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#1

Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 8:03pm

There is an interesting article by Michael Coveney on Les Miserables, the stage production, in FinancialTimes.com from London --

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d9fd7dc8-46ab-11da-b8e5-00000e2511c8.html

And this is the most interesting part :

'Next year, to mark the 21st anniversary, the BBC will collaborate with Mackintosh on a worldwide broadcast from Hyde Park with “the ultimate cast”. And a film of the musical is now planned. So the bandwagon rolls on, and the audience rises each night to celebrate ideals of freedom, justice, love and revolution...'



#3

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 9:59pm

WOW!!! I just can't wait! :)
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#5

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 10:09pm

Wow, that would be brilliant if it happens. Concert - I vote for Lea to perform Eponine or perhaps Fantine this time. Same goes for the film version.

Just found this today - 10/31/05 - on the planned movie. See link below.

Les Miz Movie
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Updated On: 10/31/05 at 10:09 PM

#6

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 10:13pm

I think Lea is wonderful, but I for one, do not want to see her as Eponine again. We've got her on the 10th anniv concert. I hope someone else takes on the role for the 21st anniv show and the film.
#7

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 10:23pm

Even though i loved Philip Quast as Javert in the 10 ann. (which was supposedly was acted by the dream cast), I think Terrence Mann should play him, cause, I mean, he did get a Tony nod for his performance. And he was FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC during his last performance.

As for Jean Valjean, i would love to see Colm Wilkinson but I already know he won't do it.

<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.

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Updated On: 10/30/05 at 10:23 PM

#9

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 10:29pm

yeah! I saw him as valjean at the last performance on broadway and he was awesome! everyone in the cast at the last performance was incredible! they really gave it their all.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.

-Dre-
You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~

There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~

It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#11

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 10:35pm

I'm crossing my fingers that it would be Michael Ball who will sing the role of Jean Valjean in the concert with "the ultimate cast"!

He was invited by Cameron Mackintosh to sing the role of Valjean in the special concert of Les Miserables at Windsor Castle for the Queen and Jacques Chirac last year. Also, he was a member of the original cast at the Barbican, where he created the role of Marius. He has recorded "Bring Him Home" - and it sounds like a fervent prayer!
#12

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 10:36pm

I would love to see Randal Keith. I've heard wonderful things about him. Ivan Rutherford was really good too.
"The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most; we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long"-Edgar in King Lear
#13

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 10:42pm

Add me to the Randall Keith bandwagon! I saw him twice when the National tour rolled into town year before last. It would be so neat to see a movie of this musical :)
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#14

re: Les Mis 21st anniversary celebrations

Posted: 10/30/05 at 11:34pm


Here we go... 18000 pages of who we want for the Ultimate Cast but which will never happen
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