My friend Laurie is playing Kim in Australia's new Miss Saigon tour that just opened at the end of May.  These are some excerpts that I enjoyed reading about her performance. 

The cast is exemplary. Laurie Cadevida delivers a beautifully sung,

secure and heartbreaking performance as Kim while David Harris excels

as the American soldier Chris. Their passion and rapport afford great

truthfulness and intensity. They persuade the audience to care about

the couple's fleeting union and plight. (from Once more with feeling, but no distracting chopper landing, Author: Reviewed by Bryce Hallett, Date: 31/03/2007, Publication: Sydney Morning Herald, Section: News and Features, Page: 27)

As Kim, Cadevida has a sweet, pure voice capable of knocking you back

in your seat one moment and drawing you out of it the next. The actor

takes us on a truly incredible journey on stage. She is a revelation.

I'd Give My Life For You is intense and heart wrenching and her duet I

Still Believe with Katinis sensitively highlights the complexity of

these characters. (from Miss Saigon | Cameron Mackintosh, Written by Michael Finn, Friday, 30 March 2007)