#les miserables arena spectacular

[asexualenjolras]

I have seen a lot of Enjolras and Grantaire pairings over the years, but none have ever seemed more like boyfriends than James D. Gish and Connor Jones on the Les Misérables Arena Spectacular tour, and I need to talk about it.

James' Enjolras is so confident and is so committed to the revolution, but he is also very human and very soft with Grantaire and Gavroche. Througout the show they are seen together like a little family unit, and you can see that Enjolras cares for them both. He's conflicted throughout the show, and is very protective over them both.

Connor's Grantaire (and I say this every time I see him) is another level - he is so brick accurate and he portrays Grantaire with so much care. He's the usual drunken R, but he is so gentle and he feels things so deeply. He's anxious, and emotive and cynical, but he wears a mask and pretends to be okay. He's so aware of everything going on and he cares about his friends. And he cares about Gavroche; he's like the little brother that he never had. And he is so enamoured with Enjolras - he doesn't take his eyes off him for more than 2 minutes the whole time they're on stage. Connor Jones Grantaire will always be my favourite.

During Look Down, James' Enjolras is so confident. You can see how much the cause matters to him, and you really believe in him. And he's so human in Red & Black - he's clearly a little bit nervous, but when he looks to Grantaire and sees that he is smiling at him, he gets a boost of confidence. It's really sweet, and I've never seen that before. When he sings "don't let the wine go to your brains", he's poking fun at Grantaire and offers him a cheeky smile, which makes Grantaire laugh too.

Connor's Grantaire holds his wine bottle up to the roof in reply, laughing, and is reprimanded by another student. He, playfully, stands to attention and listens to Enjolras again following that. He goes towards Enjolras once he finishes singing, but immediately stops when Marius walks in and takes to teasing him. Enjolras speaks to the other students and intervenes before they can tell Grantaire off and tells them he will sort it. But he can't help himself but laugh at him when he's teasing Marius. He pulls himself together and continues with the song, keeping his eyes on Grantaire to make sure he's listening and he looks so proud of himself when he realises he's getting through to him.

Until Grantaire and Marius start up again, and then he looks so defeated but, again, can't help but smile. He's rolling his eyes but he's laughing because he just can't help it when he's watching Grantaire. It was so sweet.

It really was as if he was torn between upsetting Grantaire, and upsetting the rest of the Amis. And it worked really well. He was so relieved at the end of the song when Grantaire stopped joking around. He verbally said "YES" when Grantaire said "give me brandy on my breath and I'll breathe them all to death".

THESE TWO. They are such boyfriends.

Grantaire looks so concerned when Gavroche tells the Amis that Lamarque has died, and he runs straight over to him to make sure he's safe as the students prepare. He takes such a big drink of his wine and forces a smile onto his face for Enjolras. Enjolras constantly looks at Grantaire during the song, and Grantaire is doing the same but with so much love and pride in his eyes. James' Enjolras is so confident in what he believes in, but he is so soft with Grantaire and I really love that choice. While Grantaire stands with Gavroche, Enjolras is constantly seen walking over to them both and they really do seem like a little family. 

As Grantaire sings "let's give them a screwing they'll never forget", Enjolras looked at him with so much pride and smiled so wide once the words processed in his mind. 

After Èponine died, Enjolras was looking behind himself like a lost puppy and Grantaire stumbled forward and offered him his hand with so much desperation to try and help the man he loves. But Enjolras pulled away from the hold when Valjean clambered onto the barricade, leaving Grantaire holding his arm out. Gavroche gave him a little nudge but R looked so broken and upset. He literally growled the "a volunteer like you" line through gritted teeth.

After Enjolras shoots down his "so the war is won" line, he shakes his head and rolls his eyes as he walks to the back of the stage. It's at this point that you can see that Grantaire is really understanding that they're all going to die. He drinks some more and sits with Gavroche as Valjean and Javert have their confrontation.

