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C’est Magnifique Les Miserables still epic, but in a brand-new way

By Bert Osborne

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ven if you’ve seen the wildly successful Schonberg-Boublil musical version of Les Miserables during its 17-year run on Broadway or on any number of national tours to Atlanta, tonight’s performance of producer Cameron Mackintosh’s newly reimagined epic promises a new experience.

“And if you’ve never seen it before,” actor Andrew Varela says, with a laugh, “then what’s wrong with your life?”

What was state-of-the-art by 1986 standards, when the show premiered, now seems old hat. The spectacular centerpiece then — a giant turntable — was used to convey the historic sweep of the story, which is based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel. In 2012, theater technology has evolved to include elaborate video projections and

other visual effects capable of making audiences feel that they’re right in the middle of the French Revolution.

“The whole design of the show has changed significantly,” says Varela, who plays the dogged police inspector Javert. “Instead of a turntable, it’s now an ever-changing display of images projected against the back wall of the stage – from beautiful pastoral scenes to a sequence in the Parisian sewers that will take your breath away.”

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“Even as a little kid, I always enjoyed pretending to be Darth Vadar more than I did Luke Skywalker.”

The iconic score remains the same. So, too, the famous story of the reluctant hero Jean Valjean, and Javert, his determined pursuer. Varela himself is another constant: He’s played Javert in this incarnation of the show since it first hit the road five years ago.

He played Valjean on Broadway and in earlier tours but admits to preferring the “darker, heavier” role of Javert.

“Even as a little kid, I always enjoyed pretending to be Darth Vadar more than I did Luke Skywalker,” he says.

After some 2,000 performances as the undaunted inspector, how hard is it for Varela to keep it feeling fresh – for himself and his audience? Where’s the acting challenge in a character he essentially established years ago?

“As a theater actor, playing the same part over and over again is part of the job,” Varela says. “On the one hand, I’m really thankful just to be working, so it’s easy maintaining my interest and enthusiasm because I love what I do. If you’re bored with your work, then you shouldn’t be doing it at all.

“Yes, I’m playing the same character, but within his specific framework and within the general guidelines of his story, there are myriad opportunities to put different little beats or spins on a scene,” he says. “You can’t change the character from 1 to 10, but you can change him from 1 to 2, to finesse your performance in new and subtle ways.”

This 25th anniversary tour of Les Miserables has kept Varela on the road for more than 18 months now. (He

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30 or 40 years of the human experience, and the fact that it’s sung-through, with no spoken dialogue, and because the music itself is so seamless and wellwritten, it puts Les Miz in the pantheon of great opera, not only great theater.”

That isn’t to say that audiences don’t also connect on a more intimate emotional level. “The story transcends its own time and place,” Varela says.

“It’s about the joy and sadness of life, about falling in love and fighting for something bigger than ourselves, about the search for freedom and redemption.

“All of those emotions are the same now as they’ve always been. The only thing that’s changed is the reason we feel them.”

Bert Osborne has written about Atlanta theater for nearly 20 years. Formerly the critic for Creative Loafing and The Sunday Paper, he now reviews for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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also has four other tours of the show on his resume.) “Touring is definitely an acquired lifestyle, but one of the benefits is getting to see so much of the country,” he says. “Over the years, I’ve been to every state but two.” The exceptions: Maine and New Mexico.

Another benefit is getting to “drive the tour” on his own, with his wife and manager, Susan. “We’ve been having a blast driving from place to place,” Varela says. “We make a point of getting out every day and doing something or seeing something interesting. That’s one of the ways you make touring more palatable.”

On a recent stop in Buffalo, for instance, they took a day trip to Niagara Falls.

Not even a producer of Mackintosh’s caliber could fully re-create onstage such a natural wonder as that. The spectacle of the show might be what has most plainly captivated audiences for the past 25 years. But, as Varela observes, “It’s based on this amazing story, spanning

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CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S New 25th Anniversary Production of Boublil & Schönberg’s

A musical based on the novel by VICTOR HUGO Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG Lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER Original French text by ALAIN BOUBLIL and JEAN-MARC NATEL Additional material by JAMES FENTON Original Production adapted and directed by TREVOR NUNN and JOHN CAIRD Original Orchestrations by JOHN CAMERON New Orchestrations by CHRIS JAHNKE Additional Orchestrations by STEPHEN METCALFE and STEPHEN BROOKER Musical Supervisor DAVID CADDICK

Associate Director ANTHONY LYN

Music Director KEVIN STITES

Musical Staging by MICHAEL ASHCROFT Projections realized by FIFTY-NINE PRODUCTIONS Additional Costumes by CHRISTINE ROWLAND Sound by MICK POTTER Lighting by PAULE CONSTABLE Costume Design by ANDREANE NEOFITOU Set Design by MATT KINLEY inspired by the paintings of VICTOR HUGO Directed by LAURENCE CONNOR and

JAMES POWELL A Cameron Mackintosh and NETworks Presentation American Premiere Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey, 19 November 2010

CAST (in order of appearance)

Jean Valjean .....................................................................................................................PETER LOCKYER Javert ..............................................................................................................................ANDREW VARELA Farmer..................................................................................................................................JOHN RAPSON Laborer...........................................................................................................................JORDAN NICHOLS Innkeeper’s Wife................................................................................................................... Natalie Beck Innkeeper................................................................................................................ JOSEPH SPIELDENNER The Bishop of Digne .........................................................................................................James Zannelli Constables.................................................................................................. IAN PATRICK GIBB, ALAN SHAW Factory Foreman ..................................................................................................... RICHARD TODD ADAMS Fantine ............................................................................................................................. BETSY MORGAN Factory Girl .................................................................................................................. CASEY ERIN CLARK Old Woman....................................................................................................................BETH KIRKPATRICK Wigmaker ......................................................................................................................... CORNELIA LUNA Bamatabois .........................................................................................................................JOHN RAPSON Fauchelevent..................................................................................................................... Eric Van Tielen Champmathieu........................................................................................................................JOE TOKARZ Little Cosette ......................................................................................... ERIN CEARLOCK, Juliana Simone Madame Thénardier ..................................................................................................... SHAWNA M. HAMIC Young Éponine ....................................................................................... ERIN CEARLOCK, Juliana Simone Thénardier ....................................................................................................................... TIMOTHY GULAN Young Whore..................................................................................................................... Nadine Malouf Crazy Whore...........................................................................................................................Siri Howard Gavroche............................................................................................ JOSHUA COLLEY, MARCUS D’ANGELO Éponine ........................................................................................................................CHASTEN HARMON Cosette .............................................................................................................................. LAUREN WILEY Thénardier’s Gang Montparnasse ............................................................................................................JORDAN NICHOLS Babet ..........................................................................................................................James Zannelli Brujon ................................................................................................................................JOE TOKARZ Claquesous .....................................................................................................................JOHN RAPSON Students Enjolras ....................................................................................................................... JASON FORBACH Marius ............................................................................................................................ Max Quinlan Combeferre.................................................................................................................. Eric Van Tielen Feuilly.................................................................................................................................JOHN BRINK Courfeyrac..........................................................................................................Weston Wells Olson Joly..................................................................................................................................... ALAN SHAW Grantaire ............................................................................................................ JOSEPH SPIELDENNER Lesgles.............................................................................................................. RICHARD TODD ADAMS Jean Prouvaire.............................................................................................................IAN PATRICK GIBB Loud Hailer..............................................................................................................................JOE TOKARZ Major Domo............................................................................................................. JOSEPH SPIELDENNER Ensemble ............................................................................................. Natalie Beck, CASEY ERIN CLARK, Siri Howard, BETH KIRKPATRICK, CORNELIA LUNA, Nadine Malouf, HEATHER JANE ROLFF, Hannah Shankman, Mavis Simpson-Ernst Swings.................................................................. RICHARD BARTH, BEN GUNDERSON, JASON OSTROWSKI, RACHEL RINCIONE, NATALIE WEISS Dance Captain............................................................................................................. JASON OSTROWSKI Fight Captain.................................................................................................................. Ben Gunderson Assistant Fight Captain ............................................................................................... HEATHER CHOCKLEY UNDERSTUDIES For Jean Valjean – RICHARD TODD ADAMS, JOE TOKARZ; for Javert – Richard Todd Adams, Joseph Spieldenner; for Cosette – Natalie Beck, Siri Howard; for Fantine – CASEY ERIN CLARK, CORNELIA LUNA; for Thénardier –John Rapson, James Zannelli; for Madame Thénardier – HEATHER JANE ROLFF, BETH KIRKPATRICK; for Éponine – Nadine Malouf, Hannah Shankman; for Marius – IAN PATRICK GIBB, JORDAN NICHOLS; for Enjolras – JOHN BRINK, ALAN SHAW; for Little Cosette/Young Éponine – Mavis Simpson-Ernst; for the Bishop of Digne – JOHN RAPSON, JOSEPH SPIELDENNER; for the Factory Foreman – JASON OSTROWSKI, JOSEPH SPIELDENNER; for the Factory Girl – RACHEL RINCIONE, HEATHER JANE ROLFF; for Bamatabois – RICHARD BARTH, JOSEPH SPIELDENNER; for Grantaire – JOHN RAPSON, Eric Van Tielen.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS PROLOGUE: 1815, DIGNE PROLOGUE................................................................................................................The Company SOLILOQUY......................................................................................................................... Valjean 1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER AT THE END OF THE DAY................................................................ Unemployed and Factory Workers I DREAMED A DREAM.......................................................................................................... Fantine LOVELY LADIES................................................................................................................... Clients WHO AM I?......................................................................................................................... Valjean FANTINE’S DEATH.............................................................................................. Fantine and Valjean CASTLE ON A CLOUD......................................................................................................... Cosette 1823, MONTFERMEIL MASTER OF THE HOUSE............................................................ Thénardier, his Wife and Customers THE BARGAIN.............................................................................M and Mme Thénardier and Valjean 1832, PARIS PARIS.....................................................................................................Gavroche and the Beggars STARS.................................................................................................................................. Javert ABC Café....................................................................................Enjolras, Marius and the Students THE PEOPLE’S SONG........................................................... Enjolras, the Students and the Citizens IN MY LIFE..............................................................................Cosette, Valjean, Marius and Éponine A HEART FULL OF LOVE....................................................................... Cosette, Marius and Éponine ONE DAY MORE..........................................................................................................The Company INTERMISSION ON MY OWN......................................................................................................................Éponine A LITTLE FALL OF RAIN..................................................................................... Éponine and Marius DRINK WITH ME TO DAYS GONE BY....................................... Feuilly, Grantaire, Students and Women BRING HIM HOME .............................................................................................................. Valjean DOG EATS DOG.............................................................................................................. Thénardier SOLILOQUY........................................................................................................................... Javert TURNING............................................................................................................................Women EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES.........................................................................................Marius WEDDING CHORALE............................................................................................................ Guests BEGGARS AT THE FEAST.............................................................................. M and Mme Thénardier FINALE......................................................................................................................The Company The Orchestra Music Director/Conductor – KEVIN STITES Associate Conductor/Keyboards – William D. Johnson Assistant Conductor/Concertmaster – Will Curry Keyboards – adam laird Cello – Ira Glansbeek; Bass – Brad Lovelace; Viola – Catherine Price Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute / Recorder – Ryu Cipris; Oboe / Cor Anglais – David Garcia; Clarinet in Bb / Clarinet in Eb / Bass Clarinet / Recorder – HOLLY KASSEL; Horn 1 – TIM RILEY; Horn 2 – RYAN STEWART; Trumpet in Bb / Flugel Horn / Piccolo Trumpet – Ken Mullin; Bass Trombone / Tenor Trombone / Tuba – Jim Gray; Percussion – Eric Borghi; Music Coordinator – Michael Keller.

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synopsis ACT ONE PROLOGUE: 1815, DIGNE After 19 years on the chain gang, Jean Valjean finds that the ticket-of-leave he must display condemns him to be an outcast. Only the Bishop of Digne treats him kindly and Valjean, embittered by years of hardship, repays him by stealing some silver. Valjean is caught and brought back by the police and is astonished when the Bishop lies to the police to save him.

Valjean decides to start his life anew.

1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER Eight years have passed and Valjean, having broken his parole and changed his name to Monsieur Madeleine, has become a factory owner and Mayor. One of his workers, Fantine, has a secret illegitimate child. When the other women discover this, they demand her dismissal.

Desperate for money to pay for medicines for her daughter, Fantine sells her locket, her hair, and then joins the whores in selling herself. Utterly degraded, she gets into a fight with a prospective customer and is about to be taken to prison by Javert when the ‘Mayor’ arrives and demands she be taken to the hospital instead.

The Mayor then rescues a man pinned beneath a cart. Javert is reminded of the abnormal strength of convict 24601 Jean Valjean, who, he says, has just been recaptured. Valjean, unable to see an innocent man go to prison, confesses that he is prisoner 24601. At the hospital, Valjean promises the dying Fantine to find and look after her daughter, Cosette. Javert arrives to arrest him, but Valjean escapes.

1823, MONTFERMEIL Cosette has been lodged with the Thénardiers, who horribly abuse her while indulging their own daughter, Éponine. Valjean pays the Thénardiers to let him take her away to Paris.

1832, PARIS Nine years later, there is unrest in the city because of the likely demise of the popular leader General Lamarque, the only man left in the government who shows any feeling for the poor. A street gang led by Thénardier and his wife sets upon Jean Valjean and Cosette.

They are rescued by Javert, who does not recognise Valjean until he has gone.

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The Thénardiers’ daughter, Éponine, who is secretly in love with the student Marius, reluctantly agrees to help him find Cosette, with whom he has fallen in love.

News of General Lamarque’s death circulates in the city and a group of politically minded students stream out into the streets to whip up support for a revolution.

Cosette is consumed by thoughts of Marius, with whom she has fallen in love. Éponine brings Marius to Cosette and then prevents an attempt by her father’s gang to rob Valjean’s house. Valjean, convinced it was Javert lurking outside his house, tells Cosette they must prepare to flee the country.

ACT TWO The students prepare to build the barricade.

Marius, noticing that Éponine has joined the insurrection, sends her away with a letter to Cosette, which is intercepted by Valjean. Éponine decides to rejoin her love at the barricade.

The barricade is built and the revolutionaries defy an army warning to give up or die. Javert is exposed as a police spy. In trying to return to the barricade, Éponine is killed.

Valjean arrives at the barricade in search of Marius. He is given the chance to kill Javert but instead lets him go. The students settle down for a night on the barricade and, in the quiet of the night, Valjean prays to God to save Marius. The next day the rebels are all killed.

Valjean escapes into the sewers with the unconscious Marius. After meeting Thénardier, who is robbing the corpses of the rebels, he comes across Javert once more. He pleads for time to deliver the young man to the hospital.

Javert lets Valjean go and, his unbending principles of justice having been shattered by Valjean’s own mercy, he kills himself.

Unaware of the identity of his rescuer, Marius recovers in Cosette’s care. Valjean confesses the truth of his past to Marius and insists he must go away.

At Marius and Cosette’s wedding, the Thénardiers try to blackmail Marius. Thénardier says Cosette’s “father” is a murderer and as proof produces a ring that he stole from the corpse the night the barricade fell. It is Marius’ own ring, and he realizes it was Valjean who rescued him that night. He and Cosette go to Valjean where Cosette learns for the first time of her own history before the old man dies.

who’s who

Richard Todd Adams

Richard Barth

Natalie Beck

John Brink

Erin Cearlock

Casey Erin Clark

Joshua Colley

Marcus D’Angelo

Jason Forbach

Ian Patrick Gibb

Timothy Gulan

Ben Gunderson

Shawna M. Hamic

Chasten Harmon

Siri Howard

Beth Kirkpatrick

Peter Lockyer

Cornelia Luna

Nadine Malouf

Betsy Morgan

Jordan Nichols

Weston Wells Olson

Jason Ostrowski

Max Quinlan

John Rapson

Rachel Rincione

Heather Jane Rolff

Hannah Shankman

Alan Shaw

Juliana Simone

Mavis Simpson-Ernst

Joseph Spieldenner

Eric Van Tielen

Joe Tokarz

Andrew Varela

Natalie Weiss

Lauren Wiley

James Zannelli

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who’s who RICHARD TODD ADAMS (Factory Foreman, Lesgles, u/s Jean Valjean, u/s Javert). Broadway: The Woman in White, The Pirate Queen. National tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom).

2008 Jeff Award winner for Javert in Les Misérables in Chicago.

RICHARD BARTH (Swing, u/s Bamatabois).

Off-Broadway: Beowulf (title role), Irish Repertory. National tour: Miss Saigon.

Regional: Goodspeed, Signature, Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep and Arrow Rock Lyceum. Training: Hartt School.

Natalie Beck (Innkeeper’s Wife, Ensemble, u/s Cosette) is excited to be making her professional debut in Les Misérables. She recently received her B.M. in Music Theatre from Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University after studying Vocal Performance at Lawrence University.

JOHN BRINK (Feuilly, u/s Enjolras) Minnesota native, Hartt School graduate, thrilled to join this epic production. Credits: TSO; Music Man (Ens.), West Side Story (Tony), Life on the Mississippi (Henry). Thanks: God, Bobbie Merritt (TEG), Hartt School, family and friends.

ERIN CEARLOCK (Little Cosette/Young Éponine at some performances) is a third-grader from Houston, Texas, and is excited to be performing with the tour. She enjoys reading in her free time. Erin gratefully thanks everyone who made this opportunity possible.

CASEY ERIN CLARK (Factory Girl, Ensemble, u/s Fantine). Off-Broadway: Frankenstein (Agatha) and Shout! (Red Girl), The Incredibly Deaf Musical (Lisa, NYMF 2010). Regional favorites: Jekyll and Hyde (Emma) and Little Women (Jo, Kevin Kline Award nomination). caseyerinclark.com.

JASON FORBACH (Enjolras) Previous credits: The Phantom of the Opera. (Raoul u/s) OffBroadway: The Music Teacher, A.W.O.L., As You Like It. Regional: SMC, NSMT, Paper Mill Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall.

Albums: A New Leading Man, Remembering to Dream on iTunes. www.jasonforbach.com.

Twitter @jtforbach IAN PATRICK GIBB (Constable, Jean Prouvaire, u/s Marius). Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, Music Theatre of Wichita, Fireside Theatre, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. OCU Grad. Special thanks to family, friends, and The Mine! Mom and Dad, this is for you!

TIMOTHY GULAN (Thénardier). Tours/B’way: South Pacific, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Some Like It Hot, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, Carousel, Les Misérables (19 years ago!), Falsetto’s, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, Passion, The Frogs.

Premieres: For the Boys, Emma, Houdini, Eliot Ness in Cleveland, the King Stag, Just So. Movies/TV: South Pacific (Carnegie Hall), LCT’s Passion, Salt, MacGruber, Ice Age, Boardwalk Empire, EL&IC, The Producers. timothygulan.com BEN GUNDERSON (Swing, Fight Captain).

