"miss saigon" and "the will rogers follies" led the 1991 tony award nominations with eleven nominations. according to "the new york times", ""will rogers" and "miss saigon" had both earned 11 nominations and were considered the front-runners for the tony as best musical. but many theatre people predicted that "miss saigon", an import from london, would be the victim of a backlash. there is lingering bitterness against both the huge amount of publicity "miss saigon" has received and the battle by its producer, cameron mackintosh, to permit its two foreign stars, mr. pryce... and the filipina actress lea salonga, to re-create on broadway their number one award-winning roles."