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| Moci |
Les Mis to Be Revamped...... for 25th Anniversary U.K./International Tour, according to Playbill.comIt appears that there'll be new direction, new sets, new sound, new lighting etc.
Venues announced so far are: Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre 11/12/09-16/01/10 Manchester, Palace Theatre 19/01/10-13/02/10 Norwich, Theatre Royal 16/02/10-20/03/10 Birmingham, Hippodrome 23/03/10-17/04/10 Edinburgh, Playhouse 20/04/10-15/05/10 Paris, Th��tre du Ch�telet 26/05/10-04/07/10 A couple of casting rumours that are floating around, but which should be taken with a pinch of salt for now are John Owen Jones as Valjean (at least for the Cardiff engagement) and Gareth Gates as Marius. |
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| kozafluitmusique |
Revamped again???
I wish I could audition for it ... although I wouldn't make it. |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Well, we all know the Les Miz PTB's last idea of "revamped" meant a new dress for Cosette and making the orchestra sound like an elementary school band at the county fair. I wonder if that's changed. | ||||
| Fantine |
Haha. Indeed. I have my doubts as well. | ||||
| music is my life!!! |
I am so there  lol As much as i think this would be a great way to get this musical more well-known (i mean amongst non-MT people), Les Mis is perfect as it is - why change it?
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| Monsieur D'Arque |
Well, a fixed staging for twenty-some years gets old. It's not being rewritten, just re-staged and re-directed. | ||||
| music is my life!!! |
^ i know, but still.... it's been so successful for 24 years, even though there are some ways the direction could be improved at times... 
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| Fantine |
And that is precisely what I doubt. It doesn't mention re-staging or direction... |
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| Moci |
It could just be another marketing ploy by Uncle Cam, but it seems as if there's going to be at least some re-staging going on "The new production will be directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell and designed by Matt Kinley, inspired by the works of Victor Hugo and John Napier. Original costumes are by Andreane Neofitou, with lighting by Paule Constable and sound by Mick Potter." Of course, it could just mean that they're acting as resident directors of Trevor Nunn's direction as both James Powell and Laurence Connor have previously been resident director of the London production. It also seems that the sets will be redesigned although still retaining the John Napier influence, but with costumes remaining the same. Probably any different elements will be to allow the show to tour more easily, as opposed to being for a creative re-invigoration. |
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| Quique |
The show, as originally staged, is still pretty expensive to mount even by today's standards. I'm sure it's just Cameron trying to downsize the production to save a buck and squeeze the most profit out of it as possible, just as he did with the Bwy revival. He wouldn't have bothered bringing it back to Bwy in its original form had he not had the 3rd national tour available, I bet. | ||||
| Catherine |
I'm still going to see this. | ||||
| Moci |
I'm guessing that that's correct. The show as it stands would, at least in the slightly reduced form playing at in Queen's, be able to fit into all the theatres that have been announced so far. Another message board was speculating that because of the very short loading time between the venues, the turntable is being removed... |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Am I the only one who realized that this tour is going to be in Paris... at the Th��tre du Ch�telet which is a stone's throw from the Rue Mond�tour... on Barricade Day?
That timing just had to be intentional. 
This is also, unless I'm horribly mistaken, the first time Les Mis will be in Paris in about nineteen years. Don't think it's been back there since the revival--and I don't think that production made it all the way to June 5. ...anyone wanna have a meetup? I can play tour guide in Paris and find discounts on theatre tickets/train fares/hotels if need be. It would be the best Barricade Day EVAR. |
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| Eppie-Sue |
Mate, you're right. And I love it.
I should be in London during the time the tour, so I'll definitely go to see one performance... aaand by global measures, London is also a stone's throw away from Paris, so I'm definitely planning on seeing it on Barricade's Day and YES we should definitely meet up! I still don't get it, though... all they'll do is a revamped!tour? and they'll get other actors than the current London performers, obviously...!? I was hoping for an actual anniversary performance in London. Performance as in stage direction and acting and awesomeness with a big screen on Trafalgar Square and thousands of people watching the simulcast, just like they do it with some events from the Royal Ballet... |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Wait, are you going to see it in London or Paris on Barricade Day? Because I'm sorry, mate, even if there's a London meetup, nothing short of a cholera epidemic could keep me from being in Paris then. 
