Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed Tony nominated revival of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical Miss Saigon played its final Broadway performance last night after 340 performances. Miss Saigon began previews on March 1st and opened on March 23rd. A North American tour is set for later this year.
After the final curtain, the cast, creative team and crew celebrated at The Dream Hotel.
Eva Noblezada, Edelle Rapada, Jon Jon Briones. Photo by Lia Chang
Directed by Laurence Connor (the recent hit revival of LES MISERABLES, School of Rock), the Broadway return of Miss Saigon featured four of its London stars, Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Eva Noblezada as Kim, Alistair Brammer as Chris and Rachelle Ann Go as Gigi.
Jon Jon Briones, Nicholas Christopher, Eva Noblezada, Alistair Brammer, Laurence Connor, Devin Ilaw. Photo by Lia Chang
Miss Saigon tells the story of the last days of the Vietnam War, when 17 year-old Kim (Eva Noblezada) is forced to work in a Saigon bar run by a notorious character known as the Engineer (Jon Jon Briones). There she meets and falls in love with an American GI named Chris (Alistair Brammer) but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. For three years Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he has fathered a son.
Lianah Sta. Ana, Tiffany Toh, Dorcas Leung. Photo by Lia Chang
The cast for the final performance also included Dorcas Leung as Gigi, Katie Rose Clarke as Ellen, Nicholas Christopher as John, Devin Ilaw as Thuy.
The cast of MISS SAIGON. Photo by Lia Chang
Also featured in the cast of Miss Saigon are Alexander Aguilar, Carol Angeli, Mike Baerga, Emily Bautista, Billy Bustamante, Jace Chen, Marcus Choi, Viveca Chow, Julian DeGuzman, Colby Dezelick, Taurean Everett, Paige Faure, Graham Scott Fleming, Casey Garvin, Nkrumah Gatling, Dan Horn, Lina Lee, Jonelle Margallo, Paul HeeSang Miller, Robert Pendilla, Edelle Rapada, Elie Rapada, Casey Lee Ross, Jason Sermonia, Julius Sermonia, Daniel Shin, Antoine L. Smith, Lianah Sta. Ana, Sam Strasfeld, Tiffany Toh, Kimberly-Ann Truong, Kei Tsuruharatani, Christopher Vo, Travis Ward-Osborne, Anna-Lee Wright, Jessica Wu, Warren Yang, and Minami Yusui.
Devin Ilaw on the set of MISS SAIGON at the Broadway Theatre in New York on January 14, 2018. Photo by Lia Chang
An ALLEGIANCE reunion with Chris Kong, Marcus Choi, Lorenzo Thione, Katie Rose Clarke, Dan Horn. Photo by Lia Chang
Garth Kravits, Christopher Vo, Tiffany Toh, Taurean Everett, a guest and Devin Ilaw. Photo by Lia Chang
Dorcas Leung, Lianah Sta. Ana, Emily Bautista, Minami Yusui, Viveca Chow, Tiffany Toh. Photo by Lia Chang
Nicholas Christopher, Devin Ilaw, Eva Noblezada, Jon Jon Briones. Photo by Lia Chang
Nicholas Christopher, Christopher Vo, Emily Bautista, Jonelle Margallo, Lina Lee, Julius Sermonia, Kimberly-Ann Truong, Tiffany Toh, Jason Sermonia, Minami Yusui, Warren Yang. Photo by Lia Chang
Alistair Brammer, Tiffany Toh, Eva Noblezada, Devin Ilaw, Linah Sta. Ana, Katie Rose Clarke, Warren Yang. Photo by Lia Chang
Jon Carroll, Pat Furlo, Chris Kong, James Moore, Will Curry, Andrew Rehrig, Danny Percefull. Photo by Lia Chang
Jonelle Margallo, Dan Horn, Christopher Vo, Dorcas Leung, Eva Noblezada, Kimberly Ann Truong, Graham Scott Fleming, Jessica Wu, Lianah Sta. Ana. Photo by Lia Chang
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Devin Ilaw, Lia Chang, Christopher Vo on the set of MISS SAIGON at the Broadway Theatre. Photo by Garth Kravits
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Lia Chang is an actor, a multi-media content producer and co-founder of Bev’s Girl Films, making films that foster inclusion and diversity on both sides of the camera. Bev’s Girl Films’ debut short film, Hide and Seek was a top ten film in the Asian American Film Lab’s 2015 72 Hour Shootout Filmmaking Competition, and she received a Best Actress nomination. BGF collaborates with and produces multi-media content for artists, actors, designers, theatrical productions, composers, musicians and corporations. Lia is also an internationally published and exhibited photographer, a multi-platform journalist, and a publicist. Lia has appeared in the films Wolf, New Jack City, A Kiss Before Dying, King of New York, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Dragon, Taxman and Hide and Seek. She is profiled in Jade Magazine and Playbill.com.
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