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Sandra Joseph has been diagnosed with laryngitis and the events for 5/1 in Columbus and 5/2 in Cleveland have been cancelled. I was really looking forward to seeing her. Here's to a speedy recovery.

I totally agree regarding Anthony Warlow on the Jekyll and Hyde recording. His vocal performance is amazing. I ended up importing all his solo CDs as well as the Secret Garden EP after listening to J&H.

Hello. I wasn't sure whether to post this on the Broadway or Off-toppic, but I wanted to share the information about these free events on Wednesday May 1st and Thursday, May 2nd. Here is the press release:

We invite you to join us for our annual speaking engagement featuring Sandra Joseph, Broadway’s longest-running Christine Daae from The Phantom of the Opera.

Through songs and stories, Sandra will inspire you to live with an open heart after loss. She will share her own j

I will be picking up the Target edition at lunch.

I purchased the bluray as a birthday gift for a friend at a retailer who broke street date. We watched the film with the audio commentary by Tom Hooper. It was a very informative commentary. I was really surprised when he revealed that Eponine was in the final scene with Valjean and Fantine, but she was digitally removed as the director realized it didn't make much dramatic sense to include Eponine because Valjean did not know her.

I was able to find the Les Miserables blu ray at a local retailer. The audio commentary by director Tom Hooper was insightful. Some of the facts he shared:

The actors playing the students actually were directed to take the furniture and carts from the surrounding set and build their own barricade. The barricade in the film, other than some additions like the elephant tusks and coffins, is basically what the actors created themselves.

Eponine was originally included in Valjea

Wonderfully spot on. I heard Eva Anderson, a writer for Comedy Bang Bang, liken Russell Crowe in Les Miserables to the star football player being given a part in the high school musical.

Anthony Warlow/Race You to the Top of the Morning/The Secret Garden

I really am enjoying the soundtrack.

A question: To anyone who has heard the Beautiful Game cast recording, some music in Journey to the Cemetery sounds exactly like the music in Beautiful Game, also composed by Lloyd Webber. Can anyone take a listen and let me know what you think? The music I am speaking of starts 1 min 35 sec into the track on the POTO soundtrack. It sounds just like the music in track one on the BG cd.It sounds as if ALW is recycling again.