New Eponine Casting- Page 3

[emo_geek]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 5:52pm

I just got a flyer in the mail for LA wicked, and though they did not announce Eden as Elphaba...all the pictures were of her and Megan Hilty...

[alliez92092]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 5:53pm

I would love Melissa, Jenna Leigh Green, or Celia Keenan-Bolger. Any one of them would be fabulous.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 6:53pm

Funny that Allison Fischer was mentioned. She said at the closing of "Lestat" that she really wanted to be involved with "Les Mis," but that by the time they were let out of their contracts, the show was already fully cast. Perhaps now she can be involved?

I join the crowd rooting for Celia Keenan-Bolger.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:39pm

Celia would be great. I would love to see her in a differnt type of role.

[Quiquo]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:47pm

Ugh.

This thread makes me want to stab my eyes out with an ice pick.

[Someday]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:54pm

If you did that, Quiquo, you wouldn't be able to see whoever replaces Lea. Or anyone in the revival cast. Or any future casts in Les Miz! Or the concert video! Or boots!


....but you'd still be able to listen to your CDs of the full symphonic recording....

[OnMyWay]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 8:22pm

Britney Spears.

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:21pm

What WOULD be the right age for Eponine?
At least...?

[Eponine913]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:27pm

I'm thinking 20-25, but I'm probaly way off.
Updated On: 8/8/06 at 10:27 PM

[BertCCRI]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 12:32am

Having seen Les Miz about 40 times (I've long since lost count), I'm not compelled to rush to the revival. However, I would definitely go if Celia was playing Eponine, a role for which she is ideal. Heretofore, my favorite Eponine was Dana Lynn Caruso ... but that was 'way back in 1989-90, on the road.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 12:37am

I heard Dana was wonderful as Eponine. I'm really surprised she was never brought to the Broadway company of Les Miz during it's original run. Her most recent show was the Broadway company of Fiddler on the Roof.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 1:09am

I also thought Dana Lynn Caruso was the best Eponine I've seen. She was supposedly very difficult to work with (she was young) and management had a lot of problems with her attitude which is why she never came into NYC.

They clearly want somebody really young for Eponine in the revival. The people they were looking at were all in their teens or very early 20s. A lot of people who were interested in auditioning for the role, including some of the names mentioned in this thread, were told they were too old.

[TLKfan]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 2:30am

Lizzie, I totally agree with you. I think I saw her at least 6 times and couldn't take her seriously in her role...She is such a nice person but I just never liked her at Eponine. I would like to see her in something else though just on the NYC Les Mis thing.

[threatXthree]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 3:28am

Kerry Butler.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 4:45am

I almost forgot about Dana Lyn caruso!!

Good pointe, Colle. I had not thought much about the age issue for some reason

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 11:12am

threatX, Kerry Butler has already played the role of Eponine (not sure of the exact year though).

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 12:31pm

1998: http://www.broadwaylesmis.com/actors.asp?id=284

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 1:01pm

I believe Frances Ruffelle (the originator and definitive Eponine) was born in 1965, so would have been around 20 when the show opened in London, and then 21-22 when she was on Broadway with the show.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 1:44pm

Thanks, Lizzie. I don't see you here much anymore.