At the start of Drink With Me, Grantaire stumbles (again) to the front of the stage, looking around at his friends and taking in what they're saying. He holds his arms up and then a few of the Amis stand up and storm towards him as he sings his part (with such a broken voice). But before they can get to him, Enjolras pulls them back and pushes them away from Grantaire, and they both look at each other on the "will the world remember you when you fall?" line, with Enjolras placing a comforting hand on Grantaire's shoulder.

But Grantaire pushes him away in his hurt and frustration, and Enjolras looks so concerned and upset. He looks around at the other students to see whether they're all watching too before just staring at R with so much sadness. He tries again to comfort him, putting both of his hands on his shoulders and leading him away as Gavroche runs up to them and throws his arms around him.

AND THE LOOK ON ENJOLRAS' FACE. OH MY GOD. IT SAID SO MUCH.

He wanted so much to be the one to hug Grantaire, you could tell. He was trying so hard not to cry, and it was gut-wrenching. He looked so sad, and so broken, and let out such an exasperated breath (he looked like he was going to have a panic attack, I'm not exaggerating) before forcing a smile onto his face for the other students.

The death scene is staged a little differently in the Arena Spectacular, but Grantaire still holds Gavroche and he still looks around for Enjolras and Enjolras gives him a small nod before they're both killed (do you permit it? vibes).

During Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Enjolras, Grantaire and Gavroche stand together at the top of the stage like the little family that they are, and are together at the end for the finale too.

In conclusion, I love them, your honour. James D. Gish and Connor Jones will go down in history for their ExR. I hope we get an official recording with this cast, or I hope they do a stint in London in the future.

They ARE Enjoltaire.

[enjolraspermettendo]

I finally saw Les Miserables live in Milan yesterday so obligatory yap:

Okay first of all: KILLIAN DONNELLY?!?!?!? I was already excited that I was going to see him as Valjean but god that man's voice is just so beautiful. He played a spectacular Valjean, he dominated the stage and the crowd went wild every time he sang. I have no words. Just. What an experience. The whole cast was amazing but jesus, this man could do a one man show of Les mis and id give my first born to see it. Also, he carried around Marius's actor like he weighed nothing, that's so Valjean of him. Also, his soliloquy broke me, how he tried to give back the candlesticks after the bishop gave them to him, how he let the bag fall on the floor and picked it up only later. The emotion he put into his singing constantly brought tears to my eyes. What a voice. Indescribable

JAVERT!!!! Bradley Jaden was amazing. I love how much rage he gave to his character, it felt very true to the novel, on how he's compared to a wolf. In stars he's so devoted but the part that literally shook me was after he let Valjean and Marius go: he literally lost his mind and shouted "WHO IS THIS MAN" with such a wild air I literally gasped. He was unhinged during that song, so outraged and bitter and I loved it. It almost felt like he was killing himself to take Valjean's act of mercy away from him instead of his internal turmoil and honestly? I loved it. He had such a presence on stage it literally felt like he was the law. Also let's be honest, he rocked the coat

I LOVED Channa Hewitt as Fantine, She had such a warm and soft voice it felt like a mother's embrace. I cried 4 times during the show and 2 of those were Fantine's death and Fantine's part during the finale. She was perfect

Nathania Ong as Eponine????? I don't think I've ever heard someone sing her parts as perfectly as her. What a voice. Honestly I think the applauses for her were some of the longest and they were completely deserved. She made me cry. Amazing. Spectacular. I fell a little bit a lot in love. Unfortunately she missed the "He was never mine to lose" line but I think it was because her microphone wasn't connected?? Never mind she was perfect.

