Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre

Cameron Mackintosh has finally confirmed his award-winning musical Miss Saigon will transfer to Broadway in spring 2017. The production will open for a limited season in a yet-to-be announced Broadway venue before embarking on a North American tour in 2018. The current West End stars 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. Miss Saigon originally premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring the yet unknown Lea Salonga, running from 1989 until 1999; the production also had a successful 10 year Broadway run. 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’s final performance at the Prince Edward Theatre in London will be 27 February 2016. BOOKING Book tickets to Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon, the award winning blockbuster musical from Cameron Mackintosh has announced a final extension with the show to have its final performance on 27 [caption id="attachment_37659" align="alignright" width="300"] Miss Saigon[/caption] February 2016. Cameron Mackintosh said today ‘"I'm delighted to announce a final extension of my hugely successful new production of MissSaigon at the Prince Edward Theatre. This record-breaking and award-winning production is already repeating its success in Japan and Korea and is planned to open in Germany, Australia and Broadway in the next two years. Our original stars Eva Noblezada and Jon Jon Briones continue to lead our wonderful international cast that has made this epic love story one of the greatest contemporary musicals of all time". The new production of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical Miss Saigon opened in May 2014 to record-breaking advance bookings and inN 2015 it won 9 What’s On Stage Awards – the most awards for any show in the Awards 15 year history. Miss Saigon will complete its West End run on 27 February 2015 at the Prince Edward Theatre. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon

Win a pair of top price tickets to see Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre. THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed new production has made its highly anticipated return to the West End, and is breaking box office records. Since Miss Saigon’s sensational record-breaking run at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane 25 years ago it has played in 300 cities in 15 different languages, winning awards around the world. This epic musical love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with an American GI called Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3lTV-da5Kw The Prince Edward Theatre  Old Compton Street W1D 4HS Box Office: 0844 482 5155 www.miss-saigon.com www.facebook.com/MissSaigonOfficial www.twitter.com/misssaigonuk Currently booking until 26 September 2015                                         [contesthopper contest="34299"] Terms and conditions apply. Prize is valid for Monday-Thursday performances until 2 April 2015, excluding all performances from 16-21 February 2015. Subject to availability. Prize is as stated and cannot be transferred or exchanged. No cash alternative will be offered. Terms & conditions: Enter your name and email address to join our mailing list and enter the Free Prize Draw. You can unsubscribe at any time. The Prize is valid for Monday-Thursday performances until 2 April 2015, excluding all performances from 16-21 February 2015. Subject to availability. Prize is as stated and cannot be transferred or exchanged. No cash alternative will be offered. The competition closes at 11.59pm on Friday 20 February 2015. Any entries submitted after this time will not be eligible. The winner will be selected at random and notified via email. The Prize is as stated and cannot be transferred or exchanged. Tickets are subject to availability. Read WestEndTheatre.com's general competition Terms and Conditions here.

Miss Saigon has announced that it will extend its run at the Prince Edward Theatre until September 2015. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Eva Noblezada as Kim in Miss Saigon[/caption] Cameron Mackintosh's blockbuster musical Miss Saigon is set to continue its run at the Prince Edward Theatre. The epic love story, set against the end of the Vietnam War and the dramatic fall of Saigon, opened in May 2014. Previously booking until April 2015, Miss Saigon will extend its run until 26 September 2015. The show stars Eva Noblezada as Kim alongside Jon Jon Briones, Alistair Brammer, Tamsin Carroll, Hugh Maynard, Rachelle Ann Go and Kwang-Ho Hong. Miss Saigon is by Les Mis duo Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and has proved to be one of Cameron Mackintosh's most successful musical brands. WestEndTheatre.com Comment: A five month extension for a show of this size is quite conservative; whilst there is no danger of the show shutting any time soon, a number of big new musicals are hovering over theatres as large as the Prince Edward looking for an opportunity to get in. In our opinion Miss Saigon is currently London's premiere blockbuster musical - epic, dramatic, with a truly exceptional cast and the kind of lavish production values that have gotten Cameron Mackintosh to where he is. Book now to avoid (extremely bitter) disappointment. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre

