by KATHRYN G. NELSON & SHEILA REGAN via The UpTake Originally published October 8, 2013 Miss Saigon: Protesters in New York City in 1991. Despite more than two decades of cultural-awareness actions, the show — and the protest — goes on. Photo by Corky Lee….
by GUANTE via Why Is Guante So Angry? October 09, 2013 (photo of the Don’t Buy Miss Saigon unity event outside the Ordway) If you follow my blog or my regular Opine Season column, you may notice that I talk a lot about social justice…
by MARIANNE COMBS via MPR October 9, 2013 More than 200 protesters took over Rice Park Tuesday night to demonstrate against the opening of the musical “Miss Saigon” at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. “Miss Saigon” features a love story between an American…
by AANEWS via Asian American Press October 5, 2013 On the opening night of “Miss Saigon” at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, community members who have organized in protest of the production will hold a peaceful event for the public to gather in…
by TOM L. HAYASHI of OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates A letter to Patricia Mitchell and the Ordway Center for Performing Arts: I am writing on behalf of OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, a national membership driven organization dedicated to advancing the political,…
by NAOMI KO via HuffPost 10/08/2013 Minnesota’s Ordway Center of Performing Arts finds itself in a not-so-nice situation by hosting Broadway’s popular musical, “Miss Saigon” for the third time. And Minnesotans, especially its large Vietnamese and South Asian population are not happy with the Ordway’s…
by ADAM CHAU via Gazillion Voices I think in many ways it’s important to understand my frame of reference when thinking about Miss Saigon. I’m a Vietnamese American adopted out of South Vietnam in 1973. I’m a person of color, transracial adoptee, Vietnamese adoptee, Asian…
by SANDY AGUSTIN Three strikes and you’re OUT! I have protested this show three times now, and am exhausted and sick that it has come back to our Twin Cities. In the 90’s, we worked hard to “educate” and dialogue with the Ordway. The administration…
by KEN CHOY via Yahoo! Voices Oct 4, 2013 Miss Saigon returns to Minneapolis for the third time. And for the third time, protests will be organized to combat the production. Educational Value? Patricia Mitchell, President and CEO of the Ordway, asserts the educational and…
by ADAM CHAU via MPR and Marianne Combs I’m a Vietnamese-American, adopted out of South Vietnam in 1973. I have called the Twin Cities my home for the last 20 years. I am part of a community of color being told, in effect, that it…
