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beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend
joined:6/28/07
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 07:31pm
If Melissa O'Neil, who will play Eponine in the Toronto revival, gets good reviews I'd like to see her play the role in the Broadway revival.
Johnnycantdecide
Featured Actor
joined:6/1/11
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 07:34pm
"I'd like to see Brian D'Arcy James as Valjean and Marc Kudisch as Javert."

Shut up and take my money.
jetts7
Leading Actor
joined:5/22/11
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 07:42pm
Jean Valjean: Hugh Jackman
Javert: Adam Grupper
Fantine: Anneliese Von Der Pol
Cosette: Laura Osnes
Epinione: Samantha Barks
jetts7
Leading Actor
joined:5/22/11
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 07:43pm
JACKIE HOFFMAN FOR MADAME THENARDIER!!!!!!!!!!!
michellek45
Leading Actor
joined:5/20/11
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 07:55pm
All I've wanted out of a Les Miz revival has been Laura Osnes and Michael Arden as Cosette and Marius. They would be the sweetest Cosette and Marius ever.
Back Row
Chorus Member
joined:4/14/12
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 08:29pm
Try limiting your choices to members of the original cast of another show. Rock of Ages would be fun to try, but Newsies would be a challenge...
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Star
joined:12/7/12
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 08:45pm
Love the Laura Osnes as Eponine idea. I would like to see Idina Menzel as Fantine.
kdogg36
Featured Actor
joined:9/13/07
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 08:49pm
Sweet Jesus, keep Sutton Foster away from this show.

Sweet Jesus doesn't care.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Star
joined:12/7/12
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 08:51pm
JACKIE HOFFMAN FOR MADAME THENARDIER!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!

I'd love to see Eden Espinosa in this as well. Fantine or Eponine, maybe?
Patronus
Broadway Legend
joined:7/24/05
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 08:58pm
Eden Espinosa is entirely too old for Eponine.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend
joined:6/28/07
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 09:05pm
"I would like to see Idina Menzel as Fantine."

Menzel said that she likes to star in original musicals not revivals.
Tag
Broadway Legend
joined:11/19/05
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 09:49pm
Eden was cast as Fantine in the last revival but it didn't work out.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend
joined:6/28/07
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 09:50pm
^ I thought she was offered the role of Eponine, but she wanted to play Fantine instead.
gstrus2
Featured Actor
joined:5/27/12
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 09:56pm
Eden auditioned for Eponine, but Cameron Mackintosh said she was a Fantine and she auditioned for that part then was cast, but couldn't do it.
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Star
joined:4/10/12
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 10:09pm
Betsy Morgan better come back to play Fantine. She was giving a 110% performance, on that stage. In fact, I chills all through out her " I Dreamed A Dream" You could feel the energy all from the balcony.
HeyMrMusic
Broadway Legend
joined:5/16/04
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 10:35pm
This production has a tendency to cast non-white Éponines. They also started with a black Valjean. I bet there will be minority actors cast in many principal tracks, much like the last revival. Just putting that out there. Let's have an Asian Valjean!
TheLadyoftheWood
Featured Actor
joined:3/21/10
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 10:49pm
Morgan James for Fantine!!!!!
LizzieCurry
Broadway Legend
joined:3/7/05
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Posted: 2/19/13 at 10:49pm
I was gonna say, this thread is pretty white.
chewy5000
Broadway Legend
joined:12/1/09
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 01:02am
How about nobody. Is that an option?
rosscoe(au)
Broadway Legend
joined:8/20/05
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 03:20am
"Sweet Jesus, keep Sutton Foster away from this show", Jordan I have never seen Foster on stage, but going by her on the show "Bunheads" she has the charm of something dead.
Brave Sir Robin2
Broadway Legend
joined:5/20/07
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 03:26am
I'd be fine with Sierra Boggess or Eden Espinosa as Fantine. Laura Osnes would be a nice Eponine and sure she looks really young, but isn't she a tad too old for a teenager? What about Jennifer Damiano or Sarah Hyland? Heck, why not get Melissa Benoist (Marley from "Glee")?

Jackie Hoffman would be a HILARIOUS Madame Thenardier!
rorschach37
Broadway Star
joined:4/3/10
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 09:34am
Valjean- Alfie Boe
Javert- Anthony Warlow
Fantine- Sierra Boggess
Cosette- Betsy Wolfe
Marius- Aaron Tveit
Eponine- Samanthat Barks
Enjolras- Ramin Karimloo (u/s Valjean)
Thenardier- James Corden
Mme. Thenardier- Jackie Hoffman
The Josh
Featured Actor
joined:10/7/10
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 10:38am
How about David Tennant as Thenrdier and Catherine Tate as Madame?
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Star
joined:12/7/12
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 10:41am
Menzel said that she likes to star in original musicals not revivals.

That's true, I didn't think about that. I doubt it will happen anyway, but it's a nice idea.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend
joined:4/27/12
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 10:41am
Re: Tennant & Tate - Good God, I would walk to New York to see that.

Updated On: 2/20/13 at 10:41 AM
DigificWriter
Swing
joined:1/23/12
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Posted: 2/20/13 at 11:42am
My picks are likely going to get some eye-rolls, but I'm going to explain why I think they'd work:
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean (this is the role Jackman was BORN to play; he knocked it out of the park in the film and more than deserves a chance to reprise it on stage)
Earl Carpenter as Javert (I love Carpenter's version of Stars - as heard on the LIVE 2010 U.K. Tour Cast recording - and think he'd play fabulously off of Jackman)
Anne Hathaway as Fantine (Hathaway wasn't particularly known for her singing ability before the producers cast her as Fantine for the film, but, after the performance she turned in, she really should be the first person they approach for the role)
Sacha Baron Cohen as Thenardier (I loved the take on the role that SBC brought to the table and think it'd be perfectly adaptable to the stage; he's not the most dynamic singer in the world, true, but you really don't need a great singer in the Thenardier role)
Hannah Waddingham as Mdme Thenardier (I don't know if she'd do it, but Waddingham has a vocal style that would mesh very well with SBC's Thenardier)
Eddie Redmayne as Marius (I don't know about anyone else, but I really liked Redmayne's performance as Marius, particularly on Empty Chairs at Empty Tables; he really brought a remorseful, regretful quality to the song that I haven't heard in other performances, and I think he could very easily adapt his singing style for the live stage even though he has no formal experience in live theater)
Julianne Hough as Cosette (Hough has a really good singing voice and vocal quality that would be perfect for the role; I also think she'd play well off of Redmayne)
Aaron Tviet as Enjolras (I loved Tviet's performance, particularly on Do You Hear the People Sing?; it also doesn't hurt that he's got Broadway experience; he also plays exceptionally well off of Redmayne)
Samantha Barks as Eponine (she's already got experience in the role, and also has the talent to bring something fresh to the table while still drawing on that experience; she also had really great chemistry with Redmayne)

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