I know you all want to know about our boys Enjolras and Grantaire so. There wasn't much enjoltaire going on tbh but I didn't mind, I still think the actors (James D. Gish and Raymond Walsh) were perfect and I love their performance. Enjolras was completely focused on the revolution and keeping the others on track, while Grantaire mainly stuck with Gavroche all throughout. Enjolras's most positive reaction to grantaire was ironically clapping with the others at R's jokes once during Red and Black, but apart from that he was fairly hostile to him. During Drink With Me he tried to stop R from singing and bringing down morale by getting close to him and roughly saying "That's enough!" into the same microphone; after he stopped singing and everyone started moving away Enjolras tried to stop Grantaire or talk to him, he seemed kind of apologetic, but R Simply raised his bottle to him in a mock toast and then turned his back to him and I loved that, I love a bitter and petty Grantaire. Grantaire at the beginning was very amused by the whole situation and the excitement of the others, during red and black and the building of the barricade he kept hyping Gavroche up and parting his shoulder, nudging him towards the others as if it was all a game. When the first shots sounded he seemed to realize the gravity of the situation and started nudging Gavroche away and motioning for him to go away; later when the shooting for the fall of the barricade started sounding he lifted Gavroche in his arms and held him as the others started to fall until only them and Enjolras stood; then Gavroche went limp and R died with him, Enjolras died last. For the rest of the show and for Empty Chairs at Empty Tables Enjolras, Grantaire and Gavroche were on the small balcony/platform over the centre of the stage and to be honest it had a very "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" vibe in my opinion.

One Day More was absurd, it gave me chills all throughout.

When Valjean died and the bishop came in the hugged each other very hard, Valjean basically fell into the bishop's arms and that hit me hard.

Gavroche was so sassy I loved him.

Honestly everyone was perfect I literally have nothing bad to say. I think Enjolras's actor lost controls of his voice on a sillable but who cares, it was all amazing.

I also got merch! (It was all so expensive????? But I couldn't help myself). I got a tote bag with Cosette's famous illustration, a magnet and a brochure with the history of Lea Miserables and information and interviews of the World Tour cast. I also got 2 of the paper bags (they were cute okay) and my mum grabbed a literal handful of the bookmarks they were giving away lmao.

I'm sure I had something else I wanted to say but after these last 3 days my brain is completely scrambled. If any of you were at the show yesterday or are going in these days feel free to hit me up so we can go crazy together lmao

[24601orwhatever]

if anyone wishes to see James Enjolras , Raymond’s grantaire, and so on so on.. looks both ways.. scratches head.. drops this.. oops!

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1QN2KYoEaQ/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click

[ballandboefanpage]

Michael and Alfie at Tech Rehearsals last week for Les Miserables The Arena Tour Spectacular. The tour begins in Belfast tonight. Photo from Michael and Alfie on X.

[bernard-the-rabbit]

I went to see "les miserables the arena spectacular world tour"

I'm sorry for anyone that followed me for any other reason but we are on a les mis lockdown

[spiderphantom1993]

Les Miserables The Arena Spectacular World Tour - Manchester 26th December 2024 - I Dreamed A Dream performed By Katie Hall

[slettlune]

the les miserables arena spectacular world tour concert™ was fucking MAGICAL btw

it's SUCH a blessing when you get both an excellent valjean (killian donnelly) AND an absolutely brilliant javert (bradley jaden). i'm so glad that the tour has lasted long enough that all the big-draw names aren't in it anymore and now there are just great ham-and-eggers left who know how to balance the acting and the singing of the goddamned songs (for the most part. it's a good thing fantine isn't onstage for long...)

[screen1ne]

LES MISÉRABLES "The Arena Spectacular" World Tour Dates and Venues Announced

LES MISÉRABLES "The Arena Spectacular" World Tour Dates and Venues Announced. Get all the details and booking info here #LesMis #Musical #Arena #WorldTour @lesmisofficial

Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Nick Grace Management, is delighted to announce initial dates and venues for the World Tour of LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR opening at the SSE Arena Belfaston 19 September 2024, where it will play until 28 September 2024. Les Miserables “The Arena Spectacular” World Tour Announcement trailer Following Belfast, the production will play limited…

[jadelotusflower]

This Easter weekend, since I’m stuck at home social distancing and need cheering up, I am going to watch nothing but movie musicals and blog about them. Because why not.

