How is ending in B'Way Miss Saigon different?
LABSPHERE
Yes, I've been told that the ending in London is "darker" (as if the B'way
ending is cheery). Thanks for asking this question because I would like
to know the difference as well.
Regards,
Darlene
Peddamoudi
Considering that the London cast recording is the only one available...I
think they are the same.. ...I saw the show and listened to the recording
and did not see any difference
Rachel Salares
ppswong <pps...@hk.super.net> wrote:
>
> I just read that the ending in the Broadway version of Miss Saigon is
> different (from London etc). How is it different? Can Lea help on this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> They changed the last song in the Broadway version. In the OLC of Miss
Saigon, the song before Kim kills herself is the Sacred Bird. I don't
remember the name of the song in the Broadway version, which I saw at
the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto two years ago. There is a
very distinct difference, and I have to say that I prefer the London
ending.
Rachel :)
>
David Wahl
Rachel Salares (sal...@compmore.net) wrote:
: >
: > They changed the last song in the Broadway version. In the OLC of Miss
: Saigon, the song before Kim kills herself is the Sacred Bird. I don't
: remember the name of the song in the Broadway version, which I saw at
: the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto two years ago. There is a
: very distinct difference, and I have to say that I prefer the London
: ending.
I agree with Rachel. I saw Miss Saigon again at the Broadway
Theater, mostly to see Luoyong Wang's Engineer. Wang is very good,
but the big surprise was Roxanne Taga as Kim. The woman is a force of
nature on stage.
Sacred Bird is Kim's death song, just as Un Bel Di is Butterfly's death
song. Early in the song, if memory serves, Kim sings
I am happy today / for I know what to do
And my heart is not torn
Spirits know when to fly / when it's time
There's no reason to mourn
The version currently running on Broadway is a simple reprise of I'd Give
My Life for You (which is actually in the ending of Sacred Bird). At that
stage in the play, I think it's more powerful to take some additional time
to show that Kim is completely at peace and has truly found her destiny.
The current, shorter version is, in my opinion, too abrupt.
Dave
ManangL
> I just read that the ending in the Broadway version of Miss Saigon is
> different (from London etc). How is it different? Can Lea help on
this?
>
> Thanks.
As far as I know, the endings are the same. Once one ending works in one
production, it is immediately brought into the other existing shows.
Lea :)
ppswong
Danielle
At 11:07 AM 5/18/96 GMT, ppswong wrote:
>I just read that the ending in the Broadway version of Miss Saigon is
>different (from London etc). How is it different? Can Lea help on this?
>
the "new" ending is a song that Kim sings to Tam...I think she used to
reprise "I'd give my life for you", but now, it's a new song on what Tams
new life would be..(?) I"m not sure, I haven't seen the show in almost 2
years...but I know it's something like that
Andrew J. Fox
Actually, the current Bway ending is the third. There was the original
Sacred Bird. Then there was the one that I saw, which I forget the name
of. Dust of Life? I don't know, I've bben up way too long to try and
rememeber. NOT DUST OF LIFE. I must be hallucinating. Anwya, the
current ending is the third. I liked the one I saw.
Andrew
Seth Weinstein
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I know of three endings in the history of the show: the original "The
Sacred Bird", found on the Original London Cast, then "Little God Of My
Heart", found on the Tokyo live recording, then a reprise of "This Is The
Hour", found on the Hungarian and Complete Symphonic recordings. I
haven't seen the show in a while, but if the new ending reprises "I'd Give
My Life For You" (as the original "The Sacred Bird" did), it's a fourth
ending...anyone know the lyrics?
Cheers,
Seth
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Jasmine Urmeneta
On 18 May 1996, David Wahl wrote:
> I think it's more powerful to take some additional time
> to show that Kim is completely at peace and has truly found her destiny.
> The current, shorter version is, in my opinion, too abrupt.
>
> Dave
>
Hi. Even though I agree "Sacred Bird" was a beautiful song, I think it
was a little too "I am at peace, my heart is not torn, nope, I'm not the
least bit sad at all because I know this is what I have to do." I think
"Little God of my Heart" and the new finale better convey how difficult
Kim's decision really is, and that it *isn't* such a pretty, Madame
Butterfly type thing. The latter two endings are a little sadder in
sound, and I think the fact that Kim *is* unhappy and does it anyway shows
off her nobility more than if she says she's at peace with her decision
and does it anyway. Then there's the fact that "Sacred Bird" leaves no
element of surprise (I know we all know what the ending is, but.. :) "You
will be with your father now... give all your love to him when I am gone,
take one last look at me" and also "I'll watch you from above." The
whole song pretty much explains it for 5 minutes or so. I think
the only clue we get in the latest version is when she says "goodbye" and
that's at the very end of the song. Abrupt, yes, but effective.
Just my $.02!
Jasmine :P
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This girl is mine! Yours? Who? Are? You? STOP!!!
Wrong, the internatrional cast recording (with Peter Coussens and Joanna
Amphil) is different. I'm at work so I don't have my book aobut Miss Saigon
here so I can't tell you all of the ending changes.
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Daniel Levenson
The only thing That was different between B'way, and the CD is on B'way
after she shoots herself, while the curtin is falling, he screams "NO!"
But maybe I'm not very abservant.
Dan