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Les Miserables Pittsburgh reviews
Fantastic!
Beautiful voices, wonderful set, lovely venue. I took my sister-in-law who had already seen this production five other times - she said this was one of the best! I have no other shows to compare it to, but wow! I'm not one to seek out a show that is pure singing, but I'm so glad I went. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the singers enunciated, as I was worried I wasn't going to be able to understand much. I came in unfamiliar with the story.
One odd, quirky thing is that all of the adult sang with American accents, but the two main kids sang with what sounded like Cockney accents - I couldn't understand one single word of what the boy was singing. That said, he conveyed enough through his body language that I got the gist of what he was singing.
Les Miserables is a must see at Drury Lane Theatre
One of the best productions anywhere in the country. As a professional musician myself, I tend to listen to the orchestra a little more while still taking in what is going on with the cast. The orchestra was the best I have heard play this show. This includes National Tours and Broadway. Completely working together as professional musicians should. Outstanding!
The cast was absolutely superb especially Javert! His stage presence and diction was a clinic for performers. Enjolvas, Marius, Cosette, Eponine and Fantine were perfectly cast and performed. To me I thought the Valjean was the weakest vocally. His upper range lacked breath support and sounded like a young boy instead of man trying to find himself and doing better with his life.
Knoxvillw Tour 1-2-19
Saw the touring Les Miserables at the Tennessee Theater in Knoxville TN on 1-2-19. This was the opening night of the tour in Knoxville. The theater staff are very friendly. The theater itself is a typical theater of its age, with the main level and one balcony level. Beautiful and ornate building with narrow red cloth seats with hardwood armrests. Parking is public pay parking on street, pay lots, or garage. I gave this performance a 4(and not a 5) only because I found the stage very dark and hard to see performers. There were sound issues also. Could not understand words of any group songs. Some microphones were louder than others. The music itself was beautiful and the performances I could understand were beautiful. I wasn't the only one having problems hearing, several I spoke with complained of the same problem. I have seen other performances in this theater with no lighting or sound issues, so I believe this was an issue with this particular tour lighting and sound. Some theater goers did lack courtesy by coming and going during performance. That is an issue the theater should deal with by not allowing people to come back in the theater during an active scene.