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Once more, with feeling The musical of Les Misérables, based on Victor Hugo’s epic saga, retains all of its sheen in 33 years of undimmed popularity—and counting. b y S y lv i e D r a k e

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One cannot discount the contributions of the team that created the musical, from bookwriter Alain Boublil’s ability to condense and adapt such a massive epic for the stage, to Herbert Kretzmer’s superlative English translation of the original French, to the stirring anthems by Claude-Michel Schönberg who created a score that seems drawn from the novel’s rib. sonore or “loud echo” of his day. Although he ostensibly belonged to no church, a religious thread frequently ran through his work. He claimed Les Miz as “religious.” But it is an eloquent compassion, wedded to innate wisdom and a sense of balance that are at the core of the grandeur of his prose. Les Misérables was a very long book, full of plots and subplots, and took years to complete, but it was only following the accidental death by drowning of his grown daughter Léopoldine—a terrible blow— that he immersed himself in earnest into the writing of it. Memories of his daughter probably informed the character of Cosette, just as memories of his own student days informed that of Marius. Aside from his phenomenal agility with language, Hugo’s genius was a transcending talent for getting to the universal through the particular, weaving the smaller human tales into the sociopolitical fabric of his day. Les Misérables was published in 1862 and took France and all Europe by storm. It was immediately translated into several languages. The author was astounded by the novel’s success. Even if people rarely plough through its almost 2,000 pages any more, it remains his best-known work, largely because its popularity has been reignited by the musical’s charismatic appeal. Toward the end of the novel, Hugo writes

this: “The book which the reader has before him at this moment is, from one end to the other, in its entirety and details...a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth, from night to day, from appetite to conscience, from corruption to life, from bestiality to duty, from hell to heaven, from nothingness to God…” So much for the lofty ambitions of the book. But one cannot discount the contributions of the team that created the musical, from bookwriter Alain Boublil’s ability to condense and adapt such a massive epic for the stage, to Herbert Kretzmer’s superlative English translation of the original French, to the stirring anthems by ClaudeMichel Schönberg who created a score that seems drawn from the novel’s rib. ore than 150 years after the novel’s publication, we still thrill to this account of an escaped convict’s struggle for a chance at redemption because its sensibility is true to any age. Hugo’s gift for evoking an ambience of mystery, his operatic characters, the quest for justice where none exists, the depiction of a people in revolt, all contribute to this modern attraction. Jean Valjean may have all the earmarks of a hero but he goes them one better: he is a flawed, deeply injured and profoundly moral man who, in his vulnerability and compassion, becomes the idealized model of a person with whom we all want to identify. French playwright Paul Claudel called Hugo’s vision his “panic contemplation” of the universe. Writer Léon Fargue called him “un poéte d’avenir” or a poet of the future. That future is now and Hugo’s masterwork remains as fresh, provocative and rousing as ever. n

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With the release of the film made of the musical based on Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, and considering that musical’s 33-year record run on stage, one has to ask: Why? Why does this show never seem to lose its luster? Is it the pathos? The action drama? The deep well of sentiment (as opposed to sentimentality) on which it draws? The pervasive heroics and genuine heroism of the piece? The answer is all of the above, as well as producers—chiefly Cameron Mackintosh—who are good at keeping the production strong and fresh. But hang on to that word heroism. In this second decade of the 21st century there is a hunger within for genuine heroes or, as Maya Angelou so wisely put it, sheroes. Les Miz has more than one of each, whereas our modern world is pretty much devoid of larger-than-life characters. It is a world where the late Joseph Campbell found “every last vestige of the ancient human heritage of ritual, morality and art… in full decay.” Strong condemnation, but it is true that we have lost our dragon-slayers. We reinvent them in comic strips, on You Tube, film and television—or substitute a cult of celebrity in their stead. Thin gruel by comparison. The English language classifies hero as masculine, but Angelou was more than half-right. The word is in fact derived from a woman’s name: Hero, the legendary Aphrodite who threw herself into the sea when her lover Leander drowned swimming the Hellespont just to be with her. Granted, that was more of an emotional than a moral response, and not all of Webster’s definitions of heroism are particularly exalted. The one that comes closest to paydirt is this: “Bravery, nobility, fearlessness, valor.” pply these words to Les Miz and you feel the richness—in Jean Valjean’s innate nobility and valor; in that half-pint Gavroche’s fearlessness; in Fantine’s bravery in the face of overwhelming odds or Eponine’s readiness to take a bullet if it can save Marius for whom she has an unrequited love—and even in the final act of Inspector Javert who can no longer bear to live with what he has become. In the end, it is the totality of Hugo’s massive canvas that works—the contradictions of its operatic scope and its intimate humanity in a marriage of social, political and emotional upheaval with intensely personal stories of private pain and struggle. And what stories they are. Not content to spin strictly subjective tales, Hugo wanted his entire world to reverberate through his writing. He said he wanted to be the écho

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A musical 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 material by JAMES FENTON Original Production adapted and directed by TREVOR NUNN and JOHN CAIRD Original Orchestrations by JOHN CAMERON New Orchestrations by CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE Additional Orchestrations by STEPHEN METCALFE and STEPHEN BROOKER Musical Supervisor DAVID CADDICK

Associate Director ANTHONY LYN

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Musical Staging by MICHAEL ASHCROFT Projections realized by FIFTY-NINE PRODUCTIONS Additional Costumes by CHRISTINE ROWLAND Sound by MICK POTTER Lighting by PAULE CONSTABLE Costume Design by ANDREANE NEOFITOU Set Design by MATT KINLEY inspired by the paintings of VICTOR HUGO Directed by LAURENCE CONNOR and

