Les Misérables
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 12, 1987
Closing Date
May 18, 2003
1st Preview
Feb 28, 1987
1st Preview
Feb 28, 1987
Previews
11
Performances
6,680
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
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Open Date: Mar 12, 1987
Close Date: May 18, 2003
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Mar 12, 1987 - Oct 14, 1990)
(Mar 12, 1987 - Oct 14, 1990)
Imperial Theatre
(Oct 17, 1990 - May 18, 2003)
(Oct 17, 1990 - May 18, 2003)
Setting
In France: Digne, 1815; Montreuil-Sur-Mer, 1823; Montfermeil, 1823; Paris, 1832.
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PeopleTheatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)Produced by Cameron Mackintosh; Produced in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsOriginally produced in London by Cameron Mackintosh and The Royal Shakespeare Company (Terry Hands, Artistic Director)Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil; Based on the novel by Victor Hugo; Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer; Original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel; Additional text by James Fenton; Music orchestrated by John Cameron; Musical Director: Robert BilligScenic Design by John Napier; Costume Design by Andreane Neofitou and Andreane Neofitou; Lighting Design by David Hersey; Sound Design by Andrew Bruce and Autograph; Assistant Costume Design: Richard Schurkamp; Assistant Lighting Design: Sarah Lambert; Associate Sound Design: Abe Jacob; Associate Scenic Design: Keith GonzalesExecutive Producer: Martin McCallum and Richard Jay-Alexander; General Manager: Alan Wasser; Associate Gen. Mgr: Barbara Seinfeld; Company Manager: Gordon G. Forbes; Associate Co. Mgr: Beth RiedmannProduction Stage Manager: Sam Stickler; Stage Manager: Mitchell Lemsky and Fredric Hanson; Technical Production Manager: John H. Paull, IIIConducted by Robert Billig; Musical Supervisor: Robert Billig; Concert Master: Louann Montesi; Violin: Fred Buldrini, Katherine Cash, Suzanne Ornstein, Marion Pinheiro, Marti Sweet, Mitsue Takayama and Mineko Yajima; Music Contractor: Mel Rodnon; Cello: Batia Lieberman and Clay C. Ruede; Clarinet and Alto Saxophone: Mitchell Weiss; Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Flugelhorn: David Gale and Robert Zottola; Trumpet and Piccolo Trumpet: Pete Hyde; Bass Trombone: John Rojack; Guitar: Brian Koonin; Drums: Michael Hinton; Flute and Piccolo: Jacqueline Giat; Oboe and English Horn: Harriet Orenstein; Music Preparation: Mathilde Pincus, Victor Jaroway and Chelsea Music Services, Inc.; Percussion: Howard Joines; Bass: Lindsey Horner; French Horn: Jerry W. Peel and Brooks Tillotson; Synthesizer: Jeffrey Silverman and Ross AllenGeneral Press Representative: The Fred Nathan Company, Inc. and Anne S. Abrams; Press Associate: Bert Fink, Merle Frimark, Marc Thibodeau and Dennis Crowley; Casting: Johnson-Liff Associates; Casting Associate: Andrew M. Zerman; Advertising and Logo Design by Dewynters, Limited; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Production Photographer: Michael Le Poer Trench; U.S. Lighting Coordinator: Betsy PoolOld WomanWhoreYoung GirlMariusThénardierWorkerDrinkerCourfeyracOther DrinkerGrantaireChain GangWhoreOther DrinkerYoung ProstituteWorkerSailorOld Couple (Man)JolyWhoreDinerWhoreOther DrinkerOld Beggar WomanForemanTravelerCombeferreYoung