Stockholm - Local Stockholm actress will appear in Miss Saigon. 15-year-old Madeline Lupi will play the lead role of Gigi, the head prostitute who is proclaimed Miss Saigon, in Pope John Players, Miss Saigon, which will be staged on Feb 26, 27, 28, 29 for a limited 5 show engagement.
Miss Saigon is the story of the Vietnam War, in which an orphaned Vietnamese girl is taken in for prostitution and falls in loves with an American GI. After the fall of Saigon, he returns to America and starts a new life with a new wife. He is later informed that he has a son by the Vietnamese Girl. He returns to Saigon and promises to take care of his son, but when she realizes that she can never return to American as his wife, she kills herself.
Madeline says, "I really wanted to play Gigi, this sassy, carefree, frivolous character who entrances all the men in the bar. I like to portray female characters that are not only independent but risk-takers in their time." Director, Jackie Burt explains, "To me as a history teacher, I always want to offer a history lesson and moral thought questions in the show. ‘Miss Saigon’ tackles so many tough issues for our times — immigration, how we treat our military and veterans and discrimination and women’s rights.”
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The musical includes classic songs, The Heat is on in Saigon, Movie in My Mind (sung by Madeline), Why God Why?, Bui Doi and The American Dream.
Originally presented in London in 1989, and then on Broadway in 1991. It went on to win 2 Tony's, for the Engineer and Kim and played for 10 years and 4092 performances.
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This performance of Miss Saigon is Directed by Jackie Burt, and Music by
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, who wrote “Les Miserables. The stage production includes amazing choreography, strobe lighting, helicopter sounds with a real helicopter and a refurbished Cadillac on stage.
Showtimes are:
Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 27-28, at 7 p.m.;
Saturday, Feb. 29, at 2 and 7 p.m.
Admission is $12 at the door at Pope John High School, 28 Andover Rd, Sparta, NJ 07871,
Madeline has been appearing in theater since the age of 5 and has performed in 22 different productions. Most recent performances include Cinderella (Charlotte), Legally Blonde (Margo), 13 The Musical (Lucy), Heathers The Musical (Heather Chandler), and Billy Elliot (Tracey Atkinson). She also enjoys acting for film and has been credited with 60+ film projects. She has won 3 Best Actress Awards, and earned 17 other nominations for Best Actress. She is voting member of the Young Artist Academy. See her website at www.MadelineLupi.com and www.IMDB.me/MadelineLupi