#Plamondon

[unknown171204]

The 45th anniversary

For the very first time, the implicit 10-year rule was not respected . Like the other tributes from previous years, French and Quebec singers, without forgetting the members of the Starmania family cover some songs from the original album, with the first medley on television from the 2024 troop !!

Bruno Pelletier , Daniel Lavoie , Garou , Vincent Niclo, Michael Grégorio and Pierre Lapointe :

Jenifer :

Shy'm

Medley of several artists :

Garou

Santa :

Medley Starmania 2024🔥 :

For more Starmania or to discover other French musicals I invite you to follow the path of my main masterlist to learn more about French musicals and their stories :

[oldschoolfrp]

Flasks of oil are an essential old school dungeoneering tool, along with the 50' ropes and 10' poles. Light them and throw them at enemies, or pour them onto the ground to make a simple DIY trap, tossing a torch at the right moment. Fire is a great equalizer when you have 6 hp and you're facing dozens of organized enemies. (Roger Raupp from "Don't drink this cocktail -- throw it!" by Robert Plamondon, Dragon 40, August 1980)

The article refers to "molotov cocktails" throughout, but it seems like a different name would be used in a world with no historical Soviet Union. Also note the cleric with a cross on his tunic, a common motif in AD&D art.

[i-love-this-art]

Antoine Plamondon / "Sister Saint-Alphonse" / 1841 / National Gallery of Canada

[murderballadeer]

they don’t know that the heads of major political parties in quebec have been throwing the term “wokisme” around in official press releases and statements…

[codename-adler]

Jean Moreau & Notre Dame de Paris . just saying.

[collectionstilllife]

Antoine Plamondon (Canadian, 1804-1895) • Still Life with Apples and Grapes • c. 1870 • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

[doyouknowthismusical]

[melodiesofmidnight]

The Spanish version of "Bohemienne," "La Canción de la Zingara," as performed specifically by Tahis Ciurana, is far and away the best of its renditions.

[burntblueberrywaffles]

Made some Notre Dame de Paris memes

Belle:

Tu vas me détruire/Your love will kill me:

[starmaniamania]

Curtain call in Geneva with Plamondon, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Josepha Madoki, March 2023

[unknown171204]

Starmania 1993

This is the first version of the show created without Michel Berger

Performed from 1993 to 2001 at the Théâtre Mogador, then at the Palais des Congrès to continue at the Palais des Sports and finish at the Casino de Paris, we can almost say that it is a traveling show !

The show will have a 50-50 success, part of the public will adore it while the other will simply hate it (the costumes considered ugly and a staging bordering on the psychedelic, some critics will even say that this version was a betrayal / a bad parody of the original work)

The album :

The particularity of the show was the possibility of choosing the language ! In English on Friday and French the rest of the week !

DISTRIBUTION :

Johnny Rockfort :

Bruno Pelletier (1993 - 1995)

Norman Groulx ( 1995 - 1999)

Frank Sherbourne ( 1999 - 2001)

Cristal :

Judith Bérard ( 1993 - 1996)

Edith Fortin ( 1996 - 2001)

Marie-Jeanne :

Luce Dufault ( 1993 - 1995)

Isabelle Boulay ( 1995 - 1997)

Joane Labelle ( 1998 - 1999)

Lulu Hugues ( 1999 - 2001)

Zéro Janvier :

Michel Pascal ( 1993 - 1997 and 2000- 2001)

Richard Groulx ( 1997 - 1999)

Martin Fontaine ( 1999 - 2000)

Stella Spotlight : Patsy Gallant

Ziggy :

Frank Sherbourne (1993 -1999)

Andy Cocq ( 1999 - 2001)

Sadia :

Jasmine Roy ( 1993 - 1996)

Marie Carmen (1996)

Véronique Béliveau (1997)

Kwin ( 1997 - 2001)

Liners :

Jean Ravel / Sabrina Lory / Éric Melville

Clip :

There is only one official recording of the show with the troop of 2000 , But a recording of Tycoon (probably filmed in secret by a spectator) of VERY poor quality is available :

Tycoon 1993 :

Fanmade of the 1994 French version :

The Full Show :

ANECDOTES :

For the first time Roger Roger is no longer a human character, he is now a robot with the voice of Muriel Robin in French and Tim Rice in English

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In this version Zero Janvier murders Cristal by strangling her with his own hands !

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For the first time the auditions for the role of Sadia were open to men !! ( We are now in 2024 and Sadia still has not had a male interpreter )

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Andy Cocq and Eric Melville were spotted by Plamondon when they both auditioned for Notre Dame de Paris !

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Andy Cocq is one of the big names in the world of French musicals, having played in Emilie Jolie 2002, le Soldat Rose , Doty et le magicien d'Oz , and in the French adaptations of Spamlot and the Producers ( which I had the chance to see at the Paris theater in 2022 )

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Luce Dufault is the only performer in the history of Starmania to have performed on stage while she was 6 months pregnant !

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Technical accident occurred at the Mogador when Bruno Pelletier's long hair was found stuck while he was suspended in the air and had to go down on stage roped up ! The show stopped and Plamondon himself came on stage to reassure the audience ; in his own words : " a black star must be able to face any eventuality ! "

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In 1995, Stella Spotlight's slide dress hit the stage…without Patsy Gallant! The performer had gone backstage to quench her thirst and had forgotten that she had to make a short appearance on stage just before the businessman's blues …

For more Starmania or to discover other French musicals I invite you to follow the path of my main masterlist to learn more about French musicals and their stories :

[linoone]

[monologhidiunamarea]

Con una mano toccami,

Torturami con l'altra

[ascle]

Le blues du businessman

Suzie Villeneuve & Jean-François Bastien

[miss-starmania]

Most fun Starmania Medley 🌟

With Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon, the Groulx bros are just 🔥🔥🔥🤩

[notredamearchives]

Notre-Dame de Paris - Belle - Vietnamese