But yes, I smell a Paris meetup in the works. Big group of crazy fans spending all day tracking down the barricade and the Gorbeau tenement and the Rue de la Verrerie and such and then heading down to see the show in the evening. |
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| Eppie-Sue |
No, no, I will be in London at the time (uni) but I'll go to Paris on Barricade Day to see it. Hopefully. And it will be epic. We should carry red flags and shout "Down with Polignac!" and all. | ||||
| Orestes Fasting |
Oh we should definitely carry red flags. I heard that at the final performance of the 1991 Paris production, there were fans in the audience with red flags, and it'd be neat to see if anyone remembers that.
>____> Since I'll be studying in Paris and doing a lot of travel and hopefully seeing the show in London at some point, I'll be on the prowl for Eurostar discounts. Shall I let you know if I find any? |
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| Eppie-Sue |
Now this? Is Awesome. Come to think of it, we should get sideburns at some costume/theatre shop... and The Vest. And since I got the 24601 shirt in London recently, that, too.
That's a great idea, thank you so much! by the way: When are you going to move to Paris? Because I'm dying to go and see the show in London with some fellow Mizzies, and honestly, you're my hero, so that would be brilliant. |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Mademoiselle, you make me blush.
I'm going to Paris in the last week of August, but I'll probably take a bit of time to get my feet under me. So, some weekend in mid-September? |
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| Eppie-Sue |
No need to blush.  Besides, your username is genius.
mid-September sounds perfect, I'll move to London about the same time you're moving to Paris (look at us, all in Les Miz frenzy... hello - Paris! I envy you!) and I can't wait to see the show again! |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Pfft, no need to envy, if I can come to London to see Les Mis you can come to Paris to see the Victor Hugo museum. You could even stop in Montreuil-sur-Mer on your way back--it's in the same region as Calais.
(Okay, maybe I'm making European travel out to be easier than it really is, but can you really blame an American for being shocked that she can traverse the whole of Switzerland in about half the time it takes to get from New York to Washington DC?) |
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| Eppie-Sue |
 Ah, just a bit easier, the Switzerland thing is true, though... and extremely weird to think about, because I'm just so used to European scales of distance. But getting from London to Paris and vice versa should be fine, although not that inexpensive, so I'll have to see if Eurostar or one of the cheap airlines is better.
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| Orestes Fasting |
Translating back and forth between American and European distances is fun though. Like, to go see the closing show of the US 3rd national tour, I drove--and I won't pretend this isn't crazy--a distance roughly analogous to driving from Paris to Warsaw. And that was only halfway across the country. | ||||
| lesmisloony |
I suddenly have even more interest in getting in to the summer session in Paris next year... | ||||
| Moci |
I'm probably going to be working in France next year- I've not got my contract through yet, but if it extends until June, then I'm so there. | ||||
| Eppie-Sue |
@Orestes Fasting, lesmislooney: Honestly - Paris might just implode with the combined forces of both your awesomenesses together in the city and Les Mis on stage at the same time. It would be the ultimate Barricade Day. ... Have I mentioned that I'm fangirling you? | ||||
| Catherine |
If I have the money I'll definitely give you a shout. It would be amazing. Screw that, I'll get the money. Barricade day with Loony and Orestes and this new person who I've decided I love? YES. Yeah... I went off Les Mis for a bit... I feel a chance in the wind, lovelies. |
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| lizavert |
This gives me a perfect excuse to finally get my passport! I, with any luck, will be joining you guys.
Assuming I can get the money to go in time. I will get the money in time. |
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| Catherine |
^haha, see that's my attitude! And it's on a Sunday next year... will it be playing? But hooray it's the weekend! If I don't ghave an exam the next day/week, I'm definitely going. | ||||
| bigR |
I know I've been desapeared for quite a while (I'm also kind of lost in another century of french history), but no way I'm missing the show in Paris 
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| lesmisloony |
Hurray because you're back and because you're on board! | ||||
| Jekkienumber24601 |
They can change anything but Enjolras' vest. | ||||
| SianZena |
I'm so going to see this when it comes to Manchester.
