Main casts of the West End revival of "Miss Saigon" was announced Friday. And producers of the well-loved musical have released a video showing the audition reel of its new set of actors.
The eight-minute video clip features the audition tapes of Filipino talents Rachelle Ann Go, Jonjon Briones, and Eva Noblezada, who is a Filipino-American and landed to be portraying the lead role Kim.
"Miss Saigon" producer Cameron Mackintosh, in the video, said he is thrilled to have Go portray Gigi, a hardened bar girl originally portrayed by Filipino Isay Alvarez. Go's audition tape showed her performing "The Movie in My Mind.”
"One of the most important small roles in 'Miss Saigon' is the role of Gigi because she has the first big moment of the show," Mackintosh narrated in the video, "I'm really thrilled that we have found one of the leading star talents in the Philippines at the moment. She's a major, major recording artist and star in television. She is a beautiful, beautiful girl with an amazing voice to play Gigi," he added.
Eva Noblezada who bagged the lead role of Kim, was discovered doing a high school concert in New York. On the other hand, Jonjon Briones' past role in the 1989 original production of Miss Saigon had him picked up to play the Engineer.
Completing the 2014 Miss Saigon main casts are Alistair Brammer as Chris, Hugh Maynard as John, and Tamsin Carroll as Ellen.
The eight-minute video clip features the audition tapes of Filipino talents Rachelle Ann Go, Jonjon Briones, and Eva Noblezada, who is a Filipino-American and landed to be portraying the lead role Kim.
"Miss Saigon" producer Cameron Mackintosh, in the video, said he is thrilled to have Go portray Gigi, a hardened bar girl originally portrayed by Filipino Isay Alvarez. Go's audition tape showed her performing "The Movie in My Mind.”
"One of the most important small roles in 'Miss Saigon' is the role of Gigi because she has the first big moment of the show," Mackintosh narrated in the video, "I'm really thrilled that we have found one of the leading star talents in the Philippines at the moment. She's a major, major recording artist and star in television. She is a beautiful, beautiful girl with an amazing voice to play Gigi," he added.
Eva Noblezada who bagged the lead role of Kim, was discovered doing a high school concert in New York. On the other hand, Jonjon Briones' past role in the 1989 original production of Miss Saigon had him picked up to play the Engineer.
Completing the 2014 Miss Saigon main casts are Alistair Brammer as Chris, Hugh Maynard as John, and Tamsin Carroll as Ellen.
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