September 6-8, 13-15, 2013

September 6-8, 13-15, 2013
Levoy Theatre, High Street, Millville, NJ
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Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State
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Board of Chosen Freeholders through the Cumberland County
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BRYAN IRRERA
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ALEXA REEVES
Stage Direction
Assistant Direction
PHILLIP BLANDINO
LISA HENEY
JIM COOK, JR.
BOBBY WILLIAMS
MICHAEL BLANDINO
ELIZABETH BLANDINO
Musical Direction
TRISHA FUSCO-DENNIS
Choreography
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A NOTE ON THE PRODUCTION
Les Misérables is a show that Cumberland Players has wanted to produce for many
years. The Kids at CP performed it in 2005 and to date, it is one of the best shows that I
have ever seen at Cumberland Players. When we found out in late 2012 that the rights were
available for the full version of show, the excitement among the CP members was amazing.
We realized in a short order that this show needed a bigger stage and a bigger audience.
When we approached the Levoy, they were just as excited and a great partnership began.
Since that time, many people have put countless hours and immeasurable effort into
the show you are about to see. While all of us were excited about this undertaking, I must
admit we were nervous about the enormity of this show and the fact that for the first time
since the doors opened at our home at Sherman and the Boulevard, we were taking a Mainstage production on the road. Because of the dedication and hard work of Cumberland
Players and the Levoy, this new adventure has been a pleasant experience for us all.
There are many people I would like to thank, but my space is limited. However, there
are a few that deserve special recognition for keeping me focused, on-task and sane: my
wife, Beth, for not only her support and hard work but for also putting up with my OCD
tendencies and John Weiner, Kathe Johnson and Bill Branin for shouldering so much of
what was required to put this show up. I'd also like to thank Trisha Dennis for her upbeat,
positive way of working with the cast and bringing out the best in every voice you will
hear. I would like to thank the Cumberland County Fair Association for allowing us to
utilize their facility to build this fabulous set. Without their space, it would not have been
possible. Finally, I want to thank the cast and crew for working hard at every rehearsal and
for doing over and above what was expected of them. I have never worked with a cast this
big that got along so well, supported each other and had such a positive attitude throughout
the entire process. I love every single one of you.
And finally to you our faithful patrons ... thank you for supporting us and the Levoy
Theater and I sincerely hope you enjoy the show! Join In Our Crusade and support ALL of
the arts in Cumberland County!!!!!!
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number of chair positions, was VP of Public Relations, Treasurer and currently serves as
president of CP. Michael has directed Noises Off, Godspell, Alone Together and The Diary
of Anne Frank. Among is favorite roles as an actor are Dale Harding (One Flew Over the
Cuckoos's Nest) and Sextimus (Once Upon A Mattress). Michael would like to thank his
wife Beth and his children Phillip, Grace and Aaron for their love and support. Without
it, he would have lost his mind. He would also like to thank John, Kathe and Bill and the
amazing cast and crew of Les Misérables for their hard work and dedication. They are
amazing and he loves them all.
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SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS
PROLOGUE: 1815 DIGNE
Jean Valjean, released on parole after nineteen years on the chain gang, finds that the yellow ticketof-leave he must, by law, 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 police, and is astonished when the Bishop lies to the police to save him,
also giving him two precious candlesticks. Valjean decides to start his life anew.
At a political meeting in a small café, a group of idealistic students prepare for the revolution
they are sure will erupt on the death of General Lamarque. When Gavroche brings the news of the
General's death, the students, led by Enjolras, stream out into the streets to whip up popular support.
Only Marius is distracted by thoughts of the mysterious Cosette.
