This was my first time seeing Les Mis by myself, and I was in a box seat to boot! 🙂 But really, I wasn’t alone, because I had waited for rush seats (the whole night before!!), and had met some really nice girls that I persuaded to 
take the box across from me, and who went to the stage door with me too. Also, the girl I ended up sharing the box with was a lovely girl from Manchester, England, and we chatted about theatre in general for quite a while.
Seeing the show from a box was fabulous…part of the stage was blocked from view, but having seen the show five times previously, that wasn’t a huge concern for me. 🙂 The show itself was just incredible…you can read my third experience. A few things that were different…during “Red and Black”, when Enjolras sings, “Who cares about your lonely
soul?”, I was expecting Stephen Bishop (Grantaire) to put his hand up, so I put *mine* up, and one of the students saw me and just cracked up! It was so funny!! 🙂 Also, I actually saw Colm mess up a line!! I was in shock! 🙂
I wasn’t sure if Tim would remember me at the stage door, but I shouldn’t have worried…he was as sweet and wonderful as always, and actually seemed excited to see me! 🙂
The Quotes:
“But you love Bob too, right??”
Some poor misguided Jekkies that I fell into conversation with at the stage door
“Well, for your sake, I hope he’ll be in!”
The person at the box office, when I inquired rather despairingly if Tim would be performing
“You’re a dork.”
Me, to Tim Howar, as he was being his usual giving self 🙂
The cast: (in order of appearance)
| Jean Valjean | COLM WILKINSON |
| Javert | TODD ALAN JOHNSON |
| Chain Gang | STEPHEN BISHOP BEN DAVIS J.P. DOUGHERTY TIM HOWAR RANDAL KEITH KURT KOVALENKO GLENN SAN MARCO STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER ETHAN WATERMEIER |
| 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 JOHN HAGGERTY |
| Fantine | SUSAN GILMOUR |
| Foreman | ETHAN WATERMEIER |
| Workers | STEPHEN PAUL CRAMER STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Women Workers | ANNE BUELTEMAN DIANA KAARINA MELISA KLAUSNER EMILY KOSLOSKI ANNE TOLPEGIN BETSY WERBEL |
| Factory Girl | CHRISTINE ALLOCA |
| Sailors | BEN DAVIS RANDAL KEITH STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Whores | CHRISTINE ALLOCA ANNE BUELTEMAN DIANA KAARINA REGAN THIEL ANNE TOLPEGIN ELIZABETH WATTS BETSY WERBEL JESSICA-SNOW WILSON |
| Old Woman | MELISA KLAUSNER |
| Crone | EMILY KOSLOSKI |
| Pimp | JOHN HAGGERTY |
| Bamatabois | STEPHEN BISHOP |
| Fauchelevant | JOHN HAGGERTY |
| Champmathieu | DAVID BENOIT |
| Young Cosette | JORDAN LEIGH HOUGHTON |
| Madame Thenardier | SHARRON MATTHEWS |
| 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 | STEPHEN BISHOP RANDAL KEITH EMILY KOSLOSKI BETSY WERBEL JOHN HAGGERTY ANNE TOLPEGIN |
| Young Man | BEN DAVIS |
| Young Girls | CHRISTINE ALLOCA ELIZABETH WATTS |
| Old Couple | MELISA KLAUSNER STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Travelers | JASON REIFF ETHAN WATERMEIER |
| Gavroche | JASON L. MAYS |
| Old Beggar Woman | ANNE TOLPEGIN |
| Young Prostitute | BETSY WERBEL |
| Pimp | JERRY JAY CRANFORD |
| Eponine | JESSICA-SNOW WILSON |
| Montparnasse | GLENN SAN MARCO |
| Babet | JASON REIFF |
| Brujon | RANDAL KEITH |
| Claquesous | JOHN HAGGERTY |
| Enjolras | KURT KOVALENKO |
| Marius | TIM HOWAR |
| Cosette | REGAN THIEL |
| Combeferre | ETHAN WATERMEIER |
| Feuilly | BEN DAVIS |
| Courfeyrac | STEPHEN PAUL CRAMER |
| Joly | STEVE SCOTT SPRINGER |
| Grantaire | STEPHEN BISHOP |
| Lesgles | DAVID BENOIT |
| Jean Prouvaire | JERRY JAY CRANFORD |