Salonga, Lewis in Les Miz 25th Anniv. Concert - The O2 — Page 2

I'm not much of a techie but here's a tip that I use for DVDs for movies which have not been released on Blu-ray :

Use a Blu-ray player ( presumably on the same region as the DVD) to play your DVD and the clarity of the film is very much enhanced.

I understand that international movie blu-ray releases do not make money yet for the producers ( maybe because of the number of blu-ray players that have been purchased) unlike in the USA where blu-ray players already enjoy a wide audience approval.

Who knows - maybe someday the 10th Anniversary concert will finally get a blu-ray release.

As for this concert --

Let's just hope that it gets filmed and eventually released in some format.

Updated On: 6/3/10 at 01:25 AM

Isn't that great -- it even includes the libretto. I love reading the stories of how some of the songs became part of the final Barbican production. Colm Wilkinson singing BRING HIM HOME and one cast member saying they knew it was about God but that they did not know he was going to sing it. And how they were thinking of cutting out EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES ( which means it would have taken me much longer to discover Michael Ball). And can you imagine that the original production was something like almost 4 1/2 hours long? But they had to cut it down, at least so it can be ready for a more commercial release at the West End...The photos of the original cast seem to evoke such a long time ago. Btw, in the re-released version of THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT, they also incorporated STAGE BY STAGE, the first video featuring the many productions world-wide of the show. I was very amused by the different takes on Cossette

Talking about the original cast in London -- Zoe Hart played the young Cossette ( the very first to sing CASTLE ON A CLOUD) at the Barbican and at the West End transfer. Years later, when she was a budding teenager, she played the role of the young Jenny, together with Michael Ball again, in ASPECTS OF LOVE. I wonder if she is still in the theatre?

Updated On: 6/3/10 at 01:39 AM

She first performed the role of Eponine on Broadway in 1993. This was followed by the 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (London) in 1995. Her next Lez Miz stint was on Broadway as Fantine in 2007.

She was also in the London cast in 1996.

Her first performance on Broadway was Jan 5, 1993.

Lea Salonga as Fantine is awesome! Its possible that theyre asking Lea Michelle to play Eponine.

But the real deal is if Justin Bieber will play Gavroche! lol.

Bieber as Gavroche made me laugh so hard.

I don't hear a y in it at all.


Leeea not Lee-Ya.

There in NO 'y' sound in the name for Lea Michele.

The correct way to say it is LEE-uh

There in NO 'y' sound in the name for Lea Michele.
The correct way to say it is LEE-uh


Similarly, there is NO 'h' sound in her name.

If the 'h' in your LEE-uh is silent, why can't you accept a silent 'y' in my Leeya?


p.s. When I got Lea Michele's autograph (stagedoor), I asked her, "Is it (your first name) Leeya or Laya?"
She replied, "It's Leeya. Thanks for asking."

I looked again at the name, Lea. There was no 'h'. There was no 'y'.