Best Miss Saigon cast
Erin Blair
We had a thread about favorite Les Mis and Phantom roles, now let's do a
thread over favorite casts for Miss Saigon. Here are my picks:
Kim--Lea Salonga or Melanie Tojio
Chris--Peter Lockyer
Ellen--Tami Tappan
John--Keith Byron Kirk
Thuy--Allan Hong
Engineer--Kevin Gray
Gigi--Moon Hi Hanson
Yeah, I basically choose my picks over the live performance that I saw in
L.A. plus the Original London cast recording of Miss Saigon.
Let me know what your thoughts on my choices and your picks.... =)
Yours,
Erin
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E.Muggeridge
I would write my list of favourites (now that I've seen it 3
times and can actually compare), but I can't remember any names!
No - I've just remembered one - Junix Inocian (sp?) as the Engineer.
And out of the 3 Chrises I've seen , I'd pick the only one whose
name I can't remember. Typical!
Lizzy Muggeridge.
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E.Muggeridge
too operatic for my taste, but yes, Junix is great! (Seen him twice)
Lizzy.
Jasmine Urmeneta
Kim: Lea Salonga (of course) but I really really really loved Rona Figueroa
too
Chris: Eric Kunze or Sean McDermott (I *loved* how he screams "NO!!" at
the end)
Ellen: Candese Marchese (a wonderful voice)
John: Hinton Battle (very moving)
Engineer: I liked Herman Sebek but I think I can see a better one
Gigi: the girl on the Japanese recording
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InnocentMn
>Hi all....
>
>We had a thread about favorite Les Mis and Phantom roles, now let's do a
>thread over favorite casts for Miss Saigon. Here are my picks:
>
>Kim--Lea Salonga or Melanie Tojio
>Chris--Peter Lockyer
>Ellen--Tami Tappan
>John--Keith Byron Kirk
>Thuy--Allan Hong
>Engineer--Kevin Gray
>Gigi--Moon Hi Hanson
I've seen this show over 6 times -- on Broadway (x2), London, Chicago, & L.A.(x2) -- I've heard the London cast and the CSR. Here are my picks:
Engineer: Francis Ruvivar
Kim : Joanna Ampil or Lea Salonga (too close)
Chris: Sean McDermott
Ellen: Liz Callaway
John: Hinton Battle
For both Thuy and Gigi -- there are so many that I can't think of just one that stands out for either --
Keep the faith,
Dave Park
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Melissa Rose Bernardo
detroit. i have to jump on the eric kunze bandwagon, but i also _really_
liked jarrod emmick, even though he had a few nasal notes. and of course
lea, and _definitely_ kevin gray. i hated his phantom, but _loved_ his
engineer. go figure.
--melissa
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.95...@shiva.hunter.cuny.edu>,
Michael Soliven Lara
> We had a thread about favorite Les Mis and Phantom roles, now let's do a
> thread over favorite casts for Miss Saigon. Here are my picks:
Overall, I'd pick the people in the original London cast, though I'd
probably replace Keith Burns with Allen Hong.
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she is the best Kim by far.
As for those I *have* seen:
KIM
London - Joanna Ampil
Toronto - Ma-Anne Dionisio
Broadway - Rona Figueroa
Los Angeles - Jennifer Paz
*My pick is Ma-Anne Dionisio. Her voice and power was breath-taking.
Joanna came a close-second.
ENGINEER
London - Junix Inocian
Toronto - Kevin Gray
Broadway - Raul Aranas
Los Angeles - Kevin Gray
*Kevin hands down.
CHRIS
I have yet to see a Chris that really satisfied me although John Barrowman
of London and Peter Lockyer of LA weren't bad. Eric Kunze went to DC
when I was in NY.
S.B. Doggett
I saw the London production over the Summer and was really impressed. This was my fourth visit to the show, the two previous ones had left me really disillusioned as the cast, except Kim(Joanne Ampil) was awful. This time was totally different however and I fell in love with the story yet again. I had not heard of anyone in the cast, except Junix Inocian(he was the Engineer and was an original cast member). I thinkm it is a wonderful cast and would probably beat most of these fantasy casts that I have been reading about. I thought the current London John, Thuy and Gigi were better than those chosen for the CSR.
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: Best Chris I saw was
:
: London - Simon Bowman *SWOON!*
: next NY - Sean McDermott
:
: HE Greer in Toronto was abit wimpy and Peter Cousens in Sydney just
: SUX!!! A piece of wood has more acting talent that he does.
:
: Best Engineer:
:
: Kevin Gray Definitely!
:
: Best Kim:
:
: I saw Ma-Anne, and though she was great. Will hopefully be seeing Joanna
: in 3 weeks. Worse voice was Monique Wilson! But great acting (if you
: could hear her) I was crying from the beginning of the 2ns act and was
: bawling by the end. 'course Simon Bowman helped too.
Best Kim: Lea Salonga
Best Chris: Simon Bowman I saw HE Greer in Toronto. He was awful
Best John: Kevin Anderson He also plays Joe in Sunset.
Best Ellen: I don't remember her name but it was in Toronto.
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Best Chris: Simon Bowman
Best John: I don't remember his name but he started the role in Toronto
Best Engineer: Kevin Gray
Best Thuy: Charles Azulay - WITHOUT A DOUBT
Best Ellen: Ruthie Henshall
Sara Pilmer
perform these roles live, and not on a recording.
Best Kim: Rona Figueroa
Best Chris: Eric Kunze
Best John: Norm Lewis
Best Thuy: Yancey Arias
Best Ellen: Misty Cotton
Best Engineer: Raul Aranas
Best Gigi: Sharon Leal
Sara
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and two people, the victims of fate... --Miss Saigon
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>All of my following choices are based on those actors I have SEEN
>perform these roles live, and not on a recording.
>
>Best Kim: Rona Figueroa
>Best Chris: Eric Kunze
>Best John: Norm Lewis
>Best Thuy: Yancey Arias
>Best Ellen: Misty Cotton
>Best Engineer: Raul Aranas
>Best Gigi: Sharon Leal
This is the cast I saw(Broadway Aug/94) I will agree with you they did an
excellent job. Raul Aranas was the perfect Engineer we saw the Wed. matinee
so we saw the other Kim(Emy Baysic) and she was awsome.
Eponine
Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga, and Hinton Battle. The only cast that is
just about as good is Rona Figueroa as Kim, Eric Kunze as Chris, Raul
Aranas as The Engineer, Tami Tappan as Ellen, and Sharon Leal as Gigi. I
also saw Emy Baysic who was an excellent Kim also.
Fred Tracey
Nice cboices!! And what's wrong with judging a "performance" by a
recording??!!<gg>
Fred
Sara Pilmer
Fred, because I know I'd hear from you about it! <vbg>
Why, thank you! I'm quite fond of my choices myself!! =)
Sara