How did you first get to know Les Mis?

Vanessa20 · How did you first get to know Les Mis?

I hope this isn't a dead horse thread. The discussion in the "things you got awfully wrong" thread about Eppyboppers introduced to the show via the TAC made me curious. How was everyone here first introduced to the musical or the novel?

I first heard "Castle on a Cloud" and "Little People" when I was about seven, on the Broadway Kids' first album, but I didn't really discover the show until I was thirteen. I was obsessed with "Annie" at that time, and my research on that show lead me to the old, now-defunct Les Mis Kids website, since so many Young Cosettes have been in "Annie" somewhere or other. The photo galleries on that site sparked my interest, and I did more research, found more "Les Mis" sites, and soon I was completely fascinated by it. Then my mom bought me the highlights CD of the CSR and I listened to it nonstop. That lead to my getting the complete CSR and the OLC. Then, about a year later, I actually saw the show onstage, and I've been hooked ever since.

curlyhairedsoprano91

I was introduced via the TAC, as were many people. My friend loved Les Mis and I asked her to burn me the CD. I am now far more obsessed than she.

mastachen

TAC for me too. I watched it many many times.

Moci

I just happened to pick it from a theatre listings magazine when my parents let me choose a show to see on a trip to London.

Paula74

I was in 8th grade when "The Phantom of the Opera" opened on Broadway. I loved that cast recording and got Michael Crawford's first solo album. I fell in love with one song in particular..."Bring Him Home." I didn't know a thing about the song itself or the story behind it...only that it was from some show called "Les Miserables."

Not long after that, I had a chance to see the 1st National Tour...I had to beg and plead and negotiate to see it. Bad seats, too.

And I loved it. I cried so much. I was never an Eppybopper (I did dress as her for Halloween one year, but that was my limit), but I completely fangirled a center Marius (yes, Hugh Panaro).

I immediately bought the cast recording and The Brick. I saw it six, maybe seven more times over the years.

I still love it dearly and, at the moment, I'm looking forward to The Walnut Street production this summer.

kozafluitmusique

parents dragging me to see it haha. was so confused i thought i hated it the first act. then it began to make more sense once they explained it to me.

loved it AFTER i saw it and listened to the TAC on tape. Mom made the foolish mistake of not playing that for me beforehand.

unfortunately the time my parents dragged me to see it was the last national tour Sad

Quique

The OLC recording was my first album. I was about 8 years old when I first discovered it. I mostly liked just the music at that point, then I really became obsessed when I saw it for the first time in 1989.

lesmisloony

It was my first "official" show (ie not community theatre) when I saw a tour around 1999, though I was technically obsessed with Miss Saigon at the time (I'd only heard a few songs from the soundtrack, but whatever). I had no idea they were written by the same folks. My grandparents bought me the OBC for my birthday, and I only paid a little bit of attention to it.

Then, two years later, I was cleaning out our old VHS shelf in the attic when I found one labelled "Fiddler on the Roof." I'd just auditioned for Fiddler, so I put that VHS in... and it turned out to be a recording of the TAC my mom had taped off of television, missing the beginning of "Look Down" and everything from "ECAET" to Valjean saying "Now you are here..."

So I suddenly became obsessed with the show, sneaking downstairs after bedtime to watch the TAC again at nights and pondering for hours why Philip Quast sang several different lyrics from Terrence Mann. My eighth-grade teacher assigned a research paper on any topic we wanted, and I chose Les Mis. During the process I found out the show was closing on Broadway within a year or so, so I convinced my wonderful mom to take me and a friend to see the show before it closed.

Then I found a copy of the Brick at the school library and bounced around squeeing every time they introduced a new character. I also couldn't believe how long it was... 800 pages! It was the longest book I'd ever read!
...
Then I watched the '98 movie.

Then I realised I'd read an abridged Book.

Then I found Le Cafe, then fanfiction.

