Les Mis cast 2006
Les Mis cast 2006
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#0Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:30pmI have heard from a friend of mine who works on Broadway (Merwin Foard, the current Sweeney standby) that Alexander Gemignani will play Valjean and Eden Espinosa will play Fantine. There were a few other names announced, but I don't remember who.
#1re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:32pm
Alex as Valjean? Hm....Weird.
And Espinosa as Fantine, rather than eponine? I don't know. Until I have proof I'm steering clear of the rumors circulating.
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#2re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:35pmI was as perplexed as you when I heard it from Merwin. But I think they are having some people from the tour as Eponine, Cosette, the younger versions of those two and Gavroche.
Luckydave14
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#3re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:38pmWhatever happened to their "All Star Cast?" No offense to Espinosa and Gemignani, but they aren't really "All Stars" yet.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#4re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:38pmI dont know the show that well, but from what I do know about the show, doesnt Espinosa fit the role of Eponine WAY better than Fantine?
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:47pmUm...since these names have not been officially released, don't ya think it might be a little bit of a no-no to associate your friend's name with your leaking the info? Just saying, always best to stick with an 'anonymous source'.
#7re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:51pmEden Espinosa as Fantine? Are you kidding? I'm not questioning her talent--she's just not the right type. She would be much better for Eponine.
#8re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:52pmBoth those names have been brought up before though - as well as Lea Michele as Eponine (which, if they're casting that young, makes Eden make a little more sense)
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:53pmOf course they've been mentioned before...I just wouldn't attach a known working actor to that info.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#10re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:59pmWhy don't they just do the whole thing with puppets?
beav
Joined: 5/19/06
#11re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:02pm
Well, I too had heard the Eden as Fantine rumor, so I checked up on it. A friend who is working with her now asked her and she said it was offered to her, but it didn't work out...something during negotiations I believe.
And yes, a several people from the tour will be in the ensemble and understudying roles in the new production. Not as many as you would think though.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#12re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:03pmYES! Janice as Fantine!!!!
#13re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:04pmLes Muppetables?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#14re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:06pmC'mon, wouldn't it be great??
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#15re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:07pmI say Trekkie Monster as the 'Master of the House.'
#16re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:19pm
Les Muppetables?
Cute, but I prefer Les Marionettes. Let's give this the European flare it so deserves. If we can't have "stars" let us have strings.
#17re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:22pmNot to sound declasse' but puppets and marionettes are not the same. Marionettes haven't had the same kind of success that puppets have had on Broadway. I think it would be to risky. And I'd be too afraid that during One Day More that all those strings could get intertwined. Although it would be fun to watch a Marius Marionnete. And just imagine the stringed army flying through the air during the attack on the rue plumet!
#18re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:26pmPlus the movement of the turntable. That would spell disaster with the marionettes!
#19re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:27pmI can only imagine the # of 911 calls to the Marionette's Medical Facility!
#20re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:30pmOne string caught in the turntable would be enough to take them all down like bowling pins.
circusliz
Broadway Star Joined: 11/19/05
#21re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:31pmOtherwise known as Gippetto's workshop?
#22re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 4:54pm
Where's your sense of adventure? Fantine floating off to heaven... a soaring suicide for Javert...imagine an airborne Norm! Valjean vaulting over the barricades to save marionette Marius.
Why, they could even re-name a luxury hotel for the run, the Marionette Marquis.
#23re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 5:38pmI like her, but Eden is COMPLETELY wrong for Fantine.In every way. I want to see Carolee as Fantine, but am really excited to see who gets the role. I really hope they consider Jill Paice, from Woman In White,as Cosette because she was absolutely AMAZING in the role.
#24re: Les Mis cast 2006
Posted: 5/23/06 at 5:59pmI'm not gonna believe anything, or get into any huge arguments over who should play who, until the official cast list has been posted, otherwise it's too much of a hassle. Though, cough *Edenwouldn'tbegood*
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