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CAST

In order of Appearance Jean Valjean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER LOCKYER Javert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW VARELA Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN RAPSON Laborer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT ROSELL Innkeeper’s Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATALIE BECK Innkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSEPH SPIELDENNER The Bishop of Digne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES ZANNELLI Constables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT MCMAHAN, ALAN SHAW Factory Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD TODD ADAMS Fantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GENEVIEVE LECLERC Factory Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA KEENAN WYNN Old Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATIE BEETHAM Wigmaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CORNELIA LUNA Bamatabois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN RAPSON Fauchelevent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ERIC VAN TIELEN Champmathieu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON WALPOLE Little Cosette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIN CEARLOCK, AVA DELLA PIETRA Madame Thénardier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAWNA M . HAMIC Young Éponine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIN CEARLOCK, AVA DELLA PIETRA Thénardier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIMOTHY GULAN Young Whore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRITTNEY JOHNSON Crazy Whore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDRÉANE BOULADIER Gavroche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GATEN MATARAZZO, JULIAN SILVA Éponine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIANA CARLSON-GOODMAN Cosette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREN WILEY Thénardier’s Gang Montparnasse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT ROSELL Babet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES ZANNELLI Brujon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON WALPOLE Claquesous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN RAPSON Students Enjolras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON FORBACH Marius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DEVIN ILAW Combeferre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ERIC VAN TIELEN Feuilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WESTON WELLS OLSON Courfeyrac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JOHN BRINK Joly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALAN SHAW Grantaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSEPH SPIELDENNER Lesgles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD TODD ADAMS Jean Prouvaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MATT MCMAHAN Loud Hailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON WALPOLE Major Domo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSEPH SPIELDENNER Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATALIE BECK, KATIE BEETHAM, ANDRÉANE BOULADIER, ERIN CLEMONS, MIA SINCLAIR JENNESS, BRITTNEY JOHNSON, CORNELIA LUNA, ALEXANDRA MELROSE, JESSICA KEENAN WYNN Swings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RICHARD BARTH, BEN GUNDERSON, JASON OSTROWSKI, RACHEL RINCIONE, NATALIE WEISS Dance Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN GUNDERSON Fight Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BEN GUNDERSON Assistant Fight Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HEATHER CHOCKLEY UNDERSTUDIES For Jean Valjean–RICHARD TODD ADAMS, JOHN BRINK, AARON WALPOLE; for Javert– RICHARD TODD ADAMS, JOSEPH SPIELDENNER; for Cosette–NATALIE BECK, ANDRÉANE BOULADIER; for Fantine – CORNELIA LUNA, JESSICA KEENAN WYNN; for Thénardier– JOHN RAPSON, JAMES ZANNELLI; for Madame Thénardier–KATIE BEETHAM, ALEXANDRA MELROSE; for Éponine – ERIN CLEMONS, BRITTNEY JOHNSON; for Marius– MATT MCMAHAN, MATT ROSELL; for Enjolras–JOHN BRINK, WESTON WELLS OLSON, ALAN SHAW; for Little Cosette/Young Éponine–MIA SINCLAIR JENNESS; for the Bishop of Digne – JOHN RAPSON, JOSEPH SPIELDENNER; for the Factory Foreman–JASON OSTROWSKI, JOSEPH SPIELDENNER; for the Factory Girl – ALEXANDRA MELROSE, RACHEL RINCIONE; for Bamatabois–RICHARD BARTH, JOSEPH SPIELDENNER; for Grantaire–BEN GUNDERSON, ERIC VAN TIELEN .

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PROLOGUE: 1815, DIGNE PROLOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Company SOLILOQUY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valjean 1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER AT THE END OF THE DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed and Factory Workers I DREAMED A DREAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fantine LOVELY LADIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clients WHO AM I? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valjean FANTINE’S DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fantine and Valjean CASTLE ON A CLOUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosette 1823, MONTFERMEIL MASTER OF THE HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thénardier, his Wife and Customers THE BARGAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M and Mme Thénardier and Valjean 1832, PARIS PARIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavroche and the Beggars STARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javert ABC CAFÉ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enjolras, Marius and the Students THE PEOPLE’S SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enjolras, the Students and the Citizens IN MY LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cosette, Valjean, Marius and Éponine A HEART FULL OF LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosette, Marius and Éponine ONE DAY MORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Company INTERMISSION ON MY OWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Éponine A LITTLE FALL OF RAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Éponine and Marius DRINK WITH ME TO DAYS GONE BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feuilly, Grantaire, Students and Women BRING HIM HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valjean DOG EATS DOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thénardier SOLILOQUY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javert TURNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marius WEDDING CHORALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guests BEGGARS AT THE FEAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M and Mme Thénardier FINALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Company The Orchestra Music Director/Conductor – LAWRENCE GOLDBERG; Associate Conductor/Keyboards – TOM WHIDDON; Assistant Conductor/Viola – WILL CURRY; Concertmaster – MICHELLE MARUYAMA; Keyboards – ADAM LAIRD; Cello – IRA GLANSBEEK; Bass – BRAD LOVELACE; Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute / Recorder – RYU CIPRIS; Oboe / Cor Anglais – DAVID GARCIA; Clarinet in Bb / Clarinet in Eb / Bass Clarinet / Recorder – HOLLY KASSEL; Horn 1 – RYAN STEWART; Horn 2 – TIM RILEY; Trumpet in Bb / Flugel Horn / Piccolo Trumpet – KEN MULLIN; Bass Trombone / Tenor Trombone / Tuba – JIM GRAY; Percussion – ERIC BORGHI; Music Coordinator – MICHAEL KELLER .

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Synopsis ACT ONE PROLOGUE: 1815, DIGNE After 19 years on the chain gang, Jean Valjean finds that the ticket-of-leave he must display condemns him to be an outcast. Only the Bishop of Digne treats him kindly and Valjean, embittered by years of hardship, repays him by stealing some silver. Valjean is caught and brought back by the police and is astonished when the Bishop lies to the police to save him. Valjean decides to start his life anew. 1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER Eight years have passed and Valjean, having broken his parole and changed his name to Monsieur Madeleine, has become a factory owner and Mayor. One of his workers, Fantine, has a secret illegitimate child. When the other women discover this, they demand her dismissal. Desperate for money to pay for medicines for her daughter, Fantine sells her locket, her hair, and then joins the whores in selling herself. Utterly degraded, she gets into a fight with a prospective customer and is about to be taken to prison by Javert when the ‘Mayor’ arrives and demands she be taken to the hospital instead. The Mayor then rescues a man pinned beneath a cart. Javert is reminded of the abnormal strength of convict 24601 Jean Valjean, who, he says, has just been recaptured. Valjean, unable to see an innocent man go to prison, confesses that he is prisoner 24601. At the hospital, Valjean promises the dying Fantine to find and look after her daughter Cosette. Javert arrives to arrest him, but Valjean escapes. 1823, MONTFERMEIL Cosette has been lodged with the Thénardiers, who horribly abuse her while indulging their own daughter, Éponine. Valjean pays the Thénardiers to let him take her away to Paris. 1832, PARIS Nine years later, there is unrest in the city because of the likely demise of the popular leader General Lamarque, the only man left in the government who shows any feeling for the poor. A street gang led by Thénardier and his wife sets upon Jean Valjean and Cosette. They are rescued by Javert, who does not recognise Valjean until he has gone.

