bjarvis | Thoughts on "Les Miz"

This afternoon, we went to see "Les Misérables" at the Kennedy Center. The ticket for

cuyahogarvr was a birthday present from his second daughter who was coming to see the show;

kent4str and I bought adjacent seats for the same show. While I'm familiar with the musical soundtrack and have read the book --in its original french, thank you very much-- I hadn't seen the show before.

No rotating stage in this show, but, wow, they made good use of scrim projections.

God, I couldn't get the "Forbidden Broadway" lyrics out of my head. I was chuckling in all the wrong places.

The ending was happier than I remembered from the novel.

As expected, the kid who played Gavroche was too annoying to let live. Why can't he die in Act 1 instead of Fantine?

I just love looking through the list of roles and can only imagine what conversations the actors must have had:
"Hey, Mom! I got a role in a musical!"
"Wonderful, dear! Which musical?"
"Les Miz!"
"Excellent! I knew those years of singing and dance lessons would pay off! Which role?"
"Crazy Whore #1!"
"You are dead to me."

In all, it was a great show and I'm glad we went. Do see the production if it comes to your town. Just don't listen to "Forbidden Broadway" first.