Les Misérables
Broadway Theatre
March 12, 1987 - October 14, 1990
Imperial Theatre
October 17, 1990 - May 18, 2003
Previews Began: February 28, 1987
Opening Night: March 12, 1987
Closing Night: May 18, 2003
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer
Book: Alain Boublil
Jean-Marc Natel
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Jean Valjean, a French peasant and convicted thief, is freed from jail by a kind bishop and makes the most of the opportunity, changing his name and eventually becoming a factory owner and Mayor. When Valjean’s criminal past is resurrected and the Chief of Police, Javert, vows to bring him to justice, Valjean is forced to give up everything he has worked for and flee. Before doing so, he promises Fantine, a former worker on her death-bed, that he’ll find and care for her daughter Cosette. Years later, Valjean has cared for Cosette as a father, Javert seeks him still, and the city of Paris is torn by revolutionaries. Political and personal stories become intertwined, and all are called to question their devotion to freedom, love, and justice.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Prologue………………………………………………….Company
Soliloquy……………………………………………..Jean Valjean
At the End of the Day…………………………Unemployed,
Factory Workers
I Dreamed a Dream…………………………………….Fantine
Lovely Ladies…………………………………..Ladies, Clients
Who Am I?…………………………………………..Jean Valjean
Come to Me……………………………Fantine, Jean Valjean
Castle on a Cloud……………………………..Young Cosette
Master of the House……………………………..Thénardier,
Madame Thénardier,
Customer
Thénardier Waltz (of Treachery)……………Thénardier,
Madame Thénardier,
Jean Valjean
Look Down…………………………………Gavroche, Beggars
Stars…………………………………………………………….Javert
Red and Black…………………Enjolras, Marius, Students
Do You Hear the People Sing……………………..Enjolras,
Students,
Citizens
In My Life……………………………..Cosette, Jean Valjean,
Marius, Eponine
A Heart Full of Love………….Cosette, Marius, Eponine
One Day More…………………………………………Company
ACT TWO
On My Own……………………………………………….Eponine
A Little Fall of Rain………………………..Eponine, Marius
Drink with Me to Days Gone By………………Grantaire,
Students,
Women
Bring Him Home………………………………….Jean Valjean
Dog Eats Dog………………………………………..Thénardier
Soliloquy (Javert’s Suicide)……………………………..Javert
Turning……………………………………………………..Women
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables……………………..Marius
Wedding Chorale…………………………………………Guests
Beggars at the Feast……………………………..Thénardier,
Madame Thénardier
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Cindy Benson Woman Worker
Old Woman
Jane Bodle Woman Worker
Whore
Young Girl
David Bryant Marius
Chain Gang
Leo Burmester Thénardier
Chain Gang
Jennifer Butt Madame Thénardier
Jesse Corti Courfeyrac
Farmer
Worker
Drinker
Anthony Crivello Bamatabois
Grantaire
Chain Gang
Other Drinker
Ann Crumb Factory Girl
Whore
Other Drinker
Young Prostitute
Braden Danner Gavroche
John Dewar Chain Gang
Worker
Sailor
Old Couple (Man)
Joly
Joanna Glushak Woman Worker
Whore
Diner
Susan Goodman Innkeeper’s Wife
Whore
Other Drinker
Old Beggar Woman
Randy Graff Fantine
Paul Harman Combeferre
Chain Gang
Foreman
Traveler
Kelli James Whore
Young Girl
Gretchen Kingsley-Weihe Whore
Young Couple (Woman)
Joseph Kolinski Feuilly
Chain Gang
Sailor
Young Man
Judy Kuhn Cosette
Whore
Norman Large Bishop of Digne
Diner
Lesgles
Marcus Lovett Constable
Traveler
Babet
Michael Maguire Enjolras
Chain Gang
Terrence Mann Javert
Kevin Marcum Chain Gang
Sailor
Other Drinker
Brujon
Chrissie McDonald Young Eponine
John Norman Jean Prouvaire
Innkeeper
Drunk
Pimp
Frances Ruffelle Eponine
Whore
Alex Santoriello Chain Gang
Labourer
Young Couple (Man)
Montparnasse
Marcie Shaw Woman Worker
Crone
Old Couple (Woman)
Steve Shocket Constable
Pimp
Fauchelevent
Other Drinker
Claquesous
Donna Vivino Young Cosette
Colm Wilkinson Jean Valjean
Swings: Patrick A’Hearn, Diane Della Piazza, Jordan Leeds
Understudies: Brandy Brown (Young Cosette, Young Eponine), Kevin Marcum (Jean Valjean), R. D. Robb (Gavroche)
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