Fiddler, Engeman; Cabaret, Hilton Head; West Side Story, Ravinia; Dream of the Burning Boy and House of Gold, O’Neill. BFA: UNCSA. SHAWNA M. HAMIC (Madame Thénardier).

NY workshops: The Toymaker, Screams of Kitty Genovese, Glen or Glenda. Regional: Twist (directed/choreographed by Debbie Allen); Les Misérables; Ragtime; Hello Dolly; The Molly Maguires; Genesis; My Fair Lady; Mame; Kismet; Once Upon…; H2$; Guys and Dolls (in Macao, China). “A&A, F&AD, TMF!” ShawnaHamic.com

JOSHUA COLLEY (Gavroche) is proud to be playing this role in Les Misérables! Favorite credits: A Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim), Jungle Book (Mowglie). Joshua thanks his mom and dad and twin brother Cameron for all of their love and support.

CHASTEN HARMON (Éponine). Broadway: Hair. Off-Broadway: Iphigenia 2.0 (dir. by Tina Landau), Signature Theatre; Grind (Clementine), The York Theatre. Regional: Once on This Island (Ti Moune) and All Shook Up (Lorraine), Marriott Theatre; Leader of the Pack, Cape Playhouse.

Training from NYU, TSOA.

MARCUS D’ANGELO (Gavroche) is the youngest of six children. He has performed in The Wizard of Oz, High School Musical, Peter Pan and Grease. Marcus would like to thank his brothers and sister for supporting him in his theatrical endeavors.

SIRI HOWARD (Crazy Whore, Ensemble, u/s Cosette). Broadway: The Sound of Music (Liesl). National tour: Parade (Iola Stover); The Sound of Music with Richard Chamberlain.

Regional: A Little Night Music 25th Anniversary Concert (Fredrika), with the Philadelphia

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who’s who Orchestra; Les Misérables, Theatre of the Stars. The USO Liberty Bells. sirihoward.com

to Nicolosi & Co. and TRC. Love to Travis, friends and family.

BETH KIRKPATRICK (Old Woman, Ensemble, u/s Madame Thénardier) Tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (Asia). New York: Plain and Fancy (York), Earthquake Weather. Regional: Jerry Springer: The Opera, Sweeney Todd, Beauty & the Beast.

Northwestern U. Love to family, besties, and the Mine!

WESTON WELLS OLSON (Courfeyrac).

New York: Camelot (Lincoln Center), Where’s Charley? (Encores!). Regional: Sweeney Todd (Geva Theatre), Les Mis (North Shore).

Readings: Tuck Everlasting. BM Chapman University, MM Boston Conservatory. Much love to friends and family. Thank you, TKO!

PETER LOCKYER (Jean Valjean) is honored to be back in Les Mis! Broadway: South Pacific; The Phantom of the Opera; Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (Rodolfo); Les Misérables (Marius, 10th anniversary production and China premiere); Miss Saigon (Chris); Cyrano the Musical. Barbra Streisand’s European concert tour (special guest star). TV: Gypsy starring Bette Midler.

Symphony Concerts across the United States, including the premiere of Boublil/Schönberg’s Do You Hear the People Sing! Heartfelt thanks to the Creative Team. For Melanie.

CORNELIA LUNA (Wigmaker, Ensemble, u/s Fantine) is thrilled to be back in Les Misérables!

Miss Saigon (Kim and Ellen); The King and I (Tuptim); Hey! Mr. Producer (Éponine and Christine); self-titled CD (BMG). Love to family and friends!

NADINE MALOUF (Young Whore, Ensemble, u/s Éponine). Film: Shame, Static Shock. NYC: Les Enfants de Paris, Only a Kingdom, Hidden Sky. Regional: Rent, Godspell, Fiddler on the Roof. Thanks to family back home in Australia, Dale, and Mama- Le Meilleur Professeur de Francais!

BETSY MORGAN (Fantine). Broadway: Original casts of A Little Night Music (revival), Little Mermaid, High Fidelity. NY theatre/readings/ workshops: Tales of the City, Dangerous Beauty, Addams Family, Prairie, Leap of Faith, Memphis, The Fantasticks, Bernarda Alba (Lincoln Center). TV: Flight of the Conchords.

Originated the role of Leslie Benedict in the premiere of Giant at Signature Theatre.

JORDAN NICHOLS (Laborer, Montparnasse, u/s Marius). Off-Bway/Readings: The Fantasticks, Newsies. Originated Jordy Benedict in Giant (Signature Theatre); Regional: Crazy for You (Bobby), Urinetown (Bobby), H2$ (Finch). Thanks 26 EncoreAtlantA.com

JASON OSTROWSKI (Swing, Dance Captain, u/s Factory Foreman). Broadway: Company (Tony Award®-winner 2007 best revival).

National tours: Whistle Down the Wind, Forever Plaid. Regional: Les Misérables (TOTS & TUTS); Hello, Dolly!; Oklahoma!; An O. Henry Christmas.

Love to my family and Elizabeth. Jasono.net Max Quinlan (Marius). Off-Broadway: Grind (York Theatre). Favorite regional: Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza (Marriott Theatre; Jeff Award winner), Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (TATC; Jeff Award nom.), Younger Brother in Ragtime (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing... (Marriott Theatre), Mordred in Camelot (Ravinia Festival).

CCM grad. Dedicated to family and friends. maxquinlan.net.

JOHN RAPSON (Farmer, Bamatabois, Claquesous, u/s Thénardier, u/s Grantaire, u/s Bishop of Digne) is proud to join the revolution!

Regional: Sweeney Todd (Barrington Stage), Brigadoon (Wagon Wheel Theatre). Education: BFA University of Michigan. So much love to my incredible family!

RACHEL RINCIONE (Swing, u/s Factory Girl).

B.F.A-Acting, Chapman Univ; MM-Voice, Univ. of Denver. Credits: NY Camelot (Nimue) WPPAC, Suor Angelica (Cercatrice) Chelsea Opera, Regional: Camelot (Nimue u/s) Goodspeed Opera, Les Misérables (Mme. Thénardier u/s) MGR. HEATHER JANE ROLFF (Ensemble, u/s Madame Thénardier, u/s Factory Girl) is thrilled to be a part of this incredible company.

Broadway: Shrek the Musical (original cast); Off-Broadway: Silence! The Musical (Catherine/ Senator Martin); Wanda’s World (Alison). TV: Peppa Pig, Gordon the Garden Gnome. www. heatherjanerolff.com. Love to her family!

Hannah Shankman (Ensemble, u/s Éponine). Broadway/West End: Hair. National

who’s who tour: Rent. Off-Broadway: Kaspar Hauser, Girls in Trouble. Regional: Tommy, Rent, The Last Goodbye, Golden Gate, Hair, After the Revolution.

BFA Acting training at the University of Michigan.

ALAN SHAW (Constable, Joly, u/s Enjolras) Is Thankful! Credits: Big River (Huck Finn), Children of Eden (Cain/Japheth), The Sound of Music (Rolf). Many thanks to Kimberly Vaughn and my beautiful family. alanshaw.me JULIANA SIMONE (Little Cosette/Young Éponine at some performances) Miami native, age 9, is thrilled to be a part of Les Misérables!

Regional: The Music Man (Amaryllis); The Sound of Music (Gretl u/s); and Oliver!. Special thanks to Ben Bagby and Nancy Carson. Much love to my family, friends, and my sister, Camilla.

MAVIS SIMPSON-ERNST (Ensemble, u/s Little Cosette/Young Éponine), is thrilled to be performing in Les Misérables. Credits: Annie (Molly), The Sound of Music (Gretl), Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Annie (Lily St. Regis), The Magic Flute (Spirit). Thanks to Mom, Dad, family, friends, Connecting Talent Company and Generation TV. JOSEPH SPIELDENNER (Innkeeper, Grantaire, Major Domo, u/s Bishop, u/s Bamatabois, u/s Factory Foreman, u/s Javert) is from Maine.

BFA-Florida State. Tour: South Pacific (Cable).

Regional: Miss Saigon (Chris), Seaside Music Theatre; Children of Eden (Adam/Noah), Astoria PAC. Dedicated to Scott, Gale, Eric and Grandma Margaret.

ERIC VAN TIELEN (Combeferre, Fauchelevent, u/s Grantaire) is a Salt Lake City native.

Broadway/Nat’l tours: A Tale of Two Cities, Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka). Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival, HMS Pinafore (Ralph), The Matchmaker (Cornelius), Lend Me a Tenor, the Musical (Rupp, world premiere), Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Fantasticks (Matt), Pioneer Theatre, Syracuse Stage. MFA, Indiana University.

JOE TOKARZ (Champmathieu, Brujon, Loud Hailer, u/s Jean Valjean). Credits include: Les Misérables, Joseph…, My Fair Lady (Marriott Theatre), Candide (Goodman), Passion (Chicago Shakespeare) and Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre at the Center). Love to family. Proud Equity.

ANDREW VARELA (Javert) was last seen on Broadway in Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George (Jules). Other Broadway/ national tours: Little Women (Prof Bhaer), Les Misérables (Jean Valjean), The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom), Cats (Gus/Growltiger), Evita, Disney’s King David. Other roles: The Pirate King in Pirates!, Sky in Guys and Dolls, Jud in Oklahoma!, The Prince in The Student Prince. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter (@AndrewVarela525) and check out AndrewVarela.com. For Susan.