The Thénardiers’ daughter Éponine, who is secretly in love with the student Marius, reluctantly agrees to help him find Cosette, with whom he has fallen in love. News of General Lamarque’s death circulates in the city and a group of politically-minded students stream out into the streets to whip up support for a revolution. Cosette is consumed by thoughts of Marius, with whom she has fallen in love. Éponine brings Marius to Cosette and then prevents an attempt by her father’s gang to rob Valjean’s house. Valjean, convinced it was Javert lurking outside his house, tells Cosette they must prepare to flee the country.

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The students prepare to build the barricade. Marius, noticing that Éponine has joined the insurrection, sends her away with a letter to Cosette, which is intercepted by Valjean. Éponine decides to rejoin her love at the barricade. The barricade is built and the revolutionaries defy an army warning to give up or die. Javert is exposed as a police spy. In trying to return to the barricade, Éponine is killed. Valjean arrives at the barricade in search of Marius. He is given the chance to kill Javert but instead lets him go. The students settle down for a night on the barricade and, in the quiet of the night, Valjean prays to God to save Marius. The next day the rebels are all killed. Valjean escapes into the sewers with the unconscious Marius. After meeting Thénardier, who is robbing the corpses of the rebels, he comes across Javert once more. He pleads for time to deliver the young man to the hospital. Javert lets Valjean go and, his unbending principles of justice having been shattered by Valjean’s own mercy, he kills himself. Unaware of the identity of his rescuer, Marius recovers in Cosette’s care. Valjean confesses the truth of his past to Marius and insists he must go away. At Marius and Cosette’s wedding, the Thénardiers try to blackmail Marius. Thénardier says Cosette’s ‘father’ is a murderer and as proof produces a ring which he stole from the corpse the night the barricade fell. It is Marius’s own ring and he realizes it was Valjean who rescued him that night. He and Cosette go to Valjean where Cosette learns for the first time of her own history before the old man dies.

RICHARD TODD ADAMS (Factory Foreman, Lesgles, u/s Jean Valjean, u/s Javert). Broadway: The Woman in White, The Pirate Queen. National tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom). 2008 Jeff Award winner for Javert in Les Misérables in Chicago. RICHARD BARTH (Swing, u/s Bamatabois). Off-Broadway: Beowulf (title role), Irish Repertory. National tour: Miss Saigon. Regional: Goodspeed, Signature, Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep & Arrow Rock Lyceum. Training: Hartt School. Natalie Beck (Innkeeper’s Wife, Ensemble, u/s Cosette) is excited to be making her professional debut in Les Misérables. She recently received her BM in Music Theatre from Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University after studying Vocal Performance at Lawrence University. KATIE BEETHAM (Old Woman, Ensemble, u/s Madame Thénardier) is over the moon to be joining the incredible cast of Les Misérables! So much love to friends and family who have supported and believed. Mom, Dad and BenZ, this is going to be an awfully big adventure! www.katiebeetham.com ANDRÉANE BOULADIER (Crazy Whore, Ensemble, u/s Cosette) is so grateful to make her American debut with Les Misérables! Credits: French premieres of Beauty and the Beast, Annie and Québec à la Carte, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, RENT, Blood Brothers and Amadeus. Merci à la vie! JOHN BRINK (Courfeyrac, u/s Jean Valjean, u/s Enjolras) Minnesota native, Hartt School graduate, thrilled to join this epic production. Credits: TSO; Music Man (Ens.), West Side Story (Tony), Life On The Mississippi (Henry). Thanks: God, Bobbie Merritt (TEG), Hartt School, family and friends. Briana Carlson—Goodman (Éponine): Broadway: Tony Award Winning Revival of HAIR (Sheila & Crissy u/s). Off-Broadway: Wanda’s World. Regional: Calvin Berger (Rosanna), Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Company (Marta). TV: Person of Interest. For Justin. brianacarlsongoodman.com. Twitter: @ BCeeGee.

ERIN CEARLOCK (Little Cosette/ Young Éponine at some performances) age 9, is from Houston, TX. She is thrilled to be a part of Les Misérables. Her favorite credit is White Christmas (Susan Waverly). Thanks to HSMC, Destination Broadway, HMTA, and everyone else who made this opportunity possible.

Molly Maguires, Genesis, My Fair Lady, Mame, Kismet, Once Upon…, H2$, Guys and Dolls (in Macao, China). “A&A, F&AD, TMF!” ShawnaHamic.com DEVIN ILAW (Marius) Favorites: Miss Saigon (Thuy, Toronto revival), M. Butterfly (Song Liling), Carousel (Billy Bigelow), The Rockae (Dionysus), Wanda’s World (Jake). Owner, DCI Vocal Studio in NYC. Co-founder, GET U. IN, a college coaching company. BFA Carnegie Mellon. Love to Mom and Dad, TKO, and Les Mis team. Life is awesome. Mabuhay!

Erin Clemons (Ensemble, u/s Éponine). National Tour Debut! Regional: Music Theatre of Wichita, OKC Rep. Special thanks to Harden-Curtis, Merri and the Les Mis team. Love to God, Dad, Mom, Collin, James, family and friends! Mia Sinclair Jenness (Little Girl, For you Grandma! u/s  Little Cosette/Young Éponine) age 7, Ava Della Pietra (Little Cosette/ National Tour debut! A NJ first grader, credYoung Éponine) age 7, from Long Island, its include And A Child Shall Lead (Jana), NY.  Ava is delighted to be in Les Mis. Seussical (JoJo), and Gypsy (Balloon Girl). She has previously been seen in commu- Thanks to Mallory & CESD, Adrienne nity productions. Special thanks to Nancy McKeown, Grandma & Papa Mike, Brady, Carson, Michael Livering and Kenneth & Mom! www.MiaSinclair.com Robersen. Love and thanks to her family, Brittney Johnson (Young Whore, friends and teachers.  Ensemble, u/s Éponine) is thrilled to be JASON FORBACH (Enjolras) Previous part of this epic production! Regional: credits:  The Phantom Of The Opera. (Raoul HAIR, Ragtime, South Pacific, Bye Bye u/s) Off Broadway: The Music Teacher, Birdie. Cast Recording: Sympathy Jones. A.W.O.L., As You Like It. Regional: SMC, BFA NYU Tisch School of the Arts. NSMT, Paper Mill Playhouse, Kennedy Greatest thanks to God, Mom, Grandma, Center, Carnegie Hall. Albums: A New Craig, family, and friends! Leading Man, Remembering to Dream on iTunes. jasonforbach.com. Twitter: @ GENEVIEVE LECLERC (Fantine) Canada: Les Enfants de Donquichote, jtforbach. Devant Les Maîtres, Bliss, Les Déesses, A TIMOTHY GULAN (Thénardier). Chorus Line, Side Show, Guys & Dolls, Lies Tours/ B’Way: South Pacific, Dirty Rotten My Father Told Me (alongside Theodore Scoundrels, Some Like It Hot, Picasso at Bikel and Patsy Gallant.) NYC: A Cycle the Lapine Agile, Carousel, Les Misérables of Love Songs at the Laurie Beechman (19 years ago!), Falsetto’s, The Lion King, Theatre. Special thanks to my family, Blood Brothers, Passion, The Frogs. friends and Sandie Newton for believing Premieres: For the Boys, Emma, Houdini, in me! genevieveleclerc.com Eliot Ness in Cleveland, the King Stag, Just So. Movies/TV: South Pacific (Carnegie PETER LOCKYER (Jean Valjean) is Hall), LCT’s Passion, Salt, MacGruber, honored to be back in Les Mis! Broadway: Ice Age, Boardwalk Empire, EL&IC, The South Pacific; The Phantom of the Opera; Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (Rodolfo); Producers. timothygulan.com Les Misérables (Marius, 10th Anniversary BEN GUNDERSON (Swing, Dance & Production and China Premiere); Miss Fight Captain, u/s Grantaire). Fiddler, Saigon (Chris); Cyrano The Musical. Engeman; Cabaret, Hilton Head; West Side Barbra Streisand’s European Concert Tour Story, Ravinia; Dream of the Burning Boy (Special Guest Star). TV: Gypsy starring & House of Gold, O’Neill. BFA: UNCSA. Bette Midler. Symphony Concerts across the US including the Premiere of Boublil/ SHAWNA M. HAMIC (Madame Schönberg’s Do You Hear the People Sing! Thénardier . NY Workshops: The Heartfelt thanks to the Creative Team. For Toymaker, Screams of Kitty Genovese, Melanie. Twitter: @Peter_Lockyer. Glen or Glenda. Regional: Twist (Directed / Choreographed by Debbie Allen), Les CORNELIA LUNA (Wigmaker, Misérables, Ragtime, Hello Dolly, The Ensemble, u/s Fantine) is thrilled to be

