Les Misérables - Sondheim Theatre

He doesn't perform Monday nights and has a week's holiday 20th November. Not sure about any other holiday dates though. Hope that helps.

Saw the show on Saturday and was disappointed. In my opinion the current cast are one of the weakest in a long while. I like Killian Donnelly but he wasn’t right for the part of valjean. He is too young and not physically strong looking enough to be believable. He has a very good voice but his Bring Him Home was not the show stopper it should have been.
Hayden Tee was all sorts of wrong as Javert. He spoke sang and sounded hoarse.
The Male ensemble cast were generally far too young to be believable as burly prisoners/ gang members.
Marius was like 15 years old and didn’t have the vocal power needed.
Eponine needed major work on her diction, although I liked her “On My Own” on the whole. You couldn’t hear a word she said in “A Little Fall if Rain” though.
Not a fan of Cosette at all. No power. She hit notes with staccato with a very young sounding unpowerful bell like voice.
Fantine had potential. She was very quiet when speaking and during the factory scene but started “I Dreamed a Dream” very well. When it came to belting however, she was shouting in the wrong key!
The guy playing thenardier was good. A very good balance of humour and menace. He had a good voice too.
Overall, I think the score is amazing but the show is so lacklustre when the cast is not right.

It's difficult because 8 of the 9 convicts (excluding JVJ) are all students later in the show and 6 of them also cover for leads/featured (1 JVJ, 2 Marius', 2 Enjolras', 1 Grantaire, 1 Factory Foreman, 1 Bishop & 1 Bamatabois) so most of the casts characters ages in the show vary through out. Then they are all on stage dancing at the wedding at the end. It's a short scene it wouldn't be practical to have 9 cast members that are only used for one scene. I have heard someone before say about the students looking too old. There are only 11 male ensemble parts with tracks.

Sounds bad. I love les Mis but last saw it last year and thought it had a very weak cast with the exception of an excellent Valjean. The majority of the cast were so young that it made it look like an amateur production.

I'm due to see it in about three weeks but will have to reconsider after all your comments. It sounds like they don't care anymore about the show and the current cast are even weaker than last year's. Pity.

We watched on Saturday 11th November...bit disappointed to be honest. I've seen it with many different casts over the years...Colm Wilkinson, Dave Willetts, Frances Ruffelle, Linzi Hateley, Michael Ball, David Burt...so a lot that stick in the mind for good reasons.

Eponine is such a strong character usually...I just found Karis a bit odd. Because she plays the character quite hunched and skulky, I lost any sympathy for her, whereas usually I find her a really loveable character. She's quite whiny too which doesn't help.

I was with a friend who's never seen the show, and at the interval she admitted she wasn't sure what was going on. The bit that baffled her was Eponine being played by a kid with blonde curls...who grew up as a black woman so she didn't connect the two. She'd missed the little girls name.

I was pleasantly surprised by Carley Stenson as Fantine, as usually tv names thrown into musicals seem to be there more for their name than their ability, but really liked her.

Killian Donnelly I really loved.

Hyoie O'Grady was another disappointing one...just wasn't feeling any 'leader' vibes. Red and Black / Do you hear the people sing are usually two of my favourite songs but I lost interest a bit at that point and started thinking about where best to stand to watch the Lord Mayor's Parade the next day. In One Day More, he was a bit too bouncy and that didn't help.

Is this show in a position where bad casting can really affect ticket sales now, though?

And, are most (tourist) audiences aware of what makes a good cast and what makes a bad cast?

The show pretty much sells out each night and most of the people going to the show either haven't been for quite a while, never seen the show or a lot of tourists do go an see it. I doubt that will slow.

I have been *cough cough* quite a few times in the last two years. In all honesty there are a fair number of actors in it this cast year I am not impressed by. In some cases it's the acting and in some it's the singing and some both.

Really and truthfully I am currently only going to see that show when Adam is Valjean and if Danny end up on as Bamatabois or Enjolras. And to see Oli Brenin in it when he is on (but he is a swing it's a game of swing Russian Roulette). I still want to see a couple of covers in the show. But honestly if them 3 leave at the cast change and a fair number of this cast stay. I don't think I can warrent going back to see it. I will see the new cast for sure but any more than that is... ummmm.

I have been to see the show recently and was a little disappointed too! I didn't like Karis Jack's Eponine much at all, she was just like a moody teenager. No connection between her and Marius leading to a not-so-sad "A Little Fall of Rain". Like you, I was also not crazy on Cosette either. Quite enjoyed Killian as Valjean although I see where everyone is coming from regarding his age. I did however like Carley's Fantine and Thenadier was great with the comedy.

Overall, I have seen better casts over the years and I think this is the weakest I have seen. I certainly won't be rushing back anytime soon.

Saw the show on Tuesday. Not as terrible as I was told but in urgent need of a good shake up. The orchestra sounded weak, the tempo was extremely slow at times during Act 1 and then they started rushing for A Heart Full of Love. Three principal understudies were on: Valjean, Marius and Enjolras

I have recently seen Les Miserables (for about the 10th time!) and while I agree with most of the comments I thought Adam Bayjou was very good as Jean Valjean. Bring Him Home was excellent. Hayden Tee was very good as Javert for the most part; Stars was performed very well in my opinion but the Soliloquy in the second half not so much. Over all a good performance but have seen better.

Who is Emma Banks? Emma Barr isn't an Eponine cover maybe it was Alice she is the 1st cover or Lauren who is 2nd cover?? Rebecca has yet to make her Eponine debut.