Les Miserable : School Edition
Narrows Community Theater
Producer: Susan Huizinga
Director: Matte O'Brien
Musical Director: Terry Hanson
Auditions (For Actors ages 8-19):
Monday, July 5, 2010 - 7:00pm
to 10:00pm : Christ Church, 7301 Ridge Blvd., Brooklyn
Tuesday, July 6, 2010- 7:00pm
to 10:00pm : Christ Church, 7301 Ridge Blvd., Brooklyn
Callbacks : Saturday, July 10, 2010 : Salem Lutheran Church,
450 67th Street, Brooklyn
PerformanceS:
September 17,18,19, 2010
Location of Performance:
St. Patricks Auditorium
9511 4th Avenue, Brooklyn
Show Details:
Les Misérables, colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg with a libretto by Alain Boublil, and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. On October 8, 2006, the show celebrated its 21st anniversary on London's West End and became the longest-running West End musical with 9,500 performances. The production continues at London's Queen's Theatre. The show is now in its 25th year.
Based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, set in early 19th-century France, the plot follows the stories of the characters as they struggle for redemption and revolution. The lead characters are joined by an ensemble that includes prostitutes, student revolutionaries, factory workers, and others.
The Tony Award-winning score features the song "I Dreamed a Dream", sung as a solo by the character Fantine during the first act. Numerous professional artists have recorded cover versions of this song since the musical's premiere in October 1985, including Neil Diamond, Aretha Franklin, David Essex, Susan Boyle, Michael Crawford and most recently as a duet between Idina Menzel and Lea Michele on the television show Glee. The song "On My Own", sung by the character Éponine, became another hit song from the musical and was also featured on the pilot episode of the television show Glee.
Characters:
Jean Valjean - tenor - Valjean is released from jail after spending nineteen years there for stealing a loaf of bread and multiple escape attempts. He breaks his parole and changes his identity, becoming mayor of a small town. He later adopts Cosette, the daughter of Fantine.
Inspector Javert - baritone or bass-baritone - Respecting the law above all else, Javert relentlessly pursues Valjean, hoping to bring to justice the escaped convict.
The Bishop of Digne - baritone - The bishop houses Valjean after his release from jail and gives him the gifts of silver and absolution.
Fantine - mezzo-soprano - A worker who loses her job and becomes a prostitute in order to pay the Thénardiers for the welfare of her daughter.
Young Cosette - mezzo - The daughter of Fantine, eight-year-old Cosette is forced to work by the Thénardiers.
Madame Thénardier - mezzo-soprano - The unscrupulous wife of Thénardier.
Young Éponine - silent - Eight-year-old Éponine is the pampered daughter of the Thénardiers. She grows up with Cosette and is unkind to her.
Thénardier - baritone or tenor - A second-rate thief, Thénardier runs a small inn.
Gavroche boy - soprano - Gavroche is a street-wise urchin who dies on the barricade helping the revolutionaries.
Enjolras - baritone or tenor - Enjolras leads Marius and the rest of the student revolutionaries.
Marius Pontmercy tenor Marius, a student revolutionary, is friends with Éponine, but is in love with Cosette.
Éponine - mezzo-soprano/belt - Daughter of the Thénardiers, Éponine, now ragged and a waif, is secretly in love with Marius.
Cosette - soprano - Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, has grown to become very beautiful while under Valjean's care. She falls in love with Marius, and he returns her love.
Friends of the ABC - baritone - Student revolutionaries who lead a revolution and die in the process, becoming martyrs for the rights of citizens.
Grantaire - baritone or tenor - Grantaire is a member of the Friends of the ABC. He is the opposite of Enjolras and believes in nothing. He is only with the society because he worships Enjolras.
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