Les Miserables

[little_fall_of_rain]

Posted: 2/27/07 at 5:12pm

I am pretty sure the actors are really playing the guitar in Drink With Me because when I saw it we had an understudy for Grantaire and another student played the guitar but when Drew Sarich (the regular Grantaire) is in he will play the guitar, if that makes sense. That was one of my favorite changes for the revival

[secret-soul]

Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:50am

It is a real guitar. Drew Sarich does play guitar--he has his own band called International Victim: www.myspace.com/victiminternational
The guitar is over 100 years old. Originally he was to bring it out earlier in the scene (the one where he reads the newspaper) but the director decided it would be too distracting. So then it was to come out on one of the carts during the building of the barricade, but seeing how old and valuable the guitar is they decided that was not the safest course of action. Ultimately it was decided that Drew would walk off and get it (which seems a little distracting, but I'm over it). But yes, he does play it up until Marius' interjection into the song and Grantaire stands up and hands it to another student who removes the prop to safety.

[bingbong]

Posted: 4/3/07 at 8:48am

i was talking about the uk :), i think they've quietly been planning to take it off for a while, obviously that isn't in the very near future anymore.
You're very right that it won't be coming off quietly, whenever it does. Who knows...
xx

[little_fall_of_rain]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:31am

There are also rumors flying that Rosie O'Donnell wants to be the next Madame Thenardier

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 10:44am

Old rumors.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=17851