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Don’t know if you’ve seen this but…

I stumbled upon a Lisa Vroman & Raymond Saar picture and I think it’s one of my favorites now! That mustache tho…

Oh very cool! And a rare mustache Raouls, at least in the US productions.

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“One Day More,” US 2nd National Tour, Los Angeles, 1988. William Solo as Jean Valjean, Reece Holland as Marius, Karen Fineman as Cosette, Michelle Nicastro as Éponine, Raymond Saar as Enjolras, Jeff McCarthy as Javert, Gary Beach as Thénardier and Kay Cole as Mme. Thénardier.

... a.k.a. Les Mis: ‘90s kids nostalgia edition. Michigan J. Frog as Javert, Princess Odette as Éponine, the March Hare as Marius, stage-Lumiére as Thénardier, and possibly Fievel Mousekewitz as Gavroche, though I don’t know if Philip Glasser was on at this performance or not.

It’s especially nice to hear Reece Holland’s real voice: so gorgeous, deep, and completely different from the high, nasal voice he affected in Adventures in Wonderland!

They all sound magnificent. I only wish I hadn’t been born too late to see this production!

Davis Gaines, Lisa Vroman, Raymond Saar(u/s), March 27, 1994

http://www.mediafire.com/file/liaxzfq3wrl1rzt/POTO+US+Tour+1994-03-27+DG+LV+RS.zip

#Phantom of the Opera #Davis Gaines #lisa vroman #raymond saar #audio gift

“Javert at the Barricade” and “Little People,” US 2nd National Tour, Los Angeles, 1988. Jeff McCarthy as Javert, Raymond Saar as Enjolras, unknown Gavroche.

I’m still fairly positive that this Gavroche is Philip Glasser. I grew up adoring the American Tail franchise and I’m almost certain I recognize his voice. He is a bit squeaky (maybe that’s why Don Bluth and Steven Spielberg chose him to voice a mouse) but he has no shortage of feisty attitude!

Raymond is still a fine Enjolras and Jeff’s Javert still sounds especially fierce and driven. Good ensemble work too.

I’m still not quite sure what dramatic purpose it served to have Courfeyrac, Feuilly, et al, demand that Javert be shot right away and have to be stopped by Combeferre and Enjolras. Especially since, as @pilferingapples recently reminded me, it has no real basis in the novel. I’d love to discuss it sometime with someone who’s known the show for decades.

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“The ABC Café”/“Red and Black,” US 2nd National Tour, Los Angeles, 1988. Raymond Saar as Enjolras, Reece Holland as Marius, Kenny d’Aquila (?) as Grantaire.

Parts of this recording sound uncannily like the Complete Symphonic Recording, just minus Anthony Warlow and Michael Ball. Of course this is because the CSR’s barricade boys all came from this production. This is why even though the Grantaire is uncredited, I’m 99.9% positive it’s Kenny d’Aquila. His raspy, wild, annoying yet endearing drunk voice is hard to mistake.

I’m not entirely sure what to make of Raymond’s Enjolras, but I think I like him. His voice is clear, youthful and handsome; maybe a little light and not as powerful as some, but certainly not weak either. Judging by the way he growls some of his lines, he sounds like a bit of a G.I. Jolras (not surprisingly, since Michael Maguire’s portrayal would still have been so fresh in everyone’s minds), but not a Hunjolras, thank goodness.

I still love Reece’s Marius. Such a warm, passionate voice.

I notice that we don’t hear the Amis chiming in “Yes! That’s right!” etc., the way we usually do nowadays when Enjolras sings “...but now there is a higher call.” Was that one of the changes in direction that came with the show’s 1997 10th Anniversary overhaul?

This is also the first time I’ve ever heard Gavroche’s “LISTEN!!!!” get a laugh from the audience. The boy (Philip Glasser?) must have humorously played up Gavroche’s struggling to be heard and finally losing patience and shrieking.