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.

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.

whenever fantine says “if there’s a god above, he’d let me die instead,” i lose a lot of respect for her. the fact that she’d willingly die and abandon her child bothers me to no end. aside from that, i really love fantine.

éponine was the role that made me realise i wanted to become an actress, but as i’ve grown older, i’ve also realised that i would love to play fantine and cosette as well. now i’m not sure which is my dream role because it would be incredible to play any of them — or even be part of the ensemble. as long as i can be in this show, my life will be complete.

i believe in the zodiac. i think valjean would be a taurus, fantine would be a pisces, eponine would be a virgo, cosette would be a libra, and marius would be a capricorn; it suits them so much!

i never even realised valjean/fantine wasn’t canon.

i’m sure anne hathaway will be a decent fantine, but i really wish she were a blonde in the film.

i never quite understood why bamatabois was so violent just because he was refused by a prostitute. because of this, sometimes i wonder if bamatabois was gay and insecure about it, so he vented out his frustration at fantine. it sort of makes me want to give him a hug.

i liked ruthie henshall’s fantine much, much better than lea salonga’s.

my dream role is fantine or one of the whores.

i’ve been told that e3 is quite low for a soprano, but i wish i had two more semitones at the bottom of my range. somehow, i don’t mind it when others do it, but i feel horribly guilty when i have to sing f instead of d for fantine’s part in the finale.

i hate fantine’s yellow wig.

as beautiful as fantine’s death is in the musical, i wish it was as quick and horrible as in the book. it’s so instant and violent, it’s heartbreaking.

shoujo cosette may not be very accurate, but it gave a deeper look into the pain and heartbreak of separation of mother and child. i never really saw that in the musical.

fantine’s death scene made me ship her and valjean like crazy.