| Pop singers join Miss Saigon cast By Bartley Kives The Winnipeg Free Press January 22 2005 Two former teen idols living in Winnipeg are making the jump from the concert arena to a different knid of stage. Ex-Moffatts singer-keyboardist Dave Moffatt and Rob James of McMaster and James have joined the cast of Rainbow Stage's Miss Saigon, the musical update of Madame Butterfly set in Vietnam. Moffatt and James will play U.S. marines, Viet Cong soldiers and Broadway hoofers as part of the ensemble cast of the Rainbow Stage production, which begins a three-week run at Pantages Playhouse Theatre on Feb. 22. Both musicians filled a couple of last-minute casting holes, despite the absence of previous experience in theatre. "They're newbies," says director Richard Hurst, who was impressed by their auditions. "It might be a bit of stretch for them up there, but being in front of an audience is being in front of an audience. They both have terrific voices." Moffatt has been living in Winnipeg since July, originally moving here with the intention of going to school. |