"Red and Black"...........................................Enjolras, Marius, and the students
"Do You Hear the People Sing?".............. Enjolras, the students, and citizens
1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER
Cosette is consumed by thoughts of Marius, with whom she has fallen in love. Valjean realizes his
"daughter" is changing very quickly but refuses to tell her anything of her past. In spite of her own
feelings for Marius, Éponine sadly brings him to Cosette and then prevents an attempt by her father's
gang to rob Valjean's house. Valjean, convinced it was Javert who was lurking outside his house, tells
Cosette they must prepare to flee the country. On the eve of the revolution, the students and Javert
see the situation from their different viewpoints. Cosette and Marius part in despair of ever meeting
again; Éponine mourns the loss of Marius; and Valjean looks forward to the security of exile. The
Thénardiers, meanwhile, dream of rich pickings underground from the chaos to come.
"At the End of the Day".............................Unemployed and factory workers
"I Dreamed a Dream"............................................................................... Fantine
15-minute intermission
Prologue...........................................................................................The Company
"Soliloquy"..................................................................................................Valjean
ACT 1
Eight years have passed and Valjean, having broken his parole and changed his name to Monsieur
Madeleine, has risen to 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. The foreman,
whose advances she has rejected, throws her out.
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 by her new trade, 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 a hospital instead.
The Mayor then rescues a man pinned down by a runaway cart. Javert is reminded of the abnormal
strength of convict 24601 Jean Valjen, a parole-breaker whom has been tracking for years, but who,
he says, has just been recaptured. Valjean, unable to see an innocent man go to prison in his place,
confesses to the court 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.
"Lovely Ladies"....................................................................... Ladies and clients
"Who am I?"...............................................................................................Valjean
"Come to Me"...................................................................... Fantine and Valjean
1823, MONTFERMEIL
Young Cosette has been lodged for five years with the Thénardiers who run an inn, horribly abusing the little girl whom they use as a skivvy while indulging their own daughter, Éponine. Valjean
finds Cosette fetching water in the dark. He pays the Thénardiers to let him take Cosette away and
takes her to Paris. But Javert is still on his tail ...
"Castle on a Cloud"......................................................................Young Cosette
"Master of the House".............................Thénardier, his wife, and customers
"Thénardier Waltz"............................ M. and Mme. Thénardier and Valjean
1832, PARIS
Nine years later there is a great 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. The
urchin, Gavroche, is in his element, mixing with the whores and beggars of the capital. Among the
street-gangs is one led by Thénardier and his wife, which sets upon Jean Valjean and Cosette. They
are rescued by Javert, who does not recognize Jean Valjean until he has made good his escape. The
Thénardier's daughter, Éponine, who is secretly in love with the student, Marius, reluctantly agrees
to help him find Cosette, with whom he is in love.
"Look Down"...........................................................Gavroche and the beggars
"Stars"............................................................................................................ Javert
"In My Life".......................................... Cosette, Valjean, Marius, and Éponine
"A Heart Full of Love"........................................ Cosette, Marius, and Éponine
"One Day More"............................................................................The Company
ACT 2
The students prepare to build the barricade. Marius, noticing that Éponine has joined the insurrection, sends her with a letter to Cosette, which is intercepted at the Rue Plumet by Valjean. Éponine
decides, despite what he has said to her, to join Marius at the barricade.
The barricade is built and the revolutionaries defy an army warning that they must give up or die.
Gavroche exposes Javert as a police spy. In trying to return to the barricade, Éponine is shot and
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 Valjean prays to God to
save Marius from the onslaught which is to come. The next day, with ammunition running low, Gavroche runs out to collect more and is shot. The rebels are all killed, including their leader, Enjolras.
Valjean escapes into the sewers with the unconscious Marius. After meeting Thénadier, who is robbing the corpses of the rebels, he emerges into the light only to meet Javert once more. He pleads for
time to deliver the young man to a hospital. Javert decides to let him go and, his unbending principles
of justice having been shattered by Valjean's own mercy, kills himself by throwing himself into the
swollen River Seine. A number of Parisian women come to terms with the failed insurrection and its
victims. Unaware of the identity of his rescuer, Marius recovers in Cosette's care.
