Casting is complete for the world tour of Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular, which will
make its North American premiere this summer at Radio City Music
Hall, playing July 23-August 9. The New York engagement will mark the end of the two-year tour and the 40th anniversary celebrations of the international hit musical.
As previously reported, the company will be led by Alfie Boe (La Bohème), Killian Donnelly (Kinky Boots), and Gerónimo Rauch (Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary), who will alternate in the role of Jean Valjean; while Bradley Jaden (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) and Jeremy Secomb (Evita) will share the role of Javert plus Samantha Barks (Pretty Woman: The Musical, Les Misérables film adaptation) as Fantine, Matt Lucas (Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary) as Thénardier, Marina Prior (The Phantom of the Opera) as Madame Thénardier, Jac Yarrow (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Marius, Beatrice Penny-Touré (The Book of Mormon) as Cosette, Shan Ako (Les Misérables 40th anniversary West End) as Éponine, and Christian Mark Gibbs (Camelot) as Enjolras.
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Newly announced for the limited engagement are three-time Olivier winner Philip Quast, who played Javert in the Australian production in 1987 and in the 1995 10th anniversary concert, as Bishop of Digne, and My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) creator and star Rob Madge, who played Gavroche in the 25th anniversary concert at The O2, as Bamatabois.
The ensemble will include Kelly
Agbowu, Amelia Broadway, Mary-Jean Caldwell, Harry Chandler, Rosy
Church, Gabrielle Cummins, Beth Curnock, Jade Davies, Jordan Lee Davies,
Jonathan David Dudley, Bryony Duncan, Harry Dunnett, Thiago Phillip
Felizardo, Charlie Geoghegan, Nic Greenshields, Christopher Key, Michael
Kholwadia, Andrew Maxwell, Jill Nalder, Lisa Peace, Emma Ralston,
Ciaran Rodger, James Sillman, Geddy Stringer, Helen Walsh, Raymond
Walsh, Danny Whitehead, and Owain Williams. Cian Bhalla, Alfie Buck, and Mateo Casado will alternate in the role of Gavroche. (Casting for Little Cosette is to be announced.)
These artists will lead an onstage company of cast and orchestra members of over 65.
In
addition to the North American premiere, producer Cameron Mackintosh
previously announced engagements at the 3Arena in Dublin (May
29–June 6), Utilita Arena in Birmingham (June 11–14), and
London’s Royal Albert Hall (June 18–21).
Mackintosh said in an earlier statement, “I am absolutely delighted to announce a wonderful line up of international Les Misérables stars who will be appearing during the grand finale dates of the Les Miz Arena
World Tour in Dublin, Birmingham, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and
at Radio City Music Hall in New York during late spring and summer this
year. Les Miz fans will have a brilliant choice of their favorite performers—though many performances are already sold out. Les Miz hasn’t played the Royal Albert Hall since the legendary 10th
AnniversaryConcert. The almost two-year run of the spectacular World
Tour has played over 300 performances in 30 cities and broken box office
records across the globe—don’t Miz out on the last remaining tickets!”
The Mackintosh production is written by Alain Boublil and
Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music
by Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, original French text by
Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton, and
adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.
Orchestrations are by Stephen Metcalfe, Christopher Jahnke, and
Stephen Brooker, with original orchestrations by John Cameron. The
production is directed by James Powell and Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy,
designed by Matt Kinley, with costumes by Andreane Neofitou, Christine
Rowland, and Paul Wills, lighting by Paule Constable and Warren Letton,
sound by Mick Potter, projections realized by Finn Ross, and music
supervision by Stephen Brooker and Alfonso Casado Trigo.
The Arena Concert Spectacular was developed from the successful Les Misérables The Staged Concert,
which played over 200 record-breaking performances in the West End and
the 25th Anniversary performance at The O2. It features a new design
created for larger venues.
Mackintosh’s production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables also continues its record-breaking run at the Sondheim Theatre in London’s
West End. The musical last played Broadway in 2016, and the London production recently entered its 41st year at the Sondheim Theatre.
The Arena Concert Spectacular is
produced by Mackintosh and Nick Grace Management. The Radio
City Music Hall engagement is presented locally by The Bowery Presents.
Visit NYC.LesMis.com for a full performance schedule, including Valjean and Javert casting at each showing.