A list of dvds I own or have access to via streaming, and yes I will be taking requests if anyone wants my thoughts on any one in particular:

Annie (1982 and 2014)

Bride & Prejudice

Bugsy Malone

Cabaret

Camelot

Cats

Chess (Royal Albert Hall concert)

Chicago

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Doctor Dolitte

Dreamgirls

Easter Parade

Evita

Fiddler on the Roof

Funny Girl

Funny Lady

Grease

Grease 2

Gypsy (Bette Midler film)

Hair

Hairspray

Hamilton

Into the Woods (filmed performance and film)

Jesus Christ Superstar (movie, filmed production, and arena spectacular)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

The King and I

Les Miserables (10th anniversary, 25th Anniversary, film)

Mamma Mia

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

Mary Poppins

The Muppets (2011)

My Fair Lady

Newsies: The Broadway Musical

Once Upon a Mattress (2005)

Oklahoma!

The Phantom of the Opera 

The Producers

Show Boat (1951)

The Sound of Music 

State Fair (1945)

West Side Story

White Christmas

Yentl

[bananalt]

Les miserables 25th anniversary concert ramin karimloo

The split level set with the superb 50 piece orchestra clearly visible above, and the various, huge stairways and multiple other entrance ways allowed it to be more like a fully costumed, theatre staging whereby performers could enter and exit as their roles demanded instead of being seated on stage awaiting their turn. The staging, in fact, ensured that it was rather more than a concert. This was to be the concert of all concerts for any Les Mis fan, with uber-spectacular, epic staging and lighting and a cast to die for. A buzz of excitement and anticipation rippled through the massive arena audience as the first familiar, pounding notes electrified the air. The video of the 10th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall Gala Concert has sold well over one million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling musical videos in the UK.We all knew Sunday 3rd October 2010 would be an evening we would remember for the rest of our lives but not one of us could have imagined just how utterly extraordinary it would be. There have been 34 cast recordings of "Les Miserables", including the multi-platinum London cast recording and the Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast and complete symphonic albums. Les Miserables has been seen by over 56 million people worldwide in 42 countries and in 21 languages. It is adapted by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. It has lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, with original text by Alain Boublil and additional material by James Fenton. Les Miserables, which concerns Love and bravery in 19th century France during the revolutionary struggles, is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, based on the novel by Victor Hugo. When Les Miserables celebrated its 21st London birthday on 8 October 2006, it became the world's longest running musical, surpassing the record previously held by "Cats" in the West End. Originally opening at the Barbican Theatre on, the Cameron Mackintosh/Royal Shakespeare Company production transferred to the Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985 and moved to its current home at the Queen's Theatre on 3 April 2004, where it is currently taking bookings to. Les Miserables, played its 10,000th performance in the West End on Tuesday. Original costumes by Andreane Neofitou, additional costumes by Christine Rowland, lighting by Paule Constable and sound by Mick Potter. The concert at O2, and the Barbican production is directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell and designed by Matt Kinley. Les Miserables will be making theatrical history with an international first - three different productions in London at the same time - the new touring production of Les Miserables will play the Barbican Theatre (where it originally premiered in 1985), from 14 Sep to and the original show continues to run at the Queen's Theatre Ramin and Samantha will join the previously announced company of over 300 actors and musicians, including Alfie Boe (Jean Valjean), Nick Jonas (Marius), Norm Lewis (Javert), Matt Lucas (Thénardier), Lea Salonga (Fantine), Jenny Galloway (Madame Thénardier), Camilla Kerslake (Cosette) and the casts of the Original Production at the Queen's Theatre, the New 25th Anniversary Production at the Barbican, London and members of the Original 1985 London cast. Ramin Karimloo, (currently starring as 'The Phantom' in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies" at the Adelphi Theatre) will play 'Enjolras' and Samantha Barks (currently playing 'Eponine' at the Queen's Theatre) will play 'Eponine' in the 25th Anniversary Concert at The O2. Further casting has been announced for Les Miserables in Concert, which takes place at the O2 on Sunday (1.30pm & 7pm), as part of the show's 25th Anniversary celebrations.