NATALIE WEISS (Swing). Broadway: Everyday Rapture (u/s for Menonettes). Tour: Wicked 2nd national (ensemble, u/s Elphaba). Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, North Shore Music Theatre.

TV: “American Idol” season 4 semi-finalist. natalieweiss.net.

LAUREN WILEY (Cosette). NYC: Title role in Madame Bovary (Theatre 5), Villa Diodati (NYMF). Favorite regional: Les Misérables at NSMT (Head Whore) and Merry-Go-Round Playhouse (Cosette), Mrs. Lyons in Blood Brothers with Andrea McArdle (TheatreZone).

University of Alabama grad. Heartfelt thanks to the Les Mis team, and my dear Clint.

LaurenEWiley.com James Zannelli (Bishop of Digne, Babet, u/s Thénardier) is thrilled to be on tour with Les Mis. Regional credits: Les Misérables (Thénardier), Chess (Molokov), Jesus Christ Superstar (Caiaphas), Jekyll & Hyde (Simon Stride), Tommy (Uncle Ernie), Peter Pan (Captain Hook). MM from Arizona State. Dreams DO come true!!!!

ALAIN BOUBLIL (Author/Dramatist) wrote librettos and original lyrics for La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen in collaboration with Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Marguerite with Claude-Michel Schönberg and Michel Legrand. He received two Tonys® (Best Score, Best Book), two Grammys®, two Victoire de la Musique Awards, a Molière Award (Les Misérables), an Evening Standard Award (Miss Saigon) and an Olivier Award (Martin Guerre).

He is author/librettist of Abbacadabra with songs by Abba, the play The Diary of Adam and Eve, and prize-winning novel Les Dessous de Soi. Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27

who’s who CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG (Book and Music). Born in 1944 of Hungarian parents, Claude-Michel Schönberg began his career as a singer, writer and producer of pop songs. In collaboration with Alain Boublil, he is the book co-writer and the composer of La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen. In 2008 his new musical Marguerite, in collaboration with Alain Boublil, Michel Legrand and Herbert Kretzmer, opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London.

He has supervised overseas productions and co-produced several international cast albums of his shows. In 2002 his first ballet score Wuthering Heights was created for the Northern Ballet Theatre.

CAMERON MACKINTOSH (Producer) produces musicals.

HERBERT KRETZMER (Lyricist) was a London journalist when Cameron Mackintosh invited him to write the English lyrics for Les Misérables epochal West End production in 1985. A part-time songwriter, he contributed regular lyrics for the BBC’s famous satire series “That Was the Week That Was” and had also written lyrics for the French singer Charles Aznavour (“Yesterday When I Was Young,” “She,” etc.). It was Kretzmer’s work with Aznavour that led to Cameron’s invitation.

Herbert Kretzmer was born in South Africa to immigrant parents from Lithuania. He now lives in London with his (American) wife, Sybil.

TREVOR NUNN AND JOHN CAIRD (Adaptors).

Trevor Nunn started directing in 1962 when he won an ABC director’s scholarship to become the resident director of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. In 1964 he joined the RSC and, in 1968, was made the company’s youngest ever artistic director. Trevor was responsible for running the RSC until he retired from the post in 1986. From 1997-2003 Trevor was director of the National Theatre. Trevor has worked extensively in theatre, opera and musical theatre. John Caird is a freelance director and writer working worldwide in theatre, opera and musical theatre. He has worked at the National Theatre and is an honorary associate director of the RSC, where he has directed more than 20 plays. John has published several works as a librettist and lyricist. Together John and 28 EncoreAtlantA.com

Trevor have directed Nicholas Nickleby (winner of five Tony Awards®), JM Barrie’s Peter Pan and the original production of Les Misérables (winner of eight Tony Awards®).

LAURENCE CONNOR (Director) has worked as a resident and associate director on several shows in London including The King and I, Phantom of the Opera and Oliver. In 2005, Laurence directed a new touring production of Miss Saigon, which has been re-created in Korea and Australia, winning major awards including the Manchester Evening News award for best touring musical and Green Room award for best director, co-director of the 25th anniversary tour of Les Misérables, on which this production is based, and the 25thanniversary concert of Les Misérables at the O2. Laurence recently directed The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and has just directed a new production of Oliver, which is touring the U.K. JAMES POWELL (Director) was appearing in Les Misérables at London’s Palace Theatre when he was offered the position of resident director in 1996. London: Singin’ in the Rain (staff director). For Cameron Mackintosh: The Witches of Eastwick (resident director), Les Misérables (associate director, also Scandinavia, Berlin), Mary Poppins (London, Broadway, UK tour, the Netherlands, Australia).

For Jacobsen Entertainments: The Witches of Eastwick (director; Melbourne, Australia) and Dirty Dancing (director; London’s West End, Toronto, Utrecht, Chicago, U.S. tour, Berlin) James is honored to work on Cameron’s new production of Les Misérables, and has just recovered from directing the 25th anniversary concert at London’s O2 arena.

MATT KINLEY (Scenic and Image Designer) worked as freelance costume and prop-maker for stage, film and video with Robert Allsopp Associates. A graduate of the Motley Theatre design course, he enjoyed a long relationship with the National Theatre as designer, design associate and draughtsman on more than 40 productions, including Jerry Springer: The Opera, The Coast of Utopia and My Fair Lady.

Most recently he worked as associate designer on shows including: The Woman in White, My Fair Lady (UK/US tours), Chitty Chitty Bang

who’s who Bang (UK tour), Les Misérables (Broadway and and the Netherlands), Equus (West End), Mary Poppins (UK/US/AUS/Netherlands tours), Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert (O2 Arena).

ANDREANE NEOFITOU (Costume Designer).

Les Misérables (Tony® nomination) and Miss Saigon London, Broadway and worldwide.

London credits: Grease, Gone With the Wind, The Far Pavilions, The Baker’s Wife, Timon of Athens, Peter Pan (National Theatre), Carmen (Royal Albert Hall). Royal Shakespeare Company: The Changeling, The Merchant of Venice, Fair Maid of the West, Hedda Gabler, (also Canada/USA), Once in a Lifetime, Peter Pan and Nicholas Nickleby (Outer Critics Circle nomination Outstanding Achievement).

Additionally: Nabucco (Metropolitan Opera), Miss Julie (Athens), Jane Eyre the musical (Broadway — Outer Critics Circle nomination), Cameron Mackintosh’s revised version of Martin Guerre (USA). Films: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Still Life.

Dreamcoat (London); Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular (Las Vegas, 2006 Parnelli Award best sound design); Ich war noch niemals in New York (Hamburg, Stuttgart); Der Schuh des Manitu (Berlin); Zorro (London/Paris/Japan); Sister Act (London, Hamburg); Les Misérables — 25th anniversary production (O2 Arena,UK/ Spain/tour); Love Never Dies (London).

CHRISTINE ROWLAND (Additional Costumes) has worked in both subsidized and commercial theatre. She was resident costume supervisor at the National Theatre for several years and was head of costume at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Work for Cameron Mackintosh includes: Carousel (London, New York, Japan); Oliver! (London, Toronto, Sydney); The Witches of Eastwick (London, Melbourne); My Fair Lady (London, USA tour) and Mary Poppins (London, New York). Other musicals include: The Secret Garden (RSC, London); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, New York); and Gypsy (New York).

PAULE CONSTABLE (Lighting Designer) has designed extensively at the National Theatre (including Warhorse, Phaedre, St. Joan); the RSC; the Donmar Warehouse (Othello, Chalk Garden, Ivanov); the Royal Court (Clybourne Park, The Weir); and in the West End (Evita, Don Carlos, Oliver, Love Never Dies). She is a three-time Olivier Award winner. Opera includes productions for the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, ENO, Opera North, Salzburg Festival and in the major houses of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Dance includes: the Royal Ballet, Ballet Boyz and New Adventures for Matthew Bourne.

Paule is an associate of the National Theatre.

MICHAEL ASHCROFT (Musical Staging). As a performer includes: DV8’s Enter Achilles, ManActs’s The Sweatlodge, Kosh’s Dinner and his own solo shows The Crooner, Ropeman, Le Baton. Credits as movement director include: The Power of Yes (National Theatre), Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse), Resurrection Blues (The Old Vic), Cosi Fan Tutti (English National Opera), Romans in Britain, (Sheffield Crucible), The Lost Child Project (David Glass Ensemble, Cambodia). For the Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III, Measure For Measure, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Merry Wives of Windsor, A Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labours Lost and Hamlet.

MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) Saturday Night Fever (London, New York and 10 more productions worldwide); Starlight Express (Las Vegas, US/UK/Scandinavian tour), Tell Me On a Sunday (London/UK tour); Scrooge the Musical (London, US/UK tour); Jesus Christ Superstar (UK tour), Bombay Dreams (London, New York); The Woman in White (London, New York, 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for best sound design); Hair (London); Whistle Down the Wind (London); Evita revival (London); The Sound of Music (London/Toronto/UK tour), Joseph ...

KEVIN STITES (Music Director/Conductor).

Recently: Death Takes a Holiday (Roundabout), Rebecca (Stuttgart, Germany), Voigt Lessons (Glimmerglass). Broadway: Tale of Two Cities, The Color Purple, Titanic, Sunset Blvd, South Pacific (LCT), Pamela’s First Musical, Children and Art, Les Misérables, Threepenny Opera, Fiddler, Nine, Oklahoma!, On the Town. Tours: Little House on the Prairie, Color Purple, Martin Guerre, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Titanic. Film/TV: Rosie Live!, Reefer Madness, Letterman, Rosie, Tony

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who’s who Awards, etc. Guest conductor: Grant Park Symphony, Hollywood Bowl.

