So tonight was all about Les Miserables. We go back a long way, Les Miz and I.
I first saw the show at The Palace Theatre when I was about 21 years old. I was working in the Westend at the time on Miss Saigon and I remember thinking that this was why I had wanted to work in theatre in the first place. The music, the staging, the make up, the wigs, the costumes, the orchestra. I could go on....
I went on to watch it twice more this time with friends in the role of Fantine and Madame Thenardier. Fabulous!
When my children were born I would sing to them and play the music as we danced around the living room. My forth viewing was with my children and to my husband's surprise they knew all the lyrics and fell in love with the production.
I also had the pleasure of working on two other incredible shows written by Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg, Miss Saigon and Martin Guerre. Both awe inspiring shows and close to my heart.
Imagine our excitement to see it on screen. It mostly didn't disappoint. Anne Hathaway was breath taking, Hugh Jackman inspiring. It was so wonderful to see many faces from the Westend in supporting roles making me feel warm to the core. Only one led me to feel that to have jumped off the bridge a little earlier (say within the first ten minutes) would have led to the film being perfect.
I cheekily watched the film the first time with a hotwater bottle on my lap (it was snowing outside and it's a long film.) Tonight I watched with my rollers in! I guess this shows how at home I feel with this production. I can't wait for the DVD.
I first saw the show at The Palace Theatre when I was about 21 years old. I was working in the Westend at the time on Miss Saigon and I remember thinking that this was why I had wanted to work in theatre in the first place. The music, the staging, the make up, the wigs, the costumes, the orchestra. I could go on....
I went on to watch it twice more this time with friends in the role of Fantine and Madame Thenardier. Fabulous!
When my children were born I would sing to them and play the music as we danced around the living room. My forth viewing was with my children and to my husband's surprise they knew all the lyrics and fell in love with the production.
I also had the pleasure of working on two other incredible shows written by Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg, Miss Saigon and Martin Guerre. Both awe inspiring shows and close to my heart.
Imagine our excitement to see it on screen. It mostly didn't disappoint. Anne Hathaway was breath taking, Hugh Jackman inspiring. It was so wonderful to see many faces from the Westend in supporting roles making me feel warm to the core. Only one led me to feel that to have jumped off the bridge a little earlier (say within the first ten minutes) would have led to the film being perfect.
I cheekily watched the film the first time with a hotwater bottle on my lap (it was snowing outside and it's a long film.) Tonight I watched with my rollers in! I guess this shows how at home I feel with this production. I can't wait for the DVD.