LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
#2LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 2:24pmSo who's the new Joly? This matters to me.
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#2LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 2:35pmExcited to hear that Gavin Lee is coming back to Broadway!
Revoltingfansie
Swing Joined: 10/13/14
#3LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 2:56pmSo happy for Chris McCarrell! I saw him go on as Marius a few months ago, and he was fantastic!
#4LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 3:12pm
I wonder if Jason Forbach is staying with the show. His voice is AMAZING. I saw him on the 25th A tour and in this Broadway run as Enjolras ... I don't understand why he isn't the primary Enjolras, I know he filled in for a little while during the fall.
He has a lot of experience with Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas as well. With all the controversy over the new Phantom choice I was hoping he auditioned and got a shot on Broadway as the Phantom.
broadwayfan1995
Understudy Joined: 6/5/14
#5LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 3:48pmAlan Shaw is playing Joly starting 2/17.
peacelovemagic1
Stand-by Joined: 11/18/12
#6LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 8:16pmVery excited for everyone! I have seen Chris twice as Marius and he does great justice to the role, I'm thrilled he has gotten bumped up to full time. Also I haven't seen it on the press releases, but Gaten Matarazzo, one of the kids playing Gavroche is leaving March 1st.
#7LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 9:48pmWhy is Gavin Lee being cast. I can understand him being hired for Mary Poppins because he originated the part. But hiring a British actor for a part that could easily be taken by an American is wrong.
#8LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 10:13pm^There's no law that says that only an American actor should be playing a French character on Broadway!
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#9LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 10:22pm
No, but there are Unions.
They're always exchanging people. Maybe they're sending someone over there, I don't know.
#10LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 10:33pmGavin Lee's wife is American, thus making him an American citizen.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#11LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 11:07pm
Gavin Lee's wife is American, thus making him an American citizen.
That's not even close to being true.
#12LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 11:16pm^ How is that not true? She is American. Someone earns their citizenship in a country through marriage
#13LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 11:33pmlooks like the producers are planning on keeping this open through the summer at least.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#14LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/30/15 at 11:38pmSomethingwicked: I can tell you with 100% certainty that that is not true. Also, I don't see why his nationality is an issue here. I would assume most actors would want to be able to perform in as many countries/cities as possible!
#15LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:00am
Let me clarify- by marrying his wife in 2005, Lee became eligible for an American green card. In the U.S., if you stay married to an American citizen for three years and live in the United States during that window of time, you then become eligible to apply for citizenship. It was then that Lee became a citizen.
My point was that he's had dual citizenship here and in the UK for some time, so there's no Equity issue when it comes to him working on Broadway.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 1/31/15 at 12:00 AM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#16LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:08am
^ How is that not true? She is American. Someone earns their citizenship in a country through marriage
Because that's not the law. American citizenship isn't automatically granted to someone just because they marry a U.S. citizen. Even children born abroad to U.S. Citizens aren't automatically citizens unless they meet certain qualifications.
#17LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:14am
Quite adroit are you. Well not really.
Somethingwicked is entirely correct.
Fosse 76 is a pedant.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#18LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:48amActually I'm a prosecutor. Somethingwicked made a declarative statement about citizenship that would lead anyone who read it to believe that marriage to a U.S. citizen by a non-citizen made that person a citizen. It does not. And I was merely pointing it out.
#19LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:59amAnd you thought it was a better option to be rude than to connect the dots, we get it.
#20LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 1:52pmMadame Thernardier must have been messing around if she has a white husband and a black daughter. I have no problem with "color blind casting" as long as it isn't illogical or distracting. Last time I saw Les Mis, young Eponine didn't look black but somehow grew up to be a radically different looking black woman.
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PanaroFan111
Stand-by Joined: 8/31/14
#21LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 2:30pmI had a feeling major cast changes were in the works, im happy that Ramin renewed but does it really matter,he always seems to be out.
#22LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 4:17pm
For those who are saying "How dare they let a British actor into the show!?" (whether he is British or not)...
Peter Lockyer is currently playing Valjean in London.
theminutepast
Broadway Star Joined: 2/1/06
#23LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 4:50pmBrennyn Lark has the shortest bio I've ever seen and her twitter is devoted to pizza. She must have an amazing voice...
peacelovemagic1
Stand-by Joined: 11/18/12
#24LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!
Posted: 1/31/15 at 5:40pm
Brennyn Lark has a soundcloud and youtube, and she sounds great!
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