And then, six years later, I was making an extremely long, unnecessarily-detailed post on MdN...

The Pirate King

I had always been vaguely aware of it, I had seen the Cosette logo but never really knew what it was about (something involving a loaf of bread)--I don't think I even knew what medium it was--opera or symphony or film or whatever. That logo just seemed to be something all to itself.

After he moved, my best friend since kindergarten had said something about how he was obsessed with it, and we watched most of the '98 version in my English class freshman year. I remember really enjoying it, but never finishing it.

I had been into theatre for some time, but I never liked musicals until I was in Pirates my sophomore year. From here I was introduced to various shows, and sometime in the summer of '06 I checked out the OLC from my library. I listened to the first couple tracks, and by the time it got to "my name is Jean Valjean!" I thought this is badass!. For some reason, however, I didn't listen anymore past Valjean's Soliloquy. I think the multitude of all the characters singing confused me when it came to the story, so I kind of set it aside for a while, noting to come back to it.

I started talking to this girl that fall, who said it was her favourite show ever, and that she had just gotten the TAC on DVD after having watched it taped from PBS since she was a little girl. I told her I had heard some of it and really liked it, and she asked me which CD I had, at which point Colm Wilkinson came up. I did a little more research and again, put it off a little.

Eventually she and I started dating, and then independent of her I started listening to the OLC and following a synopsis on Wikipedia. All of the sudden, it clicked. I seem to remember one day riding on the bus and listening to "Who Am I?": "----, this is awesome". Then I was listening early in the morning on my Discman and heard "Valjean, at last, we see each other plain..." I was, to say the least, intrigued. I had been entirely hooked on the OLC for about a week when my new girlfriend and I watched the TAC. From that point there was no looking back. I got the CSR with my Christmas money and eventually tried to learn all there was know about the show. The CSR has not left my car since.

Last May I was shaken with the terrible news that the previously mentioned old best friend had committed suicide. I hadn't talked to him since the last October, and hadn't seen him since a year before then. I went up to his funeral and made a scrapbook that, because I remember his passion for it, featured Les Mis lyrics. All of his friends from his old hometown wrote letters to him--
"on this page we write our last confessions--read it well, though you, at last, are sleeping. It's the story of those who always loved you...
"

"Come with me, where chains will never bind you: all your grief at last, at last behind you... and etc" was the last page. I had never the chance to talk to him about the show, but I knew that he had loved it, and found it appropriate to include these lyrics. When I got to the wake and showed his mom the book, she knew the tune immediately, and suddenly, Les Mis music came on in the funeral home. It was his CD. The next day was the funeral, and as I came in to say my last goodbye, Les Mis was playing again. It was when his parents were at the casket when "Bring Him Home started playing: "he is young, he is only a boy...You can take, You can give...". At this point, his mom burst into tears. I'll never quite forget that.

Even when I"m not particularly in the mood to listen to Les Mis, it's what I listen to. Read the whole Brick that spring, and it had a firm position at #1 of my interests for about eight months when it was announced, beyond all expectations, that it was to be our spring musical my senior year. I already knew every single lyric by heart, and I spent five months intensifying this obsession. A month away from opening night, I'm playing Marius and have around 25 recordings (combination of cast recordings and footwear) and five film versions. Just last Wednesday I saw it performed for the first time at a regional theatre, and am daydreaming about my eventual London trip to see the show, and look forward to seeing the 4nt half a dozen times.

That was a long one. But it was worth it.

lesmisloony

Aw, Pirate King, that story gave me chills.

bare24601!

..that made me cry. Sad

mastachen

Honestly, that story is a big reason for the mass appeal of Les Mis. I don't mean to trivialize your experience; that story really touches my heart.

Quique

Well, I've told this story billions of times online, but here we go again...

My bro Fernando and my twin sis and I were at the parking lot at the Montebello mall back in the 80's, waiting for mom to emerge from shopping. He was playing Jesus Christ Superstar. My twin sis and I poked fun. We thought it was the dumbest thing we'd ever heard.

