ComicPalooza Houston has come a long way since its first inception back in 2008.The event took place in the lobby of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The Dark Night was the superhero film dejour.
The event organizers describes themselves, "as a unique, multi-format pop culture event featuring more than 1,000 hours of diverse, interactive programming that spans across Comic Books, Gaming, Films, Anime, Cosplay, Literature, Maker’s Space, Children’s Programming and Entertainment.
ComicPalooza has received so much national attention, ESPN will present the Collegiate Esports Championships (CEC) this year at the even. The event held qualifiers hosted by Collegiate StarLeague and Tespa and will show off collegiate talent in the heart of Houston starting on May 10th.
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The musical was premièred at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, back in 1989, closing after 4,092 performances in 1999. It eventually opened on 
Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 11, 1991, and subsequently played in many other cities and embarked on tours. This weekend the touring company is at Houston's Hobby Center.
Prior to the opening of the 2014 London revival, it was claimed that Miss Saigon had set a world record for opening day ticket sales, with sales in excess of £4m (over 5-million US dollars) reported.
The play is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover.
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