Valjean confesses the truth of his past to Marius and insists that the young couple are married. He
must go away, rather than taint the sanctity and safety of their union. At Marius and Cosette's wedding, the Thénardier's try to blackmail Marius. Thénardier says Cosette's "father" is a murderer and,
as proof, produces a ring which he stole from a body in the sewers the night the barricades 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, joining the
spirits of Fantine, Éponine, and all those who died on the barricade.
"On My Own"........................................................................................... Éponine
"A Little Fall of Rain"...........................................................Éponine and Marius
"Drink with Me to Days Gone By"..............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
Cast
Production Staff
Jean Valjean��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� PAT DeFUSCO
Javert............................................................................................... BRYAN PITT
Marius Pontmercy............................................................. PHILLIP BLANDINO
Cosette.............................................................................. MAURA McCOLGAN
Éponine Thénardier...................................................... KARLY LYNN JEFFERS
Fantine.............................................................................................LISA HENEY
Monsieur Thénardier................................................................. BRYAN IRRERA
Madame Thénardier...................................................... MICHELLE ANDREWS
Enjolras/Ensemble.......................................................................JIM COOK, JR.
Young Cosette/Ensemble......................................................... ALEXA REEVES
Gavroche Thénardier.......................................................... BOBBY WILLIAMS
Young Éponine/Ensemble.......................................................AMY JESPERSEN
Bishop/Ensemble.............................................................. STEVEN CIAPANNA
Lesgles/Ensemble..............................................................AARON BLANDINO
Montparnasse/Ensemble.............................................................CHRIS CRUMB
Grantaire/Bamatabois/Ensemble..................................................... DAN DIXON
Combeferre/Ensemble.....................................................D. MICHAEL FARLEY
Claquesous/Foreman/Ensemble.............................WILLIAM J. "JOE" DUGAN
Feuilly/Ensemble........................................................................ JOSEPH CONN
Brujon/Ensemble......................................................................JOSH CORDONA
Prouvaire/Ensemble.................................................................. NICK ALVEREZ
Joly/Ensemble......................................................................PAUL GIACALONE
Courfeyrac/Ensemble.............................................................. TAYLOR BRODY
Production Manager���������������������������������������������������������������������������������JOHN WEINER
Stage Director���������������������������������������������������������������������������� MICHAEL BLANDINO
Musical Director�������������������������������������������������������������������� TRISHA FUSCO-DENNIS
Assistant Director��������������������������������������������������������������������ELIZABETH BLANDINO
Stage Manager����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� KATHE JOHNSON
Technical Director������������������������������������������������������������������������� BRIAN J. GARRISON
Choreographer����������������������������������������������������������������������������� ALYSSA VELASQUEZ
Orchestra Conductor��������������������������������������������������������������������� DANIEL GRAYBERG
Light Designer ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� BRIAN J. GARRISON
Sound Designer �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ARSENAL SOUND
Scenic Designers���������������������������������������������������M.J. ATKINSON and MARY BONER
Light Technicians����������������������������������������� BRIAN J. GARRISON and SIA KOLETAS
Running Crew��������������������������������������������������������������BILL BRANIN, JOHN WEINER,