GirlFeb 28, 1987 - Sep 13, 1987Young Couple (Woman)SailorYoung ManFeuillyCosetteDinerLesglesTravelerBabetThénardier's GangEnjolrasSailorOther DrinkerBrujonThénardier's GangDrunkPimpJean ProuvaireEponineFeb 28, 1987 - Sep 13, 1987LabourerYoung Couple (Man)MontparnasseThénardier's GangCroneOld Couple (Woman)PimpFaucheleventOther DrinkerClaquesousThénardier's GangUnderstudies: Cindy Benson (Madame Thénardier), Jane Bodle (Cosette), Brandy Brown (Young Cosette, Young Eponine), Anthony Crivello (Javert), Ann Crumb (Fantine), John Dewar (Bishop of Digne), Joanna Glushak (Fantine), Susan Goodman (Madame Thénardier), Paul Harman (Jean Valjean, Enjolras), Kelli James (Gavroche, Eponine), Gretchen Kingsley-Weihe (Eponine, Cosette), Joseph Kolinski (Marius, Enjolras), Norman Large (Javert, Thénardier), Marcus Lovett (Marius), Kevin Marcum (Jean Valjean), Chrissie McDonald (Young Cosette), John Norman (Thénardier), R. D. Robb (Gavroche) and Steve Shocket (Bishop of Digne)
Broadway Theatre (Mar 12, 1987 - Oct 14, 1990)
Resident Director: Jason MooreCompany Manager: Robert Nolan; Executive Producer: David Caddick; Assistant Co. Mgr: Cassidy J. BriggsProduction Supervisor: Sam SticklerAssociate Conductor: Matthew Sklar and Dan Riddle (Jul 1994 - ?); Violin: Sasha Vselensky; Keyboard: Dan Riddle (Jul 1994 - ?); Bass Trombone: John RojakPhotographer: Joan Marcus; Casting Associate: Tara RubinCast
Grantaire
Nov 1987 - Jun 1988Bamatabois
Other Drinker
Young Eponine
AlternateDrinker
Javert
Mar 14, 1988 - ?Bishop of Digne
Young Eponine
AlternateMadame Thénardier
Young Girl
Claquesous
Thénardier's GangConstable
Diner
Lesgles
Thénardier
Constable
Factory Girl
Young Eponine
AlternateFactory Girl
Brujon
Thénardier's GangSailor
Other Drinker
Brujon
Thénardier's GangYoung Eponine
AlternateSwings: Anny De Gange , Rich Hebert , Nina Hennessey , Leslie Klein , Kim Lindsay , Jessica Molaskey and Sam ScalamoniUnderstudies: Stephen Bogardus (Javert), Cissy Lee Cates (Cosette), Anny De Gange (Madame Thénardier), Diane Della Piazza (Madame Thénardier), Daisy Eagan (Gavroche), Willy Falk (Marius), Jean Fitzgibbons (Fantine, Madame Thénardier), Lisa Ann Grant (Eponine), Adam Heller (Thénardier), David Jon (Gavroche), Bruce Kuhn (Thénardier), Kim Lindsay (Eponine, Cosette), Janene Lovullo (Fantine), Olga Merediz (Madame Thénardier), Jessica Molaskey (Madame Thénardier), Cissy Rebich (Cosette), Joel Robertson (Jean Valjean), John Ruess (Marius), Anne Marie Runolfsson (Fantine), Raymond Saar (Enjolras, Marius), Marcie Shaw (Madame Thénardier), J.C. Sheets (Jean Valjean) and John Norman Thomas (Thénardier)Imperial Theatre (Oct 17, 1990 - May 18, 2003)
Associate Producer: Martin McCallumMusical Director: James May and Constantine Kitsopoulos (circa. May 2002 - ?)Associate Director: Ken CaswellAssistant Costume Design: Noel Howard; Assistant Lighting Design: Ted Mather and Kenneth Posner; Associate Sound Design: Mark MenardAssociate Gen. Mgr: Allan Williams; Company Manager: Robert Nolan and Mark S. Andrews; Assistant Co. Mgr: Harriett KittnerProduction Stage Manager: Marybeth Abel and Gregg N. Kirsopp; 1st Assistant Stage Manager: Bryan Landrine; Stage Manager: Jim Athens, Brent Peterson, Thom Schilling and Mary Fran Loftus; Production Technical Manager: Jake Bell; Associate Prod. Mgr: Marie Barrett and Jake Bell; 2nd Assistant Stage Manager Charlene SpeyererAssistant Conductor: Beth Fremgen (Jan 