New photos just in of this month's Miss Saigon 25th anniversary gala at the Prince Edward Theatre If you are missing the excitement of last month's Miss Saigon 25th birthday gala then we have a treat for you. Our photographer Roy Tan was there at the show and here is a final selection of his best pics from the night to keep the dream alive! The gala at the Prince Edward Theatre on 22 September 2014 featured a spectacular celebratory finale that included members of the original company – including performances from Lea Salonga and Jonathan Price. The show stars Eva Noblezada as Kim, Alistair Brammer as Chris and Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer.   [ngg src="galleries" ids="363" display="basic_imagebrowser"] Photos by Roy Tan   BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre LINKS Read more about the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gala > View photos of the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gala > Video trailer for Miss Saigon gala on Radio 2 > Amazon: Buy the Miss Saigon live recording cast album

Cameron Mackintosh's epic 2014 revival of hit musical Miss Saigon is issued as a live recording on a deluxe 2 disc set. The show stars Eva Noblezada as Kim, Alistair Brammer as Chris and Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer.

A video teaser has been released by the BBC ahead of their Radio 2 broadcast of the Miss Saigon 25th anniversary gala. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Finale of the Miss Saigon gala at the Prince Edward Theatre[/caption] A recording of the 25th anniversary gala performance of Miss Saigon will be broadcast tonight on BBC Radio 2. At 9pm on Radio 2 Michael Ball will host a special broadcast of the Miss Saigon Gala celebrating the show's 25th anniversary. Recorded at the Prince Edward Theatre on 22 September 2014, the broadcast will feature the entire show including the spectacular celebratory finale that included members of the original company - including performances from Lea Salonga and Jonathan Price. The show stars Eva Noblezada as Kim, Alistair Brammer as Chris and Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer. During the interval Michael Ball will talk to some of the people involved in the show. LINKS Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre BBC Radio 2 website - Miss Saigon Amazon: Buy the Miss Saigon live recording cast album Read more about the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gala > View photos of the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gala > VIDEO A teaser trailer for the BBC Radio 2 Miss Saigon broadcast httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yfwCFw0s7U

A wealth of West End stars came out last night for the 25th anniversary gala of Miss Saigon, including original cast members Lea Salonga and Jonathan Price. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Original Kim, Lea Salonga, and the current cast of Miss Saigon at the show's 25th anniversary gala. Photo: Roy Tan[/caption] Cameron Mackintosh's smash-hit musical Miss Saigon celebrated 25 years last night, with a star-studded gala performance at the Prince Edward Theatre in London. The musical first premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London 25 years ago on 20 September 1989, where it ran for 10 years. Now at its new home at the Prince Edward Theatre, a glittering array of West End stars came together last night to celebrate the musical's milestone. A spectacular finale to the show saw members of the original cast join the show's current cast, including performances from original Kim, Lea Salonga, and original Engineer, Jonathan Pryce. Other original cast members in attendance included original Chris, Simon Bowman, original John, Peter Polycarpu, and former Saigon chorus girl, then Ellen, and now big West End star, Ruthie Henshall. Curtain calls included the show's writers, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, and producers Cameron Mackintosh and Nick Allott. The evening was recorded for broadcast by the BBC and will air on Friday 3 October 2014 at 9pm on BBC Radio 2. Miss Saigon is currently booking until April 2015 at the Prince Edward Theatre. The cast album for Miss Saigon, featuring the current cast including Eva Noblezada as Kim, Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Alistair Brammer as Chris and Tamsin Carroll as Ellen, is released on 22 September and available to pre-order on Amazon. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre View photos of the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gala > LINKS Miss Saigon on BBC Breakfast - Lea Salonga and Eva Noblezada spoke to BBC Breakfast about their experience of playing Miss Saigon. Pre-order the Miss Saigon cast album