CAROL HENEY, CRIS NELSON and KATHE JOHNSON
Costumers������������������������������������ MASQUERADE BALL, ELIZABETH BLANDINO,
LAURA FARLEY, DEBBIE McCOLGAN, SUE RYAN and CAST
Properties���������������������������������������������� CRIS NELSON, KRISTEN LAZOS and CAST
Set Construction������������������� MICHAEL BLANDINO, BILL BRANIN, D.M. FARLEY,
KATHE JOHNSON, JOHN WIENER and CAST
Ensemble:
BRITTANY BOSCOLA, JOSLYN CORTES, JAMES DENNIS,
TRISHA FUSCO-DENNIS, JORDAN DOBSON, LENA DOUGHERTY,
EMILY DUGAN, HEIDI DUGAN, MATTHEW DUGAN, ANNIE FLORES,
JESSICA FOWLER, SKYLAR GALATI, LYNN GIRTAIN, DEVIN GORSKI,
MICHAEL GREICO, ROSALIE HUNT, SHAUN ISRAEL, ALLAN KANE,
KIM KRACKE, BOBBI J. KUKAL, CURTIS MATIAS, JADA MAYO,
AMANDA MERRIGAN, SHERRY MISTLER, MARIBETH PROPERT,
DARBY PUMPHREY, HEATHER RAGUCKAS, JEREMY RIVERA, LEO RYAN, JR.;
LEO RYAN, III; NINA SCOTT, CHEYANNE SHAUD, MARY SIMRIN,
AMBER THOMAS, MATTHEW VESELY, MONICA DiMAURO WATKINS,
LOIS ANNE "LEA" WEINER, TIM ZOYAC
Orchestra:
Conductor.................................................. DANIEL GRAYBERG
Piano/Keyboard..........RICHARD LEWIS
Piano/Keyboard...........SCOTT ARMATO
Viola..........................KAREN KESSLER
Cello........................... MICHELLE GISH
Bass...............SIOBHAN McCLINTOCK
Flute/Piccolo.................. LISH LINDSEY
Clarinet.......................MEGAN ALSTON
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Trumpet.......................JOHN DRECHEN
Fr. Horn...................... KAREN JEFFERS
Fr. Horn..................JOSEPH BRAUSAM
Low Brass....................... DAVID LAIRD
Percussion.................. BRYAN GRABER
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Who's Who in the Production
MICHELLE ANDREWS (Mme. Thénar-
dier) has been a member of Cumberland
Players since the late 80s, playing Flirty
Gertie (Oklahoma!). She has played a
variety of characters, from the reserved
southern genteel Mrs. Kate Keller in
The Miracle Worker to the conniving,
murderous Mavis in The Murder Room, and
even the character you love to hate in Annie,
Miss Hannigan. When not playing onstage, Michelle is often playing with power
tools, doing set design and construction
for COPA’s The Secret Garden, and CP’s
The Importance of Being Earnest. She
has “played” Mme. Thenardier with her
“husband” M. Thenardier (Bryan Irrera),
since they first saw Les Mis over 20 years
ago and she is absolutely thrilled to have
this opportunity to actually play her on
stage with at the historic Levoy Theater.
Michelle has two wonderful grown
daughters and recently completed her first
year as a middle school teacher at West
Avenue School in Bridgeton. This summer,
Michelle teaches science in Cumberland
County College's Gear-Up Program.
PHILLIP BLANDINO (Marius) is no
stranger to theatre, having been involved
since fifth grade. His credits include
Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet) and Chip
(25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee) with Cumberland Players, Baby John
(West Side Story) and Hugo Peabody (Bye,
Bye Birdie), with Cumberland County
College, Prince Dauntless (Once Upon a
Mattress) with the Southern New Jersey
Academy of Performing Arts, and many
others. He thanks his family and friends for
supporting him in his portrayal of Marius
and would also like to thank CP for giving
him this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Special thanks to Debbie Caggiano-Phillips
for getting him started in theatre, and for
giving him the opportunity to see Les
Misérables on Broadway inspiring his love
of the show, his love of the role of Marius,
and his love of live theatre.
JIM COOK, JR. (Enjolras) is an online
editor and reporter for the South Jersey
Times on NJ.com. His reporting for the
SJTimes has garnered two New Jersey Press
Association Awards. This is his third show
with Cumberland Players. Most recently
at CP, he starred as George Bailey in It's
a Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play.
Playwriting credits include Roundabout:
A New Amusement for the Levoy opening
gala, and A Christmas Carol. Last May, he
played Private Hennesey in Biloxi Blues at
the Levoy. Thanks to God, family, friends,
the Van Embdens, Levoy ghosts and
#TherapyThursday thespians.
www.jimcookjr.com.
