NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "The American Dream!" Making Miss Saigon With Starlight Theatre's "Chris," Charlie BradyCharlie Brady stars as Chris in a new mini-tour of the award-winning musical Miss Saigon, which kicked off this week at Kansas City's Starlight Theatre. He shares exclusive pics of from the rehearsal process, from early blocking to final dress. Next stop: Hartford!
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Matthew Blank
September 13, 2013
"The Heat is on in Miss Saigon 2013," says Brady, who has been seen on Broadway in South Pacific. "Charlie Brady here. We are all really pumped about sharing our experience and I have been snapping away photos of our process. I hope you enjoy them. Stay tuned for more pics documenting our touring adventures!"
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "The American Dream!" Making Miss Saigon With Starlight Theatre's "Chris," Charlie Brady
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "The American Dream!" Making Miss Saigon With Starlight Theatre's "Chris," Charlie Brady
Charlie Brady stars as Chris in a new mini-tour of the award-winning musical Miss Saigon, which kicked off this week at Kansas City's Starlight Theatre. He shares exclusive pics of from the rehearsal process, from early blocking to final dress. Next stop: Hartford! Read the Playbill.com story.
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The beautiful Kansas City Starlight Theatre
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The stage
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The view from stage. Woah that’s a lot of seats.
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In the rehearsal room, Orville Mendoza (The Engineer) shows off his “new princess” Manna Nichols (Kim)
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Rona Figueroa gives Orville attitude as Gigi
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All the ladies vying for Miss Saigon
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The Engineer rallies his troupes!
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The Heat is ON in Kansas City
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Me and Nkrumah Gatling and Orville buying ladies!
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There is definitely some “twerking” going on here
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Gotta love an action shot
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My girlfriend is not gonna like this picture
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Manna Nichols wows the GIs
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Just another day in DREAMLAND
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Don’t worry about me, I am just over here brooding.
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Me and Manna
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Jonny Lee (Thuy) finally makes the scene. He’s got a sweet gig.
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Don’t mess with Manna
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See, what did I tell you?
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Nkrumah kills it on "Bui Doi"
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"Please"
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"They don't say in the files, there's a woman in love here..."
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Don’t ask
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Nkrumah Gatling, Tyrick Jones, Alfie Parker Jr. and Garen McRoberts
The production will next travel to the Bushnell Theatre in Hartford (Sept. 17-22), the Fisher Theatre in Detroit (Sept. 24-Oct. 6) and the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul (Oct. 8-13).
Fred Hanson directs with musical direction by Kevin Stites and choreography by Baayork Lee. The cast comprises Charlie Brady (Chris), Katie Boren, Meggie Cansler (Ellen), Andy Danh, Robyn DeGuzman, Rona Figueroa (Gigi), Nkrumah Gatling (John), Dan Gleason, Chris Ignacio, Eric Anthony Johnson, Austin Ku, Jonny Hsu Lee (Thuy), Glen Llanes, Garen McRoberts, Orville Mendoza (The Engineer), Shoba Narayanan, Manna Nichols (Kim), Rommel Pierre O’Choa, Alfie Parker Jr., David Raimo, Peter Romagna, Michiko Sasaki, Christopher Shin, Richard M. Steele, Viet Vo, Allen Lucky Weaver, Tyrick Wiltez Jones, Jessica Wu (Mimi), Anna-Lee Wright (Yvette), Minami Yusui (Yvonne), Arianna Yi, Sam Simahk, Yuki Ozeki and Daphne Valenta.
The production also features lighting design by Kirk Bookman, sound design by Braxton Cornelius, costume design by Mary Traylor and wig design by Joanne Weaver. Susan Kikuchi is the associate choreographer. Production stage manager is Robert V. Thurber.
Miss Saigon, according to press notes, is a "love story about the relationship between an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman during the American occupation of Saigon during the Vietnam War." The Tony Award-winning musical was created by Claude Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil.
