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
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.”
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.