DAVID CADDICK (Music Supervisor) has been music director for: Evita, Cats, Song & Dance, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard and Mary Poppins. He was music director for the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce and music director for the film of Evita starring Madonna. He’s won two Grammy Awards for producing the cast album recordings of Les Misérables and West Side Story and a further three Grammy nominations for producing the recordings of A Chorus Line, South Pacific and Promises, Promises. He’s a member of the Tony nominating committee for the current Broadway season.

JOHN CAMERON (Original Orchestrations) arranged the orchestral score for all the original productions of Les Misérables in Paris, London, Broadway, the symphonic recordings, the concert, 10th anniversary and 2006 Queen’s Theatre versions. As a composer his extensive film and TV film score credits include the Academy-nominated A Touch of Class and the Emmy-nominated Path to 9-11. John cocomposed Zorro the Musical, nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Musical 2009, which is playing in Tokyo and Moscow followed

by Amsterdam, Rio, Shanghai, Seoul and Berlin. Other arranging credits include Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE (New Orchestrations).

Orchestrations: Legally Blonde (Broadway), Grease (“You’re the One That I Want” — 2007 Broadway revival); Cry-Baby, A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose, Tom Jones (George Stiles/Paul Leigh), Just So (George Stiles/ Anthony Drewe), Chasing Nicolette, Rufus Wainwright at Carnegie Hall and the new orchestrations for the 2006 Broadway revival of Les Misérables. As a dance music arranger: The Witches of Eastwick (London/West End).

Music supervisor for Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan: Memphis and The Toxic Avenger Musical.

Conductor: Aida (Broadway).

Assistant to Tony Award®-winning orchestrator William David Brohn: Wicked, Ragtime, Sweet Smell of Success, The Three Musketeers, Mary Poppins.

STEPHEN METCALFE (Additional Orchestrations) is an arranger and orchestrator for film and theatre. For the past 10 years he worked as head of musical development at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd., where he has developed, edited and contributed orchestrations to the scores of all Cameron Mackintosh’ productions in the UK and worldwide, most recently providing orchestrations for the UK tour of Les Misérables and the 25th birthday celebrations at London’s O2 Arena. Stephen has produced the 2008 London cast album of Oliver!, the new UK tour cast album of Les Misérables and the DVD release of the Les Misérables concert at the O2.

STEPHEN BROOKER (Additional Orchestrations).

Theatre includes Betty Blue Eyes, Oliver! My Fair Lady, The Woman in White, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, South Pacific, The Secret Garden, Lautrec, Cats, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Fame. Conductor includes: Atlanta Symphony, West Australian Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Haifa Symphony, Hamburg Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool, Royal Scottish National.

Corporate composer: Coca-Cola, BMW Cars, Ford Motors, British Airways, Toyota Cars and Walt Disney. Producer: Oliver! — Live starring Rowan Atkinson, Les Misérables 25th anniversary tour, Mary Poppins (the Netherlands). Stephen recently supervised the Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert at the O2 Arena. stephenbrooker.co.uk JEAN-MARC NATEL (Original French Text) was born in 1942. He studied art at the Beaux Arts in Toulon before turning to poetry and has published two volumes of his poems. In 1968 he moved to Paris where he met Alain Boublil, who introduced him to songwriting with the daunting task of co-writing the lyrics for Les Misérables.

Since then, he has written songs for a variety of artists and, recently, some of his poetry has been set to music by Franck Pourcel.

JAMES FENTON (Additional Material) was born in 1949. He was educated at the Durham Choristers’ School, Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry. He has worked as a political and literary journalist, drama critic, book reviewer, war correspondent and columnist. James Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 31

who’s who Fenton was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1983 and he was professor of poetry at Oxford from 1994-99. James was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Poetry in 2007.

ANTHONY LYN (Associate Director). From South Wales, trained at RWCMD and University of London. London theatre: Anything Goes, Les Misérables, Joseph …, Miss Saigon, Oklahoma!, Damn Yankees (with Jerry Lewis).

TV: “Tony Awards,” “The Tonight Show,” “Regis and Kelly,” “An American Celebration” (for the president and first lady) and five Royal Command performances in England. Taught at the Royal Academy. Founding member, West End Cares. Associate director: The Lion King (worldwide), Mary Poppins (Broadway, directed current U.S. tour). Anthony is delighted to be associate of this brand-new production of Les Misérables. For C.C. CHRISTOPHER KEY (UK Associate Director) trained at Guildford School of Acting, graduating with a first-class BA (Hons). He is resident director on the London production of Les Misérables and associate director of the 25th anniversary production in the UK and Spain.

Christopher was also resident director on Avenue Q, London. Acting credits include Les Misérables, Chucky in Jerry Springer The Opera, Alice in Wonderland for The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Beautiful Game. Concerts include Les Misérables 25th anniversary at the O2, Sweeney Todd at the Royal Festival Hall and Sondheim Tonight at the Barbican.

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Broadway/ tours: Promises, Promises; A Little Night Music; Guys and Dolls; Billy Elliot; Shrek; The Country Girl; Rock ‘n’ Roll (US casting); The Farnsworth Invention; Young Frankenstein; Little Mermaid; Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; Pirate Queen; Les Misérables; History Boys (US casting); Spamalot; Jersey Boys; …Spelling Bee; Producers; Mamma Mia!; The Phantom of the Opera; Good Vibrations; Bombay Dreams; Oklahoma!; Happiness; Flower Drum Song; Imaginary Friends; Frogs; Contact; Metamorphoses; Thou Shall Not; Man of No Importance.

Joel T. Herbst (Company Manager) is a proud NETworks company manager from Wisconsin. Go Goslings!

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Michael O’Donnell (Resident Director) was the associate director of the national tour of Spamalot. He also restaged Sam Mendes’ and Rob Marshall’s Cabaret in Paris and directed the NYC premiere of the new comedy, Pluck the Day. He wrote and directed the feature film comedy, Moving Mike. Mr. O’Donnell has also performed in six Broadway shows including Spamalot, Cabaret and Wonderful Town.

TRINITY WHEELER (Production Stage Manager) has worked extensively in the theatre industry for more than 12 years as a director, stage manager, company manager, associate producer and actor. His credits include the National tours of Mary Poppins, Rent (Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp), Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (Roger Bart), Oklahoma!, The Wedding Singer, The Producers, Titanic — The Musical, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Crazy for You and West Side Story. trinitywheeleronline.com HEATHER CHOCKLEY (Stage Manager) is a proud member of AEA and IATSE. She has toured extensively, nationally and internationally, with The Sound of Music, Joseph… Dreamcoat, Cats, Sweet Charity, The King and I and Fiddler on the Roof, to name a few. Thank you to her husband, family and friends.

MITCHELL B. HODGES (Assistant Stage Manager).

Les Misérables 25th anniversary tour, West Side Story national tour, The Phantom of the Opera national tour, Music Theatre of Wichita, Fort Worth Opera, Glimmerglass Opera and Motor City Lyric Opera. Thanks to Nancy, his parents and Carolyn for their love and support!

Go Blue! Proud member of Actors’ Equity. mbhodges.com.

BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company, representing musicals, plays and theatrical productions.

Currently: Jersey Boys, War Horse, The New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Hair, Wintuk from Cirque du Soleil, NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Holland Taylor in Ann, Menopause the Musical, The Rat Pack Is Back! and Roger Rees in What You Will. www.bbonyc.com.

who’s who SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995.

He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as the U.K. regional tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of a 40-week UK regional tour of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, which also ran in the United States. He is executive producer on The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific. He is most proud of his greatest productions, Marlo and Camden.

NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer).

Since 1995, NETworks has produced and managed more than 70 touring productions in the US, UK and internationally. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and the Lincoln Center’ production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Handel’s Messiah Rocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man Group National tour and the new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables touring the U.S. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 48,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org STAFF FOR Les Misérables EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Seth Wenig GENERAL MANAGEMENT Gentry & Associates, Inc. Scott W. Jackson, Gregory Vander Ploeg COMPANY MANAGER Joel T. Herbst Tour Booking, Engagement Management Press and Marketing Broadway Booking Office NYC Steven Schnepp, Temah Higgins Judith Hoenig Adelson, Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates

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Zach Stevenson, Alexander Parra, Julia D’Angelo, Rachel Goldman BBONYC.com CASTING Tara Rubin Casting Tara Rubin, CSA, Merri Sugarman, CSA Eric Woodall, CSA, Laura Schutzel, CSA, Paige Blansfield, Dale Brown, Kaitlin Shaw US Assoc. Director................................ Anthony Lyn UK ASSOC. DIRECTOR......................... CHRISTOPHER KEY Fight DIRECTOR..................................... Rick Sordelet Resident Director................................. Michael O’Donnell Ass’t. to the Director......................................Trey Gerrald Production Stage Manager..........................Trinity Wheeler Stage Manager..................................... Heather Chockley Ass’t. Stage Manager.......................... Mitchell B. Hodges Assoc. Company Manager....................Andrew Michaelson Ass’t to the General Manager................... Kristin Netzband Dance Captain........................................ Jason Ostrowski Fight Captain........................................... Ben Gunderson Ass’t. Fight Captain............................... Heather Chockley Assoc. Scenic Designer............................Christine Peters U.S. Costume Assistant............................... Jimm Halliday Costume Assistants................ David Kaley, John Saunders Assoc. Lighting Designer/Programmer............ Jane Dutton Ass’t. Lighting Designer................................ Karen Spahn Assoc. Sound Designer............................. Paul Gatehouse Ass’t. Sound Designer.................................... Garth Helm Music Preparation...................David Hague, Dakota Music Emily Grishman Keyboard Programming..............................Stuart Andrews Head Carpenter................................................ John Ward Automation Carpenter........................................ Greg Pott Carpenter....................................................George Munz Flyman.................................................. Timothy Callahan Production Electricians................. Barb Bartel, Ian Moulds Head Electrician............................................ Kevin Richie Ass’t. Electricians............. Greg Brewster, Michael Holmes Head Audio.....................................................Greg Bober Ass’t. Audio................................................ David Romich Props Supervisor...........................................Lisa Buckley Head Props.................................................... Paul Wilson Assistant Props.............................................Ryan Brooke Head Wardrobe...............................................Brit Baines Ass’t. Wardrobe.......................................... Sally M. Howe Hair Designer...........................................Campbell Young Head Wigs....................................................Kelly Meurer Ass’t. Wigs............................................. Bryon McDonald Dialect Coach.......................................Shane-Ann Younts Tutor........................................................... Leah Osborn Print/Advertising Design.............................................aka Radio and Television Spot Production................. Steam UK Website...........................................................Dewynters Social Media.........................................Pit Bull Interactive Production Photography.............................Deen Van Meer Merchandising.......................... Platypus Productions, LLC Accounting ...........................NETworks Presentations, LLC Legal............................................F. Richard Pappas, Esq. Payroll Services......................................................... ADP Insurance...........................................DeWitt Stern Group Travel Agency......................................... Carlson Wagonlit Tax Consultant.................Brent A. Turner, One Source PSG IT Services..................George W. Wilson, One Source PSG Trucking......................................................Clark Transfer For Cameron Mackintosh LTD Directors........................ Cameron Mackintosh (Chairman) Nicholas Allott (Chief Executive) Richard Johnston

who’s who Deputy Managing Director.............................Robert Noble Financial Controller......................................Richard Knibb Executive Producer.....................................Trevor Jackson Associate Producer............................. Thomas Schönberg Production Manager................................ Jerry Donaldson Music Supervisor....................................... David Caddick Head of Marketing.......................................David Dolman Ass’t. to Cameron Mackintosh........................ Jane Austin Ass’t. to Nicholas Allott.................................Claire Mistry Ass’t. to Robert Noble................................. Rachel Atkins For NETworks Presentations Chief Executive Officer.....................................Ken Gentry Chief Operating Officer............................ Scott W. Jackson Executive Producers................Seth Wenig, Kary M. Walker Associate Producer....................................Angela Rowles Assistant Producers.................... Jim Lanahan, Mary Witte Assistant to the CEO ..................................... Curt Owens Senior General Manager...................Gregory Vander Ploeg General Manager.......................Dawn Kusinski, Kim Reiter Assoc. General Manager................................. Curt Owens Assistant General Manager...................Bobby Maglaughlin Production Manager................................... Jason Juenker Associate Production Manager.....................Hector Guivas Assistant Production Manager................. Christian Bottorff Marketing/PR............................................. Heather Hess Music Coordinator......................................... John Mezzio Controller............................................... Paula L. Jenkins Assistant Controller...................................Jennifer Gifford Accounts Payables.........................................Laura Carey Accountant......................................................Lisa Blank Office Manager......................................... Buddy Piccolino Office Assistant..............................................Carol Jewell Credits Lighting Equipment supplied by Epic; Sound Equipment supplied by Sound Associates; Set by F&D Scene Changes; Show control and scenic motion control featuring stage command systems® by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, L.L.C., New Windsor, NY; Video Projection System Provided by Scharff Weisberg, Inc.; Costumes constructed by Scafati, John Schneeman Studio, Sara Timberlake Studio, Claire Johanson and Dale DiBernardo and Jennifer Love.

Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios Special Thanks to Paper Mill Playhouse and Mark Hoebee Todd Schmidt, Mimi Intagliata, Rick Reiser.

The producers wish to thank Fred Hanson for his contribution to the development of this new 25th anniversary production.

Financial Services and banking arrangements by M&T Bank Visit the Les Misérables website at www.lesmis.com Own Les Misérables, the 25th Anniversary Concert, featuring Tony® Award-winner Lea Salonga and Nick Jonas on Blu-ray and DVD!

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE. UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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Start your night with a standing ovation.

Enjoy a sumptuous pre-show dinner with our 3-course Prime Time Menu | $39.95 or $49.95 Offered nightly until 6:30pm.

Four Metro Atlanta Restaurants Sandy Springs • Buckhead Centennial Olympic Park • Kennesaw ruthschris.com

FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Theatre A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with 4,678 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private corporate events.

Lost and Found Lost and Found items are turned in to the House Manager’s office. To check on lost items, please call the House Manager at 404.881.2075. Lost and Found items will be retained for 30 days.

Private Rooms The Fox Theatre has three private rental spaces, with accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. Our Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up to your specifications. The Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. To book your ”Fabulous Fox“ evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

Emergency Information In the event of an emergency, please walk to the nearest exit. Do Not Run.

The Box Office The Fox Theatre Box Office is located in the arcade entrance to the theatre. The Box Office is open for walk up ticket sales Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The Fox Theatre Box Office is not open on Sundays unless there is a performance. On event days, the Box Office opens two hours prior to show time. Doors to the Fox open one hour prior to show time.

Tickets for all performances at the Fox may be purchased at any TICKETMASTER outlet, by calling TICKETMASTER at 800.745.3000, or by visiting the Fox Theatre Box Office in person during regular Box Office hours.

Group Sales The Fox Theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to Groups for most Broadway shows. The Group Sales office is open Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call 404 8812000 or email foxgroup@foxtheatre.org.

Concessions Concession stands are located in the Spanish Room, main lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level.

Restrooms Restrooms are located off the Main Lobby (downstairs), Mezzanine Lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible restroom facilities are located in the Spanish Room and Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the Office door in the main lobby.

Gift Shop The Fox Theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theatre-related merchandise. The gift shop is located in the Spanish Room.

Tours Tours of the Fox Theatre are available through the Atlanta Preservation Center. Tours are conducted Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Tours begin in the Peachtree Street Arcade entrance to the theatre.

For more information on tours and to confirm the tour schedule, please call the Atlanta Preservation Center at 404.688.3353.

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Smoking In accordance with the Fulton County Clean Air Ordinance, the Fox Theatre is a smoke-free facility.

Smoking is only permitted in designated areas.

Special Needs Ken Shook, Patron Services Coordinator, is our liaison to the disabled community. He can be reached at 404.881.2118 and can provide information on the locations and prices of accessible seating and other programs for the disabled.

The Fox Theatre also has a brochure detailing all these programs for our patrons with special needs. This brochure is available at the Concierge Desk in the Arcade.

An audio clarification device (Phonic Ear) is available for patrons with hearing disabilities. It is available, free of charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis on the evening of a performance, or you may reserve a device by calling the Patron Services Director. A limited number of booster seats are also available free of charge.

Elevators Elevators are located at the north end of each lobby.

The elevators are available during all performances and make it possible to access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs.

Parking Parking is available within a four-block radius in all directions of the Fox Theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for sale at the Fox Box Office or by calling TICKETMASTER at 800.745.3000. The Fox Theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox Theatre district.

Performance Notes All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the theatre. Not all events are suitable for children. Infants will not be admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management, in conjunction with the wishes of the producers.

Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance.

Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)

etiquette 1. Please arrive early. Latecomers may not be seated until intermission.

2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water or restroom) before the performance begins.

3. Please silence or turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms. We encourage you to share your experience at the Fox via social media, but please refrain from doing so or texting during performances; the glow from your device is distracting.

4. Most shows do not allow photography of any kind. Flash photography inside the theatre is never allowed as it is a distraction to those around you and a danger to the performers.

5. The overture is part of the performance.

Please cease talking at this point.

6. Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your heads together, you block the view of the people behind you. Please consider the people that will be seated behind you when choosing whether or not to wear a hat or what hair style you choose.

7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or singing along with the show, except when encouraged to do so by the artist or show.

8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to dig something out of your pocket or bag.

9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne, many people are highly allergic.

10. If you need assistance during the show, please go to your nearest volunteer usher.

If additional assistance is needed the usher will get the appropriate person to further help you.

11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress or before the actors have taken their final bows is discourteous.

Wait until it is over and then exit with the rest of the audience.

The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 404.881.2100 • www.foxtheatre.org

STAFF

Allan C. Vella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager Adina Alford Erwin . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager Pat “Sunshine” Tucker . . . . Director of Ticketing & Box Office Robert Burnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Rick Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller Jennifer S. Farmer . . . . . . . . . Director of Sales/Ballrooms Oliver Diamantstein . . . . . Director of Food and Beverage Len Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Operations Pat Prill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager Greta Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant House Manager Kristen Delaney . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing & PR Ken Shook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Services Coordinator Shelly Kleppsattel . . . . . . . . Booking & Contract Associate Jamie Vosmeier . . . . . Director of Group Sales, Education & Community Outreach Molly Fortune . . . . . . . . Preservation Department Manager Amy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Rebecca J. Graham . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager Gary Hardaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Master Carpenter Larry Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman Scott Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Master Ray T. Haynie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Cary Oldknow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Electrician Rodney Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Sound Engineer Larry-Douglas Embury . . . . . . . . . . Organist In Residence Tammy Folds . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Security Manager

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS Alan E. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman of the Board Edward L. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Beauchamp C. Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice President John A. Busby Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Vice President Julia Sprunt Grumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Vice President Edward Hutchison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Robyn Rieser Barkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurer Clara Hayley Axam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary Walter R. Huntley Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Robert E. Minnear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Carl V. Patton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Ada Lee Correll, Richard Courts IV, Keith Cowan, Robert L. Foreman Jr., F. Sheffield Hale, John R. Holder, Florence Inman, Craig B. Jones, Steve Koonin, Charles Lawson, Starr Moore, Jay Myers, Joe G. Patten, Glen J. Romm, Sylvia Russell, Nancy Gordy Simms, Clyde C. Tuggle, Carolyn Lee Wills.