But I'm not too keen on the whole Gareth Gates casting :S |
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| UKDeer42 |
Yeah I'm not keen on the Gareth Gates casting either. I bet that most of the seats will dissapear from all of his fangirls, who'll leave by Castle On A Cloud out of boredom... or maybe they'll give him princichorus roles (obviously chorus roles that are overegged to make the star more obvious like leaving a gap for him to stand obviously on his own and sign or something), but that's my paranoid mind running overtime... I WAS considering seeing it at the Palace Theatre until I heard that the Rocky Horror Show is showing in December - I'm not saying that it's better than Les Miz (on the contrary) but it's just that I love the movie and I've never seen RHS live yet I've seen the London production of Les Miz and a touring production can't compare to a West End one, right? |
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| Eppie-Sue |
Okay so... from what I hear, the show is going to be completely different (sets, blocking, some orchestration, everything) and I've got casting news that might interest you all...
Jon Robyns will be playing Enjolras. |
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| Madeleine |
Now that I would like to see. I can't really picture it, but he's very talented and I'm sure he will be fantastic. I really must get some tickets booked. I hear Cardiff is sold out already! |
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| eponine5 |
Now that is casting I didn't expect! I don't quite know why. But now that I think about it, he might make a better Enjolras than he did a Marius.
Have any of the female cast been announced yet? |
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| aquirkofmatter |
(If I'm honest I really can't see it, but) THAT JUST MADE ME SO EXCITED
So excited, in fact, that at 1 o'clock in the morning I ran upstairs and banged on my housemate's door to wake her up and tell her. She wasn't quite as excited as I am [or as happy!] |
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| Eppie-Sue |
The sole fact that we already know who will be tour!Enjolras makes me really happy. And let's just say it could have been so much worse than Jon! I mean, Jon is... I'm not sure if I can hear him do, IKD, "Lamarque is dead", but I have a feeling the characterisation will be pretty spot-on.
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| aquirkofmatter |
Exactly! It could have been far worse than Jon! And he must have done something right to get through the audition - let's say he's obviously got a great Enjolras-mentor
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| flying_pigs |
Wow! I was not expecting that! But go Jon! I'm sure he'll be great! Although right now it's quite hard to imagine him as Enjolras after seeing his Marius and fangirling over DT for the past few years! | ||||
| Eppie-Sue |
I'm really excited for Jon, actually. And I just found out that the last day of summer exams will be 4 June xD so I'd be done just in time for Barricade Day, and I think I deserve a treat after the exams... so maybe I can convince my parents to help me pay for my trip to Paris, we'll see. Then I'll do the Barricade Day I in London/Barricade Day II in Paris thing.
Joooon! |
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| aworthyboyishe |
luckkkkkkkkkkkkkkyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy o_- |
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| Eppie-Sue |
So, now we know who understudy Fantine is going to be:
BBC News/Wales: Teenager's 'dream' Les Mis start (ugh, the "dream" reference. fail.) Good for her! |
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| pastaeater |
Wow! So pleased to hear about Jon - and thrilled that I booked my Birmingham tickets in August! (There weren't many left even then). | ||||
| aquirkofmatter |
Yeah, me too! I've booked for Cardiff and Birmingham and my friend and I are sat in two singles because that was pretty much all there was left! |
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| flying_pigs |
From Gareth Gates's Twitter:
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| OldDeuteronomy |
if it ain't broke DON'T FIX IT! | ||||
| Eppie-Sue |
... I get your point, but it's not like they're changing anything about the actual production in London, they're just taking a different route with the tour and look what they can do. Seeing as the show in London and the tour will be running parallely, it should be no problem, should it? | ||||
| Elbow |
I always think it's rather interesting to see things done differently. | ||||
| lesmisloony |
I didn't realise until I saw the show in Qu�bec just how broke the replica production is.
It's hard to pay attention to or be moved by something when you know exactly what you're going to see ten minutes before you see it. |
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| Quique |
Meh. To me, the original production obviously holds a special place.
