Where is the simplicity? I left this production nearly completely unmoved, and that is sad. The same can be set of the sets as the rest of the piece. And he has many distracting affectations with certain hand gestures while he sings. He was directed at a breakneck pace that gave us little or no time to care for the character. He hit all the right notes, but he screamed all the way through them. However his diction was very difficult to understand throughout the prologue and first act. Much has been said about Ramin Karimloo's performance, and there is no deny thing that he is a very talented performer. The actor who played Marius had a terrific voice but his look was entirely wrong for the part.įinally Jean Valjean. I only noticed 2 students that looked right. One of the most frustrating parts of the evening. The actor who plays Enjolras looks twice as old as he should be. This has got to be one of the oldest looking group of students to ever appear in a production of Les Mis. They wring out every ounce of emotion in a line until there's nothing left. And the same goes for some of the most tender moments in the piece. They seem like they popped out of an SNL sketch. Even the Thenardiers - the clowns of the evening - are too much. It's too much and completely lacking in subtlety, which was one of the beautiful things about the original production.
The general sense and biggest problem In general - is that this version is so heavy handed, every moment is played to the point of being over wrought. I originally thought that perhaps my feelings were so extreme because I'd seen the original and knew the show too well.
I was not going to share my opinions of the extremely disappointing production I saw of Les Miserables last week (which included a performance by Colm Wilkinson that night as the Bishop), but now having had the opportunity to speak with a few colleagues who felt exactly the same way, I have decided to send a report. Posted by: theaterdude 06:15 pm EST 01/18/14 Les Miserables in Toronto very DISAPPOiNTING
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