[enjolraspermettendo]

On the interval during Les Miserables and can I just say Jesus Christ Killian Donnelly what a fucking voice is he even human

[bootleqs]

BOOTLEQ'S MASTERLIST

Hi! So, as promised, here are the links to every single bootleg I have, as well as my list of requests! My goal is to streamline this blog and make it more of a community effort, so feel free to take what you need but if you have one of my requests please send it my way! Make sure to check this post before asking, but if you are looking for something that isn't here definitely shoot me a message!Also, if one of my links is down, please message me so I can try to fix it or remove it! Thank you for helping me out!

  A

Aida

·       2001 with Mara Days, Matt Bogart, Idina Menzel (x)

·       Broadway full show (x)

Aladdin

·       Pre-Broadway Full Show Toronto (x)

·       Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular final performance HD (x)

Allegiance

·       Broadway with George Takei and Lea Salonga (x)

Amelie

·       OBC (x)

·       Audio w/ Philippa Soo (x)

American Idiot

·       (x) [password: greenday]

American Psycho

·       OBC (x)

An American in Paris

·       Broadway (x)

Anything Goes

·       Sutton Foster & Joel Grey (x)

Annie

·       1982 Film (x)

·       1999 Film (x)

·       2012 Broadway Full Show (x)

Assassins

·       2004 Broadway Revival (x)

Avenue Q

·       Broadway full show (x)

A Bed and a Chair

·       Bernadette Peters and Jeremy Jordan (x)

A Chorus Line

·       excellent high school production (act 1) (act 2)

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

A Very Potter Trilogy

·       A Very Potter Musical (x)

·       A Very Potter Sequel (x)

·       A Very Potter Senior Year (x)

B

Bare

·       2012 Off Broadway (Part One) (Part Two)

Beauty and the Beast

·       Benet Academy 2008 (part one) (part two)

Billy Elliot

·       2008 Broadway (x)

·       Broadway with Trent Kowalik (x)

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

·       Broadway (x)

Bonnie and Clyde

·       Laura Osnes & Jeremy Jordan (x)

Book of Mormon

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

·       US Tour (Act 1) (Act 2)

Bring It On

·       (x)

Bye Bye Birdie

·       1963 Film (x)

·       On Stage with Alan Cumming (x)

C

Cabaret

·       1972 Film (x)

·       Televised performance with Alan Cumming (x)

Camelot

·       1982 (x)

Carrie

·       1988 Stratford Opening Night (x)

·       2012 Off Broadway Revival (x)

·       2013 Seattle Production (x)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

·       1984 VHS (x)

Cats

·       Stephanie J Block (x)

Catch Me if You Can

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

Chess

·       (x)

Chicago

·       US Tour (x)

Children of Eden

·       (x)

·       Chess pine high school (but still excellent for a high school show!) (x)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

·       1968 Film (x)

Cinderella (R&H)

·       1997 Film with Whitney Houston (x)

·       Broadway with Carly and Fran (x)

·       Broadway with Keke Palmer (act 1) (act 2)

 Company

·       2006 (x)

Crybaby

·       Stage (x)

Curtains

·       (x)

D

Dear Evan Hansen

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

Dogfight

·       (x)

·       HD (x)

Dracula

·       German {English Subtitles}(x)

Dreamgirls

·       Original Broadway Cast {low-quality}(x)

·       2006 Film (x)

E

Equus

·       (part one) (part two)

Evita

·       2012 Broadway Revival (x)

F

Falsettos

·       2016 Broadway Revival (x)

Fantasticks

·       Fairfield Community Arts Center (part one) (part two)

Fame

·       1980 Film (x)

·       2009 Film (x)

Fiddler on the Roof

·       1971 Film (x)

Finnian’s Rainbow

·       1968 Film (x)

