oh what a rumpus!!!
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WHO WOULD YOUR DREAM CAST OF LES MIS BE?WHO WOULD YOUR DREAMCAST FOR LES MIS BE?
MINE WOULD BE: FRANCES RUFFELLE AS EPONINE
TRACY SHAW AS COSETTE
COLM WILKINSON AS JEAN VAL JEAN
AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT MICHEAL BALL AS MARIUS.
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The Very Angry Woman
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Whaaat? I couldn't hear you over all the shouting! Speak up!!!
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smokeyspotlight
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frances for eponine definately
the rest depends on how I 'm feelin!!!
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Orestes Fasting
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Tracy Shaw the soap opera actress? Or perhaps you meant Tracy Shayne, the Cosette on the CSR?
Actually, I'd be far more interested if you really meant Shaw, because I'm thoroughly sick of so-called dream casts that are cobbled together entirely out of performers from the four major English recordings. You've got your frelling TAC, stop whining because it didn't have Frances Ruffelle or Anthony Warlow. Even some of the current London or US tour performers would make a nice change-up from the endless COLM WILKINSON 4 ULTIMATE VALJEAN circle-jerks.
And I can name at least a dozen foreign Cosettes from official cast recordings that make Judy Kuhn and Tracy Shayne sound like the grating, wailing bints they are. America really got the shaft where Cosettes were concerned.
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The Very Angry Woman
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| Orestes Fasting wrote: | | Actually, I'd be far more interested if you really meant Shaw, because I'm thoroughly sick of so-called dream casts that are cobbled together entirely out of performers from the four major English recordings. You've got your frelling TAC, stop whining because it didn't have Frances Ruffelle or Anthony Warlow. Even some of the current London or US tour performers would make a nice change-up from the endless COLM WILKINSON 4 ULTIMATE VALJEAN circle-jerks. |
You're wonderful. I could kiss you.
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Colle
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| Orestes Fasting wrote: |
And I can name at least a dozen foreign Cosettes from official cast recordings that make Judy Kuhn and Tracy Shayne sound like the grating, wailing bints they are. America really got the shaft where Cosettes were concerned. |
Judy Kuhn, I think it pretty good, my main nicpick about her is she could be a little more emotional in the Finale. One foreign Cosette that I like is Yuhko Miyamoto(Cosette on the Japanese Red cast), she has a pretty voice and is the most emotional Cosette I have heard in the finale.
As for my dream cast that have not been on a cast recording:
Randal Keith as Valjean
Ma-Anne Dionisio or Rona Figueroa as Eponine
It would be my dream if they all were on a Les Mis cast recording, of course I am pretty sure it will not happen. I am going to try to finish my dream cast later.
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javertsw
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Some of these are on recordings, but they are my favourites from what I've seen/heard, so I don't see why they shouldn't be.
Valjean- Jeff Leyton
Javert- Roger Allam
Fantine- Joanna Ampil
Mme. Thenardier- Claire Moore
Thenardier- Alun Armstrong
Eponine- Frances Ruffelle
Marius- Gary Tushaw
Cosette- Julia Moeller
Enjolras- I'll have to say Oliver Thornton, but as of yet I haven't seen a Enjolras who really blew me away.
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Moci
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Someone (probably Alanna) said this ages ago, but I'd love to see Amy Nuttall as Cosette.
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flying_pigs
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Valjean- The JOJ
Javert- Philip Quast
Fantine- Kerry Ellis
Cosette- erm, I have to agree on Tracy Shayne
Th�nardier- Stephen Tate
Mme Th�nardier- Claire Moore
Marius- John Addison or Michael Ball
Eponine- Sutton Foster or Andrea McArdle
Enjolras- Oliver Thornton 
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javertsw
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| Moci wrote: | | Someone (probably Alanna) said this ages ago, but I'd love to see Amy Nuttall as Cosette. |
How was she in My Fair Lady? I got her understudy.
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Moci
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| javertsw wrote: | | Moci wrote: | | Someone (probably Alanna) said this ages ago, but I'd love to see Amy Nuttall as Cosette. |
How was she in My Fair Lady? I got her understudy. |
So did I. Does she ever show up? I like her album though. Gorgeous voice and she was the only person who could act in Emmerdale last time I saw it.
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oh what a rumpus!!!
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am i being totally mad or would martine mccutcheon be an interesting eponine. i am no fan of hers, but i don't know- she kind of looks the part and has the exact sound of voice. anyway- reckon she would be an inerseting eponine. don't like amy nuttall, think her voice is well trained but thats it. you can have a well trained voice with good technique but it doesn't garentee an incredible or even credible voice. i can@t get through listening to one of her songs without getting bored halfway through.
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