#colm wilkinson

[thenardiers]

It frequently happened that when M. Madeleine was passing along a street, calm, affectionate, surrounded by the blessings of all, a man of lofty stature, clad in an iron-gray frock-coat, armed with a heavy cane, and wearing a battered hat, turned round abruptly behind him, and followed him with his eyes until he disappeared, with folded arms and a slow shake of the head, and his upper lip raised in company with his lower to his nose, a sort of significant grimace which might be translated by: “What is that man, after all? I certainly have seen him somewhere. In any case, I am not his dupe.”

between his eyes there was a permanent, central frown, like an imprint of wrath; his gaze was obscure; his mouth pursed up and terrible; his air that of ferocious command.

les mis 1.5.5, 'vague flashes on the horizon'

no one:

tmann javert:

[iwouldlovetoeatyourtoast]

"Go."

[artfulacrostic]

some of my favorite moments from the 1995 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Miserables bc it's BARRICADE DAY and thus tis the season:

the convicts during Look Down all being Valjeans from different countries

the bishop M is baby faced and has an angelic voice

the clips from the fully staged show that they insert whenever there is too long of an instrumental/to explain things

colm wilkinson and philip quast's confrontation makes me want to chew on my laptop screen. so good. so crisp

baby cosette gets spooked by a balloon popping during castle on a cloud but barely flinches and keeps singing

the entire cast in the background of master of the house bopping back and forth in time. they are so here for it and it's amazing

philip quast's stars. he's so fucking good. i'm insane about him

michael maguire as enjolras's little happy dance when gavroche tells them that lamarque is dead

michael ball as marius somehow gives himself literally heart eyes whenever he talks about cosette. i can see them. it's so funny

during a heart full of love, colm wilkinson and philip quast are so invested in the background. they're leaning over to whisper to each other. they are besties

lea salonga as eponine delivers "i know this house i tell you, there's nothing here for you. just the old man and the girl, they live ordinary lives" like a GODDESS she is EVERYTHING

michael ball surreptitiously wiping his sweat on lea salonga's hair during her death scene. mans is dying a little

drink with me features anthony crivello as a fucking stellar grantaire, and after his verse, enj comes over and puts his hand on his shoulder to comfort him for a very long time. complete with a lingering touch on the arm and everything. fantastic exr crumbs 👍

the clips from the full show of the final battle are hilarious. completely different cast (though only obvious to insane people like us.)

highlights include one of les amis right on the middle of the barricade doing like. a backwards worm he's so into his death throes. he always has me losing my shit

empty chairs at empty tables includes the fucking cruel choice to have the entire les amis cast of actors line up on each side of michael ball and just a step behind so that they're in shadows, all staring sadly at him for the whole song. gives the impression of all the ghosts of marius's dead friends looking on from the afterlife and demanding answers. heart wrenching. THIS IS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A CONCERT, WHY ARE U DOING STAGING LIKE THIS

beggars at the feast has everyone in the background clapping/tapping along again. love seeing the thenardiers get their due appreciation

the 17 valjeans from other international productions enter after the finale and they all have their gavroches holding their country flags it's so fucking cute

and of course final encore with all the additional valjeans and the whole cast is fucking ACES

ANYWAY if ur looking for a production to watch that is good af this is the top of my list even though it isn't fully staged. it's sooooo. it's some good fucking food. happy barricade day!!

[mondschein14]

my obsession has reached the level of me rewatching the 2 1/2 hour musical just to look at the people sitting in the background

[cometomecosette]

A rare photo of Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean and Patti LuPone as Fantine, 1985

[pealeii]

bugs when you lift up a rock

[ace-of-toodles]

Here's a some what quick messy Valjean drawing

[stars278]

I made the mistake of sitting down to watch the Les Mis 10th Anniversary Concert on DVD for the first time… and I couldn’t stop crying during the finale 😭. I was a mess and then they brought out all the Valjeans from the international productions and I started sobbing all over again! I haven’t cried that hard over a Les Mis show since I saw it for the first time in the West End. I don’t know why it hit me so hard right now but that performance was something else. The full orchestra, the choir, the costumes, the voices, the cast, I was tearing up at lines that I’d never had a reaction to before. God bless Les Mis, no matter how many times I’ve seen it or how many years it’s been, it will always make me cry sad and happy tears. 🥹❤️😢🇫🇷

[nibelungsring]

Terrance Mann as Javert and Colm Wilkinson as Valjean by Al Hirschfeld, 1987

[theragamuffininitiative]

OK BUT IN THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY POTO WHEN RAMIN KARIMLOO LOOKS AT COLM WILKINSON AND COLM LOOKS AT RAMIN AND THEY SING "LET THE DREAM BEGIN" DOES YOUR HEART NOT JUST SOAR BC THIS IS THE DREAM?? THIS IS RAMIN'S DREAM THAT COLM INSPIRED AND HERE THEY ARE??? I AM UNWELL

[demon4dilfs]

[itsgrapes-exe]

i love all this attention 😍😍

[iwouldlovetoeatyourtoast]

help

[mondschein14]

the 10th anniversary concert is all I can think about

[nortism]

Of all the completely baffling decisions that are made in Les Misérables (2012), the fact that they got Colm Wilkinson to play the Bishop and yet choose to make him speak some of his lines is the one that gets me the most, what was even going through their heads??

[solb4dman]

guys I'm so srs rn when I tell u I'd die on a hill defending 10th anniversary les mis and how it's the best. (for me)

anyw stream 10th anniversary les miserables it's the best forever nd ever I would kill to watch it irl thenks