First Date

·       (x)

Flash Dance

·       1983 Film (x)

Follies

·       2001 revival (x)

Frozen

·       Live Musical First Showing HD (x)

Funny Girl

·       1968 Film (x)

Fun Home

·       Act 1 & 2 (x) [password: funhome]

G

Gentleman Prefer Blondes

·       2012 New York City Center Encores (x)

Grease

·       New Broadway Cast with Laura Osnes and Max Crumm (x)

Grey Gardens

·       Chesterton, Indiana (x)

·       West End (x)

Gypsy

·       1962 Film (x)

·       2008 Revival (x)

H

Hair

·       1979 Film (x)

·       2009 Revival (part one) (part two) (part three) (part four)

Hamilton

·       OBC (x)

Heathers

·       Barrett Weed (part 1) (part 2)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

·       Neil Patrick Harris (x)

·       2001 Film (x)

·       Off Broadway Full Show (x)

·       Anthony Rapp (x)

High Fidelity

·       2006 Broadway (x)

High Society

·       1956 Film (x)

Holler if Ya Hear Me

·       Broadway 2014 (x)

Holy Musical B@man!

·       (x)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

·       1967 Film (x)

·       Broadway with Daniel Radcliffe (x)

·       Broadway with Nick Jonas (x)

Hunchback of Notre Dame

·       1999 Berlin (x)

·       Idk what performance this is but its hunchback (x)

·       Idk what performance but this has a really good view for a bootleg (part one) (part two) (part three)

I

If/Then

·       Broadway Preview Performance (x)

·       Pre-Broadway Washington DC (x)

In the Heights

·       OBC (x)

·       I’m not sure what production this is but if you’re looking to watch the show here it is (x)

Into the Woods

·       1991 Film (x)

·       2014 Film (x)

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

·       2002 Revival (x)

J

Jesus Christ Superstar

·       1973 Film (x)

·       2012 Live Arena Tour (x)

Jersey Boys

·       Broadway full show (x)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat

·       1999 (x)

K

Kinky Boots

·       Original Broadway Cast (part one) (part two) (part three)

Kiss Me Kate

·       1953 Film (x)

L

Legally Blonde

·       With singalong (x)

Les Miserables

·       2014 Broadway Revival (x)

·       25th Anniversary Concert (Part One) (Part Two)

·       2000 with Sutton Foster {missing part one} (x)

·       Broadway full show (x)

Lestat

·       Opening night on broadway (x)

Little Shop of Horrors

·       1986 Film (x)

Little Women

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

Love Never Dies

·       London Full Show (x)

M

Mamma Mia!

·       2008 Film (x)

Mary Poppins

·       London {missing the beginning} (x)

Matilda

·       Broadway 2014 (x)

·       Broadway with Sophia Gennusa (x)

·       Broadway with Oona Lawrence (x)

Memphis

·       Broadway (x)

Miss Saigon

·       Final performance on broadway (x)

·       Broadway 1/7/01 (x)

·       National tour (x)

·       2008 (x)

N

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

·       OBC w/ Josh Groban (x)

Never Forget

·       2007 Manchester Premier (x)

Next to Normal

·       Final performance of Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, and Brian d’Arcy James (x)

·       Jessica Philips and Kyle Dean Massey (x)

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

Newsies:

·       1992 Film (x)

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

·       Broadway with Jeremy Jordan (x)

·       Broadway with Corey Cott (x)

·       Touring Cast December 2014 (x)

O

Oklahoma!

·       1955 Film (x)

·       1999 Film with Hugh Jackman (x)

Oliver!

