our community players are doing les mis this summer. i was so excited to be fantine or part of the ensemble before i found out the production age limit is eighteen. i then dreamed of playing trumpet or horn, as i have played pit for several of their shows, but found out they’re hiring professionals. my entire summer has been ruined.

earl carpenter’s rolled rs are the best thing that’s happened to les mis.

i have nothing against the character, but i’m worried that the casting of samantha barks in the upcoming film will only bring a new wave of love-sick éponine fans.

i wish more people in the les mis fandom would try to explore lesser-known musicals beyond the world of andrew lloyd webber, wicked, and rent.

i hate it when highlights recordings leave out “a little fall of rain”. i’d honestly rather have that over “on my own”, if i had to pick.

i feel so blessed to be in this musical because there are so many people who will never have that opportunity. to be playing my dream role of fantine makes it even better.

i really love the wedding chorale.

sometimes i can’t bear listening to the finale or finishing the brick because i feel empty at the end; it’s the emptiness i feel whenever something good has come to an end. yet at the same time, a part of me feels completed and whole, because to me, les misérables is and always will be my silver candlesticks.

i absolutely love “do you hear the people sing?”, but i never really fangirled over it. the incoherent flailing is reserved for “à la volonté du peuple”.

cosette is my least favorite character in the musical; she’s so boring and one-dimensional. but when i read the brick, she became one of my favorites. her story has many more layers and i like that it doesn’t only focus on her love for marius.

my favorite version of “on my own” is the olc with frances ruffelle. it’s the only one i’ve heard that feels “éponine” enough.

gavroche needs to be amazing in the movie, or it will ruin the whole thing.