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Theatre
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Theatre Drury Lane |
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Location
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West End, London |
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Genre
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Musical |
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Date
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1992-1993 |
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Creative
team
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Claude-Michel Schönberg (book, music), Alain Boublil (book, lyrics), Richard Maltby Jr (lyrics) |
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Director
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Nicholas Hytner |
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Design
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John Napier |
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Lighting
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David Hersey |
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Choreography
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Bob Avian |
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Producer
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Cameron Mackintosh |
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Performers
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Joanna Ampil/ Roanne Monte (Kim), Jérôme Pradon (Chris), Junix Inocian (The Engineer), Clinton Derricks Carroll (John), Nikki Ankara (Ellen), Robert Seña (Thuy) |
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Synopsis
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In this long-running musical loosely based on Puccini's classic Madama Butterfly, 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. Chris tells Kim that he has decided to bring her with him to America, but their few days of love are cut short with the Fall of Saigon and Chris is forced to return home alone. Thinking he would never see Kim again, Chris marries an American woman, Ellen. Three years have passed during which the Viet Cong have taken over Saigon. Chris is informed by his friend, John, that he is the father of Kim's two-year-old half-asian son. He returns to Vietnam, bringing his wife. Kim meets her, and realizing there is no longer a place for her in Chris' life she ensures a better life for her son at the sacrifice of her own. |
