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The latest blockbuster production of Miss Saigon opens in Adelaide this January and one of its stars, former Adelaide performer Kerrie Anne Greenland, says the musical’s messages around war, loss and love remain as powerful and relevant as ever.

This year’s Australian production of Miss Saigon is dominated by Filipino talent with Abigail Adriano playing Kim.

St. Scholastica takes runner-up honors at the Division II, Region 3 meet.

Long criticised for its racial stereotypes, the musical is reimagined by a superb cast of Australian-Asian performers.

Long criticised for its racial stereotypes, the musical is reimagined by a superb cast of Australian-Asian performers.

Long criticised for its racial stereotypes, the musical is reimagined by a superb cast of Australian-Asian performers.

 As problematic as some believe Miss Saigon is, the crowd-pleasing Vietnam War-set musical is the only current big-ticket production to showcase Asian talent.

Miss Saigon is haunted by a disturbing presentation of Vietnam, but is nonetheless an electrifying and moving performance.

“Miss Saigon” is structurally flawed, with too much attention given to the self-justifying white American wife, Ellen, taking away from what should be a starkly tragic ending, writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.

Director Jean Pierre van der Spuy and actors Abigal Adriano and Seann Miley Moore talk about the controversial Vietnam War musical.