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OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
#100re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:43pmWow, 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#101re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#102re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:48pmAs 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.)
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"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
#103re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
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!
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jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#104re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:08pmHey, 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!!!
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#105re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
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.
#106re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:17pmWell, 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#107re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
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.
#108re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:41pmThis 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#109re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:49pmIsn't the tour folding in autumn this year? I think they'll use most of the stuff from the tour.
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BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#110re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:49pmYes, 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.
#111re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:05amI 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"
"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
Broadway Star Joined: 6/9/04
#112re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:07amTHANK. THE. LORD.
#113re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:12amJust 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#114re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
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.
#115re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:49am
I think this is RIDICULOUS!
But I don't care. YAY! :o)
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#116re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 12:56amCANNOT FREAKING WAIT.
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#117re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#118re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 1:11am
6 Months more.
Gerard can bring the Les Miz number back. 
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#119re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 1:13amIf 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.
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#120re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 1:48amI am so excited! Yay :)
~Annie~
#121re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 2:23amThis is amazing, I'm sooooo excited! Has anything like this ever happened before?
BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#122re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
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.
#123re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 2:39amI'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
Swing Joined: 10/29/05
#124re: OMG Les Miz Will Return to Broadway
Posted: 2/17/06 at 3:28am
AWESOME! Can't wait to see it.
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