·       London 2010 (x)

Once

·       Broadway (x)

Once Upon a Mattress

·       Movie (x)

P

Paramour

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

Passion

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

Peter and the Starcatcher

·       Original Broadway Cast (x) [password: starstuff]

Peter Pan

·       2012 Tour (act 1) (act 2)

Phantom of the Opera

·       Sierra Boggess and Norm Lewis (x)

·       1925 Film (x)

·       1989 Film (x)

·       2004 Film (x)

·       Royal Albert Hall 2011 (x)

·       Broadway December 2014 (x)

·       All of the tour links that you could possibly want, I’m not going to list them all but check it out here (x)

Pipe Dream

·       (x) [password: suzy]

Pippin

·       Live in Toronto 1982 (x)

Q

R

Ragtime

·       Poor quality (x)

Rent

·       Hollywood Bowl Performance with Neil Patrick Harris (x) [password: tango maureen]

·       2008 Broadway (x)

S

School of Rock

·       Broadway (act 1) (act 2)

Seussical

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

She Loves Me

·       Livestream (x)

Shrek the Musical

·       Broadway [Netflix] (x)

Side Show

·       (part 1) (part 2)

Sister Act

·       Broadway (x)

Something Rotten

·       Original Broadway Cast Preview (x)

·       (x)

Spring Awakening

·       Original Broadway Cast with Mattt Doyle ad Melchior (x)

·       Original Broadway Cast with Gerard Canonico as Moritz, Matt Doyle as Otto, Jennifer Damiano as Martha (x)

·       2010 with Leah Michelle (x)

Starship

·       (x)

Sunday in the Park with George

·       (x)

Sunset Boulevard

·       (act 1) (act 2)

T

The Addams Family

·       Original Broadway Cast and Chicago Preview Mix (x)

The Apple Tree

·       Broadway (part one) (part two)

The Bridges of Madison County

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

The Drowsy Chaperone

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

The King and I

·       1956 Film (x)

The Little Mermaid

·       Pre-Broadway with Sierra Boggess (x)

The Lion King

·       2000 Broadway (x)

The Music Man

·       1962 Film (x)

·       2003 Film (x)

The Producers

·       1968 Film (x)

The Sound of Music

·       1965 Film (x)

The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown

·       Orange County Performing Arts Center 2009 (x)

The Wedding Singer

·       (x)

Thouroughky Modern Millie

·       Original Broadway Cast (act 1) (act 2)

Three Musketeers

·       With Aaron Tveit (x)

Titanic the Musical

·       Peace Players Production (x)

Title of Show

·       Broadway (x)

Tuck Everlasting

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

Twisted

·       (x)

U

Urinetown

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

V

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Waitress

·       Broadway..i think obc (x)

Wicked

·       Original Broadway Cast Preview (x)

·       Original London Cast (x)

·       Donna Vivino & Alli Mauzey (x)

·       Nicole Parker, Alli Mauzey & Aaron Tveit [password: swankified] (x)

·       Pre-Broadway (x)

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Xanadu

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

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Young Frankenstein

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·       Broadway (part one) (part two) (part three) (part four) (part five) (part six)

·       Broadway full show (x)

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

·       Original Broadway Cast (x)

  WANTS

These are bootlegs that have been requested or I am looking for! If you have any of these please feel free to drop the link in my messages so I can share! :)

•           Cursed child

•           Priscilla queen of the desert

•           A little night music

•           Giant

•           Finian’s Rainbow

•           The Glass Menagerie (2013 w/ Celia Keenan Bolger & the revival)

•           Finding Neverland

•           The Wild Party with Sutton Foster

•           Picnic

•           Light in the Piazza

•           Fiddler on the roof (especially the 2016 revival)

•           Big Fish

•           Rock of Ages

•           Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

•           Cinderella OBC – laura osnes & santino fontana

•           The Woman in White – west end

•           Heathers chicago

•           Heathers with ryan as JD

•           Godspell

•           The color purple

•           Hairspray with Aaron Tveit – 2006

•           Hairspray in general really

•           Bright Star

•           Violet

•           Spamalot OBC

•           Christian Borle in thouroghly modern millie ??

