Adam Chanler-Berat Question

[Gabster]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 8:02pm

I know this is very random and sort of pointless but in the Next to Normal 2nd Stage playbill it says Adam Chanler-Berat appeared in Les Mis on Broadway, but on Broadway it says it's his Broadway debut. Can anybody explain this to me? Haha, thanks

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 8:10pm

He was one of the high school students who appeared in the finale/ curtain call of the final performance of the original production.

[Gabster]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 9:01pm

Ohh okay. Thanks for clearing that up! Just wondering, do you know why he got to do that lol? That's really cool.

[musicalbluemirror]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 9:54pm

yea do you know what that whole thing was about?

[Gabster]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:04pm

I did a quick google search and found this...http://www.playbill.com/news/article/79637-Hearts-Full-of-Love-Curtain-Rings-Down-Les-Miz-Bringing-Tears-and-Teens

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:04pm

Well, there's this from another forum:

Peter D. Kramer
February 12th, 2008 at 11:05 am
I learned this morning from a gentle reader that Adam Chanler-Berat—who plays Henry, Natalie’s boyfriend and has an excellent voice—has roots in Rockland County.
Got another email about Adam—this one from Danielle Rudess at Helen Hayes Youth Theatre: “Adam Chanler-Berat, who stars in NEXT TO NORMAL, grew up in New City. He began performing with the Helen Hayes Youth Theatre when he was 8 years old. He played the role of Thenardier in our world premiere of LES MIS school edition.”

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:05pm

When the original production closed, they were already licensing the "school edition" of the show to certain high schools (at the time, I think it was mostly performing arts high schools). As part of the grand finale, after the curtain call, they invited some of these schools onstage to perform alongside the closing company.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:10pm

Those last three posts happened fast.