Photos of the 25th anniversary gala of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre in London Last night at the Prince Edward Theatre in London, Cameron Mackintosh's smash-hit musical Miss Saigon celebrated 25 years. The musical first premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 20 September 1989, where it ran for 10 years. Now at its new home at the Prince Edward Theatre, a glittering array of West End stars came together last night (22 September 2014) to celebrate the musical milestone including a finale that featured original Kim, Lea Salonga, and original Engineer, Jonathan Price. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre Read more about the Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gala > PHOTOS [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="590"] The finale of the 25th anniversary gala of Miss Saigon, with casts past and present[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Original Kim, Lea Salonga, and the current cast of Miss Saigon at the show's 25th anniversary gala. Photo: Roy Tan[/caption] #455937602 / gettyimages.com #455936018 / gettyimages.com #455937598 / gettyimages.com #455937582 / gettyimages.com #455936036 / gettyimages.com #455936034 / gettyimages.com #455936022 / gettyimages.com #455936002 / gettyimages.com #455936008 / gettyimages.com #455936020 / gettyimages.com #455936004 / gettyimages.com #455935982 / gettyimages.com #455935984 / gettyimages.com #455936006 / gettyimages.com #455936010 / gettyimages.com BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre LINKS Miss Saigon on BBC Breakfast - Lea Salonga and Eva Noblezada spoke to BBC Breakfast about their experience of playing Miss Saigon. Pre-order the Miss Saigon cast album

Legendary musical Miss Saigon celebrates its 25th birthday this Saturday, 20 September 2014. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Eva Noblezada & Lea Salonga talking to BBC Breakfast about the anniversary[/caption] Cameron Mackintosh's musical Miss Saigon is 25 years old this week. The show premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 20 September 1989, where it ran for 10 years, and will celebrate its 25th birthday this Saturday at its new home at the Prince Edward Theatre. A huge gala performance will also take this on 22 September 2014 at 7pm to celebrate the anniversary, and will include a finale with members of the original cast. The evening will also be recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Friday 3 October 2014 at 9pm . Earlier today Lea Salonga, the original actress to play Kim, and current lead Eva Noblezada, spoke to BBC Breakfast about their experience of playing in the show. Miss Saigon is currently booking until April 2015 at the Prince Edward Theatre. The cast album for Miss Saigon, featuring the current cast including Eva Noblezada as Kim, Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Alistair Brammer as Chris and Tamsin Carroll as Ellen, is released on 22 September and available to pre-order on Amazon. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre LINKS Miss Saigon on BBC Breakfast - Lea Salonga and Eva Noblezada spoke to BBC Breakfast about their experience of playing Miss Saigon. Pre-order the Miss Saigon cast album

Cameron Mackintosh announces 2014 London cast recording of Miss Saigon, now available to pre-order [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Miss Saigon London cast recording 2014[/caption] The official cast recording of the new London revival of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre is now available for pre-order through Amazon. Cameron Mackintosh’s brand new production of Boublil & Schönberg’s Miss Saigon opened earlier this year at the Prince Edward Theatre breaking all box office records at the theatre. And now this epic new production is being released as a 2-Disc cast recording featuring performances from Eva Noblezada as Kim, Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Kwang-Ho Hong as Thuy, Alistair Brammer as Chris, Tamsin Carroll as Ellen, Hugh Maynard as John and Rachelle Ann Go as Gigi. The Miss Saigon 2014 London cast recording will be released on 22 September 2014, and is now available to pre-order. LINKS AMAZON: Miss Saigon Cast Recording Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre TRACK LIST Miss Saigon 2014 London cast recording Disc: 1 1. Overture / Backstage Dreamland - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Jon Jon Briones, Rachelle Ann Go 2. The Heat Is On - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Jon Jon Briones, Hugh Maynard, Alistair Brammer, Rachelle Ann Go, Eva Noblezada 3. The Movie In My Mind - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Rachelle Ann Go, Eva Noblezada 4. The Transaction - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Jon Jon Briones, Hugh Maynard, Alistair Brammer 5. The Dance - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Eva Noblezada, Alistair Brammer, Jon Jon Briones 6. Why God Why? - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Alistair Brammer 7. This Money's Yours - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Alistair Brammer, Eva Noblezada 8. Sun And Moon - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Alistair Brammer, Eva Noblezada 9. Asking For Leave - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Hugh Maynard, Alistair Brammer 10. The Deal - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Jon Jon Briones, Alistair Brammer See all 20 tracks on this disc Disc: 2 1. Entr'acte - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014 2. Bui Doi - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Hugh Maynard 3. The Revelation - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Alistair Brammer, Hugh Maynard, Tamsin Carroll 4. What A Waste - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Jon Jon Briones 5. Too Much For One Heart - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Eva Noblezada, Hugh Maynard, Jon Jon Briones 6. Kim's Nightmare - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Kwang-Ho Hong, Eva Noblezada, Alistair Brammer, Hugh Maynard 7. Sun And Moon (Reprise) - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Eva Noblezada 8. Room 317 - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Tamsin Carroll, Eva Noblezada 9. Maybe - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Tamsin Carroll 10. The Confrontation - Original Cast: Miss Saigon / London / 2014, Alistair Brammer, Tamsin Carroll, Hugh Maynard, Eva Noblezada

