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Michael Jackson with the cast of “Oliver!” — Patti LuPone, Ron Moody, David Garlick, and Braden Danner — backstage at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on May 10, 1984.
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Michael Jackson with the cast of “Oliver!” — Patti LuPone, Ron Moody, David Garlick, and Braden Danner — backstage at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on May 10, 1984.
ideal les miserables cast/my preferred/favourite actor for each les miserables character
note: just my opinion, and i also might have two or more actors for each character.
jean valjean: colm wilkinson
javert: phillip quast, maybe hadley fraser. throw in a little bit of russel crowe and it's perfect! (yes i like him as javert don't shoot me)
fantine: ruthie henshall
bishop myriel: also colm wilkinson
little cosette: whoever was in the original london cast recording. i can't find the name, but she is my favourite.
thenardier: alum armstrong
madame thenardier: jenny galloway
gavroche: daniel huttlestone, maybe braden danner with more of an accent. i love the way his voice flows! so a combo of those two.
eponine: lea salonga
cosette: katie hall or judy kuhn.
marius: eddie redmayne
enjolras: ramin karimloo. i definitely considered aaron tveit for a bit, but mainly because he's blonde (i'm sorry it's true) so he's second.
grantaire: hadley fraser. george bladgen was a helluva close second, but hadley takes it. no i will not accept criticism.
loud hailer: lin-manuel miranda and hadley fraser
the abc society: honestly? how they were casted in the movie. BECAUSE THE MOVIE HAS A BAHOREL AND THAT"S THE MAIN REASON!!! GIVE ME STAGE BAHOREL YOU COWARDS!
anyway that's it, feel free to disagree, but i'm kinda too tired to argue right now. also if you agree with these choices, good for you! and if you haven't seen the ham4ham video of lin doing the loud hailer bit. oh boy, you are missing out.
Rocket 2 U (Season 1)
Season 1 Opening Credits
Just happened across this performance from the OBC of Les Mis! They're lip syncing (I think to the cast album), but still, neat to see!
Jennifer, Brandy, and Braden (Season 1)
here's a piece of les mis history for you: watch this really old video of a tv medley performance by braden danner as gavroche singing "look down", little donna vivino as cosette singing "castle on a cloud", and colm wilkinson singing "bring him home"
Thanksgiving Day Parade - Les Miserables - November 25, 1987
Performing: Braden Danner, Donna Vivino, and Colm Wilkinson.
I believe Mr. Wilkinson’s final performance on Broadway would be 3 days later on Saturday, November 28th.
Colm Wilkinson singing Bring Him Home personifies Thanksgiving SO much better than all of the current commercialization of the holiday imho . . .