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Anne Cox Chambers, Arnall (Pat) Connell, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., Jere A. Drummond, Richard O. Flinn III, Arthur Montgomery, Joseph V. Myers Jr., Edward J. Negri, Edgar Neiss, Herman J. Russell, Preston Stevens Jr.

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Fox theatre Dining Guide

Looking for a great night out? Try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For Dinner and a Show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers.

Neighborhood codes: A–Alpharetta, B–Buckhead, DK-Dekalb, D–Downtown, DW-Dunwoody, IP–Inman Park, M­—Midtown, OFW–Old Fourth Ward, P–Perimeter Mall area, SS–Sandy Springs, VH–Virginia-Highland, NA­—North Atlanta, V—Vinings, W–Westside

American Lenox Square Grill offers breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. DJ every Friday and Saturday night til 2am. Private meeting rooms accommodate up to 150. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-841-2377, lenoxsquaregrill.com. B Livingston Restaurant and Bar It’s hard to beat the location (across from the Fox Theatre in the Georgian Terrace), and diners get complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable, and the al fresco seating area, which is available in warm weather. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 404-897-5000, livingstonatlanta.com. M Lobby The menu focuses on seasonal fare at this sophisticated American restaurant in the lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17th St., 404-9617370, lobbyattwelve.com. M ONE.midtown kitchen Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Rd., 404-8924111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M The Melting Pot is the premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations, including 754 Peachtree St. NE, 404-389-0099, meltingpot.com. M Murphy’s This restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great peoplewatching and its contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave., 404-872-0904, murphysvh.com. VH 40 EncoreAtlantA.com

Two Urban Licks “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404-522-4622, twourbanlicks.com. M

American/steakhouse Joey D’s Oakroom Near Perimeter Mall, this stylish steak house has a staggering selection of spirits and a hot after-dinner singles scene. 1015 Crown Pointe Pkwy., 770-512-7063, centraarchy.com. P New York Prime A Prime Time Top 10 USDA Prime Steakhouse known for its wine list, atmosphere and world class service. 3424 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404846-0644, centraarchy.com. B Prime Enjoy steak, sushi and seafood in a festive atmosphere near Lenox Mall. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-812-0555, h2sr.com. B Ray’s in the City Set in the heart of Downtown, Ray’s in the City offers a selection of the freshest seafood flown in daily, hand-cut steaks and madeto-order sushi. 240 Peachtree Street, NW, 404524-9224, raysrestaurants.com. D Ray’s on the River has been an Atlanta dining destination for more than 27 years! Enjoy signature cuisine including fresh seafood and prime cut steaks.

Sunday Brunch offers over 80 homemade items and a new Bloody Mary bar. 6700 Powers Ferry Rd., 770-955-1187, raysrestaurants.com. SS Ray’s at Killer Creek provides an unforgettable dining experience in an upscale, yet relaxed atmosphere.

Sunday Supper features gourmet comfort food including a choice of three entrees served with bottomless sides, biscuits and cornbread. 1700 Mansell Rd., 770-649-0064, raysrestaurants.com. A

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse A favorite local steak house with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hotspots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent.

Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-365-0660; Sandy Springs, 5788 Roswell Rd., 404-255-0035; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St., 404-223-6500; ruthschris.com.

B, SS, D The Tavern at Phipps This is one of Atlanta’s hottest after-work spots, and has been singled out for its happy hour and singles scene by Jezebel, InSite Magazine and the AOL City Guide. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-814-9640, centraarchy.com. B

American/southern Eleven Restaurant & Bar A luxurious destination at Loews Atlanta Hotel. Sensational views from floor-to-ceiling windows. Just steps from Piedmont Park. Delectable cuisine, vibrant cocktails and live music. Visit them for delightful pre or post performance cocktails, or a quick bite that always gets a standing ovation. 1065 Peachtree St. NE, 404-745-5745, loewshotels.com/restaurants/ eleven/cuisine. M

South City Kitchen With a stylish, Southerncontemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Two locatons: Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404-873-7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Pkwy., 770-435-0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, V Terrace celebrates American heirloom recipes through supporting local and regional farmers, fisherman and producers. It recaptures pure flavors and tastes of natural and organic ingredients while bursting with delicious flavors. 176 Peachtree St. NW, 678-651-2770, ellishotel.com/terrace. D

asian fusion Aja Restaurant & Bar Serving modern Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. B Spice Market Inspired by the street life of Southeast Asia, Spice Market enchants with complex blends of seasonings and layers of flavor that ignite the taste buds served in a relaxed, alluring environment at W Atlanta — Midtown. 188 14th St. NE, 404724-2550, spicemarketatlanta.com. M

DINNER & A SHOW For less than what it costs for a single admission, you can purchase a Dinner & A Show package and get a TICKET PLUS A $20 GIFT CARD redeemable at a fine Atlanta restaurant.

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Dinner & Show offers can be found on the left side of the Fox Theatre’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/TheFoxTheatreAtlanta For more information, log onto FoxTheatre.org

brew pub/goUrmet pub fare Drink Shop features cocktails in artistic divination, blessed with pure and homemade ingredients, complete with a visible fruit juicing and vegetable extraction station. Unique, freshy made mixers and a spirit selection of colorful, independent labels! 45 Ivan Allen Junior Blvrd., 404-582-5800, watlantadowntown.com/drinkshop. D Gordon Biersch Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox. Two locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404-870-0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-2640253, gordonbiersch.com. M, B Tap A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St., 404-347-2220, tapat1180.com. M

creole/cajun Parish New Orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar; a Nawlins-inspired brunch is served on the

weekends. Downstairs, a take-away market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 N. Highland Ave., 404-681-4434, parishatl.com.

Ecco Esquire Magazine named this casual,

european fusion European-influenced bistro a “Best New Restaurant in America.” It’s also gotten raves for its killer wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 Seventh St. NE, 404-347-9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M Shout A young crowd keeps Shout’s rooftop lounge

mediterranean/latin/asian fusion hopping every night. The menu reflects a mix of Mediterranean, Far Eastern and South American influences. 1197 Peachtree St. NE, 404-846-2000, h2sr.com. M Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse located at

italian Phipps Plaza in the heart of Buckhead is Atlanta’s newest dining destination. 3500 Peachtree Rd., NE, 404-844-4810, davios.com/atl. B La Tavola Serving classic Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner in the heart of Virginia-Highland. 992

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MEXICAN Alma introduces Atlanta to a refreshing new approach to contemporary Mexican cuisine.

Bright, fresh ingredients and traditional regional influences come together with other Latin American flavors in vibrant dishes that feel familiar and new all at once. 191 Peachtree St. NE, 404-968-9662, alma-atlanta.com. D Cantina Tequila & Tapas Bar is located in the Terminus building on the corner of Peachtree and Piedmont roads. It features authentic Mexican cuisine and has become Buckhead’s newest watering hole. 3280 Peachtree Rd. NW, Terminus 100, Ste. 150, 404-892-9292, h2sr.com. B El Taco An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and killer margaritas. 1186 N. Highland Ave. NE, 404-873-4656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

spanish Noche A Virginia-Highland favorite known for its Spanish-style tapas dishes and margaritas. 1000 Virginia Ave., 404-815-9155, h2sr.com. VH

seafood/sushi Coast Seafood and Raw Bar serves Atlanta’s freshest seafood and island cocktails. The menu incorporates classics including crab and corn hush puppies, a signature seafood boil, and a variety of raw or steamed oysters, clams and mussels; along with signature fresh catch entrees. 111 W. Paces Ferry Rd. NW, 404-869-0777, h2sr.com. B Goldfish This fun seafood/sushi restaurant has Happy Hour specials Mon-Fri and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., 770-671-0100, h2sr.com. P

steak/sushi Room This elegant restaurant serves steak and sushi on the ground floor of the TWELVE Centennial Park hotel. 400 W. Peachtree St., 404-418-1250, roomattwelve.com. D Strip This sophisticated steak, seafood and sushi restaurant offers an in-house DJ and a rooftop deck. Atlantic Station at 18th St., 404-3852005, h2sr.com. M Twist This lively restaurant has a huge bar, satay station, tapas menu, sushi and seafood dishes; patio seating is first-come, first-served. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-869-1191, h2sr.com. B

Our Professional Ensemble Bruce V. Benator, CPA, Managing Partner Kevin J. Hedrick, CPA, Partner Steven G. Horn, CPA, Partner Laura E. Speir, CPA, Partner Patricia A. Yeager, CPA, Partner

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Fox fun facts: FOX archives

The Fox Archives, also know as the Special Collections Room, currently houses countless architectural drawings, show posters, historic photographs, glass lantern slides, and many Fox artifacts and recordings. Some fun Fox Archives facts: The Fox Archives has over 500 original signed star photos stored in its temperature and humidity controlled Special Collections Room.

When restoration work requires the removal of original brick, finish, or plaster from the building, a part of the original material is saved in Archives for future reference.