West End Musical Miss Saigon to celebrate 25th anniversary with special gala performance. Miss Saigon to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday 28 September 2014. Impressario Cameron Mackintosh has announced that his hit musical MISS SAIGON, currently playing at the Prince Edward Theatre in London, is to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special gala performance. Playing on Monday 22 September 2014, This gala performance of Boublil & Schönberg’s Miss Saigon celebrates 25 years since the musical originally premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 20 September 1989 - where it played for 10 years and holds the record at the theatre for the longest-running show. Members of the original Theatre Royal Drury Lane production will join current cast members at the Prince Edward Theatre on 22 September for a special finale. Tickets to the gala will be set at 1989 prices and will be on sale on Tuesday 26 August 2014 at 12 noon, with fans given priority from 10am on Miss Saigon social networks or direct from the box-office at the Prince Edward Theatre on Old Compton Street. BBC Radio 2 Broadcast The gala performance will also be recorded by the BBC for a special broadcast in full on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday 28 September. In other news, the first Live Cast Recording of the entire show featuring the 2014 company will go on sale on Monday 22 September released by Universal Music and First Night Records. The current production of Miss Saigon, which opened to rave reviews in May 2014, features a cast that includes Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Eva Noblezada as Kim, Alistair Brammer as Chris, Tamsin Carroll as Ellen, Kwang-Ho Hong as Thuy, Hugh Maynard as John and Rachelle Ann Go as Gigi. Miss Saigon features music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jnr and Alain Boublil, adapted from original French lyrics by Alain Boublil. Direction is by Laurence Connor with musical staging by Bob Avian and additional choreography by Geoffrey Garratt. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre in London  

New theatrical trailer released for Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre. A new video trailer has been released for the major new West End musical revival of Miss Saigon. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh, the show is currently playing at the Prince Edward Theatre in London. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE-IgH_86kc BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre  

Miss Saigon opened tonight at the Prince Edward Theatre in London. The audience included a host of celebrities including Elaine Paige, Jonathan Pryce, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, James Corden, Graham Norton and Myleene Klass. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre PHOTOS Red carpet arrivals for the opening night of Miss Saigon #492670449 / gettyimages.com #492670447 / gettyimages.com #492670489 / gettyimages.com #492670469 / gettyimages.com #492670483 / gettyimages.com #492670239 / gettyimages.com

The reviews are in for arguably the biggest West End show opening of the year as Cameron Mackintosh revives his mega-musical Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="140"] Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre[/caption] Check out press reviews below including Charles Spencer at the Telegraph and Michael Billington at the Guardian. BOOK Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre MORE REVIEWS Broadway World LondonTheatre1 ★★★ Whatsonstage Gay Times ★★★★★ Theatre Cat Musical Theatre Review

More production photos of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre Cameron Mackintosh's new production of epic musical MISS SAIGON is officially opening tonight at the Prince Edward Theatre. Whilst we wait for reviews to come in - here are some more production images of the show. The international cast for this 25th anniversary production includes Eva Noblezada as Kim, Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Korean star Kwang-Ho Hong as Thuy, Alistair Brammer as Chris, Tamsin Carroll as Ellen, Hugh Maynard as John and Rachelle Ann Go as Gigi. The Boublil and Schönberg musical  has been re-imagined by Laurence Connor based on the Nick Hytner original. [ngg src="galleries" ids="299" display="basic_imagebrowser"] Photos by Roy Tan

