My Les Mis Obsession is Coming Back

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:24pm

when i was about 8 i was absolutely obsessed with Les Mis. it was all i would listen to and i had the broadway on video and thats all i would watch. i was listening to accubroadway and thenardier waltz just came on. i know all the words and i havent listened to it in like 4 years. now im walking around the house looking for the OCR and the video. lol.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:29pm

Welcome to the club!

::hands mini-Red flag::

[loudasthehelliwant]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:49pm

Huzzah!

Les Miz got me through 7th grade (really unpleasant year). LOL. It will always have a special, special place in my heart.

[bwaybaby891]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:54pm

Les Mis was one of the shows that started my obsession with Broadway. I was starting to neglect it until I heard it and now I'm looking for my cast recording. I guess we are in the same boat.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:37pm

Les Mis was the first show i ever heard music from. i used to run around the house singing it. lol.

[MyDreamsRecurring]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:44pm

Les Miz rekindled my love of broadway only a year and a half ago. I had seen lots of other shows..they fell under either the Annie or Mamma Mia or Rodgers and Hammerstein category. Les Miz helped me appreciate musical drama and now I'm a huge Sondheim freak because of it..ironic how those things work out

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:56pm

uh....that is weird.

What is everyone's fav. in order?

Mine is:

1) Concert Cast
2) Broadway
3) Complete Symphonic (Warlow, oh Warlow)
4) London

[littleredridinghood]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:07pm

1. Complete Symphonic (I just like having the whole show...)
2. Broadway (gotta love what you were brought up on)
3. 10th Anniversary Concert (would be second, but I'm loyal to Broadway...hah)
4. London

Les Miz has always kept me interested in Broadway. I love it.

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:16pm

It really has become the time for old obsessions to be re-kindled. I recently was sorting out my cast recordings and came upon my Broadway CATS double album... put it in to hear one or two songs that I hadn't heard in years... and soon found myself watching the DVD before the night was over. Heh. *hangs head in shame*

As for Les Mis... that was the obsession after CATS... I have heard all the recordings and prefer:

1) Complete Symphonic Recording
2) Dream Cast 10th Anniversary
3) Original Broadway
4) Original London

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:30pm

As for Les Mis... that was the obsession after CATS...

Hey, me too! I've since gotten over both, because after them came The Producers, and now Altar Boyz. Just once, I'd like to be obsessed with a Sondheim show.

Anyway, my top four:
1. 10th Anniversary Cast
2. CSR
3. Broadway
4. London

[Up In Lost]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:38pm

Les Mis was teh first show I remember seeing, although my parents tell me i saw Beauty and teh Beast before it. I love it, even if iI've only seen it 3 times. Annnd, I've got the Broadway OCR, and teh London OCR.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:40pm

just checked the video and i have the 10th anniversy cast. im gonna watch it soon! .

[elphieisperky]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 4:31pm

Awwww... Les Miz was the first show that I saw with all 8 of my friends. We were all passing around tissues everytime Eponine (Diana Kaarina) came on. I did it recently at my theater place, and now it's my...3rd favorite show. (Not like I'm counting, lol)
Updated On: 6/19/05 at 04:31 PM

[MissElphie]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 5:19pm

Mine never left. Les Mis is my all-time favorite show.

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 6:32pm

I've always LOVED Les Mis, though it's true that for the past few years I didn't think about it ! But seeing it after years, last month in London for the 3rd time , I fell in love with it all over again !

[agirlcandream85]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 9:49pm

when i was little i remember hearing castle on a cloud on oprah they were doing a special on kids and i fell in love with the song and the musical for a minute i would only audition with songs from les mis lol nothing wrong with a lil obsession lol

[dotmarie]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 9:52pm

Oh I will always love Les Mis... I fell in love with the show when I was maybe 6 and I wore my Tenth Anniversary Concert tape out.

yes...forever my favorite show =)

[taperina]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 9:54pm

Les Mis will be playing in Toronto at the Princess of Whales Theatre in the fall.

www.mirvish.com

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 10:08pm

"...at the Princess of Whales Theatre in the fall."

Cetaceans Center for the Performing Arts?

[bythesword84]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 10:08pm

A Les Mis obsession never dies.

[hyperchet]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 10:17pm

I was Gavorache last year!

[stylinbohemian]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 10:27pm

LES MIS!!!! where!? *looks around*

First broadway musical obsession right there! ah...5th grade

[EVIE]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 10:51pm

LES MIZ is my ULTIMATE FAVORITE show! I've seen it in London, Mexico, New York and thru out California. I've seen it twice at the Curran in SF just this month. Of the four recordings mentioned, the OLC is my favorite.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 10:54pm

Favorite Les Mis recording?

Paris Revival Cast....

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 11:01pm

^^ Me too! I have 23 cast recordings of the show, and the Paris revival (Robert Marien, Louise Pitre, etc.) is my absolute favorite. THE best overall cast on a recording, by FAR. :)