The Fox retains fragments of the original fabrics that once covered its historic furniture. These remnants are critical components in recreating reproduction fabrics and patterns.

In recognition of the Fox Theatre’s contribution towards sales in excess of 500,000 copies, MCA Records presented the Fox with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s One More from the Road gold album.

When the Fox opened in 1929, it housed a projection booth full of stateof-the-art equipment, including a 48 EncoreAtlantA.com

“Bicycle Built for Two” lyrics on a glass lantern slide, Madonna’s signed photograph and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s gold album are all stored in the Fox Theatre’s Special Collections Room.

1928 Brenkert F-7 Master Brenograph projector to project effects, backdrops, and lantern slides featuring lyrics of songs that were popular at the time.

The Fox Lantern Slide Collection is comprised of approximately 569 song titles, made of up countless individual glass slides for each song.

Fox Theatre Archives

The Fox Theatre’s poster collection comprises over 1,100 show posters dating back to the 1930s.

Who will be around to teach them the meaning of

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Create a Jewish Legacy and ensure their Jewish future is a bright one.

Find out more at AtlantaJewishLegacy.org Create a Jewish Legacy is an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

Feeling

French?

You needn’t leave Atlanta

By Kenny Norton

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hen considering French culture in the South, Atlanta may not be the first place that leaps to mind. However, ever since Jean Ribault (anyone remember the Six Flags ride), Georgia has been shaped by French influences. As a true international city, it hosts French cultural and heritage events throughout the year, bringing the joie de vivre of Paris a little closer to home.

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Be mom’s favorite this Mother’s Day! Give the best in theatre, music and art with The Woodruff Arts Center Gift Card!

The Woodruff Arts Center Gift Card is good for tickets, programs, memberships or subscriptions at:

• • • •

Alliance Theatre Atlanta Symphony Orchestra High Museum of Art Young Audiences.

It can also be used for parking, dining and shopping on The Woodruff Arts Center campus. Purchase today at the Box Office (404.733.5000) or on our website, www.woodruffcenter.org.

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Balloons fly free during the release at the end of Théâtre du Rêve’s The Red Balloon, based on the famous French film by Albert Lamorisse of the same name. The puppet version of Pascal flies over the streets of Paris with his cluster of balloon.

Each November the French American Chamber presents the annual Beaujolais Nouveau Festival, which celebrates the release of the wine Beaujolais Nouveau and includes tastings of other wines.

Each May, the chamber holds the

Théâtre du Rêve

You can experience French culture in three dimensions through Théâtre du Rêve (pronounced tee-AHH-tre doo rev). The professional theater company, founded in 1996, is the only Frenchlanguage company in the United States.

It brings the culture and language of the Francophone world to Americans, doing bilingual shows and using subtitles or supertitles when necessary. Its education programming goes nationwide.

Join us as we follow Théâtre du Rêve Artistic Director Park Krausen on a tour of the French experience, Atlanta style: “There are a number of fantastic French restaurants,” she says, singling out a couple of Buckhead bistros.

“I think Atmosphere’s food is really authentic with the freshest ingredients,” she says, calling its escargot the city’s best. She also likes the authenticity of Anis Bistro’s cuisine, its cozy atmosphere and great staff.

Alliance Francaise d’Atlanta offers classes and programming about French culture, encouraging the study of the French language and culture by providing French classes along with cultural and artistic programs such as films, speaker, trips and exhibits. You can also catch soccer matches there on Saturdays.

Looking for something festive? The French Consulate in Atlanta does some programming each year and has a celebration of France in Atlanta.

The France-Atlanta is a special event, Krausen says, usually held in the fall.

The 2012 program will feature a French design exhibition at SCAD.

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Yanelle Cornez, French teacher at the Atlanta International School, provides language coaching to the youth and adult actors during a rehearsal for Théâtre du Rêve’s The Red Balloon.

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create their own theatrical productions using French literature.”

The theater also is working on a new production, Celles d’en haut (The Women From on High), a commission that received its first public performance at a staged reading at the Alliance Theatre in mid-March.

The international production features a Montreal playwright, a Belgian director and actors from Atlanta, Chicago and Quebec. Aiming for a full production in 2013, the theater plans to premiere the play in Atlanta and ultimately tour to Brussels, Montreal and Chicago.

Kenny Norton is a freelance writer who has written web content, articles and marketing/PR materials. He is also contributing editor and administrator of www.AtlantaTheaterFans.com.

Théâtre du Rêve

Passport to France Gala, a celebration of French culture.

Of course Théâtre du Rêve makes Krausen’s list. “We bring the French language (often that of great French and French-language writers) to life on the American stage,” she says. The company recently closed The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse, told with puppets and people in French and English. It premiered at TdR a year ago and proved so popular that the company reprised it this winter. Its student matinee performances are the heart of TdR’s education program, Krausen says.

Yet, the most anticipated part of the education programming is just beginning. “We are starting a huge program bringing French language and theater, helping students embrace French language creatively,” Krausen says. “It will have workshops to help kids

Life and death at BODIES the Exhibition

By Susan Finch

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An athletic body frozen in mid-sprint exposes contracting muscles and taught tendons at work. A hand tightly palms a basketball while eyes fall transfixed on an imaginary hoop in the distance.

“BODIES” houses various themes focusing on skeletal, muscular, nervous, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive and circulatory systems, and the treated body. Visitors stand

BODIES The Exhibition

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acing your own mortality has never looked so palpable or startling than at “BODIES ... The Exhibition” at Atlantic Station. The dim exhibit scatters light across 200 specimens and human bodies that come from medical facilities in China. The bodies and organs were painstakingly dissected, preserved and skillfully arranged for public display.

Curious visitors are greeted by flesh and muscle rippling across human figures in a range of motion and style.

The maze of anatomy leads past placards that explain how the body works. Some stops are a fascinating account of the entire nervous system. Others provide fun factoids like “your body grows 40 additional yards of hair every 24 hours.” But complete human body specimens are the main attraction with flashes of artistic touches and detailing.

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The stunning exhibit hopes to cater to all ages and offers children a customized audio guide. Comfort level, and not age, determines who should explore “BODIES,” and not every exhibit is deemed appropriate for all. An ectopic pregnancy gives way to a sign that cautions visitors about what to expect next. Anyone who is uncomfortable with the upcoming subject matter is encouraged to move past the popular fetal development room.

Fetuses of all sizes line up in rapid stages of organ and tissue development spanning from mere days to months.

Although tastefully executed and void of the grotesque or macabre, “BODIES ...

The Exhibition” is not for the squeamish at heart. To catch a glimpse of what to expect, visit www.bodiestheexhibiton.com.

Susan Finch is a travel, arts and lifestyle writer whose work appears in national publications and guidebooks. After living in NYC for more than a decade, she recently returned to Atlanta and is rediscovering her love for the city.

BODIES The Exhibition

next to a dismembered circulatory system while learning more from nearby signage. Another station reveals the inner workings of the human anatomy with a body dissected into three vertical sections. A closer step reveals an intimate view of the digestive track zigzagging through a suspended cross section. You can also study the carefully positioned kidneys, stomach, heart and lungs.

The exhibition highlights what our bodies are capable of and sends a message about what we’re doing to them. It will stop the uneasy in their tracks with a hard look at the consequences of poor lifestyle choices. An array of discolored organs and tissues show complications from obesity, excessive alcohol use, habitual smoking and more. A case of discarded cigarette boxes lies between displays of healthy and diseased lungs and sheds light on the stark reality of our decisions.

An explanation of the freeze-dry preservation process is, perhaps, just as interesting as the dissected brains, hearts, tissues and bodies. The medical facilities used polymer preservation to permanently preserve the tissues for an indefinite amount of time. A series of steps involving dissection, replacing water with acetone, treatment in a vacuum chamber and silicone polymer hardening leaves behind a dry and odorless specimen.

The individual tissues and organs look like nothing more than components of a science exhibit. But the meticulous re-creation of the face with lips, ears, jaw and eyes leaves the impression that the body simply froze and hardened in midsentence.

Children’s lives shouldn’t be a luxury UNICEF Experience shows Atlantans how they can help

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Sanjay Gupta and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Caryl Stern

UNICEF Ambassador Vern Yip and John Terracino

[people] to walk away knowing they can make that happen.”

The ability to save lives is what prompted the event’s founding co-chair Vern Yip, host of HGTV’s “Deserving Design,” to become a global ambassador for UNICEF. “In the [six years] I’ve been involved, they’ve been successful in getting the number down from 26,000 to 21,000 — so that’s 5,000 kids a day that aren’t dying needlessly,” Yip said.

For more information on the family friendly April 29 event, visit unicefusa.

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hings that we take for granted — clean water, abundant food, shelter, vaccines, schools — are a luxury for kids in developing nations. To prove this point and show Atlantans how they can help, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF will host the UNICEF Experience at Atlanta’s Georgia Public Broadcasting Studios on April 29.

The UNICEF Experience gives visitors information about what it costs to provide education, vaccines, sanitary living conditions and clean drinking water for children in the 157 developing countries that UNICEF helps. On display will be “school-in-abox” kits, baby scales, early childhood development kits and other relief items, so people can see where their dollars go without having to travel overseas.

UNICEF program experts will be on hand to answer questions. And there will be experiential elements, like a water carrying station, so attendees can experience firsthand the daily challenges UNICEF children face overseas.

“I want people to walk away from here knowing that every single day, as we go about our business, 21,000 children die of causes we know how to prevent,” said Caryl M. Stern, president and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. “We believe that number should be zero. And I want

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