Change is good. But only if it will be an improvement over the original, and not just for the sake of "change," because often times, those changes pale in comparison and ruin the moment. And if it truly does turn out to be an improvement--which to me, would mean it'd be staged more effectively--even die-hard fans of the original would eagerly agree. I don't care about scale, turntables, or massive hunks of moving garbage. Sure, they're nice and add to the excitement but apart from the barricade, the original is really very simple. And that, I feel, is one of its strengths. Why people focus so much on the silly barricade is beyond me. I find the way the show flows, as directed by Nunn and Caird, and the effectiveness of its spare staging, the most visually impressive thing. It's amazing how powerful moments like "Who Am I?" "Come To Me," "At the End of the Day," "Lovely Ladies," "One Day More," and the finale are without much more than a few pieces of furniture and suggestive lighting. Not even choreography...but just a simple march in place, a sudden lunge forward at the crescendo, or a slow walk toward the audience at the end is all this show needs. |
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| Eppie-Sue |
I totally agree and I love the simplicity of the staging, and I actually don't think it could be done much better, but as I said, the tour production is not meant to replace the original production at one point, but simply to see what can be done today, which new angles can be used and brought to stage.
That said, I'm absolutely with you on the
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| Quique |
I'm not against changes, as long as I don't have to see them, LOL. J/K.
It's great that the show is given a fresh look or new perspective at regional theatres. I certainly don't expect to see a production clone staged by my local civic light opera. I just think it's silly that the original creative team keeps taking something that has worked for decades and thinks it could be somehow "fixed" or "reinvigorated." And we all know some of those changes are actually corner cutting and penny pinching. Obviously the original can't be around forever. Not only is it expensive for smaller theatre companies, but even I will admit that the mobile barricades, as cool as they are, are highly unnecessary. If it were up to me, and a cheaper version was absolutely necessary, I'd send it out with all the simplicity of the original and a barricade that doesn't have to morph and crawl on and off stage, lol. But to start, someone HAS to do something about that "Runaway Cart" sequence. Aiuhbwgrebcjkeuer g r. |
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| Eppie-Sue |
Hm? From what I've heard, the staging, the "revamping" for the tour will be anything but penny pinching and corner cutting. It will be totally new sets and new props and all. (I thought we were just talking about the tour here!)
NOO! I love that sequence with all my heart. No changing, please. It's epic.
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| Quique |
Ack. It's over-the-top! LOL. I've tried sooo many times to like it. But I just can't. Back in the 90's, it was much longer. It's the one scene that deserved its cuts.
Anyway, I read that they are using Andreane's original costume designs. All of her designs can definitely be rethought. The only ones I feel should always be cloned are the ones for "Lovely Ladies." Can't imagine the scene without them. It's the one stroke of genius she added to the production. |
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| Eppie-Sue |
and The Vest. Did she add The Vest? If yes, I will be forever thankful. Yeeah, it's over-the-top, but I fangirl it so much. From the panicked cry ("LOOK OUT! IT'S A RUNAWAY CAAAAART!" God I love it.) to the pointless running around, to the awkward slow-mo to the overdramatic screams of agony from Fauchelevent. And it's actually not that bad from the BB 20-22 seats in London, I've found.
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| Quique |
You lucky biotch. You get to see the show whenever you feel like it. Yes, I'm bitter. What of it? LOL. 
Ahh. Yes. How could I forget The Vest. I love that piece in the official production. But Lord knows how many regionals have miserably failed in recreating it. It always ends up looking like it's made of red and yellow felt, or something like that.
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| Eppie-Sue |
Oh, I'm sorry!  I didn't mean for it to sound all: "I've seen The Runaway Cart scene TWICE from every BB seat and it's best from the ones on the left"! (it wouldn't even be true)
- I thought it was cringeworthy when I first saw it from further back in June, but from BB it's pure brilliance. The looks on their faces are priceless. Yeah, I only mean The Original Vest Of Enjolraic Doom. The recreations are horrible. But the original one... oh so, so pretty. They can't change that! We all know Jon Robyns only auditioned for Enjolras because of The Vest.
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| Quique |
No offense taken. Was just messing with you, hon.
Anyway, it's 4:33 a.m. and I'm starting to see double. LOL. Night all! |
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| actor |
Why isn't this coming to Sunderland or Newcastle??
Where is the closest production from where I am? Manchester? |
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| Eppie-Sue |
Already posted this in the London thread, but people might be looking here to get news about the tour:
Katie Hall will be playing Cosette, she's leaving the current London cast to go on tour. |
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| realitybites |
If it aint broke....I'm with you - leave it alone - it's great the way it is. |
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| aquirkofmatter |
JOJ has posted on his twitter (after today's first day of rehearsals) that after leaving Paris the tour will be going to Bristol
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| Katfeyrac |
Does anyone know who is going to play Fantine? It should be known by now... I mean, the rehearsals have started already, haven't they? | ||||
| flying_pigs |
According to JOJ's Twitter, there won't be a revolve.... | ||||
| aquirkofmatter |
On Monday, he said: New set looks great - we really are reinventing the show! EXCITED! If he's excited, then we're allowed to be (and I'm intrigued, too! It'll look odd to see it without a revolve.)
