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Miss Saigon transfers to Broadway in 2017

The hit musical will play in New York for a strictly limited season before a North American tour

Flying overseas: The company of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre
Flying overseas: The company of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre
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After months of speculation, Cameron Mackintosh has announced that his award-winning musical Miss Saigon will transfer to Broadway in spring 2017.

The acclaimed show originally premiered at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1989, closing in 1999. After a ten-year Broadway run, the show returned to London in 2014 with a new version directed by Laurence Connor. It went on to sweep the board at the 2015 WhatsOnStage Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards including Best West End Show.

The production will open in a yet-to-be announced Broadway venue for a limited season before embarking on a North American tour in 2018.

Eva Noblezada and Jon Jon Briones will continue their roles in New York. For 50-year-old Briones, who has been in the show since its premiere, the production will mark his Broadway debut.

— Jon Jon Briones (@JonJonBriones) November 19, 2015

Boublil and Schönberg's musical tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by the Vietnam war, who falls in love with an American GI called Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.

Miss Saigon is currently booking at the Prince Edward Theatre in London until February 2016.