We were soon hooked.

We were so obsessed with JCS, that our bro got so sick of it, so he made a bet--that a new musical--Les Miserables--would impress us even more. We laughed at such thought.

We were stuck on the 101 Hollywood freeway and my bro Gilbert just happened to play a musical theatre tape he had. One of the songs was "I Dreamed a Dream." It was from the OLC recording. I will NEVER forget that moment. However, I do recall I got sick from the traffic and threw up in a bag, lol.

Next, my bro Gilbert introduced us to the OBC. That was my new fave recording until I saw it for the first time in 1989. But prior to that...I had been getting very bad grades in math back in elementary. So, the punishment?...was NO LES MIS.

The show had just opened at L.A.'s Shubert Theatre on June 1st, 1988. My older bros all bought tix and saw it. My twin sis and I were defiant, and loudly announced...

"WELL, at least we can still listen to it!!"

Oh, how naive we were. Laughing

Our grades improved and so my parents allowed us to see it. My older sis Marcy paid for our tix from her measly Angeles Furniture salary at the time (she is now a teacher, btw). We were so happy! We sat 7th row orchestra that 23rd June, 1989. The same day Batman opened (we saw that, too, earlier in the day).

My life changed after that day.

My sis and I were in a daze after the performance. I could not get it out of my mind. That persists to this day. <3

LesMisForever

Lovely story Enrique. Although i know most of it, i didn't know about that throwing up in the bag bit Laughing

Well, the oldies know my story as well, but for all the new members, here we go:

I first read "Les Miserables" when i was about 9, or 10 years old. It was a special edition for kids. So, the whole book was about 150 pages of small cut. I remember that it read more like cop and robbers story with Javert following Valjean. The entire revolution part was cut off.
From the book i only remembered Valjean, Cosette, and Javert. I also vaguely remembered that Cosette's mother die.
I grew up to be an avid reader, and i even read "The Hunchback ....", but never read "Les Miserables". Jean Valjean was kind of the symbol of harsh punshiments as his story of paying incredible price for stealing a loaf of bread was well known.

Fas forward 20 years. October 2001.

A friend of mine was coming to London, and because she already has been to London quite a lot, i thought of something different as treat. So, i bought us tickets for "Les Miserables". It was Tuesday 23rd of October 2001. It was a day that i will never forget. It really changed my entertainment life. Needless to say that i was mesmerized by the show. The two songs that got stuck in my mind were "Do you hear the people sing", and "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables". My friend, who wasn't into revolutions too much, and generally she was aginst them, told me at the interval "That is how revolutions should be" lool. Well, that was the power of "One Day More" i guess lol.
Later on i bought the TAC, and i went on the path known to many of you.

I eventually read the whole novel, and despite its many flaws, it was one of the best novels i read. By the end of the book, i was sobbing like a child. It took me ages to read the last 10 pages.

Now, 7 years on, and after getting to know so many other musicals, this show remains a class above.

As Aimee once said "There is Les Miserables, and there are other musicals."

Catherine

Well, I first listened to a song when my old primary school was on Blue Peter and for some reason they were singing Do You Hear The People Sing. Then it was when I was obsessed with Kerry Ellis and I unearthed a audio of her singing I Dreamed a Dream. Then I searched a load of vids on Youtube and discovered the Confrontation and Come to Me. Then One Day More. Then I watched the TAC on Christmas day. And the rest is history.

bigR

although I was born in madrid I have a french education, so I have vaguely known about the brick since ever.
I remember when I was 6 or 7 the first chapter of our grammar book opened with a drawing of a little girl in rags cradling an "emmaillot�" broken sabre with two nice dressed girls in the background. There was also a short text about how �ponine and Azelma didn't allow (her sister I though) Cosette to play with them. I remember I loved the sonority of those names and I learned that text by heart and spend the whole year making up stories in my mind about how little Cosette growed up into a beautiful, intelligent and rich woman and had a much better and interesing life than her sisters! (hugo would had been proud of me).

