Les Miserables Reviews

Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555

GOOD, BUT NOT GREAT

Music is excellent as always. Stage set and projected effects are very good. Some material is missing (20 minutes worth.)Valjean, Javert, Enjolras and Mdm.Thenardier are outstanding. Young Cosette, Gavroche and Eponine are OK at best. Adult Cosette is good. Fantine is awful. Good production, but not as good as the original. Worth seeing, especially if its new to you.

Scott h from Vancouver, British Columbia

MY VANVOUVER LES MISERSBLE EXPERIENCE

First of all I must say that les miserable is my favorite broadway show, having seen it 3 times now in vancouver and once in london. Overall I liked the latest showing. Both val jean and javrert performed quite well. I only have 2 critiques that took away from an overall enjoyable evening. First of all about half of the performers had their mikes hanging down on their forheads which was hard to ignore. For me sitting in row 9 seat 43 it was distacting and took away from their performance. (Not that I blame the cast for this). The second critique is hard to say. I have always believed that the best person for a job should get it. That being said, having Marius played by an asian man in an 1800s period Paris play was a bit to take in (even though he did a good job of it). I just felt like it wss a little out of place, but we live in a PC country now. Overall I did enjoy the show and had a nice evening out

Pmfl from Atlanta, GA

LES MISERABLES IN ATLANTA

I saw the show on Saturday, April 28 in Atlanta. While the orchestra was great and the music wonderful, I agree with one reviewer. I felt the whole production was rushed. I did enjoy the music, but I kept waiting for Jean Valjean to tear my heart out,and he never did, All the action seemed too rushed; I never had time to become involved with the characters. My only experience with the musical was the two PBS anniversaries, and I truly expected a more dramatic interpretation of the songs. It was still a good production. The staging was fantastic. It was only afterwards that I got the feeling that everyone was rushing to "get through" the production, similar to the way we did our dress rehearsals for shows. Just get through it. I'm still glad I went. Very talented singers vocally; lacked a bit of the dramatics I expected. Seats were great. The Fox has great acoustics and no bad seats. Wish I could see it again with the same company to compare performances.

Pauline from Kansas City, Missouri

BRAVO LES MIS!

Lead male vocals were positively stunning.

Anonymous from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

VERY GOOD, BUT COULD BE BETTER

We saw the show last night at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia (wonderful venue). The cast is quite good. I thought that most cast members were excellent-in particular, the Thenardiers (very funny), Valjean (who was actually the understudy), Eponine, and Javert. The only caveat with Javert is that his voice is SO unbelievably strong that it overpowered the theater and some of his co-stars. He certainly does not need to be miked. I would agree that the show seemed quite rushed at times and it could be difficult to follow...if I hadn't just seen the movie, I would have had more difficultly. The sexual humor was funny in the beginning, but the wine bottle penis gag did get old after a while... I was not a fan of older Cosette-I thought she lacked any true emotion and her portrayal honestly annoyed me.

Canaday from Albany, New York

NOT AS GOOD AS THE 1ST PROCTORS PRODUCTION OF LES MIZ

The new staging of the road show of Les Miz has some aspects that are improvements but over all it did not have the impact of the original staging including the turntable stage. The actor and actress playing the Thénardiers toned down comic relief aspect of their roles to the extent that instead of seeing them as a comedic personification of a dog eat dog world they were were merely evil. The audience did not laugh heartily as they did when the original touring company came to Proctors decades ago. The performer playing Jean Valjean started out as lackluster but ended up being strong yet the audience did not give the sure- fire wildly exuberant ovation that the ValJean signature song Bring Him Home always generates. Marius was strong in voice and far superior to any of Marius characters in the two Anniversary concert DVDs. The annunciation and sound did not lend itself to lyrics being understood by those who were seeing it for the first time. Quite OK for veterans viewers.

Simple Citizen from Reno, NV

AMAZING PRODUCTION, FEW POOR CHOICES.

This show was spectacular. I went in expecting a good show - but I knew it wasn't the Broadway production, or the North American Touring group - so I didn't expect it to be great. It was. The staging, the orchestra, and the lighting were perfect. Really. It was perfectly staged with great use of set pieces for multiple scenes with nothing seeming out of place. The orchestra was perfect, volume was great, and I was amazed to hear an orchestra sounding just as good as the 25th Anniversary concert int he O2 in London. They really were that good. The characters were mostly great, with a few faulty choices. See full review here: http://lesmiserablesabridged.blogspot.com/2013/06/review-california-
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