The London production opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 20 September 1989 and played there continuously until 30 October 1999, a total of 4,263 performances.

Miss Saigon has won 30 major theatre awards including three Tony Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards and one Theatre World Award.

The original Miss Saigon is one of the most spectacular and technically complex productions ever staged. 266 people worked on the London production at each performance and of those only 47 appeared in front of the audience.

Many of the artists appearing in Miss Saigon have come from the Philippines. In London a special school was set up to help train young performers in the singing and dancing skills required.

27 companies have opened Miss Saigon in 25 countries and 246 cities.

Miss Saigon has been translated into 12 different languages.

The original Miss Saigon played 21,000 performances worldwide giving a total audience figure of over 33 million people.

There have been 11 cast recordings of Miss Saigon. The original London recording was awarded a gold disc for selling 150,000 copies within three days of its release and has subsequently gone platinum. The Miss Saigon German cast recording was made a 'goldene cd' in July 1998 when it sold 250,000 copies.