Of course, we also studied Hugo when we were older. We learned about the Hernani battle and, since french teachers have an extraordinary fondness for making their puplis learn poems by heart, I certain I will still be able to recite from top to bottom "demain d�s l'aube" (Absolutely beautiful. talks about a visit to his daughter's grave. All of you who like hugo have to read it), "la mort d'un chien" and several verses of something I remember as a very long poem comparing napoleon III france with the jericho walls...
Somehow we never read Les Mis�rables though. Although I recall what seemed a very long and boring socio-political piece of prose they made us read and I'm suddenly afraid it probably was enjolras's speech at the barricade.

Then I remember one day I was in the bus on my way home after classes when I saw the Cosette affiche on a bus stop. I had the very vague idea that it was some kind of London show, and that it was something prestigious, and probably musical. And since going to that show seemed to be something cool and intelectual and sophisticated and cosmopilitan at the same time (please, remember I was a teenager), I grabbed a newspaper as soon as I got home to find where they were staging it and a couple of weeks later I dragged all my friends to the theater.
We were 8 or 9 girls sitting on the highest cheapest seats of a matin�e show, sobbing, and laughing and loving it.
I remember we came out into the street singing �do you hear the people sing� at the top of our lungs and that we ended up in one of the old 17th century taverns of the old part of town drinking cheap bad wine because it was like doing something from an older period and we didn�t feel like going back to the 90�s Embarassed

curlyhairedsoprano91

DontDoSadnessxx

I like my story. My school announced we were doing les mis my freshman year. I had known absolutely nothing about so I went to gym puzzled and not too thrilled. My friend Sammy was saying that it was such an amazing show. So we were supposed to be running the mile run and while we ran it, she explained the entire plot to me. That day I got the best time I had ever gotten on the mile (it was like ten minutes or something.) I immediately bought the OLC and loved it. Later on I got the OBC and loved it even more. The rest is history!

curlyhairedsoprano91

Hahaha awesome! Did you get in?

Mistress

It was pretty much that I had just gotten randomly curious about the show. Actaully, a couple years back, when the tour was oming to my city (Toronto), my mom asked if I wanted to get tickets for it for my 15th B-day. At the time I wasn't interested, and I actually had this crazy notion that it was a some uber depressing French Opera thing. So I saw Hairspray instead. Sometime later when I was doing my regular volunteer hours at the library, I came across a copy of the TAC. I was curious so I rented, and the the rest is history.

Vanessa20

[quote="Mistress"]I actually had this crazy notion that it was a some uber depressing French Opera thing.

Some people who have actually seen the show think of it that way.

lesmisloony

Eh, not too off-base. Wink

jetblack_diva

I am seven years younger than my eldest sister and when she was 16 she did a Les Mis medly and fell in love with it. That christmas she got the OBC and we listened to "Castle on a Cloud" for years because it was her fav. I bought the OLC and fell in love with the rest of the songs. oh and then I read the book!!!!!!!! I bawled!!!! I could not read at points! it was very good.

EponineMNFF

Hm. I feel like Les Mis was always destined to be part of my life.

My mom used to tell me about when she saw it (with the OLC--I'm still so jealous) she was sobbing the entire time. I was like "Pfft whatevs, mom" because I wasn't interested in musical theatre at that point and thought I would become a painter. Hah. Hah.

Then, I became interested in singing and joined my elementary school's choir. One of the first things we sang was Castle on a Cloud.

Skip a few years. I was auditioning for this company, but I was a musical theatre novice, so I bought this good songs for teenage girls book or something, and found On My Own. I really enjoyed the song (sang it like four thousand times) and then asked to get the OLC. I listened to it like once, but the only songs I liked were Castle on a Cloud, On My Own and Bring Him Home. Go figure.

