Theater Talk
Miss Saigon’s Boublil and Schönberg
5/25/2017 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Lyricist/co-librettist Alain Boublil and composer/co-librettist Claude-Michel Schönberg.
The creative team discusses the inspiration for the original production of the show, which is based on the opera, Madame Butterfly, but set in Vietnam during and after the American military incursion. They explain how they have modified the show, which first opened in NYC in 1991 (and ran for 10 years), for the new, spectacular 2017 revival. They also recall the beginning of their partnership.
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Theater Talk
Miss Saigon’s Boublil and Schönberg
5/25/2017 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
The creative team discusses the inspiration for the original production of the show, which is based on the opera, Madame Butterfly, but set in Vietnam during and after the American military incursion. They explain how they have modified the show, which first opened in NYC in 1991 (and ran for 10 years), for the new, spectacular 2017 revival. They also recall the beginning of their partnership.
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