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Who’s Who

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Who’s Who

Richard Todd Adams

Richard Barth

Natalie Beck

Katie Beetham

Andréane Bouladier

John Brink

Briana Carlson-Goodman

Erin Cearlock

Erin Clemons

Ava Della Pietra

Jason Forbach

Timothy Gulan

Ben Gunderson

Shawna M. Hamic

Devin Ilaw

Mia Sinclair Jenness

Brittney Johnson

Genevieve Leclerc

Peter Lockyer

Gaten Matarazzo

Matt McMahan

Alexandra Melrose

Weston Wells Olson

Jason Ostrowski

John Rapson

Rachel Rincione

Matt Rosell

Alan Shaw

Julian Silva

Joseph Spieldenner

Eric Van Tielen

Andrew Varela

Aaron Walpole

Natalie Weiss

Lauren Wiley

Jessica Keenan Wynn

James Zannelli

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back in Les Misérables! Miss Saigon (Kim and Ellen); The King and I (Tuptim); Hey! Mr. Producer (Éponine and Christine); self-titled CD (BMG). Love to family and friends! Gaten Matarazzo (Gavroche) is playing his dream role! Credits include: Broadway- Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Godspell cast of 2032. Tour-Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Thanks to Carson Kolker, Parkside Talent, Mom, Dad, Sabrina, Carmen, family and friends. MATT MCMAHAN (Constable, Jean Prouvaire, u/s Marius) is grateful to be joining the Les Mis Company. Regional: Lyric Theater Oklahoma, Arts Center Coastal Carolina, and Disney Cruise Lines. Graduate of Oklahoma City University. Love to Mom and Pops, Jen Waldman, IB, and DGRW. ALEXANDRA MELROSE (Ensemble, u/s Madame Thénardier, u/s Factory Girl). NYC: Songs for a New World, Escape from Pterodactyl Island, Radio City Sinatra. Regional: Caraboo, Master Class, Oliver, …Forum. Thanks to the Les Mis team, Merri, the extended Jersey Boys family, my family, and my wonderful husband, Ron. WESTON WELLS OLSON (Feuilly, u/s Enjolras). New York: Camelot (Lincoln Center), Where’s Charley? (ENCORES!). Regional: Sweeney Todd (Geva Theater), Les Mis (North Shore). Readings: Tuck Everlasting. BM Chapman University, MM Boston Conservatory. Much love to friends and family. JASON OSTROWSKI (Swing, u/s Factory Foreman). Broadway: Company (Tony Award®-winner 2007 Best Revival). National tours: Whistle Down the Wind, Forever Plaid. Regional: Les Misérables (TOTS & TUTS), Hello Dolly, Oklahoma!, An O.Henry Christmas. Love to my family and Elizabeth. Jasono.net JOHN RAPSON (Farmer, Bamatabois, Claquesous, u/s Thénardier, u/s Bishop of Digne) is thrilled to be back on the barricade! Tour: Disney On Classic (Tokyo Philharmonic). Regional: Sweeney Todd (Barrington Stage), Brigadoon (Wagon Wheel Theatre). BFA-University of Michigan. So much love to my incredible family and the remarkable Les Mis team! RACHEL RINCIONE (Swing, u/s Factory Girl). BFA-Acting, Chapman

Univ, MM-Voice, Univ. of Denver. Credits: NY Camelot (Nimue) WPPAC, Suor Angelica (Cercatrice) Chelsea Opera, Regional: Camelot (Nimue u/s) Goodspeed Opera, Les Misérables (Mme. Thénardier u/s) MGR. MATT ROSELL (Laborer, Montparnasse, u/s Marius) is thrilled to join this amazing show for his national tour debut. Regional: South Pacific, HAIR, Ragtime. Recent Graduate of CAP21. Many thanks to the Les Mis team, Family, Friends, and Mallory! www.mattrosell.com ALAN SHAW (Constable, Joly, u/s Enjolras) is honored to be a part of the Les Mis family. Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Circle In The Square. Love to Trinity and my amazing Family. JULIAN SILVA (Gavroche) makes his National tour debut with Les Misérables. His credits include: Seussical (Jojo), Aladdin (Aladdin), Mulan (Mushu), and Alice in Wonderland (White Rabbit). Julian would like to thank God and his parents for their love, support and encouragement. JOSEPH SPIELDENNER (Innkeeper, Grantaire, Major Domo, u/s Bishop, u/s Bamatabois, u/s Factory Foreman, u/s Javert) is from Maine. BFA-Florida State. Tour: South Pacific (Cable). Regional: Miss Saigon (Chris), Seaside Music Theatre; Children of Eden (Adam/Noah), Astoria PAC. Dedicated to Grandma Margaret, Lauren, Gale, and, especially, Jason! Twitter: @joespiel. ERIC VAN TIELEN (Combeferre, Fauchelevent, u/s Grantaire) is a Salt Lake City native. Broadway/Nat’l tours: A Tale of Two Cities, Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka) Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival, HMS Pinafore (Ralph), The Matchmaker (Cornelius), Lend Me a Tenor, the Musical (Rupp, World Premiere), Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Fantasticks (Matt), Pioneer Theatre, Syracuse Stage. MFA, Indiana University. ANDREW VARELA (Javert) was last seen on Broadway in Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George (Jules). Other Broadway/National tours: Little Women (Prof Bhaer), Les Misérables (Jean Valjean), The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom), Cats (Gus/Growltiger), Evita, Disney’s King David. Other roles: The Pirate King in Pirates!, Sky in Guys and Dolls, Jud in Oklahoma!, The Prince in The