•           Elegies (off-broadway)

•           Pamela’s first musical

•           West side story with Karen Olivo

•           9 to 5

•           The outsiders

•           Loserville

•           Parade

•           How to Succeed in Buisness without really trying with Darren Criss

•           Wicked with Kara Lindsay as Glinda

•           Born Yesterday 2011 revival

•           Beautiful, the Carole King Musical

•           Footloose

•           Bronx Tale

•           Come From Away

•           Rent 20th anniversary

•           La Cage Aux Folles

•           Hamilton (all casts/shows)

•           Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Christian Borle

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A couple of photos of Michael and Alfie on the first day of rehearsals for Les Miserables The Arena Tour Spectacular.

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I usually post just Phantom but I know I have few fans of this show who follow me who may enjoy this, Curtain call from The Arena Spectacular world tour of Les Miserables in Manchester on the 26th December 2024.

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Named the “Greatest musical of all time” by Entertainment Weekly, Guys and Dolls is led by Emma Rose Brooks (Antonia in Man of La Mancha) as Sarah Brown, Kelley Faulkner (Sally Bowles in Cabaret) as Miss Adelaide,Richard R. Henry (Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Jolla) as Nathan Detroit, and Nicholas Rodriguez (Broadway’s Tarzan) as Sky Masterson.  The production will also feature Adrian Aguilar (Broadway’s Rocky) as Benny Southstreet, Brian Collier (Broadway’s Mary Poppins) as Angie the Ox,Matt Daniels (The Duke in Man of La Mancha) as Lt. Brannigan, Michael J. Farina (Sancho in Man of La Mancha) as Nicely-Nicely, Di’Monte Henning (Dreamgirls) as Harry the Horse, David Hess (Father in Ragtime) as Arvide Abernathy, Gerry McIntyre (Broadway’s Once on this Island) as Rusty Charlie, NaTonia Monét (Dreamgirls Korean Tour) as Allison, Karilyn Ashley Surratt (Rockette in Radio City Christmas Spectacular) as Martha, Tiffany Topol (Once US Tour) as Mimi, Andrew Varela (Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour) as Big Jule, and Virginia A. Woodruff (Broadway’s The Color Purple) as General Cartwright.

Guys and Dolls is directed by Artistic Director Mark Clements, making it his eighth musical staged in the Quadracci Powerhouse following Man of La Mancha (2016/17), Dreamgirls (2015/16), The Color Purple (2014/15), Ragtime (2013/14), Assassins (2012/13), Next to Normal (2011/12), and Cabaret (2010/11).  The production features music direction from Rep Associate Artist Dan Kazemi (Dreamgirls), choreography by Tony nominee Stephen Mear (Disney’s Mary Poppins and The Rep’s Dreamgirls), set design by Scott Davis (The Royale), costume design by Alexander B. Tecoma (A Christmas Carol), lighting design by Jason Fassl (Man of La Mancha), sound design by Megan B. Henninger (Man of La Mancha), musical supervision by Rep Associate Artist John Tanner (A Christmas Carol) and dialect coaching by Clare Arena Haden. 

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With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, Guys and Dolls is based on the stories of Damon Runyon that follows two small-time gamblers as they pursue love and luck from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba.  This granddaddy of American Theater is considered one of the greatest musicals of all time featuring a timeless story and some of the best show tunes around including “Luck Be  A Lady,” “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” and “I’ve Never been in Love Before.”  A show of this caliber is sure to thrill guys and dolls alike.

Guys and Dolls runs September 19 – October 29 in the Quadracci Powerhouse.   Opening night is set for Saturday, September 23 at 8pm.  To purchase tickets go to www.MilwaukeeRep.com, by phone at 414-224-9490or in person at the Ticket Office (108 E. Wells Street).

Photo Spotlight: Milwaukee Reps “GUYS AND DOLLS” Runs Through Oct. 29 Named the “Greatest musical of all time” by Entertainment Weekly, Guys and Dolls is led by 

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With just one week to go before the Les Miserables Arena Tour Spectacular begins in Belfast here’s Alfie and Michael with their Les Miserables Medley from 2017. Video Credit Ball And Boe on X.