my kingdom is great

How in one night have we come so far?

—Miss Saigon

Anza Oyama rehearsing for her role as Ellen in Miss Saigon

Anza’s cast profiles for her roles as Eponine in Les Miserables and Ellen in Miss Saigon

source: my scans

—the La Merida production of Miss Saigon

source: LA Times

You didn’t ask me to be born, you
Why should you learn of war or pain?
To make sure you’re not hurt again
I swear I’d give my life for you

Miss Saigon

(Source: beyondthegoblincity)

He is dead
He is dead
I have killed with these hands, I have killed
Oh, why am I cold?
For this must be a judgement fulfilled
And why don’t I cry?
He’s a man that I knew as a child.
What horrors brought us here from the hills of our birth?
My town, my parents, you
All erased from the earth
Oh, Chris, today my fate as your wife has been sealed with your gun
And now wherever you are, I will bring you your son
For still
I still believe
By all the gods, you’ll wait for me
My heart, against all odds, holds still

—Miss Saigon (I Still Believe Reprise, cut song)

image: The Nation

How in one night have we come so far?

—Miss Saigon

(Source: beyondthegoblincity)

Walnut Street Theatre’s Miss Saigon

The Moonlight Ampitheatre’s production of Miss Saigon

You didn’t ask me to be born, you
Why should you learn of war or pain?

image: Jennifer Paz in the Moonlight Ampitheatre’s production of Miss Saigon

I still taste your kisses
Your voice sings in my ear
You can betray what we were yesterday
But you’ll come back tonight for him

image: The Moonlight Ampitheatre’s production of Miss Saigon