Student Prince.Follow me on Facebook and Twitter (@AndrewVarela525) and check out AndrewVarela.com. For Susan. AARON WALPOLE (Champmathieu, Brujon, Loud Hailer, u/s Jean Valjean) is happy to be joining Les Mis. Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar (Annas). Mirvish: Rock of Ages (Lonny). Stratford Festival: Guys ‘N Dolls, Anything Goes, Camelot, Jesus Christ Superstar and many regional theatrical, film, television and recording artist credits. NATALIE WEISS (Swing). Broadway: Everyday Rapture (u/s for Menonettes). Tour: Wicked 2nd national (ensemble, u/s Elphaba). Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, North Shore Music Theatre. TV: “American Idol” season 4 semi-finalist. natalieweiss.net. LAUREN WILEY (Cosette). NYC: Title role in Madame Bovary (Theatre 5), Villa Diodati (NYMF). Favorite Regional: Les Misérables at NSMT (Head Whore) and Merry-Go-Round Playhouse (Cosette), Mrs. Lyons in Blood Brothers with Andrea McArdle (TheatreZone). University of Alabama Grad. Heartfelt thanks to the Les Mis team, and my dear Clint. LaurenEWiley.com. Twitter: @ LaureneWiley. JESSICA KEENAN WYNN (Ensemble, Factory Girl, u/s Fantine) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut in Les Mis! Regional: Hairspray at The Hollywood Bowl, Life Could Be a Dream (Ovation-Nominated). BA from UCLA. Love to KSR, my family, and Luke. James Zannelli (Bishop of Digne, Babet, u/s Thénardier) is thrilled to be on tour with Les Mis. Regional credits: Les Misérables (Thénardier), Chess (Molokov), Jesus Christ Superstar (Caiaphas), Jekyll & Hyde (Simon Stride), Tommy (Uncle Ernie), Peter Pan (Captain Hook). MM from Arizona State. Dreams DO come true!!!! ALAIN BOUBLIL (Author/Dramatist) wrote librettos and original lyrics for La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen, in collaboration with ClaudeMichel Schönberg, and Marguerite with Claude-Michel Schönberg and Michel Legrand. He received two Tonys® (Best Score, Best Book), two Grammys®, two Victoire de la Musique Awards, a Molière Award (Les Misérables), an Evening

CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG (Book and Music). Born in 1944 of Hungarian parents, Claude-Michel Schönberg began his career in France as a singer, writer and producer of pop songs. In collaboration with Alain Boublil he is the book co-writer and the composer of La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen. In 2008 his new musical, Marguerite, in collaboration with Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer and Michel Legrand opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Claude-Michel has supervised overseas productions and co-produced several international cast albums of his shows. In 2001 he composed his first ballet score, Wuthering Heights, which was created by the Northern Ballet in 2002. His new ballet, Cleopatra, which opened in early 2011, is his second collaboration with David Nixon and his seventh complete score. Claude-Michel co-wrote the screenplay and reconceived the music for the musical movie version of Les Misérables (release 2012). In 2003 Claude-Michel married the English ballerina, Charlotte Talbot. He is the father of one son and two daughters. CAMERON MACKINTOSH (Producer) produces musicals. HERBERT KRETZMER (Lyricist) was a London journalist when Cameron Mackintosh invited him to write the English lyrics for Les Misérables epochal West End production in 1985. A parttime songwriter, he contributed regular lyrics for the BBC’s famous satire series “That Was the Week That Was” and had also written lyrics for the French singer Charles Aznavour (“Yesterday When I Was Young,” “She,” etc.). It was Kretzmer’s work with Aznavour which led to Cameron’s invitation. Herbert Kretzmer was born in South Africa to immigrant parents from Lithuania. He now lives in London with his (American) wife Sybil. TREVOR NUNN AND JOHN CAIRD (Adaptors). Trevor Nunn started directing in 1962 when he won an ABC Director’s scholarship to become the resident director of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. In 1964 he joined the RSC and in 1968

was made the company’s youngest ever artistic director. Trevor was responsible for running the RSC until he retired from the post in 1986. From 1997 – 2003 Trevor was director of the National Theatre. Trevor has worked extensively in theatre, opera and musical theatre. John Caird is a freelance director and writer working worldwide in theatre, opera and musical theatre. He has worked at the National Theatre and is an honourary associate director of the RSC where he has directed over 20 plays. John has published several works as a librettist and lyricist. Together John and Trevor have directed Nicholas Nickleby (winner of five Tony Awards®), JM Barrie’s Peter Pan and the original production of Les Misérables (winner of eight Tony Awards®).

MATT KINLEY (Scenic and Image Designer) worked as freelance costume and prop-maker for stage, film and video with Robert Allsopp Associates. A graduate of the Motley Theatre design course, he enjoyed a long relationship with the National Theatre as designer, design associate and draughtsman on over 40 productions, including Jerry Springer: the Opera, The Coast of Utopia and My Fair Lady. Most recently he worked as associate designer on shows including: The Woman in White, My Fair Lady (UK/US tours), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK tour), Les Misérables (Broadway & Holland), Equus (West End), Mary Poppins (UK/US/AUS/Holland tours), Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert (O2 Arena).

LAURENCE CONNOR (Director) has worked as a resident and associate director on several shows in London including The King & I, Phantom of the Opera and Oliver! In 2005, Laurence directed a new touring production of Miss Saigon, which has been recreated in Korea and Australia winning major awards including The Manchester Evening News award for best touring musical and Green Room award for best director, co-director of the 25th Anniversary tour of Les Misérables on which this production is based and the 25th Anniversary concert of Les Misérables at the O2. Laurence recently directed The Phantom if the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, Oliver! National UK tour, The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary production and an Arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, which is due for a world tour later this year.

