Melba Moore as "Fantine" in Les Mis
Melba Moore as "Fantine" in Les Mis
#0Melba Moore as "Fantine" in Les Mis
Posted: 11/20/05 at 12:20amDoes anyone know her exact run dates she did in the Broadway run as "Fantine"?? I cannot find the timeline. Thanks all!
Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#1re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 11/20/05 at 12:38amI know i saw her during my senior year; 1996 if that helps
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 11/20/05 at 12:44amAccording to Ibdb.com, she played the role Jan 9 - Mar 1995.
#3re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/4/14 at 1:25am
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#4re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/4/14 at 2:17amI was only like, 13, but I remember her looking a little zonked, but she was otherwise good.
#5re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/4/14 at 3:08amShe was an enjoyable mess as Mama on the "Chicago" tour
#6re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/4/14 at 3:19amWasn't she also in the Brooklyn tour with Diana DeGarmo? Yeesh.
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#7re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 9:46amI saw Moore. That's when the show was tired and in less than great shape. She was fine, but entirely unmemorable. Nothing stood out, and I think we expected her to find something new in the role. Or take the roof off.
#8re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 10:56amWas she in the cast when Mackintosh came in and fired everyone?
#9re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 11:08am
No. That cast was Ivan Rutherford, Florence Lacey, Tamra Hayden, Michelle Riggs, and Tom Donoghue. Only Chris Innvarr (who was playing Javert) was spared.
That happened in late 96/early 97.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#10re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 1:16pmno Christina Michelle Riggs was also spared... she was Eponine then was changed to Cosette if I remember correctly...
#11re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 1:33pmYou're kidding...that's the cast I saw! Les Mis was my first broadway show. I was maybe six.
#12re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 1:33pmYou're kidding...that's the cast I saw! Les Mis was my first broadway show. I was maybe six.
#13re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 1:45pmIvan also stayed, but was the Valjean alternate once Robert Marien came in.
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#14re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 2:46pmRutherford was magnificent in the recent Chicago production of Les Miz this spring. (with Quentin Earl Darrington from the Ragtime revival as his Javert)
#15re: Melba Moore as 'Fantine' in Les Mis
Posted: 7/5/14 at 4:54pmRight. I forgot that Rutherford was essentially demoted rather than being fired.
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