Twitter/Instagram: @jimcookjr.
PAT DeFUSCO (Jean Valjean) is a
native Philadelphian, currently residing
in Merchantville, New Jersey. His first
exposure to live theater didn’t come
until the age of 21, when he saw the first
National Tour of Les Misérables. It ignited
an interest in performing and the theater
that became a passion once he finally
auditioned for his first show, about ten years
later. During the years since, he’s been
blessed with the opportunity to perform
some wonderful and iconic musical roles,
including Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof), Max
Bialystock (The Producers), Judas (Jesus
Christ Superstar), Mr. Applegate (Damn
Yankees), Juan Peron (Evita), Jud Fry
(Oklahoma!) and Dan Goodman (Next to
Normal); as well as dramatic roles in plays
such as John Proctor (The Crucible), Father
Flynn (Doubt), Lennie (Of Mice and Men),
Stage Manager (Our Town), and Harding
(One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest). Pat
has also appeared in films, and more than
30 TV and radio commercials; and is a
member of SAG/AFTRA. Aside from his
work on-stage and camera, he is also an
accomplished stage director, and will be
directing his first feature film in 2014. By
day, he’s a Project Manager for the world’s
largest parking services company, currently
stationed in Atlantic City.
LISA HENEY(Fantine), of Vineland, is
absolutely thrilled to be able to check this
role off of her theatrical bucket list! No
stranger to the stage, she has performed
in various plays and musicals in the
Who's Who in the Production
Cumberland County area with Cumberland
Players and the Off Broad Street Players.
Lisa was last seen on the Cumberland
Players stage last summer as Crystal, a
doo-wop girl, (Little Shop of Horrors).
Her favorite roles include: Reno Sweeney
in Anything Goes (OBSP) and Sister Mary
Hubert in Nunsense (Cumberland Players).
By day, Lisa works at Fox Rehabilitation in
Cherry Hill as a Medical Records Review
Specialist. She is a 2007 graduate of Rowan
University with a B.A. in Journalism. Her
biggest passions include singing, acting
and laughing hysterically with her friends
at Therapy Thursdays! Lisa would like
to thank her friends and family for their
undying love and support. She would also
like to thank Mike Blandino for believing
she could “bring it” from the moment of
auditions through the run of the show. Thank
you so much for this opportunity!! Lisa
would like to dedicate this performance to
all women who struggle to find their inner
voice and independence and who still have
the strength to fight and carry on to the end
just as Fantine did.
BRYAN IRRERA (M. Thénardier) is a
22-year member of Cumberland Players,
having made his main stage debut in
Kiss Me Kate in 1991 as Ralph, the stage
manager. Over the years, he's played
many roles in the group (both on-stage
and off, including two stints serving on our
executive board as secretary), including
appearances in all four of our Shakespeare
productions. His favorite roles include
Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night,
Vice Principal Douglas Panch in The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and
Mr. Mushnick in Little Shop of Horrors.
When not performing on stage, he enjoys
reading comic books, exploring museums
and spending time with his husband and
their four cats.
KARLY LYNN JEFFERS (Éponine)
is extremely thankful to be given this
opportunity to take on such a complex role
in one of her “dream shows” alongside
such amazing people. She is a recent
graduate from GCIT’s Drama Program, and
has always had a passion for performing.
Favorite credits include: Janet (The Drowsy
Chaperone), Angelique (The Imaginary
Invalid), Lucy (13 The Musical), and
Chava (Fiddler On The Roof). When not
singing, dancing, or acting; you can find
Karly at a little daycare in Turnersville
where she happily watches after five-year
olds. She now attends GCC with a major
in Education, and plans to continue in her
theatrical endeavors. Love and thanks
goes out to Michael Blandino for casting
her along with the many other new faces
at Cumberland Players, the cast & crew
for being incredible, her family for their
endless love & support, and last but not least
the loving God who has thrown so many
blessings her way. “#JoinInOurCrusade”
and enjoy the show!