Later that year, though, I was on a trip and there was this huge storm, so I was stuck in a tiny airport for four hours with nothing to do. But after rummaging in my bag, I found (gasp) a CD player and the OLC. I ended up listening to it like five hundred times while I was stuck in the airport. The rest is history.

Yay storms! I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't been stuck in that airport. O.O Very Happy

Electricity24601

My discovery of Les Mis wasn't too exciting. It's the effect its had on everything else that is so huge.

Since we live close to NYC, my family had gone to the theatre about once a year. So when we went to London 3 years ago, we decided to get tickets to a couple of shows. We originally wanted Billy Elliot, but it was too expensive or sold out (which is ironic because that is now my second favorite show). So we saw Les Mis, and we were of course blown away. Tears were streaming down my face during the entire second act and I refused to watch as the barricade boys died.
The rest is history...
But what is really crazy is how much the show changed the direction of my life. I went from once in a while theatre goer to obsessive musical theatre junkie, that loves everything from Sondheim to R&H to B&S. I am looking at colleges with good theatre programs, and I want to get a BFA in theatre with an emphasis on some kind of backstage work.

So, I can blame my theatre obsession almost totally on Les Mis (not to mention that that was the beginning of my amazing fangirliness of JOJ as well)

Mademoiselle Lanoire

My first exposure was in 5th or 6th grade. I was looking for the POTO OLC at my local library, and flipped through the liner notes of a couple other CDs/cassettes, including the OBC. Didn't make too much sense to me though. Somewhere around that time I also saw the Animaniacs parody. Then, six years or so, came my first substantial exposure. A good friend of mine was in an SE and I went to see her. Still didn't totally follow the plot. Then about three years ago I read a thread on Livejournal where a person said, roughly, "The Thenardiers in "Les Miserables" had five children too many". I thought "Five children? I thought they only had one. I guess I need to read the novel." And I got it out from my library soon after that.

MlleCrapaud

We went to see it when I was little, and when I was old enough, my mom wanted me to read it because it's one of her favorite books.

Sweeney Hyde

lesmisloony

^Me too.

Quique

Sinead

I spent my entire childhood watching an old Les Mis video (I think it may have been the tenth anniversary show, not sure) my mum had recorded from the telly. From about four or five I knew the songs, but didnt know the storyline, it was too compicated for me. I proberly first began to ask questiions about the story itself when I was about seven. One night me and my parents sat down and watched it beginning to end, with my mum explaining the characters and what happened. From there I loved the show completely, it was just so amazing and so emotional.

Through my teen years my love for the musical lessoned slightly, as they do when you become a teen. I had new obsessions for a while - Green Day, That 70s show, etc etc. Then a few months ago I planned a holiday to London withmy older cousin, and we decided to see a west End show. I insisted we see Les Mis. I still loved the songs and the story even though I hadnt listened properly to the CD in years. I dug it out and my cousin and I listened in preparation for the show itself.

My God, what a show it was. I have never had so many goosebumps during that show. We had decided we were going to try and get cheap tickets from a half-price ticket booth in Leister Square. The lady in the booth said the seats we had had restricted viewing, but when we arrived we realised that it didnt matter! We had front row seats in the balcony level, right beside the stage!!! Having the actors only five feet away form you makes the experience so much more amazing!!

After that show my love for Les Mis has soared to new heights. I am now scarily obsessed with the show and am even planning to direct a short version of it next year!! I suppose the obsessin has always been in me!!

Sorry if it was a bit long winded..........I love Les Mis!!! Razz

starmelace

I found Les Miserables from The Broadway Kids cd (oh come on, i was only 10). They have two songs on the cd from the show, so I decided to learn about Les Miz. Yes, at eleven years old, I fell in love with the show. (I was such a strange child) And now, seeing the show live for the first time reminds me how much I loved it and why. Smile

Brunnhilde

I was about ten when I saw an animated series. I dunno which one, but Cosette and Gavroche were cute. Very Happy

So I read the book, and I read it every year. Sometimes twice.

