Miss Saigon Lane on 20 September 1989 and closed after 4,264 performances on 30 October 1999. The director was Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian and scenic design by John Napier. In December 1994 the London production became the Theatre Royal's (Drury Lane) longest running musical, eclipsing the record set by "My Fair Lady". Lea Salonga played the part of Kim, winning the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award. The Engineer was originated by Jonathan Pryce, who also won the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award for the role. The part of Chris was originated by Simon Bowman. The musical
Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 Records had "sneakily recorded [the show] and then put the cost of recording onto my bill, which I thought was a bit nasty." Wyatt later told the French magazine "Rock & Folk" that a complete tape of the concert survived but was damaged, with perhaps only two or three songs that were salvageable. In 2005, Hannibal Records—a subsidiary of the then-independent record label Rykodisc—released the live album "Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974", the first officially released recording of the concert. Wyatt dedicated the album to Peel, Feza, and Windo—the three concert participants who had died before the release