Les Miserables
as Young Cosette / Young Eponine
Gavroche understudy
1995
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Gavroche understudy
1995
Official Site
“They were having an open call for young Cosette in Les Miz in my town and [my best friend] wanted to go audition and her father unfortunately got very ill the night before. Her mother asked if we would take her since it was such a huge dream of hers, and for whatever reason I decided that I wanted to audition as well. I had been listening to the soundtrack of Phantom [of the Opera] non-stop and had memorized “Angel of Music”. I went in and sang at the open call “Angel of Music” a cappella and I ended up booking it right then and there and that’s what started it all for me.”
-Lea Michele
-Lea Michele
Synopsis
Jean Valjean, an ex-con, has transformed himself to become mayor and the owner of a factory. But when he is moved to help one of his former workers, Fantine, Valjean’s past is brought to light, and he is forced to abandon everything to run from Javert, the chief of police, dead set on bringing him to justice. Nine years later, Cosette, Fantine’s child, has been raised by Valjean and has fallen in love with Marius, a fighter in the French revolution (after whom another, named Eponine, also pines). With Javert on the hunt and a revolution tearing the city apart, in the end, everyone is forced to question what they’re willing to sacrifice in pursuit of love and justice.
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo.
