'I'd Give My Life for You' Eva Noblezada — Miss Saigon, Tonys 2017

Tony nominee Eva Noblezada took over the Tony Awards on Sunday night with a performance of "I'd Give My Life for You"/"Exodus" from Miss Saigon.

She played Kim, a role originated by Lea Salonga in the 1991 original Broadway production, in the 2017 revival. In the musical, Kim, a young bar girl orphaned by the Vietnam War, falls in love with Chris, an American GI. With the fall of Saigon, they are separated, and she is left with their son.

Jon Jon Briones plays The Engineer in this revival, a role originated by Jonathan Price, and Alistar Brammer plays Chris.

The ensemble also performed a bit of "This Is the Hour."

Laurence Connor directs the production, which hails from the Les Miserables team of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg. After nabbing two Tony nominations, the show will segue from its limited Broadway engagement to a national tour.

[dtrixkc]

Oh scream. That look in her eyes at the end. How did she not win for Best Actress? How? This broke my heart. Here come the tears once again.

[johnsonken]

This should have won. They were on stage for less than five mins and they already won me over.

[jewelgumiran]

Eva was only 17 just like Lea when she did Ms. Saigon she was a kid!

[pandahad]

Holy crap, it’s surreal to see Eva at the Tony’s. The Noblezadas and I went to church together for years when they were living in Charlotte. Her entire family was probably the sweetest group of people I’ve ever met, her included. It’s just incredibly to see how much she’s grown as a vocalist since back then; she absolutely deserves every ounce of praise coming her way.

[CountryCowboy]

Four Filipinos on one stage.. Amazing!!

[dafuq]

Eva should hire a bodyguard for the number of times she was robbed

[kimberlyjfurey]

the small boy is such an angel ... being loudly sung at, gripped tightly .. he has no lines but what a little actor.

[Sophie-nzfz]

I got to see her in hadestown, and she’s truly one of the most talented performers broadway has right now.

[SDoesNotKnow]

I'm mad Lea Salogna didn't have a chance to give this type of performance at the 1991 Tonys. Instead they let Jonathan Pryce do his solo "The American Dream". No matter what a scene stealer the character of The Engineer is, I think the original production of Miss Saigon should have highlighted Kim, especially since Lea Salogna was giving her career-making performance.

[mom]

Y’all… she sung that while SITTING DOWN!!! The talent that she possesses is remarkable.

[livelife]

I’m here just for the heart wrenching scream

[yanoyscabam]

2:06 Not to be weird but that scream is so good??

[sarahd]

I remember watching this for the first time without any knowledge of Miss Saigon and as soon as the performance begun I was completely in awe, especially when Eva started to sing. Amazing performance!

[stephpiano]

WAIT WHY THE HELL HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE???!!!

[robbieiraburo]

WHY DID SHE NOT WIN BEST ACTRESS RNWIUIWRBVISNVR

[barbarasaunders]

The look in her eye on her last note....wow.

[leesplendor]

In terms of character appearance, I think young Lea had a motherly appearance while Eva was more like a sister to Tam. But both had their own way of portraying Kim and were great in their own way.

[mayathepsychic]

wish everyone in the comments would stop comparing eva’s performance to lea’s, they’re both great performers.

[BetteDavis]

are you literally f*cking tell me someone beat THIS performance for the tony? its crazy looking back, eva stole the entire show.

[MostCommentsAreFake-udby]

This musical was produced in London. Written by two Frenchmen. About a American, Vietnamese war. Mainly performed by actors from the Philippines. True.