1992 - Oct 1997), Sariva Goetz and Lawrence Yurman; Conducted by Dale Rieling, Jason Howland, Constantine Kitsopoulos (Apr 2002 - ?) and James May; Associate Conductor: Robert Meffe, Jim Laev (Jan 1992 - Oct 1997) and Robert Meffe (Apr 2002 - ?); Concert Master: Mineko Yajima and Sean Carney; Keyboards: Sariva Goetz (Apr 2002 - ?), Robert Meffe (Apr 2002 - ?), Jim Laev and Lawrence Yurman; Violin: Katherine Livolsi-Stern (Apr 2002 - ?), Richard Henrickson (Apr 2002 - ?), Lori Miller (Apr 2002 - ?), Sean Carney, Myra Segal, Mitchell Stern and Marilyn Reynolds; Viola: Sam Kephart (Apr 2002 - ?), Kathleen Foster (Apr 2002 - ?), Jennie Hansen, Mitsue Takayama and Brian Zenone; Cello: David W. Moore (Apr 2002 - ?); Flute and Piccolo: Joseph Piscitelli (Apr 2002 - ?); Oboe and English Horn: Kaethe Durham (Apr 2002 - ?); French Horn: Patricia Hackbarth (Apr 2002 - ?), Katherine Canfield (Apr 2002 - ?) and Daniel Culpepper; Bass: Brian Hamm (Apr 2002 - ?); Drums: William Lanham (Mar 1991 - ?); Percussion: Mark Belair (1991 - ?); Concertmistress: Marilyn Reynolds; Electronic Music Design & Programming: Music Arts Technologies, Inc.Dance Captain: David Benoit, Randy Glass and Sam Scalamoni; Press Representative: Michael S. Borowski; Resident Director: Jason Moore; Hair and Wig Coordinator: Helen Gregor; General Press Representative: The Publicity Office; Promotions: The Walton Group (1996 - Aug 2002) and Hugh Hysell Communications (Aug 2002 - ?)Cast
Young Eponine
AlternateWhore
Woman Worker
Whore
Madame Thénardier
Constable
Diner
Lesgles
Diner
Montparnasse
Thénardier's GangMontparnasse
Thénardier's GangLabourer
Chain Gang
Young Eponine
AlternateChain Gang
Farmer
Drinker
Claquesous
Thénardier's GangFactory Girl
? - Jan 06, 2003Woman Worker
Whore
Diner
Pimp
Fauchelevent
Other Drinker
Claquesous
Thénardier's GangWhore
Young Girl
Old Beggar Woman
Female Ensemble
Pimp
May 09, 2002 - ?Other Drinker
May 09, 2002 - ?Lesgles
May 09, 2002 - ?Worker
Chain Gang
Sailor
Young Couple (Man)
Young Eponine
AlternateWhore
Young Couple (Woman)
Whore
Other Drinker
Old Beggar Woman
Whore
Chain Gang
Old Beggar Woman
Woman Worker
Whore
Diner
Sailor
Champmathieu
Young Man
Brujon
Thénardier's GangYoung Eponine
AlternateCrone
Young Girl
Woman Worker
Whore
Young Girl
Young Prostitute
Eponine
2002 - Sep 04, 2002Female Ensemble
Innkeeper
Drunk
Pimp
Jean Prouvaire
Chain Gang
Labourer
Young Couple (Man)
Whore
Young Couple (Woman)
Pimp
Other Drinker
Lesgles
Chain Gang
May 09, 2002 - ?Enjolras
May 09, 2002 - ?Chain Gang
Foreman
Traveler
Pimp
Combeferre
Whore
Jan 07, 1992 - Mar 29, 1992Pimp
Drinker
Lesgles
Factory Girl
Whore
Other Drinker
Young Prostitute
Young Eponine
AlternateMarius
Young Eponine
AlternateYoung Eponine
Whore
Young Eponine
AlternateJean Valjean
Oct 1995 - Jan 1996Javert
Nov 19, 2001 - Nov 02, 2002Young Eponine
AlternateBamatabois
Other Drinker
Grantaire
Foreman
Traveler
Pimp
Combeferre
Worker
Sailor
Old Couple (Man)
Joly
Major Domo
Sailor
Young Couple (Man)
Feuilly
Jean Valjean
Sep 08, 1998 - Sep 04, 1999Whore
Fauchelevent
Drunk
Jean Prouvaire
? - Apr 09, 2003Worker
Sailor
Old Couple (Man)
Joly
Major Domo
Eponine
? - May 18, 2003Constable
Fauchelevent
Drunk
Marius
? - May 18, 2003Chain Gang
Young Eponine
AlternateWhore
Old Couple (Woman)
Traveler
Babet
Thénardier's GangCrone
Young Girl
Young Eponine
AlternateWoman Worker
Whore
Old Couple (Woman)
Eponine
Feb 25, 1999 - ?Woman Worker
Whore
