LES MISÉRABLES BROADWAY

About once a year Erica and I pay our way to see a show - usually during broadway week. This year we caught the new production of Les Misérables. It was fantastic. While the staging and selection of actors were different than productions past, we thoroughly enjoyed it.

In particular, we enjoyed the production's lead, Ramin Karimloo (Rah-meen) as Jean Valjean, Kyle Scatliffe as Enjolras, and the terrific Earl Carptenter as Javert. The whole show, while a little different than we'd either seen it before was fantastic and as powerful and tear jerking as ever. Mr. Karimloo's rendition of Valjean, in particular, was exciting and heart-pulling. There was a constant sensation/tension as he built up to the high points of the performance of "here it comes, he's going to nail it," - and every time, he killed it. Just killed it.

He also has an interesting backstory as told by the NY Times: Flexing His Might as Newest Valjean

Also, I apparently have a man-crush. Seriously though. Listen to this man sing:

Anyhow, we had a fantastic time and would highly, highly recommend the show to anyone searching for something to see on Broadway. Even if you've seen it before, it makes for a wonderful night. It certainly didn't feel like it was three hours long and I've never seen a Broadway theater that excited, about almost every single cast member at the end of the show.

Just for fun, here is one final video: