Statement from the DON’T BUY MISS SAIGON COALITION October 13, 2013 Point of clarification: there seems to be quite a few uninformed people trying to misrepresent our struggle as “activists versus actors,” going so far as to make statements such as “I stand with Orville…
by HLEE LEE & SHEILA REGAN via The UpTake October 8, 2013 UpTake Video by Hlee Lee/Story for The UpTake by Sheila Regan Click here to watch Hlee Lee’s video of Don’t Buy Miss Saigon: The Unity Event. More than 200 protesters sounded off in…
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 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 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 AMINA HARPER via TC Daily Planet October 04, 2013 Photo by Aaron Fenster, courtesy Mu Performing Arts I don’t know a lot about theater. I worked for a small local theater company in 2010 and I volunteered backstage in my high school’s theater program…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chay Douangphouxay, Coalition Media Contact, chayd2007@gmail.com Margie Andreason, Coalition Media Contact, 213-375-5572 or dontbuymisssaigon@gmail.com Don’t Buy Miss Saigon: The Unity Event Saint Paul, Minn. – October 1, 2013 – On the Ordway’s opening night of Miss Saigon, community members have created…