Old Couple (Woman)
Young Man
Sailor
Montparnasse
Thénardier's GangBishop of Digne
Constable
Traveler
Babet
Thénardier's GangEponine
Chain Gang
Innkeeper
Drunk
Pimp
Young Eponine
AlternateWhore
Diner
Factory Girl
Young Eponine
AlternateEnjolras
Fauchelevent
Drunk
Jean Prouvaire
Javert
Nov 04, 2002 - ?Farmer
Other Drinker
Claquesous
Thénardier's GangYoung Eponine
AlternateBamatabois
Other Drinker
Grantaire
Bishop of Digne
Montparnasse
Thénardier's GangForeman
Traveler
Pimp
Combeferre
Bishop of Digne
Pimp
Fauchelevent
Other Drinker
Jean Valjean
Mar 07, 2000 - Apr 21, 2001Jean Valjean
Jan 28, 2002 - Feb 02, 2003Jean Valjean
Oct 05, 1993 - Oct 08, 1993Jean Valjean
Oct 12, 1993 - Oct 31, 1993Whore
Young Girl
Young Prostitute
Eponine
Young Eponine
AlternateWhore
Old Couple (Woman)
Whore
Young Couple (Woman)
Old Woman
Other Drinker
Sailor
Champmathieu
Young Man
Brujon
Thénardier's GangYoung Cosette
Whore
Young Girl
Young Prostitute
Joly
Marius
Young Eponine
AlternateYoung Eponine
AlternateYoung Eponine
AlternateYoung Eponine
AlternateWhore
Enjolras
? - May 18, 2003Fantine
Apr 23, 2001 - Nov 02, 2002Whore
Marius
Young Eponine
AlternateYoung Cosette
Young Eponine
AlternateWhore
Eponine
Foreman
Traveler
Jean Valjean
Apr 23, 2001 - Jan 26, 2002Madame Thénardier
Claquesous
Thénardier's GangYoung Eponine
AlternateYoung Eponine
AlternateSailor
Young Couple (Man)
Feuilly
Chain Gang
Old Couple (Man)
Worker
Sailor
Drinker
Courfeyrac
Chain Gang
Sailor
Young Eponine
AlternateTraveler
Babet
Thénardier's GangWhore
Factory Girl
Jan 07, 2003 - ?Young Eponine
AlternateCrone
Young Girl
Young Eponine
AlternateYoung Eponine
AlternateMontparnasse
Thénardier's GangGrantaire
1998 - 2001Whore
Whore
Sailor
Champmathieu
Young Man
Brujon
Thénardier's Gang? - Nov 30, 2002Innkeeper
Courfeyrac
Apr 13, 2003 - ?Worker
Drinker
Constable
Fauchelevent
Drunk
Worker
Drinker
Courfeyrac
Young Eponine
AlternateThénardier
? - May 18, 2003Fantine
May 19, 1992 - Jan 10, 1993Bamatabois
Drinker
Grantaire
Other Drinker
Whore
Swings: Greggory Brandt , Don Brewer , Catherine Brunell , Angela DeCicco , Ana Del Castillo , Diane DiCroce , Teri Furr , Randy Glass , Lorraine Goodman , John Haggerty , Mark Hardy , Julia Haubner , Dave Hugo , Christa Justus , Scott Logsdon , Alex Lubliner , Gary Moss , Cathy Nichols , Aaron Paul , Marla Schaffel , Wayne Scherzer , William Solo , Kerrianne Spellman , Claude Tessier , Bruce Thompson , Clif Thorn , Alice Vienneau , Jeffrey Scott Watkins , Betsy Werbel and Sharon WheatleyUnderstudies: Ana Maria Andricain (Fantine), Ann Arvia (Madame Thénardier), Paul A. Avedisian (Bishop of Digne, Enjolras), Kristen Behrendt (Fantine), David Benoit (Thénardier, Javert), Michael Berry (Enjolras), Nicola Boyer (Female Ensemble, Madame Thénardier), Greggory Brandt (Bishop of Digne, Enjolras), Don Brewer (Bishop of Digne), Kelly Briggs (Jean Valjean, Thénardier), Anne Buelteman (Madame Thénardier), Diana Caperello (Fantine), John Capes (Jean Valjean, Thénardier), Lisa Capps (Fantine), Bill Carmichael (Thénardier), Joseph Cassidy (Jean Valjean), Lacey Chabert (Gavroche), Sarah Dacey Charles (Madame Thénardier), John-Andrew Clark (Enjolras), Dave Clemmons (Jean Valjean), Jeffrey Clonts (Jean Valjean), Stephen Collela (Thénardier), Daniel C. Cooney (Marius), Holly Jo Crane (Fantine), John Cudia (Jean Valjean), Melissa Anne Davis (Eponine, Cosette), Danielle De Niese (Cosette, Eponine), Madeleine Doherty (Madame Thénardier), Kevin Earley (Enjolras), Mike Eldred (Jean Valjean), Karen Elliott (Madame Thénardier), Richard Falzone (Thénardier), Gina Feliccia (Eponine, Cosette), Heather Ferguson (Cosette), Rona Figueroa (Eponine), Dann Fink (Enjolras), Jean Fitzgibbons (Fantine, Madame Thénardier), Merwin Foard (Javert), Sam Fontana (Thénardier), Hunter Foster (Marius), Sutton Foster (Eponine), Alexandra Foucard (Fantine), David Gagnon (Enjolras), Robert Gallagher (Javert), Peter Gantenbein (Marius), Randy Glass (Bishop of Digne), Jessica Grové (Eponine), Peter Gunther (Enjolras), Mary Gutzi (Fantine), Cliffton Hall (Marius), Kimberly Hannon (Gavroche), Marsh Hanson (Marius), Dave Hugo (Bishop of Digne, Javert), Robert Hunt (Javert), Scott Hunt (Marius), Adam Hunter (Marius), Kristin Huxhold (Cosette), Alicia Irving (Fantine), Tammy Jacobs (Cosette, Eponine), Philip Johnson (Thénardier), David Josefsberg (Marius), Christa Justus (Eponine), Edward Juvier (Marius), Alexis Kalehoff (Gavroche, Young Eponine), Kevin Kern (Marius), Melisa Klausner (Madame Thénardier), Audrey Klinger (Fantine), Russell Arden Koplin (Eponine), Kurt Kovalenko (Enjolras), Ken Krugman (Thénardier), Connie Kunkle (Fantine), Gina Lamparella (Cosette, Eponine), Bryan Landrine (Jean Valjean), Jodie Langel (Eponine), Megan Lawrence (Cosette, Eponine), Tony Lawson (Thénardier), Jordan Leeds (Marius, Enjolras), James Chip Leonard (Thénardier), John Leone (Marius), Stephanie Likes (Cosette, Eponine), Sarah Litzsinger (Eponine, Cosette), Angela Lockett (Fantine), Alex Lubliner (Bishop of Digne), Gary Lynch (Javert), Nora Mae Lyng (Madame Thénardier), Crysta Macalush (Gavroche), Erika MacLeod (Fantine), Kimberly Mahon (Gavroche), Robert D. Mammana (Javert), Candese Marchese (Eponine, Cosette), Kipp Marcus (Marius), Michael L. Marra (Thénardier), Michael X. Martin (Javert), Frank Mastrone (Jean Valjean), Neal Mayer (Thénardier), Liz McCartney (Madame Thénardier), Matt McClanahan (Marius), David McDonald (Javert, Thénardier), Kevin McGuire (Jean Valjean, Thénardier), Dana Meller (Cosette, Eponine), Lea Michele (Gavroche), Gina Milo (Eponine), Melissa Minyard (Cosette), Kenny Morris (Thénardier), Alicia Morton (Gavroche), Gary Moss (Jean Valjean), Cyndi Neal (Fantine), Cathy Nichols (Cosette, Eponine), Marnie Nicolella (Eponine), Liam O'Brien (Thénardier), Kevin Odekirk (Marius), Lydia Ooghe (Gavroche), Alan Osburn (Javert), Joe Paparella (Thénardier), Jennifer Paz (Cosette, Eponine), Mary Jayne Raleigh (Fantine), Jessie Janet Richards (Fantine), Darren Ritchie (Enjolras), Ivan Rutherford (Jean Valjean), Kathy Santen (Madame Thénardier), Nicolas F. Saverine (Thénardier), Marla Schaffel (Fantine), Roger Seyer (Jean Valjean), Rohn Seykell (Marius), Elena L. Shaddow (Cosette), Ron Sharpe (Jean Valjean), Bart Shatto (Jean Valjean), Jessica Sheridan (Madame Thénardier), Allan Snyder (Enjolras), William Solo (Jean Valjean, Bishop of Digne), Kerrianne Spellman (Fantine), Susan Spencer (Fantine), Gregory Calvin Stone (Jean Valjean), Doug Storm (Enjolras), Douglas Storm (Enjolras), Rena Strober (Cosette), Christen Tassin (Gavroche), Claude Tessier (Jean Valjean), Clif Thorn (Enjolras), Anne Tolpegin (Madame Thénardier), Paul Truckey (Javert), Betsy True (Eponine, Cosette), Lucy Vance (Eponine, Cosette), Andrew Varela (Jean Valjean), Robert Vernon (Enjolras), Richard Vida (Thénardier), Alice Vienneau (Fantine), Max von Essen (Marius), Jeffrey Scott Watkins (Bishop of Digne), Douglas Webster (Jean Valjean), Craig Wells (Thénardier), Wade Williams (Javert), Kevin R. Wright (Marius), Tom Zemon (Javert) and Jennifer Zimmerman (Fantine) -
