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[starmaniamania]

Luce Dufault as Marie-Jeanne, Bruno Pelletier as Johnny

AI art by Massmediapixels, shared May 2024

[unknown171204]

Starmania 1993

This 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 !

This version will have a controversial success, part of the public will love it while the other will simply hate it

The costumes were considered ugly and the staging bordered on the psychedelic, some critics would even say that this version was a betrayal /a terrible parody of the original show

The album :

What made this version unique was the possibility of language choice

In English on Friday (probably to pay homage to the Tycoon project) and naturally in 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 / 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 :

Norman Groulx / Jean Ravel / Jasmine Roy / Sabrina Lory / Éric Melville

( I find it fascinating to rediscover these three members of the 1988 troop in completely different roles )

Clip :

Legally speaking there is only one official recording of the show with the troupe from 2000, but a recording of Tycoon, probably filmed discreetly by a spectator is available :

Tycoon 1993 :

Fanmade of the 1994 French version :

Starmania 2000 :

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

For the tour across France the robot will not be used for budgetary reasons , his lines of dialogue will be distributed to other characters

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I don't talk about it in my other pages but Cristal's death has evolved a lot over time !!

1979 : She falls from the roof of Naziland

1988 : Zero's guards shoot her

1993 : Her bomb makes her explode

2000 : Zero January strangles her with his bare hands

2022 : Sadia shoots her

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For the first time

The auditions for the role of Sadia were open to men !!

Unfortunately at the time of writing Sadia has still not been interpreted by a man ...

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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 , 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 member of the black stars 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 singer had gone backstage to quench her thirst and had forgotten that she had to make a short appearance on stage

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 :

[dandanjean]

Les liens d’une présence

Nous pouvons mesurer les liens profonds d’une présence à ce qui reste en nous lorsqu’elle s’en est allée. Une chanson de Luce Dufault et Richard Séguin – Ce qu’il reste de nous Les paroles sur https://genius.com/Luce-dufault-ce-quil-reste-de-nous-lyrics COPYRIGHT – DROIT D’AUTEUR – Daniel Jean – Toute reproduction du présent document (pour des objectifs non commerciaux uniquement) est…

[karaoketracks]

Quand les hommes vivront d'amour by Luce Dufault Custom Mix Backing Track

[winurban]

Quatre interprètes d'exception pour le concert « Dire combien je t'aime... » en compagnie de l'OSM from Winston McQuade on Vimeo.

LE CULTUREL 2.0 avec Sylvie Harvey : Luce Dufault, chanteur et Benoit Groulx, arrangeur/compositeur nous invitent au concert «Dire combien je t’aime… pour une dernière histoire d’un soir » avec l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal sous la direction du chef invité Jean-François Malouf le 23 et 24 janvier, 20h, à la Maison Symphonique…

[heavierthanearth]

Luce Dufault - Damn Your Eyes

[comediesmusicales]

Starmania (1993 Mogador cast) - Medley for French TV :

- Quand on arrive en ville - Besoin d’amour - Duo d’Adieu - Les Uns Contre Les Autres - SOS d’un Terrien en Détresse - Le Monde est Stone - Les Adieux d’un Sex Symbol - Le Blues du Businessman / Sextet

[gypsy-that-i-was]

Luce Dufault - Damn Your Eyes

[loveherallican-blog]

Luce Dufault - Damn Your Eyes

[starmaniamania]

Luce Dufault as Marie-Jeanne and Michel Pascal as Zéro Janvier, AI art by Massmediapixels, shared May 2024

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Au début des années 80, trois stars québécoises réunies Marjo, Ginette Reno et Nanette Workman. À elles trois, elles allaient populariser nombre d’incontournables de la musique pop et rock du Québec. Évidemment il y a d'autres à vous de compléter la liste Isabelle Boulay

Ariane Moffatt

Chloé Sainte-Marie

Céline Dion

Diane Tell

Diane Dufresne

Marie-Mai

Lynda Lemay

Luce Dufault

Laurence Jalbert

Marilou

Martine St-Clair

Marie Denise Pelletier

France D’Amour

Marie-Chantal Toupin

Térez Montcalm

[dandanjean]

Livre

Tous les textes sont faits de mots, et les mots ne sont qu’un prétexte. Toutes les représentations du monde que nous écrivons sont des liens intérieurs que nous offrons pour partager notre humanité, pour se relier. On ne livre pas, on s’ouvre. Une chanson de Luce Dufault – Tous ces mots Les paroles sur https://genius.com/Luce-dufault-tous-ces-mots-lyrics COPYRIGHT – DROIT D’AUTEUR –…

[atouchofsass]

omfg the section of this book abt 1993 starmania is a ride. france gall furious! they let luce dufault go on pregnant! they tried to get a cis man to play sadia but none of them were masc enough! the director went to juilliard......... for violin!