"The Andrew Varela School of Javert"

Calling Russel Crowe or anyone one looking to find out "how to Javert". Enroll now in the Andrew Varela Javert 101 class.

Just covered the 25th Ann. production Philly stop last night for BWW. IF Cam Mac does bring LM back to Broadway and doesn't cast Varela as Javert, well he might as well spend his time doing more remakes of Oliver!

Varela got a well deserved roaring ovation at the Academy.

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He was awesome in Houston too!

He was incredible! I loved his Soliloquy.

pretty sure my dad would be a better javert than Crowe..maybe Harvey fierstein would have been better and I am not joking

After Philip Quast, Andrew Varela IS Javert. He is brilliant, amazing and every other positive adjective you can think of in the role.

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100% agreed. Andrew Varela is truly something else, it would be sacrilege not to bring him to the Broadway revival. I would love to see Anthony Warlow as Valjean when this revival happens as well, as I am not much of a fan of Alfie Boe.

Also, how is the new Fantine, Genevieve LeClerc?

Has Varela been with the tour since the beginning? I saw the tour in Nashville in spring 2011, but I don't recall being amazed by the actor playing Javert. Now I'm intrigued. I love Philip Quast's Javert. He gives the character all the depth and complexity it deserves.

^She did only join the tour a month ago, so I’m sure she’s still finding her footing in the show. But she did also have the huge task of filling Betsy Morgan’s shoes, whose Fantine is still burned in to my mind and I remember as freshly as the time I saw her in the tour 2 years ago.

I haven't see the Les Mis tour since the first time it stopped by DC at the Kennedy. That was a really wonderful cast with J. Mark McVey as Jean Valjean, Betsy Morgan as Fatine, Justin Scott Brown as Marius, Jenny Latmer as Cosette, Jeremy Hays as Enjolras along with Andrew as Javert, of course.

My friend's seeing the tour on Wednesday. It'll be her first time seeing a live production of it. I hope the current cast knocks her socks off.

I saw the tour tonight and Andrew completely blew me away - he got a rousing ovation from the audience after 'Stars' and the applause only died down due to the fact he was slowly backing off stage. I had seen Andrew in the Little Women tour awhile back in Philly, and he was fantastic, but his Javert is beyond real explanation. If he isn't brought on for the 2014 Broadway run, it'll a mistake - he truly makes a character who could be a monster of a person, humanized.

I saw a few understudies, which isn't surprising given I've heard they've been hit pretty hard by the flu. Jessica Keenan Lynn was on for Fantine, and I thought she did a pretty amazing job - she sang it very well and really seemed to make good choices acting wise. Weston Wells Olson was on for Enjolras, and he was truly fantastic and sort of looked like a young Matthew Morrison. Beth Kirkpatrick was on for Madame Thenardier - hilarious, over the top, and perfect.

I'd never seen the show live before, and this production was a dream. Between Varela's pitch perfect Javet, Peter Lockyer's passionate and rousing Jean Valjean, and a supporting cast including Briana Carlson Goodman, Lauren Wiley, Timothy Gulan, and Devin Ilaw, I was floored by it all.

If you have the chance to get to see the tour - please do so, it's a dream come true.

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Weston doesn't cover Valjean, just Enjorlas.

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