design by John Napier
 

Best Lighting Design

1991 Nominee
Lighting Design by David Hersey
 

Best Choreography

1991 Nominee
Musical Staging by Bob Avian
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1991 Nominee
Directed by Nicholas Hytner

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

1991 Winner
Jonathan Pryce

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

1991 Winner
Lea Salonga

Outstanding Orchestration

1991 Winner
Music orchestrated by William D. Brohn

Outstanding Lighting Design

1991 Winner
Lighting Design by David Hersey

Theatre World

Award

1991 Recipient
Lea Salonga
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