The Sunday Times has published its annual Rich List of the UK's wealthiest people. The Rich List is the definitive guide to the wealthiest people in Britain and Ireland and includes a list of the richest entertainment and music industry professionals. Based on this year's Rich List, we've put together the richest movers and shakers in the West End Theatre industry, including producers and theatre owners, musicians and writers. The big news this year is that theatre impressario Cameron Mackintosh has made it on to the UK's billionaires list (Read More).    West End Theatre Rich List RANK NAME WEALTH RISE/FALL  COMMENTARY 1 Cameron Mackintosh £1,000m UP £175m Cameron opens his new revival of Miss Saigon this week at the Prince Edward Theatre, and if all goes well expect a Broadway production and further international roll-out, plus a possible big-screen adaptation. His movie version of Les Miserables not only earned him significant revue, helping him achieve billionaire status for the first time this year, but the show has also recently returned to Broadway. Investment in restoring his 7 West End theatres has also increased these assets, plus UK tours of Barnum and Betty Blue Eyes and continuous productions of Phantom and the rest of his stable of hits will guarantee his billionaire status for a while. 2 Andrew Lloyd Webber £640m UP £20m Not a fabulous year for Lloyd Webber with his new West End show Stephen Ward closing after only four months. But his former hits including The Phantom of the Opera, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar continue to perform well, and a forthcoming Rocket Pictures (owned by Elton John) animated version of Joseph is in the works. Lloyd Webber is also planning a stage version of School of Rock - probably for Broadway, and his assets include a number of West End theatres including crown jewels the London Palladium and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. 3 Simon Cowell £300m  £50m Simon Cowell gets to go in this year - in the place that his rival Simon Fuller took last year. Both have dallied with the dangerous game of West End musicals - and came unstuck. Fuller invested in Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! at the Piccadilly Theatre - a show based on a TV talent show - and it flopped. This year Simon Cowell did the same, backing Harry Hill's musical parody of The X Factor, I Can't Sing! That show, which closed earlier this month, proved an even bigger flop than Viva!, lasting only a few weeks in the West End. This won't damage Cowell much with the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent now back on UK screens and the return of The X Factor later in the year. 4 Elton John £260m UP £20m Elton John's musical of Billy Elliot continues to perform in London (now starring West End leading lady Ruthie Henshall), as does Disney's The Lion King, for which John wrote the music. There's no further news about his planned biopic Rocketman - a movie musical about his early life, through his film company Rocket Pictures, which could also make the move to the stage. Elton is one of the UK's biggest charity doners, having given away £24m in 2013. 5 Tim Rice £149m  -- Tim Rice has done well working with other Rich Listers - including Andrew Lloyd Webber on Joseph, Jesus Chirst Superstar and Evita, and Elton John on Disney's The Lion King. That also goes for a number of other Disney shows he has contributed to including Aladdin - which is currently a big hit on Broadway and there are plans to bring it over to London sooner rather than later. He has been less successful working with others, with his recent new musical From Here To Eternity at the Shaftesbury Theatre only lasting a few month and failing to find favour with large audiences. 6 Brian May & Roger Taylor £105m, 1000m £10m, £10m This may be the last time Queen bandmates May and Taylor appear in our West End rich list for a while as their rock musical We Will Rock You, based on the band's back catalogue, ends its run at the Dominion Theatre at the end of May. That is unless rumours of a sequel prove true! Outside of theatre they are working on a new album and continue to tour. 7 Judy Craymer £65m  -- The dust has now settled over the failure of Judy Craymer's new musical, Viva Forever!,, and the successful impressario has refocused on Mamma Mia!, with the London production continuing to do well at the Novello Theatre in London, as well as on Broadway and in multiple other territories, including a recent return to La Vegas. A possible movie sequel to Mamma Mia!, which might have also spawned a new musical, has stalled.    FUTURE WEST END RICH LIST Next year's West End Theatre Rich List might include the following, if new stage projects go to plan: Harvey Weinstein  (£115m), Gary Barlow (£65m) Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is married to British fashion-designer Georgina Chapman, has reworked his musical adaptation of Finding Neverland. Originally staged in Leicester, the show has been reworked by a new creative team including songwriter Gary Barlow and director Diane Paulus. The show will premiere in July 2014 as part of the 2014-15 season at the American Repertory Theater, and if a success will move to Broadway and then the West End. JK Rowling (£570m) Writer of the Harry Potter series of books, JK Rowling, is collaborating on a new stage play based on Harry Potter's early years. With Once director John Tiffany rumoured to be directing, alongside Let The Right One In adapter Jack Thorne writing the show, it could be in the West End by 2015. LINKS Sunday Times Rich List

