 | We hadn't really planned to attend this performance...we were waiting in line for rush seats for the evening show, and at the last minute decided we'd like to see the matinee as well. So we went! :-)
We were sitting up in the mezzanine, to one side, but the seats weren't too bad...especially for $20! :-) Stephen Bishop was in for Todd Alan Johnson as Javert, a fact that pleased me, since I'm not overly fond of Todd's interpretation. And Stephen was wonderful!! The rest of the cast was great too! |
| Lindsey, Laurie and I had spent the morning making a sign for Tim, which we had planned to hold up during curtain call, but because we were up in the balcony, so far from the stage, we decided to hold it up at the stage door instead. So when Tim came out, he was greeted with a large "We love Marius" sign. :-) He loved it! |  Laurie, Lindsey and me with Tim |
"They seek him here, they seek him there
Those New Yorkers seek him everywhere
Is he in Melbourne, or is he in Sydney?
That demmed elusive Anthony!"
Just part of our Speaker's Corner message after we left the rush line :-)
"Look at the playbill!"
"What?"
"The inserts in the playbill!"
"It's not Tim, is it?????"
"No! Todd!"
"Yaaayyy!"
Mouthed and mimed between Lindsey and I on opposite sides of the mezzanine :-)
The cast: (in order of appearance)
| Jean Valjean | COLM WILKINSON |
| Javert | STEPHEN BISHOP |
| Chain Gang | BEN DAVIS J.P. DOUGHERTY GREG HOLT TIM HOWAR RANDAL KEITH KURT KOVALENKO GLENN SAN MARCO STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER PETE HERBER |
| Farmer | STEPHEN PAUL CRAMER |
| Labourer | GLENN SAN MARCO |
| Innkeeper's Wife | ANNE TOLPEGIN |
| Innkeeper | JERRY JAY CRANFORD |
| The Bishop of Digne | DAVID BENOIT |
| Constables | JASON REIFF JIM RYAN |
| Fantine | SUSAN GILMOUR |
| Foreman | PETE HERBER |
| Workers | STEPHEN PAUL CRAMER STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Women Workers | ANNE BUELTEMAN AYMEE GARCIA DIANA KAARINA EMILY KOSLOSKI CORNILLA LUNA ANNE TOLPEGIN |
| Factory Girl | CHRISTINE ALLOCA |
| Sailors | BEN DAVIS RANDAL KEITH STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Whores | CHRISTINE ALLOCA ANNE BUELTEMAN DIANA KAARINA CORNILLA LUNA REGAN THIEL ANNE TOLPEGIN ELIZABETH WATTS JESSICA-SNOW WILSON |
| Old Woman | AYMEE GARCIA |
| Crone | EMILY KOSLOSKI |
| Pimp | JIM RYAN |
| Bamatabois | GREG HOLT |
| Fauchelevant | JIM RYAN |
| Champmathieu | DAVID BENOIT |
| Young Cosette | ELENI ALEXIS ANDERSON |
| Madame Thenardier | ANNE BUELTEMAN |
| Thenardier | J.P. DOUGHERTY |
| Young Eponine | MAGGIE MARTINSEN |
| Drinker | STEPHEN PAUL CRAMER |
| Young Couple | DIANA KAARINA GLENN SAN MARCO |
| Drunk | JERRY JAY CRANFORD |
| Diners | DAVID BENOIT ANNE BUELTEMAN |
| Other Drinkers | GREG HOLT RANDAL KEITH EMILY KOSLOSKI CORNILLA LUNA JIM RYAN ANNE TOLPEGIN |
| Young Man | BEN DAVIS |
| Young Girls | CHRISTINE ALLOCA ELIZABETH WATTS |
| Old Couple | AYMEE GARCIA STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Travelers | JASON REIFF PETE HERBER |
| Gavroche | JEFFREY JACOB TAUBER HYKE |
| Old Beggar Woman | ANNE TOLPEGIN |
| Young Prostitute | CORNILLA LUNA |
| Pimp | JERRY JAY CRANFORD |
| Eponine | JESSICA-SNOW WILSON |
| Montparnasse | GLENN SAN MARCO |
| Babet | JASON REIFF |
| Brujon | RANDAL KEITH |
| Claquesous | JIM RYAN |
| Enjolras | KURT KOVALENKO |
| Marius | TIM HOWAR |
| Cosette | REGAN THIEL |
| Combeferre | PETE HERBER |
| Feuilly | BEN DAVIS |
| Courfeyrac | STEPHEN PAUL CRAMER |
| Joly | STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Grantaire | GREG HOLT |
| Lesgles | DAVID BENOIT |
| Jean Prouvaire | JERRY JAY CRANFORD |