Those Frenchies who inflicted the endless Les Miserables on the world (don’t blame Victor Hugo) followed up with the far slicker, sexier, smarter and shorter Miss Saigon, a retelling of Madame Butterfly set during the endgame of the Vietnam War. Basic story: American GI woos, and then abandons, an Asian bride, but lives to understand the ramifications of his actions. A jazzy and moving score, good-looking young guys in military drag, the scheming Engineer and a hapless heroine complete Miss Saigon, now back at the Ford Center/Oriental Theatre through June 22. (312) 902-1400; $20-$70.