The musical came only this year, and it made me really obsessed.

Bramblefox

I'm a newcomer to the fandom, and my story is pretty normal compared to some on here.

I became obsessed with PotO about six days after my 15th birthday. While looking for more musicals at the public library I stumbled across the OLC album. Listened, wasn't too impressed at the time, returned it to the library. A few months later my younger brother started taking voice lessons, and one of the songs his teacher wanted him to learn was 'Stars'. We found it on Youtube, I believe, and at the time it didn't make sense at all: some guy singing to the stars? Huh? Well, Les Mis went on a back shelf of the mind.

The aforementioned voice teacher kept encouraging us to 'discover' Les Mis--since I was still obsessed with PotO at the time I couldn't believe that there could be a musical that might *gasp* be BETTER than PotO. But we listened to the OLC a few more times, and after reading over the lyrics in the acompanying booklet things started to click. Les Mis was growing on me.

I went to the library again, checked out an abridged copy (I was ignorant at the time) that was 400 pages long. Read it, was slightly more interested, and decided to order the TAC film. THAT was the turning point. The first time I watched it I was totally lost. Second time, I noticed 'hey...that cop guy played by Quast, he's pretty darned cool.' Around that point I realized that I had read an abridged version of Les Mis and ordered a different version that was maybe 800 pages. I had a short love affair with that book--it had been type-set, so the pages were slightly indented where the type had pressed against the pages, and there were several paintings throughout the book. I loved to run my hands over the pages, just because they felt so cool...I'd buy that book in a heartbeat, even though it's an abridged.

Ahem. Anyway, I finally bought the unabridged version, ordered the TAC CD, and the rest is history. Let's just say I've owned the unabridged version since January of this year and it's already dog-eared and opens to the sections I frequent the most (usually parts to do with Javert, eh heh). I've also developed a rabid obsession over Philip Quast...*grins* I'm eagerly awaiting for when Les Mis goes on tour again as well...if only I had become a fan a couple of years ago...

acc921

Years ago my chorus was doing a bunch of selections from Broadway musicals, and One Day More was among them. We listened to the song in class and I was completely in awe of how gorgeous it was. I always knew what Les Mis was, of course, but hadn't really looked into it. That night I went on iTunes and downloaded a ton of the songs, and ever since I've been obsessed Smile

I was recently in it, and it was one of the best experiences ever.

audreydarling

my friend had two extra tickets for the show one night and my mom and i went. it was in 5th grade. i may have heard OF the show before that but i don't think i really knew much about it besides that it took place during the french revolution.

psych_out

As with many of my obsessions, one of my friends talked me into Les Mis. I was over at her house one night, and she kept insisting that I would really love it, so she put in her CD (the OBC, I later learned) and set it on "Who Am I?" I wasn't listening closely unti nearly the end, but when I heard Colm sing, "24601!!!!" I knew I had to hear more of this show.
The rest of that night, I think I heard maybe two other songs (Master of the House and One Day More), but it led to my finding videos of the TAC on Youtube, and....well, the rest, as they say, is history. Very Happy

Alabesque

I found out about it from my older brother, who saw it on Broadway. (= It's his favorite musical - he also saw the Lion King and Annie Get Your Gun (with Bernadette Peters!) on that same trip, but the only one he really talked about was Les Mis. I've never seen it myself, but I can only imagine from hearing the soundtrack that the show itself is beautiful.

jackissensational

Sythar

I - don't rightly know. I think the first time I heard of it was in Star Trek. There's one epoisode where a member of the Marquis accuses Picard of being Javert to his Valjean. The reference stuck (I was about 8 years-old at the time). I don't know what happened first, the Musical or the Book. I have a feeling we rented TAC from our local DVD rental and watched it. I was fascinated by Valjean.
When I found the book in a Dymocks - I read about 50-80 pages of it then and there. I didn't have the money to buy it - but I devoured everything from the Wedding Ceremony to The End.
My big brother - being the same wonderfully sympathetic chap who later furnished me with piano music from Les Mis - bought me the book for my birthday. I loved Valjean at first sight - but later I began to realise that Javert is an equally fascinating character and much less well-treated by the media and popular conception. Then I got hooked on Grantaire - and the rest is history I suppose.
AmZ's stories were - I think - what made me start to wonder about Javert. Oh, and PQ - of course!

