LES MIS Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!

[Rob]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 2:17pm

Click Here to Read Breaking News: LES MISERABLES Announces New Leads for Second Year on Broadway; Plus Tony Nominee Ramin Karimloo Extends!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 2:24pm

So who's the new Joly? This matters to me.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 2:35pm

Excited to hear that Gavin Lee is coming back to Broadway!

[Revoltingfansie]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 2:56pm

So happy for Chris McCarrell! I saw him go on as Marius a few months ago, and he was fantastic!

[JPeterman]

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]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 3:48pm

Alan Shaw is playing Joly starting 2/17.

[peacelovemagic1]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 8:16pm

Very 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.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 9:48pm

Why 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.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

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]

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.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 10:33pm

Gavin Lee's wife is American, thus making him an American citizen.

[Fosse76]

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.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 11:16pm

^ How is that not true? She is American. Someone earns their citizenship in a country through marriage

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 11:33pm

looks like the producers are planning on keeping this open through the summer at least.

[Wickedmonkey332]

Posted: 1/30/15 at 11:38pm

Somethingwicked: 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!

[somethingwicked]

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.

Updated On: 1/31/15 at 12:00 AM

[Fosse76]

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.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:14am

Quite adroit are you. Well not really.

Somethingwicked is entirely correct.

Fosse 76 is a pedant.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:48am

Actually 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.

[MrJude]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:59am

And you thought it was a better option to be rude than to connect the dots, we get it.

[That Groovy Guy]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 1:52pm

Madame 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.

[PanaroFan111]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 2:30pm

I 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.

[ClapYo'Hands]

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]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 4:50pm

Brennyn Lark has the shortest bio I've ever seen and her twitter is devoted to pizza. She must have an amazing voice...

[peacelovemagic1]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 5:40pm

Brennyn Lark has a soundcloud and youtube, and she sounds great!
Her soundcloud