Photo Coverage: Les Miserables Press Conference
By: Mark Rupp Oct. 05, 2006
A press conference, featuring the cast of Les Miserables, was recently held. The show will play a special limited six-month engagement, beginning this coming fall at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). Previews will begin Saturday, October 24th, with an official opening slated for Thursday, November 9th.
The show will star the previously-announced Alexander Gemignani (Sweeney Todd, Assassins) as noble on-the-run convict Jean Valjean, Norm Lewis (Chicago, The Wild Party, Side Show) as his persistent adversary Javert, with Tony Award-winner Gary Beach (La Cage aux Folles, The Producers) as Thenardier, Celia Keenan-Bolger (Spelling Bee) as Eponine, Tony-nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega (Bernarda Alba, Anna in the Tropics, Rent) as Fantine, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thenardier, Aaron Lazar (The Light in the Piazza) as Enjolras, Adam Jacobs as Marius, and Ali Ewoldt as Cosette.With music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, with original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel and additional material by James Fenton, Les Miserables is based on the sprawling novel by Victor Hugo. Directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird, Les Miserables is designed by John Napier with lighting by David Hersey, costumes by Andreane Neofitou and sound by Andrew Bruce. The show originally ran on Broadway from 1987 through 2003.
Visit www.lesmis.com for more information.
Photos by Mark Rupp
Norm Lewis and Gary Beach
Alexander Gemignani and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Norm Lewis and Alexander Gemignani
Aaron Lazar, Alexander Gemignani and Gary Beach
cast of Les Miserables
Gary Beach and Jenny Galloway
Gary Beach and Jenny Galloway
Gary Beach and Jenny Galloway
Adam Jacobs, Ali Ewoldt, Alexander Gemignani and cast
Alexander Gemignani, co-director John Caird and Norm Lewis
John Caird and Celia Keenan-Bolger
Norm Lewis and Alexander Gemignani
John Caird and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Gary Beach and Jenny Galloway
Aaron Lazar and Ali Ewoldt