ANDREANE NEOFITOU (Costume Designer). Les Misérables (Tony® nomination) and Miss Saigon London, Broadway and worldwide. London credits: Grease, Gone With The Wind, The Far Pavilions, The Baker’s Wife, Timon Of Athens, Peter Pan (National Theatre) Carmen (Royal Albert Hall). Royal Shakespeare Company: The Changeling, The Merchant Of Venice, Fair Maid Of The West, Hedda Gabler, (also Canada/ USA), Once In A Lifetime, Peter Pan and Nicholas Nickleby (Outer Critics Circle nomination Outstanding Achievement). Additionally: Nabucco (Metropolitan Opera), Miss Julie (Athens), Jane Eyre the musical (Broadway - nomination Outer Critics Circle), Cameron Mackintosh’s revised version of Martin Guerre (USA). Films: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, Still Life.

JAMES POWELL (Director) was appearing in Les Misérables at London’s Palace Theatre when he was offered the position of resident director in 1996. London: Singin’ in the Rain (staff director). For Cameron Mackintosh: The Witches of Eastwick (resident director), Les Misérables (associate director, also Scandinavia, Berlin), Mary Poppins (London, Broadway, UK tour, Holland, Australia). For Jacobsen Entertainments: The Witches of Eastwick (Director; Melbourne, Australia) and Dirty Dancing (Director; London’s West End, Toronto, Utrecht, Chicago, US tour, Berlin) James is honored to work on Cameron’s new production of Les Misérables, and has just recovered from directing the 25th anniversary concert at London’s O2 arena.

PAULE CONSTABLE (Lighting Designer) has designed extensively at the National Theatre (including Warhorse, Phaedre, St. Joan), the RSC, the Donmar Warehouse (Othello, Chalk Garden, Ivanov), the Royal Court (Clybourne Park, The Weir) and in the West End (Evita, Don Carlos, Oliver, Love Never Dies). She is a three times Olivier Award winner. Opera includes productions for: the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, ENO, Opera North, Salzburg Festival and in the major houses of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Dance includes: the Royal Ballet, Ballet Boyz and New Adventures for Matthew Bourne. Paule is an associate of the National Theatre. MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) Saturday Night Fever (London, New York and a further 10 productions worldwide),

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Starlight Express (Las Vegas, US/UK/ Scandinavian-Tour), Tell Me On a Sunday (London/UK-Tour), Scrooge The Musical (London, US/ UK-Tour), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK Tour), Bombay Dreams (London, New York), The Woman in White (London, New York, 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for best Sound Design), Hair (London), Whistle Down the Wind (London), Revival of Evita (London), The Sound of Music (London/Toronto/ UK-Tour), Joseph ... Dreamcoat (London), Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular (Las Vegas, 2006 Parnelli Award best Sound Design), Ich war noch niemals in New York (Hamburg, Stuttgart), Der Schuh des Manitu (Berlin), Zorro (London/Paris/ Japan), Sister Act (London, Hamburg), Les Misérables - 25th Anniversary production (O2 Arena,UK/Spain/tour), Love Never Dies (London). CHRISTINE ROWLAND (Additional Costumes) has worked in both subsidized and commercial theatre. She was resident costume supervisor at the National Theatre for several years and was head of costume at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Work for Cameron Mackintosh includes: Carousel (London, New York, Japan); Oliver! (London, Toronto, Sydney); The Witches of Eastwick (London, Melbourne); My Fair Lady (London, USA tour) and Mary Poppins (London, New York). Other musicals include: The Secret Garden (RSC, London); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, New York) and Gypsy (New York). MICHAEL ASHCROFT (Musical Staging). As a performer includes: DV8’s Enter Achilles, ManActs’s The Sweatlodge, Kosh’s Dinner and his own solo shows The Crooner, Ropeman, Le Baton. Credits as movement director include: The Power of Yes (National Theatre), Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse), Resurrection Blues (The Old Vic), Cosi Fan Tutti (English National Opera), Romans in Britain, (Sheffield Crucible), The Lost Child Project (David Glass Ensemble, Cambodia). For the Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III, Measure For Measure, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Merry Wives of Windsor, A Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labours Lost and Hamlet. LAWRENCE GOLDBERG (Musical Director): Broadway: How to Succeed in Business…, The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Phantom of the Opera, Carousel. Tours: South Pacific, The Producers, Les Misérables,

Sunset Blvd., Cats, Chess. Regional: The Music Man (Arena Stage); Next to Normal, My Fair Lady (Pioneer Theatre); My One and Only (St. Louis MUNY); Pal Joey (Prince Music Theatre), to name a few. Arranger/vocal coach/pianist with Boston Pops. Composer/lyricist of the shows Big Bad Wolf and the Endangered Forest and Grounded For Life, and the Pittsburgh TV show “Let’s Read a Story”. DAVID CADDICK (Music Supervisor) has been the Music Director for: Evita, Cats, Song & Dance, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard and Mary Poppins. He was Music Director for the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce and Music Director for the film of Evita starring Madonna. He’s won two Grammy Awards for producing the cast album recordings of Les Misérables and West Side Story and a further three Grammy nominations for producing the recordings of A Chorus Line, South Pacific and Promises, Promises. He’s a member of the Tony Nominating Committee for the current Broadway season. JOHN CAMERON (Original Orchestrations) arranged the Orchestral Score for all the original productions of Les Misérables, Paris, London, Broadway, the Symphonic recordings, the Concert, 10th Anniversary and 2006 Queen’s Theatre versions. As a composer his extensive film and television film score credits include the Academy Nominated A Touch of Class and the Emmy nominated Path to 9-11. John co-composed Zorro the Musical, nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Musical 2009, which is currently playing in Tokyo and Moscow followed by Amsterdam, Rio, Shanghai, Seoul & Berlin. Other arranging credits include Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE (New Orchestrations). Orchestrations: Legally Blonde (Broadway), Grease (You’re the One That I Want - 2007 Broadway Revival), Cry Baby, A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose, Tom Jones (George Stiles/Paul Leigh), Just So (George Stiles/Anthony Drewe), Chasing Nicolette, Rufus Wainwright at Carnegie Hall and the new orchestrations for the 2006 Broadway revival of Les Misérables. As a Dance Music Arranger: The Witches of Eastwick (London/West End). Music Supervisor for Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan: Memphis and The Toxic Avenger Musical. Conductor: Aida (Broadway). Assistant to Tony Award®-winning

