Greg is preparing to move "Sweeney Todd" to Minneapolis. Greg says, "Remember...that's Target's headquarters." I do remember. In fact, I have a postcard from Niall showing Target's storefront from Minneapolis. God Bless him! And my next remembrance was in St. Paul where we drove to Minneapolis (?) for our Performance Art Party. Is this where Jankowski does the noodle trick? Anyways, Niall came into my thoughts.

Niall, Niall, Niall. We were in SF at the SF Ballet auditioning for Miss Saigon. There was this guy who kept standing right near me. You know... the kind that invade your "bubble" of personal space. I would move and he would move. Finally, I just gave him this look and he said, "Hi, my name is Niall Yoshizumi and I'm standing next to you because you are the tallest girl here and I'm the tallest guy and together maybe we can convince them that we don't look that out of place with the rest of the… Continue

Niall played a wonderful little trick on me as I was leaving the show. I asked him to take a few risque photos of our lovely Saigon ladies for me. He quickly agreed. Shortly after that he gave me a memory card and said "Here you go. I got some great shots." I should have noticed the smirk on his face. Excitedly I ran to my laptop to download the racey picutres right during the show. Slowly they were revealed to me. They were R-rated all right but there were of the GUYS!!! Ha. I was…

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When Tiffany Chow called me to let me know that Niall had passed away the previous Wednesday, it was quite a blow. First we lost Greg Bryant, and now Niall’s passing marks the second time we’ve lost one of our own from the Miss Saigon Engineer Company family. Death is of course an inevitability for each of us, but at just forty-four, Niall's death seems impossibly premature, and the effect such a passing has on our view of our own mortality is blunt and direct. I question if I’ve done all that… Continue

Niall M. Yoshizumi passed away on September 19, 2007 in San Francisco, CA, at the age of 44. Niall was a native of Fresno, CA, and a current resident of San Francisco, CA, for the past 18 years. He is survived by his father Robert Yoshizumi of Fair Oaks, CA; and his sister Liane T. Jones of San Diego, CA. Niall was a photographer, and a member of the production of "Miss Saigon." In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the AIDS organization in SF, CA. Arrangements made by Neptune Society of… Continue