SongsAct 1Sung ByPrologueThe CompanySoliloquyJean ValjeanAt the End of the DayUnemployed and Factory WorkersI Dreamed a DreamFantineLovely LadiesLadies and ClientsWho Am I?Jean ValjeanCome to MeFantine and Jean ValjeanCastle on a CloudYoung CosetteMaster of the HouseThénardier, Madame Thénardier and CustomerThénardier Waltz (of Treachery)Thénardier, Madame Thénardier and Jean ValjeanLook DownGavroche and BeggarsStarsJavertRed and BlackEnjolras, Marius and StudentsDo You Hear the People SingEnjolras, Students and CitizensIn My LifeCosette, Jean Valjean, Marius and EponineA Heart Full of LoveCosette, Marius and EponineOne Day MoreThe CompanyAct 2Sung ByOn My OwnEponineA Little Fall of RainEponine and MariusDrink with Me to Days Gone ByGrantaire, Students and WomenBring Him HomeJean ValjeanDog Eats DogThénardierSoliloquy (Javert's Suicide)JavertTurningWomenEmpty Chairs at Empty TablesMariusWedding ChoraleGuestsBeggars at the FeastThénardier and Madame ThénardierFinaleThe Company
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Awards
Tony Award®
Best Musical
1987 Winner
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Actor in a Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1987 Winner
Michael Maguire
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
1987 Winner
Frances RuffelleBest Featured Actress in a Musical
1987 Nominee
Judy Kuhn
Best Scenic Design
1987 Winner
Scenic Design by John NapierBest Costume Design
1987 Nominee
Costume Design by Andreane Neofitou
Best Lighting Design
1987 Winner
Lighting Design by David Hersey
Best Direction of a Musical
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical
1987 Winner
Produced by Cameron MackintoshOutstanding Actor in a Musical
1987 Nominee
Colm Wilkinson
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
1987 Winner
Michael MaguireOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
1987 Nominee
Judy Kuhn
Outstanding Orchestration
1987 Winner
Music orchestrated by John Cameron
Outstanding Music
1987 Winner
Music by Claude-Michel SchönbergOutstanding Lighting Design
1987 Nominee
Lighting Design by David Hersey
Outstanding Set Design
1987 Winner
Scenic Design by John Napier -
Statistics
Week Ending Gross % Gross Pot. Attendance % Capacity # Previews # Perf. Statistics supplied are courtesy of The Broadway League.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh; Produced in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Originally produced in London by Cameron Mackintosh and The Royal Shakespeare Company (Terry Hands, Artistic Director)
Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil; Based on the novel by Victor Hugo; Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer; Original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel; Additional text by James Fenton; Music orchestrated by John Cameron; Musical Director: Robert Billig
Scenic Design by John Napier; Costume Design by Andreane Neofitou and Andreane Neofitou; Lighting Design by David Hersey; Sound Design by Andrew Bruce and Autograph; Assistant Costume Design: Richard Schurkamp; Assistant Lighting Design: Sarah Lambert; Associate Sound Design: Abe Jacob; Associate Scenic Design: Keith Gonzales
