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“Miss Saigon”

March 20, 2016 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Miss Saigon
Claude-Michel Schonberg (Music); Richard Maltby, Jr. & Alain Boubill (Lyrics)
Broadway by the Bay

Danielle Mendoza & Terrence Sullivan

The story originating from Puccini’s much-beloved opera Madame Butterfly is well enough known that most audience members arrive anticipating the tragic ending to its ill-fated love story.  But what may surprise and astound those fortunate enough to make their way to the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City to see the latest Miss Saigon is that Broadway by the Bay is staging this musical based in the post Vietnam War era with a heavy nod to the current immigrant controversies and crises in Europe and within our own borders.

For a full review of this excellent production, please link to my Talkin’ Broadway article: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/sanjose/sj34.html 

Rating: 5 E
Miss Saigon continues through April 3, 2016 at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City.  Tickets are available at https://broadwaybythebay.org.
Photo credit: Mark Kitaoka and Tracy Martin

 

Rating: 5 E Tags: Broadway By the Bay

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