OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway- Page 5

[jeremykushnier1fan]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#100

Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:43pm

Wow, I wasn't expecting this and now I'm damn excited!(yet, I'm sad that I won't be there) Not that I'm displeased, but why?

[BSoBW3]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#101

Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:44pm

So I have begun my binge listening.

But I have a problem that cannot be corrected until I go home.

All I have on my computer is Les Mis in Hungarian, Hebrew, Korean, Spanish, and a bunch in Japanese.

All my others are home!

The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

[jam_man]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#102

Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:48pm

As I surely won't be able to go see it's New York return, I'll stay out of the argument (I love Les Miz, but I'd love to see great new work, too). However, what I'm more excited about at the moment is the tour. They supposedly will be closing down the tour, which has been going since 1988, I believe, so they can use their sets and some performers. And, as luck would have it, according to Broadway.com and the Les Miz tour site, the last stop for the tour will be my city, St. Louis, July 17-23! I'm trying not to be TOO excited about it, though, seeing as it has yet to be announced on the Fox Theatre website. That would be my OMG!!! (Sorry for the crappy internet lingo.)

"Who is Stephen Sondheim?" -roninjoey
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay

GO CARDINALS!!!

[Kitzarina]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#103

Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:58pm

I almost peed my pants when I saw this!!! My very very VERY favorite show--the one that got me into theatre in the first place!!!

The whole reason I went to NYC when I did last time was so I could see the show before it closed. Otherwise, we were going to go after I graduated high school.

I M.U.S.T. get to NYC to see this! Especially once the tour ends!

"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

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[jam_man]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#104

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:08pm

Hey, maybe if I'm lucky, the "marquee-names" will be in the final tour cast, to get them ready, a la when they had Colm Wilkinson and others perform in San Fransico before going to China. Unlikely, I know, but hey, a guy can dream.

"Who is Stephen Sondheim?" -roninjoey
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay

GO CARDINALS!!!

[alterego]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#105

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:11pm

Someone mentioned nostalgia? How can you be nostalgic for something that really has never been away for any length of time.

My money is on a smaller orchestra, like the twelve pieces they now have in London. So visually it will be the same, but aurally something totally different.

[Michael Bennett]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#106

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:17pm

Well, I selfishly hope that they don't just bring the tour cast to NYC for six months and that they truly make the "homecoming" an event - I'd love for example to see Judy Kuhn as Fantine.

[BSoBW3]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#107

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:20pm

Did I read correctly that John Caird will be going at this alone (sans Nunn)?

I hope they fix the Runaway Cart scene...and if they cut down Turning, Turning...I'd be thankful!

The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

[ShuQ]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#108

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:41pm

This is so exciting...I'm definitely going to be there! I seriously thought it was some kind of joke when I saw the homepage!!!

[COOOOLkid]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#109

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:49pm

Isn't the tour folding in autumn this year? I think they'll use most of the stuff from the tour.

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

[BSoBW3]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#110

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:49pm

Yes, the article said they are using the set from the tour.

The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

[Kitzarina]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#111

Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:05am

I rather wish they would do the original version of the show and not implement the cuts that were made a few years ago.

"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"

[GretchaSketh]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#112

Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:07am

THANK. THE. LORD.

What is your dream role? My dream role would be to be myself. To be performing at the Hollywood Bowl and to have an audience there just to see me, as Stephanie. They are there because they like what I do as a singer, an artist and a person (the last being the most important). I enjoy escaping and portraying other characters, but to be accepted and wanted as yourself... that's amazing! --Stephanie J. Block Just one of the many reasons I admire and respect Stephanie!!

[munkustrap178]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#113

Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:12am

Just got home and the first thing I saw was the article about this - I am overjoyed. I always regretted not seeing LES MIS in it's final leg on Broadway - I saw it when I was far too young to really remember much. BRILLIANT decision! I cannot WAIT.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[BSoBW3]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#114

Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:15am

But, Kitz - some of the cuts are better.

I love the new added verse in LOVELY LADIES.

I am happy they cut down Dog Eats Dog - though hpe they add some back to it.

The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

[Feathah]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#115

Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:49am

I think this is RIDICULOUS!

But I don't care. YAY! :o)

"The theater is my life. I live it. I breathe it. I fondle it till it falls asleep." Jack (Will And Grace) http://feathah.blogspot.com

[iluvtheatertrash]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#116

Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:56am

CANNOT FREAKING WAIT.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

[lesmisforever]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#117

Posted: 2/17/06 at 1:06am

the tickets are going on sale in June... no cast yet... yes it will probably be sold out...

and being a miz freak, I am very sad that I probably won't get the opportunity to see it since I'm all the way down in New Orleans and I've already investigated hotel prices and such... sheesh!

"I have a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"

[Corine2]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#118

Posted: 2/17/06 at 1:11am

6 Months more.
Gerard can bring the Les Miz number back.

[Type_A_Tiff]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#119

Posted: 2/17/06 at 1:13am

If I can actually get my butt to NYC during the run, I'll be as happy as a clam. (Thanks a lot, EponineThenardier! Things were easier when I stayed in my Les Mis-ignorant state!) I still don't think this run is necessary, but I'm not complaining.

"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

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[Annie3]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#120

Posted: 2/17/06 at 1:48am

I am so excited! Yay :)

~Annie~

[Conor]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#121

Posted: 2/17/06 at 2:23am

This is amazing, I'm sooooo excited! Has anything like this ever happened before?

[BSoBW3]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#122

Posted: 2/17/06 at 2:34am

Dreamgirls?

The Wiz?

Those were tours, though.

Do you mean a show being revived to celebrate it becoming the longest running musical in the world in London?

No, this is a first!

The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

[mrmcfeely]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#123

Posted: 2/17/06 at 2:39am

I'm glad I didn't buy tix for the Philly tour stop. Since I missed the original run, I need to see this on Broadway.

[gecko]

re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway#124

Posted: 2/17/06 at 3:28am

AWESOME! Can't wait to see it.