MAURA McCOLGAN (Cosette) is a
Junior Musical Theatre Major and Music
Minor at West Chester University of
Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Perkasie,
Pennsylvania, Maura always knew that
she wanted to become a performer. Maura
has dreamed to be in a production of Les
Misérables. Her dream role was to play the
grown-up Cosette and can't be any happier.
Maura has performed on the college stage
as an ensemble member in She Loves
Me and Fairy 1 in A Midsummer Night's
Dream. She wants to thank all of her family
and friends for their support.
BRYAN PITT (Javert) makes his
Cumberland Players debut in this
production. He has been seen in
many different theatrical and musical
performances nationwide. A South Jersey
native, Bryan returned home in 2002 and
began his career in real estate. This Perry
Award Nominee's favorite roles include
Darren (Take Me Out), Valentine (Kiss Of
The Spider Woman-The Musical), Tom
Collins (Rent), Coalhouse (Ragtime),
Engineer (Miss Saigon) and many more.
He has also directed shows on many local
stages and is currently the Theatrical
Director at Pennsauken High School
where he has the pleasure of working with
many extremely talented young people.
Who's Who in the Production
His career, as a Business Consultant for
CENTURY 21 real estate LLC keeps him
busy working with real estate agents and
Brokers in three states, so his time on stage
is limited. He resides in Collingswood, NJ
with his family.
God for giving him the gift of a voice with
which to praise Him, his Family & Church
Family, his Teachers and Music Teachers,
and Cumberland Players and The Levoy for
this awesome opportunity. "This is the role
of a lifetime, when you're only 11!"
ALEXA REEVES (Young Cosette) is
thrilled to be making her Cumberland
Players debut at the Levoy Theatre and
feels incredibly blessed to share the stage
with such talented performers and creative
team. Alexa has also enjoyed playing
Gertrude McFuzz (Seussical the Musical,
Jr.) for the Voorhees Theatre Company,
Nala (MTC’s The Lion King), Peter Pan
(Peter Pan) and numerous roles in the
Nutcracker and spring shows for the
South Jersey Ballet Theatre. Alexa would
like to thank director, Michael Blandino,
for allowing her to enjoy this valuable
experience and her vocal teacher, Melissa
Daniels McCann, for preparing her for this
wonderful opportunity. Special thanks to
Mom, Dad, and friends and family for their
love and support.
ALAIN BOUBLIL (Lyrics) La Revolution
Française in 1973, marked Boublil's
transition from songwriting to musical
theatre and the start of his collaboration
with Claude-Michel Schönberg with the
hit album that became the first ever staged
French musical. His idea of writing a
musical version of Les Misérables brought
them together again in 1978. The acclaimed
show was written over a two-year period
and recorded as an album before its
opening at the Palais de Sports in Paris
in September 1980. In 1983 Mr. Boublil
met Cameron Mackintosh which led to
his first London production Abbacadabra
(a musical fairy-tale set to ABBA music)
and to working with Claude-Michel
and directors and writers on the English
language adaptation of Les Misérables.
The show has subsequently opened in 19
countries and 14 languages. Among the
many awards Mr. Boublil has received
were two Tony Awards in 1987 for Best
Score and Best Book for the NY production
and a 1988 Grammy for the Best Original
Broadway Cast Recording which he coproduced with Claude-Michel Schönberg.
Miss Saigon opened on September 20, 1989
at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London
and on April 11, 1991 in NY. The show
has also played in Tokyo and Toronto with
future production scheduled for Sydney,
Australia and Stuttgart, Germany. Mr.
Boublil will maintain a close association
with all the international productions of Les
Misérables and Miss Saigon while working
with Claude-Michel on the screenplays for
motion picture versions of both musicals.
