Drew Sarich as Valjean in Les Miz — Page 2

His "Gesthemane" is by far my favorite. Thanks for the link...too bad about those orchestrations...


ETA: spelling..

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Updated On: 7/24/07 at 08:49 PM

this show won't close again for many many years.
running costs are so cheap (somewhere in the 450,000 range) and even in their worst weeks (73%) they never went under running costs.
welcome back miz.

He had no problem at all carrying Adam. He did put him down during the sewer confrontation, but I think that had more to do with not straining himself to sing than anything else. He even picked up Lea, in his arms like how he carries Adam, and handed her over to the "guards" at the end of the Fantine's Arrest scene.

Drew was amazing in the role. His Bring Him Home and his Who Am I were absolutely fantastic. Once he walked out, every single person in in the Broadhurst was on their feet cheering. I really reccomend seeing him. And seriously, his Bring Him Home was worth the ticket price alone.

Drew was amazing in the role. His Bring Him Home and his Who Am I were absolutely fantastic. Once he walked out, every single person in in the Broadhurst was on their feet cheering. I really recommend seeing him. And seriously, his Bring Him Home was worth the ticket price alone.

I saw the show tonight (Wednesday). Bring Him Home was fantastic. But while I've said in the past that Lea's performance alone or Alex's alone is worth the price of admission, I don't feel that about Drew yet.

Drew is thinner and younger looking than Alex [I know he's actually four years older]. Although he did carry Adam (and Lea at "Take her to the hospital"), it was scary from my vantage point. He awkwardly crunched him down through the manhole into the sewer, and it appeared that Adam was at least starting to slip off as they progressed around the sewer.

My big complaint is that the wig is too long. It hides Drew's (beautiful) face. (Even if it is the same length as Alex's was, keep in mind that Drew's face is much thinner.) I could see no expressions unless he was facing directly towards me. When the hair became more (fake looking) grey, it still buried his face. Only in the finale did it not hide him.

Also, he didn't seem especially fatherly towards Cosette.

The standing O was nice but not really spontaneous or overwhelmingly enthusiastic.


p.s. I went tonight because a friend couldn't use his tickets. I still have tickets for next week, and my original plan was that Drew would have some time to get more comfortable. I still feel that he'll get much much better.

pps: The three weeks of rehearsal are over. Keep the beard, but please get a haircut.

Sadly revolutionary, for me it wasn't just him. As I said he was one of the better points...just not good enough for me to sit through everyone else and ruin what i had left of amazing memories of the show. It was the whole production.

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I think it's funny that a handful of Drewbies are all sh*tting themselves over Javert popping up over the top of the barricade when that's hardly nonstandard blocking...
flail! flail!

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Well, I didn't make it up.

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I'm willing to bet that Lizzie herself is a proud Drewbie.

It's that he does strange shows* that attract strange people. In large numbers.

* not including Les Miz

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Wow. Okay, I saw the show Saturday night and it blew me out of the water. The entire cast is dynamite and totally born to play those specific parts. Jean Valjean was fierce, Eponine broke my heart, Javert is a badass, Marius is gorgeous and a fantastic actor. I finally got to see Lea Salonga live, and she tore it up. Ignore the cliche of seeing Les Mis and buy your tickets today. It's fantastic.