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ACT II

USA – SEPTEMBER 1978
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"Bui-Doi" | John and Company

BANGKOK – OCTOBER 1978
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"What a Waste" | The Engineer and Company
"Please" | John and Kim
"The Guilt Inside Your Head" (The Fall of Saigon, April 1975) | Thuy, Kim, Chris, John and Company
"Sun and Moon" (reprise) | Kim
"Room 317" | Ellen and Kim
"Now That I've Seen Her" | Ellen
"The Confrontation" | Ellen, Chris and John
"The American Dream" | The Engineer and Company
"Little God of My Heart" | Kim and Tam

[[italics]]MISS SAIGON[[/italics]] ORCHESTRA
Conductor – ROBERT BILLIG

Associate Conductor (Keyboards) – JAY ALGER; Assistant Conductor (Bassoon) – BRADEN TOAN; Concertmaster – LOUANN MONTESI; Violins – MINEKO YAJIMA, MING YEH, SANDRA BILLINGSLEY; Viola – MITSUE TAKAYAMA; Bass – DOUGLAS ROMOFF; Flutes – TIMOTHY MALOSH, DAVID WEISS; Clarinet – LINO GOMEZ; Clarinet/Saxophone – SAL SPICOLA; Oboe – BLAIR TINDALL; French Horns – RUSSELL RIZNER, DANIEL CULPEPPER; Trumpets – RICHARD HENLY, ANTHONY GORRUSO; Trombone – JACK GALE; Bass Trombone/Tuba – JOHN HAHN; Keyboards – PETER CALANDRA; Guitars – DOUG QUINN; Percussion – MICHAEL HINTON, HOWARD JOINES.
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JONATHAN PRYCE (The Engineer) was born in North Wales. He studied art before winning a scholarship to RADA and after graduating in 1972 he joined the Liverpool Everyman Theatre under the direction of Alan Dosser. This was followed by a season at Nottingham Playhouse with Richard Eyre, returning to Liverpool for a season as Artistic Director. In 1975 he created the role of Gethin Price in the British production of Trevor Griffiths' play [[italics]]Comedians[[/italics]] directed by Richard Eyre, and subsequently started in the New York production directed by Mike Nichols, winning the Tony Award and the Theatre World Award. Other major theatre appearances include [[italics]]Hamlet[[/italics]] at the Royal Court in 1980, for which Jonathan won the Olivier Award; Pinter's [[italics]]The Caretaker[[/italics]] at the National; [[italics]]The White Devil[[/italics]] co-starring Glenda Jackson at the Old Vic; and [[italics]]Talley's Folly[[/italics]] by Lanford Wilson at the Lyric Hammersmith co-starting with Hayley Mills. In 1984 Jonathan start on Broadway as The Fool in Dario Fo's [[italics]]Accidental Death of an Anarchist[[/italics]] at the Belasco Theatre, returning to London to play Trigorin opposite Vanessa Redgrave in [[italics]]The Seagull[[/italics]]. He has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Petruchio in [[italics]]The Taming of the Shrew[[/italics]], Octavius Caesar in Peter Brook's production of [[italics]]Antony and Cleopatra[[/italics]], Angelo in [[italics]]Measure for Measure[[/italics]] and in 1986 he played Mac Beth directed by Adrian Noble. In 1988 in [[italics]]Uncle Vanya[[/italics]] at the Vaudeville Theatre. Television appearances include the films "Daft As a Brush" and "Glad Day," both written by Adrian Mitchell, "Comedians," "The Caretaker," "Timon of Athens," "Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Praying Mantis." In 1989 Jonathan played the leading role of Herbert Wallace in the BBC film "The Man from the Pru." Jonathan has started to films written and directed by Terry Gilliam – the award-winning [[italics]]Brazil[[/italics]] and [[italics]]The Adventures of Baron Munchausen[[/italics]]. Other feature films include [[italics]]Voyage of the Damned, Breaking Glass, Loophole, The Doctor and the Devils, Something Wicked This Way Comes[[/italics]] directed by Jack Clayton, [[italics]]Ploughman's Lunch[[/italics]], Gene Wilder's [[italics]]Haunted Honeymoon[[/italics]], a guest appearance in [[italics]]Jumpin' Jack Flash[[/italics]] with Whoopi Goldberg, [[italics]]Man on Fire, Consuming Passions[[/italics]] co-starring Vanessa Redgrave and most recently [[italics]]The Rachel Papers[[/italics]] directed by Damien Harris. He created the role of The Engineer in the original production of [[italics]]Miss Saigon[[/italics]] in London, winning the Olivier and Variety Club awards.

LEA SALONGA (Kim) made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of 7 in Repertory Philippines' production of [[italics]]The King and I[[/italics]] and has since appeared in [[italics]]Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, The Rose Tattoo, Annie, The Sound of Music, The Goodbye Girl, Paper Moon[[/italics]] and [[italics]]The Fantasticks. At the age of 10 began her recording career and received a gold record for her first album, [[italics]]Small Voice[[/italics]]. She has also hosted her own musical television show, "Love, Lea," and open for artists such as Menudo and Stevie Wonder during their concerts in Manila. With Menudo and former Menudo member Charlie Masso, she recorded two songs and music videos for the Young People's Project, a campaign launched in 1987 by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the Population Center Foundation in Manila, Philippines, to encourage sexual responsibility in adolescents. Because of her active participation in this project, in 1989 she was invited to speak at the Enter-Educate Conference in Los Angeles about her experiences in the use of entertainment in transmitting socially relevant messages. Lea most recently won the Laurence Olivier Award for her portrayal of Kim in the London production of [[italics]]Miss Saigon[[/italics]] and is pleased to be reprising that role here in New York.