Executive Producer: Martin McCallum and Richard Jay-Alexander; General Manager: Alan Wasser; Associate Gen. Mgr: Barbara Seinfeld; Company Manager: Gordon G. Forbes; Associate Co. Mgr: Beth Riedmann
Production Stage Manager: Sam Stickler; Stage Manager: Mitchell Lemsky and Fredric Hanson; Technical Production Manager: John H. Paull, III
Conducted by Robert Billig; Musical Supervisor: Robert Billig; Concert Master: Louann Montesi; Violin: Fred Buldrini, Katherine Cash, Suzanne Ornstein, Marion Pinheiro, Marti Sweet, Mitsue Takayama and Mineko Yajima; Music Contractor: Mel Rodnon; Cello: Batia Lieberman and Clay C. Ruede; Clarinet and Alto Saxophone: Mitchell Weiss; Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Flugelhorn: David Gale and Robert Zottola; Trumpet and Piccolo Trumpet: Pete Hyde; Bass Trombone: John Rojack; Guitar: Brian Koonin; Drums: Michael Hinton; Flute and Piccolo: Jacqueline Giat; Oboe and English Horn: Harriet Orenstein; Music Preparation: Mathilde Pincus, Victor Jaroway and Chelsea Music Services, Inc.; Percussion: Howard Joines; Bass: Lindsey Horner; French Horn: Jerry W. Peel and Brooks Tillotson; Synthesizer: Jeffrey Silverman and Ross Allen
General Press Representative: The Fred Nathan Company, Inc. and Anne S. Abrams; Press Associate: Bert Fink, Merle Frimark, Marc Thibodeau and Dennis Crowley; Casting: Johnson-Liff Associates; Casting Associate: Andrew M. Zerman; Advertising and Logo Design by Dewynters, Limited; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Production Photographer: Michael Le Poer Trench; U.S. Lighting Coordinator: Betsy Pool
Old Woman
Whore
Young Girl
Marius
Thénardier
Worker
Drinker
Courfeyrac
Other Drinker
Grantaire
Chain Gang
Whore
Other Drinker
Young Prostitute
Worker
Sailor
Old Couple (Man)
Joly
Whore
Diner
Whore
Other Drinker
Old Beggar Woman
Foreman
Traveler
Combeferre
Young Girl
Feb 28, 1987 - Sep 13, 1987
Young Couple (Woman)
Sailor
Young Man
Feuilly
Cosette
Diner
Lesgles
Traveler
Babet
Thénardier's Gang
Enjolras
Sailor
Other Drinker
Brujon
Thénardier's Gang
Drunk
Pimp
Jean Prouvaire
Eponine
Feb 28, 1987 - Sep 13, 1987
Labourer
Young Couple (Man)
Montparnasse
Thénardier's Gang
Crone
Old Couple (Woman)
Pimp
Fauchelevent
Other Drinker
Claquesous
Thénardier's Gang
Understudies:
Cindy Benson
(Madame Thénardier), Jane Bodle
(Cosette), Brandy Brown
(Young Cosette, Young Eponine), Anthony Crivello
(Javert), Ann Crumb
(Fantine), John Dewar
(Bishop of Digne), Joanna Glushak
(Fantine), Susan Goodman
(Madame Thénardier), Paul Harman
(Jean Valjean, Enjolras), Kelli James
(Gavroche, Eponine), Gretchen Kingsley-Weihe
(Eponine, Cosette), Joseph Kolinski
(Marius, Enjolras), Norman Large
(Javert, Thénardier), Marcus Lovett
(Marius), Kevin Marcum
(Jean Valjean), Chrissie McDonald
(Young Cosette), John Norman
(Thénardier), R. D. Robb
(Gavroche) and Steve Shocket
(Bishop of Digne)
Broadway Theatre (Mar 12, 1987 - Oct 14, 1990)
Resident Director: Jason Moore
Company Manager: Robert Nolan; Executive Producer: David Caddick; Assistant Co. Mgr: Cassidy J. Briggs
Production Supervisor: Sam Stickler
Associate Conductor: Matthew Sklar and Dan Riddle (Jul 1994 - ?); Violin: Sasha Vselensky; Keyboard: Dan Riddle (Jul 1994 - ?); Bass Trombone: John Rojak
Photographer: Joan Marcus; Casting Associate: Tara Rubin
Cast
Grantaire
Nov 1987 - Jun 1988
Bamatabois
Other Drinker
Young Eponine
Alternate
Drinker
Javert
Mar 14, 1988 - ?