Bramblefox

Oh! I almost forgot--one of the greatest influences for my current obsession is the incomporable Ashe Ryder on Deviantart.com. She draws these comics called 'Roommates' that are absolutely hilarious (Erik and Jareth roommates in one apartment and Javert and Norrington in another), and when I discovered that Javert was from Les Mis that's what encouraged me to get the TAC. I am forever indebted to her. *bows to Ashe*

Perfectly Flawed

Bramblefox

Brunnhilde

I am, too. I'm Sieglinde84 there. And I adore Roommates. I have to see Labyrinth. Laughing

Jareth rocks.

And lol, Javvie in sunglasses and swin suit now... Twisted Evil

Catherine

^ I think my fasvourite has to be when ... Norrington, I think and Sweeney are both at the beach in their stripy costumes. =]]
That series is so full of win.

Pylades Laconic

Just a couple of weeks ago actually. I was in a book store. Which is a very good place to be, most of the time. And this employee had a shirt on. Which was also a very good thing. And the shirt said 'What would Enjolras do?' So I says to her, I says, "Who is Enjolras?" Needless to say she looked at me like I was some poor, depraved little boy, and led me straight to the section which held the only unabridged paperback copies of Les Miserables. (The mass produced ones.) And she put it in my hand. And she asked if I liked to read. I replied in the positive. She asked my if I would be willing to read nearly 2000 pages of writing to find out who this 'Enjolras' fellow was. I said yes. She then proceeded to split the price of the book with me and gave me a ticket for free hot chocolate.

Yeah.

Fantine

A true mizzie then! That's awesome Very Happy

Pylades Laconic

It was rather peculiar... looking back on it now... but also hilarious, and the best bit of luck that I've had in a while.

Bramblefox

Catherine

*High fives*

I really need to see Labarynth now. But aww Jareth is so awesome. As is Javert.. and just about everyone else.

Bramblefox

BroadwayBeast

Read the book in 7th grade, twice...Then when i was in 8th grade our High School did the Student Edition!

star2ballie

I saw Katie Holmes sing "On My Own" on Dawson's Creek and I thought it was the most god-awful song I had ever heard, so I researched what show it was from and actually realized I loved the music, but she was a terrible singer.

Then my mom took me to see the touring cast for my birthday.

lizavert

I've told this story on another forum, so this won't be new to some of you.

When I was, say fourteen, my grandfather got the OBC from the library. Until that time I had only heard "Castle on a Cloud". But I showed an interest in the show. A little while later my grandfather gave me a copy of the TAC that he had recorded off the TV. I was hooked by the time PQ started singing "Stars". And I distinctly remember really liking PQ. A few weeks later I picked up my first copy of the Brick and started reading it right away, it took me four weeks to finish it. And the rest, as they say, is history.

hippo2002

I first saw LM in the video store,and I bought the DVD and CD(10 yeara nniversary edition) for no reason.I guess I just love musicals,even though I never had a chance to go to the Broadway.

elizabethjaneforrest

I heard a zillion girls sing off-key renditions of "Castle on a Cloud" in school talent shows. I developed a hatred for it.

Then, I saw the touring cast when it stopped in San Francisco. Thought it was a decent show, but it still wasn't my favorites.

Then, my high school did the show in my junior year. It wasn't until I was a cast member that I really fell in love.

Catherine

Well, we met up, had coffee, chatted about ourselves, and the relationship developed from there

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