Friday live: Showgirls and soldiers at Miss Saigon.(Features) From: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: February 7, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Ali Stokes

FOR the first time in 10 years the West End hit musical Miss Saigon is on the road.

And next week it opens at the Bristol Hippodrome on the final leg of a tour, which has seen it staged in Dublin, Edinburgh and Manchester.

First premiered at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, in September 1989, Cameron Mackintosh's musical has become the third most successful ...

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