Theatre impressario Cameron Mackintosh has seen his personal fortune top £1 billion for the first time. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Cameron Mackintosh (left) with Graham Norton earlier this month[/caption] The West End producer has seen his fortune rise by a staggering £175m in the past year, and is now worth £1 billion. His 2013 fortune in the Sunday Times' annual Rich List was £825 million. The rise is mainly due to profits from his 2012 blockbuster movie version of Les Miserables starring Hugh Jackman and the continued success of his stable of musical theatre hits. The impressario has just opened a high-profile new production of Les Mis on Broadway, and his revival of hit show Miss Saigon is now in previews at the Prince Edward Theatre in London ahead of its premiere on 21 May. The shows joins his production of The Phantom of the Opera in London and New York, plus a new UK touring production of Betty Blue Eyes and forthcoming UK tour of Barnum. The original production of Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre in London also continues to do great business. His production company, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, is produces a number of international tours and local productions of Les Miserables, Phantom of Miss Saigon, and his theatre division Delfont Mackintosh Ltd owns 7 West End theatres including the Prince of Wales Theatre and Prince Edward Theatre. Mackintosh has said that he would like to produce more movies of his musicals, with a rumoured film adaptation of Miss Saigon in the works. Mackintosh was working on a new movie version of musical My Fair Lady, but this has been cancelled. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, to be published on Sunday 18 April 2014, Mackintosh will join a growing band of billionaires resident in the UK. The number of billionaires now living in the UK is said to have risen to over 100 for the first time, which is more than triple the number of a decade ago and means that Britain now has more billionaires per head of population (104 in total) than any other country in the world. Also, London now has more billionaires living in the city - 72 - than any other city in the world. Indian-born brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja top the Sunday Times Rich List this year with a fortune of £11.9bn. LINKS More articles on the Sunday Times Rich List Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre in London Book tickets to Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre in London Book tickets to Les Miserables on Broadway The Sunday Times Rich List

Photos of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre Cameron Mackintosh's brand new production of blockbuster musical MISS SAIGON has started previews at the Prince Edward Theatre. Mackintosh has assembled an impressive, international cast for this 25th anniversary production, including Eva Noblezada as Kim, Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Korean star Kwang-Ho Hong as Thuy, Alistair Brammer as Chris, Tamsin Carroll as Ellen, Hugh Maynard as John and Rachelle Ann Go as Gigi. The Boublil and Schönberg musical originally premiered at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1989 and became the longest-running musical at the theatre. This new production has been re-imagined by Laurence Connor based on the Nick Hytner original - so expect lots of big set pieces and spectacle (including that helicopter!) [ngg src="galleries" ids="285" display="basic_imagebrowser"] Photos:  Michael Le Poer Trench  

Cameron Macktintosh has revealed that his big screen adaptation of My Fair Lady has been cancelled. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Cameron Mackintosh and Graham Norton[/caption] Talking to Graham Norton on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday (3 May 2014) to promote his new production of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre, the producer revealed  that the planned movie remake of My Fair Lady with Sony Pictures has been shelved. Mackintosh said that rights and the studio were primarily to blame. The movie had a screenplay penned by Emma Thompson, and was rumoured to have starred Carey Mulligan as Eliza Doolittle (Carey is currently in rehearsals to star in Stephen Dadry's revival of David Hare play Skylight at the Wyndham's Theatre alongside Bill Nighy). Lerner and Loewe's classic musical was revived by Mackintosh at the National Theatre in 2001, with a subsequent West End transfer to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Mackintosh scored a big hit in 2012 with his movie version of epic musical Les Miserables starring Hugh Jackson, and he hopes to develop further movie musicals. Miss Saigon The Movie has been rumoured to be in early development. A new Broadway revival of My Fair Lady is said to be in the works for 2014 by legendary music exec Clive Davis. Mackintosh's new production of Miss Saigon in now in previews at the Prince Edward Theatre, opening on 21 May 2014. MOBY DICK During the interview, Mackintosh also dropped heavy hints that a revival of his 1992 musical Moby Dick may be on the horizon. The show has a book by Robert Longden and music and lyrics by Longden and Hereward Kaye. Mackintosh said: "This is a show, Moby Dick, that keeps coming back. And lots of people are doing it, in fact there is a whole new version going on at the moment". The producer said that people often ask "when will the Whale return?" and his reply was, "Believe me, it will!" LINKS Book tickets to Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre Book tickets to Skylight at the Wyndham's Theatre