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| l'ivrogne transfigur� |
The revolve really helps with the problem of scale - getting the impression of the whole of Paris on a stage. I wonder if without it, the show will lose some of the 'epic'ness of the novel, which the current production still manages to keep a sense of.
We'll just have to wait and see... |
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| Alexia Dark |
Somewhat on that topic... what is JOJ's Twitter? I tried looking him up the other day, but I am not a user and could not find him. | ||||
| aquirkofmatter |
twitter.com/johnowenjones | ||||
| l'ivrogne transfigur� |
From Gareth Gates' Twitter:
Promising start - at least he (hopefully) knows what he's doing if he's read the brick |
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| Lauraa |
^ I know, I feel a bit more optimistic about him cos of that
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| Fantine |
Well I'm curious
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| davidntk |
Hey guys!
I�ve just discovered who will be Fantine in this new production: Madalena Alberto (www.madalenaalberto.com). I watched her in OVER THE THRESHOLD and was REALLY GOOD!! She will be a fantastic Fantine!! I�m sure! I�ve read it in this site, where you can also find the complete cast: http://www.todomusicales.com/content/content_english/1604/rehearsals-for-the-international-tour-celebrating-the-25th-anniversary-of-les-miserables-begin-in-london/ |
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| flying_pigs |
Oooooooo!
Recognise a few names there! Including two from the OLC of Spring Awakening! |
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| aquirkofmatter |
Oooh, a full cast list!
Rebecca McKinnis is going to be u/s Mme T. - I saw her as (u/s) Killer Queen in WWRY this summer, and she wasn't all that great Then again, KQ and Mme T. are very different!
And Michael Baxter the swing was Jon Robyns' MD at his cabarets - that man plays a mean piano! (Not that that really helps in Les Mis, but he does.) |
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| l'ivrogne transfigur� |
Enjolras is Marius' loyal friend????? Even the musical doesn't go that far, does it? |
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| Eppie-Sue |
Enjolras would have had Marius executed if he had kept up the "Oh, I will go and get bullets and make some chaos and question your authority!"... at least that's what I like to think.
(nah, kidding. Or am I?!) And JOJ is not the youngest JVJ ever. Simon Shorten is
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| Katfeyrac |
Full-time.
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| Eppie-Sue |
Bah humbug. xD They added that after I read it.
How old is Rosalind James by the way?! With Katie being such a young Cosette, I'm wondering how that will work... |
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| l'ivrogne transfigur� |
I was wondering that - if she played Bet in 94 she must be 30+, which would be quite old. Age range for the role is given as 16-28. | ||||
| eponine5 |
Wow I'm actually really excited about this production! I'm sure JOJ knows every inch of the London production so if he says the tour is reinventing the show I believe it. I heard about the no revolve thing a few months ago, and while I love it in the original production, I can see how getting rid of it would immediately free up creative thinking and allow a completley new design.
Apart from Gareth Gates they seem to have put together a really great cast! I also saw Madalena Alberto in Over The Threshold and she was amazing! I can definitely see her as a brilliant Fantine. I have no idea how old Rosalind James is, but the Bets in that production were younger I think than in the current one so she certainly could still be in her 20s. |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Wait, how old is Simon Shorten? One of the Broadway revival understudies (Jeff Kready, who is awesomesticks and among my favorite Valjeans) was, I think, 24 when he first went on. | ||||
| Eppie-Sue |
Simon is 24, too. So it's a tie, I suppose... So funny, he could be Bowman's son.