Bishop of Digne
Young Eponine
Alternate
Madame Thénardier
Young Girl
Claquesous
Thénardier's Gang
Constable
Diner
Lesgles
Thénardier
Constable
Factory Girl
Young Eponine
Alternate
Factory Girl
Brujon
Thénardier's Gang
Sailor
Other Drinker
Brujon
Thénardier's Gang
Young Eponine
Alternate
Swings:
Anny De Gange
, Rich Hebert
, Nina Hennessey
, Leslie Klein
, Kim Lindsay
, Jessica Molaskey
and Sam Scalamoni
Understudies:
Stephen Bogardus
(Javert), Cissy Lee Cates
(Cosette), Anny De Gange
(Madame Thénardier), Diane Della Piazza
(Madame Thénardier), Daisy Eagan
(Gavroche), Willy Falk
(Marius), Jean Fitzgibbons
(Fantine, Madame Thénardier), Lisa Ann Grant
(Eponine), Adam Heller
(Thénardier), David Jon
(Gavroche), Bruce Kuhn
(Thénardier), Kim Lindsay
(Eponine, Cosette), Janene Lovullo
(Fantine), Olga Merediz
(Madame Thénardier), Jessica Molaskey
(Madame Thénardier), Cissy Rebich
(Cosette), Joel Robertson
(Jean Valjean), John Ruess
(Marius), Anne Marie Runolfsson
(Fantine), Raymond Saar
(Enjolras, Marius), Marcie Shaw
(Madame Thénardier), J.C. Sheets
(Jean Valjean) and John Norman Thomas
(Thénardier)
Imperial Theatre (Oct 17, 1990 - May 18, 2003)
Associate Producer: Martin McCallum
Musical Director: James May and Constantine Kitsopoulos (circa. May 2002 - ?)
Associate Director: Ken Caswell
Assistant Costume Design: Noel Howard; Assistant Lighting Design: Ted Mather and Kenneth Posner; Associate Sound Design: Mark Menard
Associate Gen. Mgr: Allan Williams; Company Manager: Robert Nolan and Mark S. Andrews; Assistant Co. Mgr: Harriett Kittner
Production Stage Manager: Marybeth Abel and Gregg N. Kirsopp; 1st Assistant Stage Manager: Bryan Landrine; Stage Manager: Jim Athens, Brent Peterson, Thom Schilling and Mary Fran Loftus; Production Technical Manager: Jake Bell; Associate Prod. Mgr: Marie Barrett and Jake Bell; 2nd Assistant Stage Manager Charlene Speyerer
Assistant Conductor: Beth Fremgen (Jan 1992 - Oct 1997), Sariva Goetz and Lawrence Yurman; Conducted by Dale Rieling, Jason Howland, Constantine Kitsopoulos (Apr 2002 - ?) and James May; Associate Conductor: Robert Meffe, Jim Laev (Jan 1992 - Oct 1997) and Robert Meffe (Apr 2002 - ?); Concert Master: Mineko Yajima and Sean Carney; Keyboards: Sariva Goetz (Apr 2002 - ?), Robert Meffe (Apr 2002 - ?), Jim Laev and Lawrence Yurman; Violin: Katherine Livolsi-Stern (Apr 2002 - ?), Richard Henrickson (Apr 2002 - ?), Lori Miller (Apr 2002 - ?), Sean Carney, Myra Segal, Mitchell Stern and Marilyn Reynolds; Viola: Sam Kephart (Apr 2002 - ?), Kathleen Foster (Apr 2002 - ?), Jennie Hansen, Mitsue Takayama and Brian Zenone; Cello: David W. Moore (Apr 2002 - ?); Flute and Piccolo: Joseph Piscitelli (Apr 2002 - ?); Oboe and English Horn: Kaethe Durham (Apr 2002 - ?); French Horn: Patricia Hackbarth (Apr 2002 - ?), Katherine Canfield (Apr 2002 - ?) and Daniel Culpepper; Bass: Brian Hamm (Apr 2002 - ?); Drums: William Lanham (Mar 1991 - ?); Percussion: Mark Belair (1991 - ?); Concertmistress: Marilyn Reynolds; Electronic Music Design & Programming: Music Arts Technologies, Inc.
Dance Captain: David Benoit, Randy Glass and Sam Scalamoni; Press Representative: Michael S. Borowski; Resident Director: Jason Moore; Hair and Wig Coordinator: Helen Gregor; General Press Representative: The Publicity Office; Promotions: The Walton Group (1996 - Aug 2002) and Hugh Hysell Communications (Aug 2002 - ?)
Cast
Young Eponine
Alternate
Whore
Woman Worker
Whore
Madame Thénardier
Constable
Diner
Lesgles
Diner
Montparnasse
Thénardier's Gang
Montparnasse
Thénardier's Gang