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Les Miserables: Production
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Londontheatre credits include Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, and the role of Eponine in the 15th Anniversary production of Les Mis in 2000. Ampil was nominated as Best Female Musical Theatre Performer at the 1996 Australian MO Awards.
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Les Misérables opened in Tokyo on June 11, 1987. Les Misérables has had many engagements. It is the first country outside the United Kingdom and the United States to stage the updated version musical. They have made a total of six cast recordings (all recorded live in Japanese), with each cast recording having a specific colour label ('94-Blue/Red, '03-Light Blue/Green/Purple/Orange) as well as a 7" single of the balled 'On My Own' performed by Kaho Shimada. Notable actors/actresses that have played in Japanese production of this musical are Yuichiro Yamaguchi, Kaho Shimada, Takeshi Kaga (from Iron Chef), and Minako Honda. For the 20th Anniversary engagement, some of the original Japanese cast have made guest appearance.
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Like the current production of another exemplar of late-20th-century theatrical staying power, “A Chorus Line,” the new “Les Misérables” belongs to a trend that might be described as revival by Xerox. In many ways it is a facsimile of its prototype. But the colors look less sharp and the humanizing textures of the original are almost entirely absent. What you have isn’t the real thing, but a hyper-enlarged scrapbook memento.
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One of these was unique in that it was the first staging of Les Misérables as theater in the round. This production was by the respected California Musical Theatre (CMT) (Sacramento, California) in its Music Circus summer series (production ran from July 10 thru July 22, 2007). Glenn Casale, choreographed by Bob Richard, with music directed by Andrew Bryan, directed this production. It featured Ivan Rutherford who gave over 1800 performances as Jean Valjean on Broadway as well as performing in the 10th Anniversary Company, which performed in many cities throughout the U.S. Due to its unique production, it was widely anticipated and lived up to that anticipation being a great success in its unique staging and performance.
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