(is this becoming off-topic? Naaaaah!) |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Yeah, when I saw Jeff he was on for Ivan Rutherford, who's been a Les Mis alum for almost as long as Bowman has. Crazy stuff. And yes, Ivan Rutherford was in the Bway revival. After Cammack dreamed up the Great Valjean Exchange Project and Drew went to London and JOJ went to Broadway, there was a two-week period where Drew was gone and JOJ was still rehearsing with the new cast. So they brought in Ivan as a temporary sub to avoid two weeks of understudies. And Ivan promptly got sick and sounded like crap, so we got understudies anyway, and that's when I got to see Jeff. (Naaah, this is not off-topic at all. But it amuses me greatly that there are people for whom Bway revival and its revolving-door casting are ancient history, so I seize upon random pretexts to regale you with tales of the cast craziness.) |
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| eponine5 |
I still feel sorry for JOJ for getting the worst side of the deal with that Valjean exchange. At first it seemed pretty equal, with him getting to make his Broadway debut and Drew Sarich getting the original orchestrations. And then there was the strike and then the show closed.
JOJ hasn't been in anything major since then has he? |
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| l'ivrogne transfigur� |
Google Rosalind James on images - her facebook profile image comes up (5th on top row when i do it). Do you think she'll look young enough? |
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| Fantine |
Yes I think she will. |
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| aquirkofmatter |
JOJ posted a photo of rehearsals today - everyone looks so... enthusiastic! | ||||
| Ricey |
Is it really that fun? They all look so bored. But I suppose its because they are trying to concentrate. Either that or they are just daydreaming. |
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| Eppie-Sue |
Okay, I have to say something see the comment? That's Adam Linstead. And he's Grantaire. And anyone who participated in this work of genius has my blessings as R.
xD |
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| aquirkofmatter |
Sorry, it's quite difficult to convey sarcasm via the internet  Yep, everyone looks bored outta their minds.
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| miraclemile |
Had this waiting for me, as a nice welcome back from Scotland present, just now
Jean Valjean: John Owen Jones Javert: Earl Carpenter Th�nardier : Ashley Artus Marius: Gareth Gates Eponine: Rosalind James Fantine: Madalena Alberto Madame Th�nardier: Lynne Wilmot Enjolras: Jon Robyns Cosette: Katie Hall Factory Girl / Whore: Laura Tebbutt Factory Foreman / Brujon: Jonathan Alden Bamatabois / Claquesous: Carl Mullaney Bishop of Digne / Legles: David Lawrence Grantaire: Adam Linstead Montparnasse: Luke Kempner Babet / Dance Captain: Ian Caddick Feuilly: Owain Williams Joly: Rhidian Marc Prouvaire: Jamie Muscato Combeferre: David Covey Courfreyac: Christopher Jacobsen Madame: Rebecca McKinnis Crone / Old Woman: Beth Davies Crone 2: Vanessa Leagh Hicks Waitress / Whore: Rhiannon Sarah Porter Urchin / Whore 1: Victoria Farley Urchin / Whore 2: Rosa O�Reilly Urchin / Whore 3: Leigh Rhiannon Coggins Female Swing: Gemma O�Duffy Female Swing: Jo Loxton Male Swing: Peter Manchester Male Swing: Michael Baxter Male Swing: Leighton Rafferty |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
WOW. I saw Madelena Alberto as Luisa in Zorro -- I can imagine she'd be a fantastic Fantine. (As awful as Zorro was, I liked most of the cast a great deal.) | ||||
| Lauraa |
John Owen Jones just posted this on his twitter:
I'm trying to think where else they could start it so the prologue makes sense, unless they go to the prison half way through the song or something...
Ahhh well, I can't wait anyway! |
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| HannahM |
Perhaps they'll make them galley slaves... I know Valjean doesn't become a galley slave till later in the brick but it is plausible. Just an idea anyway. |
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| MlleDaae9430 |
(first post, long time lurker here. )
I saw that on JOJ's twitter this morning, and my initial reaction was . I could not for the life of me think of where they could start that made sense. However, an idea sprung.
Perhaps what they will do is open with Valjean walking through Digne, or already at the Bishop's house, maybe even already sleeping. It could be like it is in the book, where you're introduced to Valjean and then learn his back story... |
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| Elbow |
But... they're not changing the music, so that probably wouldn't work in context of "Look Down".
I am interested. Gosh, it's going to be hard to avoid spoilers when the show actually starts and people have seen it. I usually like spoilers, but I think this time I'm going to try my best not to read anything about it until I've seen it. |
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| Eppie-Sue |
I have it on pretty good authority (good I love that intro) that they'll make them galley slaves ...
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| Lauraa |
^ They really are revamping it then aren't they That actually sounds pretty cool.
Do you know if they are making any other changes like that? |