Ignatians Musical Society presents

A musical by ALAIN BOUBLIL & CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
Lyrics by RICHARD MALTBY Jr. and ALAN BOUBLIL
Additional Material by RICHARD MALTBY Jr.
Originally Produced on the stage by CAMERON MACKINTOSH
Orchestrations by WILLIAM DAVID BROHN

MISS SAIGON is presented through special arrangement with Cameron Macintosh Limited,
Music Theatre International (NY) and Hal Leonard Australia.

 

 

23 September - 15 October 2010

Schonell Theatre

University of Queensland, St Lucia

 

Director : Kat Henry
Musical Director: Steven McKay

Choreographer: Ingrid Cameron

 

 

This internationally acclaimed and long running musical debuted on the West End in London in1989, where it played until 1999, transferring to Broadway in 1991 where it continues its run and is currently the 10th longest running musical of all time.  It is written by the powerhouse team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, (the writers of Les Misérables) with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.  

 

The story is based on Puccini's classic opera Madama Butterfly, with the narrative transferred to Saigon in April 1975, at the climax of the Vietnam War, and Bangkok
three years later.

 

Chris, a troubled American G.I., and Kim, an orphaned Vietnamese woman, find comfort in each other as the Vietnam War spirals out of control. Their few days of love, which are cut short with the Fall of Saigon, set into motion a life-and-death chain of events.