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von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
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#50von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/20/07 at 10:53pmVon Essen will be great im sure, but i would have liked to see Drew Sarich take over the role. i saw him understudy a few months ago and he was great.
#51von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/20/07 at 10:56pmCan someone please fill me in, what soap is Mandy Bruno on? I've never heard of her. I am excited about Max taking over.
theminutepast
Broadway Star Joined: 2/1/06
#52von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/20/07 at 11:30pmI had never heard of Mandy Bruno before, so that was why I assumed Lea Michelle, a new, popular Broadway actress, would draw in more people.
#53von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/20/07 at 11:39pm
Dottie, google! 
Mandy's soap comes up prominently.
#55von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/20/07 at 11:53pmThanks, Lizzie. I did just that and it turns out Mandy and I share the same birthday!!
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#57von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 12:01am
Wow, Marina can Sing??
Drew must be pissed his is not being moved up in place of the prettier Max.
I too think Ceila was the best chance of a TONY nom.
I wanna catch this show (which I don't like) before she moves on.
#60von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 12:30amNOOOOO, why did you delete that?! I agreed with all of it!
ErikInTheCity
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#61von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 12:38amI believe that I heard Ms. Keenan Bolger is tied up with the Los Angeles run of Spelling Bee, which is said to be the entire original cast. This was a month or so ago I heard this, so things may have changed.
#62von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 12:43amWow. I'm surprised she's going back to SPELLING BEE. I had hoped she'd be working on a new project. I can't blame her though. SPELLING BEE is a heck of a lot more fun of a show to do 8 times a week than LES MIS.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
theminutepast
Broadway Star Joined: 2/1/06
#63von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 10:43amWait, ok forgive me I don't know a lot about the Tony's, but couldn't Celia still be nominated? Or does the actor have to be in the show still in order to get nominated?
#64von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 11:16amNo, not at all. The show doesn't even have to still be open.
Colle
Broadway Star Joined: 2/13/06
#65von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 3:27pmThe only new cast member I have heard of is Ben Davis(Javert). He was in the ensemble when I first saw the 3nt of Les Miserables(back in 1997). I wish I could remember him in the show though, it is hard to get noticed sometimes when one is playing one of the students.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#63von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 3:56pmI don't know why they wouldn't stay through the Tonys, just doesn't make sense.
#63von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 5:03pmIt's weird, I am so used to Ann Harada with a Christmas Eve voice that I can't imagine here doing anything else, especially a british accent
#64von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 5:16pm
I HIGHLY doubt she'll use a British accent.
And let's not get into the accents thing again!
thirtythirtyninety
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#65von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 7:35pmMandy Bruno is great, and a really sweet girl, too. I knew her and worked with her back in Portland, OR, in her pre-Soap days. Couldn't happen to a better person. She'll be a terrific Eponine!
musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#66von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:07pmGood to hear that it's extended its run through at least Labor Day.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#67von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 9:57pmIt'll get extended for the next 10 years.
dramaqueen2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/05
#68von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/21/07 at 11:05pmhm, what is next for aaron lazar? *stars in eyes*
#69von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/22/07 at 2:57amwow, ill actually get to see von Essen in something! Until I saw him outside the stage door of The Times... Changin' I coulda sworn he was just a cardboard cutout they stuck in pictures as an inside joke. As all over the place as he seems to be, I never see him anywhere or in anything.
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#71von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/22/07 at 11:42amPersonally I haven't heard of any of these people. I am very happy for Norm and LM. Jenny I can understand with the whole 6 month contract thing. I don't know why Celia is leaving...that is quite disappointing. And Aaron, he is good but didn't seem to excited about the extension. It's best for him to move on. I CAN'T believe they didn't bump up Drew for Enjolras! He deserves it! Anywho, I am excited to see it again. I am sooo glad I saw it with the original revival cast!
#72von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/22/07 at 11:44amMandy Bruno plays Marina Cooper on CBS's GUIDING LIGHT had has now for a few years. She's a great little actress, who I saw in a NYMF show a few seasons back, and is a great singer as well. So happy that Marina will be on a Broadway stage.
#70von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 3/22/07 at 8:07pm
Said video...
https://www.broadwayworld.com/blogs/viewblog.cfm?blogid=533
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#71von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 4/12/07 at 2:40pm
Mandy Bruno interview!
http://tinyurl.com/2tm9j3
(Beaverton Valley Times.)
#72von Essen, Harada, and more enter Les Miz April 24
Posted: 4/12/07 at 2:53pmMax von Essen will be fantastic in the role, no doubt. He would also be great as Marius. I saw him in the Papermill production of The Baker's Wife. He sang beautifully and acted really well. He looks yummy, too. I will be there on his first performance!
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