ROBERT "BOBBY" CASEY
WILLIAMS (Gavroche) made his acting
debut in the Kids at CP production of
The Little Mermaid, Jr. as the Pilot of
Prince Eric's Ship and a Turtle in the Sea
Creature Ensemble. In April, he played
Chip at Millville Sr. High (Beauty & the
Beast). And now, he is thrilled to be cast as
Gavroche! Bobby is a Hometown Millville
boy, and the youngest of 6 children to Bob
& Kelly Williams. He enjoys playing with
his 4 nephews and baby niece and all of
his cousins. He just completed 5th Grade
and joins his sister Samantha at Lakeside
Middle School on opening day of this
play. He plays the baritone horn and tuba,
sings in Millville All-City Chorus, is a
Kid's Praise Leader at West Park UMC,
and sometimes performs Special Music
with his family at local churches. He plays
Little League Baseball and is obsessed with
all things Star Wars, Lord of the Rings,
Les Mis & Lego, even building a Lego
Barricade from the play, complete with all
the main characters. He would like to thank
HERBERT KRETZMER (Lyrics) was
born in South Africa, came to London in
1954, and has since pursued twin careers
as a newspaperman and songwriter. He
was a feature writer at the Daily Sketch
and a profile writer at the Sunday Dispatch.
Who's Who in the Production
He joined the Daily Express in 1960 and
later became its drama critic, a post he
held for 18 years. Since 1979 he has been
writing TV criticism for the Daily Mail
and has won, in this capacity, two national
press awards. As a lyric writer he wrote
weekly songs for BBC-TV's That Was The
Week That Was. He won an Ivor Novello
Award for the Peter Sellers/Sophia Loren
comedy song Goodness Gracious Me.
Other award-winning lyrics include two
written for Charles Aznavour: Yesterday
When I Was Young and the chart-topping
She. Mr. Kretzmer wrote book and lyrics
for the West End's Our Man Crichton,
which starred Kenneth More and Millicent
Martin, and lyrics for the Theatre Royal
Drury Lane's The Four Musketeers. He
also supplied lyrics for the Anthony Newly
film Can Heironymous Merkin Ever
Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True
Happiness? Tony Award, 1987, Best Score,
Les Misérables.
the Broadway production of Les Misérables
and a Grammy Award for the Best Original
Cast Recording, which he co-produced
with Alain Boublil. He also worked closely
on the symphonic recording of the show.
His score for Miss Saigon, again written
in collaboration with Alain Boublil, is now
repeating the international success story
of Les Misérables. Produced by Cameron
Mackintosh and again bringing together
many members of the creative team behind
Les Misérables, Miss Saigon opened with
huge success at the Theatre Royal Drury
Lane in London in September 1989, in NY
in April 1991, in Tokyo in May 1992 and
in Chicago (the first national U.S. tour) in
November 1992. Future productions will
open in Sydney, Australia and Stuttgart,
Germany. Now Claude-Michel is back at the
keyboards, composing their next musical,
Martin Guerre, while keeping close eye on
the development of the screenplays for Les
Misérables and Miss Saigon.
CLAUDE-MICHEL
SCHÖNBERG
(Music) is a successful record producer and
songwriter who began his collaboration
with Alain Boublil in 1973, writing the
very first French musical, La Revolution
Française. Mr. Schönberg played the role
of Louis XVI in that production and also
co-produced the double-gold record album
of the show. In 1974, he recorded an album,
singing his own compositions and lyrics,
which included the number one hit single
Le Premier Pas. In 1980, after two years'
work on the score, Mr. Schönberg and Mr.
Boublil's musical Les Misérables opened
in Paris, where it was seen by more than
1.5 million people. In 1983, Mr. Schönberg
produced an opera album in Paris with
Julia Migenes Johnson and the Monte
Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Following
work on the London production of Les
Misérables (the 3rd longest running musical
in British theatre history), Mr. Schönberg
co-produced the double-platinum London
cast album and became involved in casting
all the major overseas productions of the
show, including the American, Japanese and
Australian companies. He won two coveted
Tony Awards, for Best Score and Book, for
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