Orchestrator William David Brohn: Wicked, Ragtime, Sweet Smell of Success, The Three Musketeers, Mary Poppins. STEPHEN METCALFE (Additional Orchestrations) is an arranger and orchestrator for film and theatre. For the past ten years he worked as Head of Musical Development at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd., where he has developed, edited and contributed orchestrations to the scores of all Cameron Mackintosh’s productions in the UK and worldwide, most recently providing orchestrations for the current UK tour of Les Misérables and the 25th birthday celebrations at London’s O2 Arena. Stephen has produced the 2008 London cast album of Oliver!, the new UK Tour cast album of Les Misérables and the DVD release of the Les Misérables concert at the O2. STEPHEN BROOKER (Additional Orchestrations). Theatre includes: Betty Blue Eyes, Oliver! My Fair Lady, The Woman In White, Les Misérables, The Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, South Pacific, The Secret Garden, Lautrec, Cats, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Fame. Conductor includes: Atlanta Symphony, West Australian Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Haifa Symphony, Hamburg Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool, Royal Scottish National. Corporate Composer: Coca Cola, BMW Cars, Ford Motors, British Airways, Toyota Cars and Walt Disney. Producer: Oliver! - Live starring Rowan Atkinson, Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Tour, Mary Poppins (Holland). Stephen recently supervised the Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 Arena. stephenbrooker.co.uk JEAN-MARC NATEL (Original French Text) was born in 1942. He studied art at the Beaux Arts in Toulon before turning to poetry and has published two volumes of his poems. In 1968 he moved to Paris where he met Alain Boublil, who introduced him to songwriting with the daunting task of co-writing the lyrics for Les Misérables. Since then, he has written songs for a variety of artists and, recently, some of his poetry has been set to music by Franck Pourcel. JAMES FENTON (Additional Material) was born in 1949. He was educated at the Durham Choristers’ School, Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry. He has worked as a political and literary journalist, drama critic, book reviewer,

ANTHONY LYN (Associate Director). From South Wales, trained at RWCMD and University of London. London theatre: Anything Goes, Les Misérables, Joseph …, Miss Saigon, Oklahoma!, Damn Yankees (with Jerry Lewis). TV: “Tony Awards,” “The Tonight Show,” “Regis and Kelly,” “An American Celebration” (for the President and First Lady) and 5 Royal Command performances in England. Taught at the Royal Academy. Founding member, West End Cares. Associate Director: The Lion King (worldwide), Mary Poppins (Broadway, directed current US tour). Anthony is delighted to be Associate of this brand new production of Les Misérables. For C.C. CHRISTOPHER KEY (UK Associate Director) trained at Guildford School of Acting graduating with a first class BA (Hons). He is currently Resident Director on the London production of Les Misérables and Associate Director of the 25th Anniversary Production in the UK and Spain. Christopher was also Resident Director on Avenue Q, London. Acting credits include Les Misérables, Chucky in Jerry Springer The Opera, Alice in Wonderland for The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Beautiful Game. Concerts include Les Misérables 25th Anniversary at The O2, Sweeney Todd at The Royal Festival Hall and Sondheim Tonight at The Barbican. TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Broadway/tours: Promises, Promises; A Little Night Music; Guys and Dolls; Billy Elliot; Shrek; The Country Girl; Rock ‘n’ Roll (US casting); The Farnsworth Invention; Young Frankenstein; Little Mermaid; Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; Pirate Queen; Les Misérables; History Boys (US casting); Spamalot; Jersey Boys; …Spelling Bee; Producers; Mamma Mia!; The Phantom of the Opera; Good Vibrations; Bombay Dreams; Oklahoma!; Happiness; Flower Drum Song; Imaginary Friends; Frogs; Contact; Metamorphoses; Thou Shall Not; Man of No Importance. Joel T. Herbst (Company Manager) is a proud NETworks company manager from Wisconsin. Go Goslings!

Michael O’Donnell (Resident Director) comes to Les Misérables after restaging Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall’s Cabaret in Paris. Associate director of the national tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot. Observing Director on Weeds and Brothers and Sisters. Writer/Director of the feature comedy Moving Mike. Mr. O’Donnell has also performed in six Broadway musicals including Cabaret, Spamalot and Victor/ Victoria. TRINITY WHEELER (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be part of this legendary musical. In addition to Les Misérables, he is currently the Production Supervisor for the first Spanish-language production of Mary Poppins in Mexico City. Other credits include Rent - The Broadway Tour (Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp), Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (Roger Bart), Trevor Nunn’s Oklahoma! and The Producers. Love to Alan, Big Mac and Ricky. trinitywheeleronline.com  HEATHER CHOCKLEY (Stage Manager) is a proud member of AEA and IATSE. She has toured extensively, nationally and internationally, with The Sound of Music, Joseph… Dreamcoat, Cats, Sweet Charity, The King and I and Fiddler on the Roof to name a few. Thank you to her husband, family and friends. Mitchell B. Hodges (Assistant Stage Manager) Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Tour, West Side Story National tour, The Phantom of the Opera National tour, Music Theatre of Wichita, Fort Worth Opera, Glimmerglass Opera and Motor City Lyric Opera. Thanks to Nancy and his parents for their love and support! Go Blue! Proud member of Actors’ Equity. mbhodges.com BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company, representing musicals, plays and theatrical productions. Currently: Jersey Boys, War Horse, The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, End of the Rainbow, Hair, Do You Hear the People Sing, Potted Potter, Holland Taylor in Ann, The Rat Pack is Back!, Backbeat, Scooby Doo Live! Musical Mysteries, Magic Tree House® The Musical and Roger Rees in What You Will. www.bbonyc.com

SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as the U.K. regional tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of a 40 week UK regional tour of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, which also ran in the United States. He is currently serving as Executive Producer on The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific. He is most proud of his greatest productions, Marlo and Camden. NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer). Since 1995, NETworks has produced and managed over 70 touring productions in the US, UK and internationally. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and the Lincoln Center’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Handel’s Messiah Rocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man Group National tour and The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables touring the U.S. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 48,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org

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war correspondent and columnist. James Fenton was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1983 and he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1994 to 1999. James was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Poetry in 2007.

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STAFF FOR Les Misérables EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Seth Wenig GENERAL MANAGEMENT Gentry & Associates, Inc. Scott W. Jackson, Gregory Vander Ploeg COMPANY MANAGER Joel T. Herbst Tour Booking, Engagement Management Press and Marketing Broadway Booking Office NYC Steven Schnepp, Temah Higgins Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, David Freeland Judith Hoenig Adelson, Zach Stevenson Julia D’Angelo, Scott Praefke, Jim Lanahan BBONYC.com CASTING Tara Rubin Casting Tara Rubin, CSA, Merri Sugarman, CSA Eric Woodall, CSA, Laura Schutzel, CSA, Paige Blansfield, Dale Brown, Kaitlin Shaw US Assoc. Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Lyn UK ASSOC. DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER KEY Fight DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Sordelet Resident Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael O’Donnell Ass’t. to the Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trey Gerrald Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Wheeler Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Chockley Ass’t. Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell B. Hodges Ass’t. Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Sweeney Ass’t. to the General Manager . . . . . . . . . Kristin Netzband Dance Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Gunderson Fight Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Gunderson Ass’t. Fight Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Chockley Assoc. Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine Peters U.S. Costume Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimm Halliday Costume Assistants . . . . . . . . . David Kaley, John Saunders Assoc. Lighting Designer/Programmer . . . . . . Jane Dutton Ass’t. Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Spahn Assoc. Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Gatehouse Ass’t. Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garth Helm Music Preparation . . . . . . . . . . David Hague, Dakota Music Emily Grishman Keyboard Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuart Andrews Head Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Ward Automation Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Pott Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Munz Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy P. Callahan Production Electricians . . . . . . . . . Barb Bartel, Ian Moulds Head Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Bindeman Ass’t. Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Warren Bishop, Mark Leslie Head Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Walters Ass’t. Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelly Franz Props Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Buckley Head Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Crawford Ass’t Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Summey Head Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally M. Howe Ass’t. Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Staloch Hair Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernie Ardia Head Wigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rudy Guerrero Ass’t. Wigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryon McDonald Dialect Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shane-Ann Younts Tutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Osborn Print/Advertising Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . aka Radio and Television Spot Production . . . . . . . . . Steam UK Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dewynters Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pit Bull Interactive Production Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deen Van Meer Merchandising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Platypus Productions, LLC Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . NETworks Presentations, LLC Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. Richard Pappas, Esq. Payroll Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADP Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWitt Stern Group Travel Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carlson Wagonlit Tax Consultant . . . . . . . Brent A. Turner, One Source PSG IT Services . . . . . . . . George W. Wilson, One Source PSG Trucking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark Transfer For Cameron Mackintosh LTD Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Mackintosh (Chairman) Nicholas Allott (Chief Executive) Richard Johnston Deputy Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Noble Financial Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Knibb Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Jackson Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Schönberg Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Donaldson Music Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Caddick Head of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Dolman Ass’t. to Cameron Mackintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Austin Ass’t. to Nicholas Allott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Mistry Ass’t. to Robert Noble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Atkins

For NETworks Presentations  Chief Executive Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken Gentry Chief Operating Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott W. Jackson Director of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Kinna Executive Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seth Wenig, Kary M. Walker, Dani Davis Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Rowles Assistant Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charmaine McVicker, Mary Witte Assistant to the CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curt Owens Senior General Manager . . . . . . . . . . Gregory Vander Ploeg General Managers . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn Kusinski, Kim Reiter Associate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curt Owens Assistant General Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . Penelope Lopez, Bobby Maglaughlin Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Juenker Associate Production Managers . . . . . . . . . . Hector Guivas, Ben Neafus Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Rooney Warehouse Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Korff Marketing/PR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Hess Music Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Mezzio Assistant Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Gifford Accounts Payables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Carey Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Blank Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buddy Piccolino Office Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Jewell Credits Lighting Equipment supplied by Epic; Sound Equipment supplied by Sound Associates; Set by F&D Scene Changes; Show control and scenic motion control featuring stage command systems® by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, L.L.C., New Windsor, NY; Video Projection System Provided by Scharff Weisberg, Inc.; Costumes constructed by Scafati, John Schneeman Studio, Sara Timberlake Studio, Claire Johanson and Dale DiBernardo and Jennifer Love. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios Special Thanks to Paper Mill Playhouse and Mark Hoebee Todd Schmidt, Mimi Intagliata, Rick Reiser. The producers wish to thank Fred Hanson for his contribution to the development of this new 25th anniversary production. Financial Services and banking arrangements by M&T Bank Visit the Les Misérables website at www.lesmis.com Own Les Misérables, the 25th Anniversary Concert, featur® ing Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga and Nick Jonas on Blu-ray and DVD! The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE. UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

Denver Center Attractions gratefully acknowledges the following support in its 2013/14 season

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Denver Center Attractions Staff D. Randall Weeks . . . . . . . . . . Executive Director/President Jeff Hovorka . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media and Marketing John Ekeberg . . . . . . Director of Programming & Operations Heidi Bosk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PR & Promotions Manager Alicia Giersch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager Emily Lozow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator DCPA Marketing Staff Jennifer Nealson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Hovorka . . . Director of Media, DCA Marketing and Sales Suzanne Yoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing Services Sylvie Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Publications Brianna Firestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing, Denver Center Theatre Company Janet Flesch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Marketing Services Nathan Brunetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Email Designer Kim Conner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer Anita Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web Services Manager Brenda Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Graphic Designer Kyle Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Graphic Designer Ken Mostek . . . . . . . . . . . . . Videographer/Cinematographer Marketing and Sales Heidi Bosk . . . . . . . . . . . PR & Promotions Manager, DCA Simone Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator Alexandra Griesmer . . . PR & Promotions Manager, DCTC Carol Krueger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre Services Manager Emily Lozow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator, DCA Jane McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator, DCTC Mark Onderdonk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager Tina Risch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Services Manager FloraJane DiRienzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Manager Daniel Starzy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Account Executive Lou Adducci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Associate Nick Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Associate Cleo Maez . . . Group Sales Assc./Student Matinee Manager Jaejin Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales Associate Jennifer Lopez . . Assoc. Director of Ticket Services/Operations Kirk Petersen . . . . . . . . . Assoc. Director of Ticket Services/ Patron Relations David Smith . . . . . Assoc. Director of Subscription Services Brandon Beston . . . . . . . . Manager of Subscription Services Tristan Jungferman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager Kirk LeValley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager Adam Quinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager Katherine Clow, Christopher Robin Donaldson, Kevin Dykstra, Amy Hibbeln, Katherine Murphy, Anthoney Sandoval . . . . . . . . Counter/Show Leads Trevor Curtis, Maria Ortiz, Sarah Padilla, Greg Swan . . . . . . . . . . . Subscription Agents Chris Arneson, Michael Bisbee, Ashley Brown, Patye Gibbons, Rebecca Hibbert, Chase Huffman, Noah Jungferman, Tony Klava, Steven LeValley, Scott Lix, Dane Madsen, Jacob Randall, LC Tribit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Agents Information Services Bruce Montgomery . . . . . . Director of Information Services Jim Hipp . . . . . Associate Director of Information Services Bobby Jiminez . . . . . . . . . Senior Audience View Specialist Development Department Dorothy Denny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Vice President Tiffany Grady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director Linda Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director David Zupancic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director Jeremy P. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director Mary Mosher . . . Manager, Membership Groups/Major Gifts Megan Fevurly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager Charlissa Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant