Cast & Creative | Les Misérables US Tour

Cast
Creative

Jean Valjean

Nick Cartell

Jean Valjean

Thrilled to return as Valjean. Broadway: Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour, Scandalous: The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar (2012 Revival). National Tours: Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: Frankenstein. Regional: The Light in the Piazza (AriZoni Award—Best Actor, Musical), My Fair Lady, Les Misérables and many more! Concerts: Bringing It Home (solo show, 54 Below), South Coast Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, The Broadway Boys. Thank you to this amazing company, TRC, Michael Kirsten and HCKR; to my family, friends and Christine for your undying support; to Sullivan Kaye for making me a father, you are “the best of my life.” For MOM. @nickcartell www.nickcartell.com

Javert

Preston Truman Boyd

Javert

Preston is beyond thrilled to be back wielding the truncheon! Broadway: Kiss Me Kate (Ralph), The Play That Goes Wrong (Robert Grove), Sunset Boulevard (Artie Green), She Loves Me, On the Twentieth Century, Bullets Over Broadway, and Big Fish. You may have seen Preston on the 1st national tour of Young Frankenstein (The Monster) or the 1st national tour of Jersey Boys (Bob Gaudio). Film and TV credits: A Good Person, Alex Inc., Younger, Schmigadoon. Lots of love and gratitude to Mom, Dad and the fam. Thank you BRS/Gage. All of my love to Sydney and baby girl. @prestontboyd

Fantine

Haley Dortch

Fantine

Haley is honored to make her national tour debut as Fantine. A special thanks to teachers, the Les Mis team, and Tara Rubin Casting. So much love to her friends, family, and her dog, Boba. And Go Blue! @haleydortch

Thénardier

Matt Crowle

Thénardier

Matt hails from Chicago where his Joseph Jefferson Award-winning and nominated performances include The Santaland Diaries (Goodman Theatre), The Producers (Leo Bloom, Mercury Theatre Chicago), A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder (The D’Ysquith Family, Porchlight Music Theatre), Mary Poppins (Bert, Paramount Theatre), South Pacific (Luther Billis, Drury Lane Oakbrook), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hysterium, Porchlight Music Theatre), Singin’ In The Rain (Cosmo Brown, Drury Lane Oakbrook), Merrily We Roll Along (Charley Kringas, Porchlight Music Theatre), and Bye Bye Birdie (Albert Peterson, Drury Lane Oakbrook). Broadway and National Tours: Monty Python’s Spamalot, Doctor Dolittle (with Tommy Tune). Television: Night Sky, The Chi, Empire. Love and thanks to Ma, Pa, Jim, Sam, and my Erin. www.mattcrowle.com

Madame Thénardier

Victoria Huston-Elem

Madame Thénardier

National Tour: Finding Neverland, The Addams Family. Off-Broadway: Goldie, Max & Milk, Himself and Nora, Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge. Regional: Gypsy, The Music Man, The Circus In Winter (Goodspeed), Ragtime (Bay Street Theater), Sunset Boulevard, Sister Act (NSMT), A Little Night Music (DCPA). Victoria also enjoyed two seasons as Mrs. Claus in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Endless thanks to Clear Talent Group and Tara Rubin Casting. More information: www.victoriahustonelem.com @vhustonelem. As always – for my family.

Enjolras

Devin Archer

Enjolras

National Tours: Miss Saigon, Bright Star, Mamma Mia! Las Vegas: Mamma Mia!, Ace. Other: Sweeney Todd, The Last Five Years, RENT, Tarzan, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific. Northwestern Wildcat. Love and gratitude to my family, friends, The Mine and Tara Rubin Casting. @devinjarcher

Éponine

Mya Rena Hunter

Éponine

National tour debut! Recent credits: A Raisin’ in the Sun (Beneatha), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Swing). BFA Musical Theatre, Howard University. Love to her family, friends, BRS/Gage, and Tara Rubin Casting! IG: @mya.rena. AVID!

Marius

Jake David Smith

Marius

Jake is an actor, musician, and rec softball third baseman from Richmond, VA. Jake thanks healthcare workers, company, stage & covid safety managers everywhere. Favorite credits include, Broadway: Frozen (Ensemble, u/s Hans); Off Broadway: Between the Lines (Prince Oliver); Regional credits include: West Side Story (Tony), Dark of the Moon (John) world premiere, Margaritaville (Tully) regional premiere. Jake sends his love and gratitude to his family, Juliette, A Squad, Elon MT, Tara Rubin Casting and CGF. @Jake.David.Smith

Cosette

Delaney Guyer

Cosette

Delaney is elated to be making her national tour debut! Regional credits include: Carousel (Carrie), Sweeney Todd (Johanna), Parade (Mary). TV: Based on a True Story (Peacock). CCM MT Alum. Love & thanks to her teams at LBI and KMR, Tara Rubin Casting, the entire creative team, and M,D&L. For Grammie. @delaneyguyer

Little Cosette / Young Éponine

Ava Buesing

Little Cosette / Young Éponine

Ava is excited to be making her National Tour debut in Les Misérables! Regional: The Jungle Book Jr. (Mowgli) & Frozen Jr. (Ensemble). Thanks to Tara Rubin casting, Bercy Talent Management, Alyson Isbrandtsen, and to her friends and family for their endless support.

Little Cosette / Young Éponine

Azalea Wolfe

Little Cosette / Young Éponine

Actor; Singer; Dancer; 5th Grader. Credits include The Grinch Who Stole Christmas National Tour (Annie Who); Off Broadway: Lucy (u/s Lucy). She is a member of the Bergen PAC Youth Choir. Special thanks to her family, friends, her agent Barry Kolker, Amelia DeMayo, and Tara Rubin Casting. @AzaleaWolfeNYC

Gavroche

Leo Caravano

Gavroche

Leo is an 8 year old from NJ and is thrilled to be making his national tour debut in Les Misérables! Credits include:  DreamWorks Theatricals How to Train Your Dragon Jr. (Hiccup), Seussical (Jojo), and A Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim). Special thanks to Mom, Dad & Keira, family, friends & teachers, Parkside Talent, Tara Rubin Casting, Elefante Music, Pixie Dust Players, Susie Speidel and Mark Miller. IG: @leocaravano

Gavroche

Milo Maharlika

Gavroche

Milo is a proud Filipino-American from Honolulu, HI. TV: Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I. and Sesame Street. Studied at Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Diamondhead Theatre, Drama Studio Mangosteen of Koh Samui, Thailand and The Performing Arts Conservatory LA. Milo is honored to be playing the young revolutionary, Gavroche. Thanks to his family, friends, coaches, Jett Wilder, Tara Rubin Casting, and DDO Artists Agency. IG: @milomaharlika

Grantaire

Kyle Adams

Grantaire

Kyle is a Chicago based actor and pro wrestling fan. Honored to join this company. Regional: Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane, Marriott Lincolnshire, Rocky Mountain Repertory, and Fireside Theatre, among others. TV: NBC’s “Chicago Med,” The CW’s “4400.” Represented by DDO. Wouldn’t be here without Amanda, Jared or Dad. @smyleadams

Bamatabois / Babet

David Andino

Bamatabois / Babet

David is thrilled to be joining the Les Misérables National Tour! He’s been lucky enough to take part in several shows, including Christian (u/s) in 50 Shades the Musical Parody (Off-Broadway); Jean Michel in R+H’s Cinderella (1st Nat’l Tour); and the Blind Beggar/Garden Gnome in Amelie the Musical (Original Broadway Cast). With immense gratitude, this performance is for Dani, his inspiring partner/source of joy, and his own little band of dissolutes: Rj, Aj, Seby, and Nemo. Let’s RIDE

Feuilly

Daniel Gerard Bittner

Feuilly

Pittsburgh-born-and-raised performer, and recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. He has recently made his Broadway Debut in The Phantom of the Opera as Monsieur Reyer/Hairdresser. Dan would like to thank his family and friends for all of their love and support!

Ensemble

Jenna Burns

Ensemble

Jenna is incredibly grateful to be back on stage! Most recently seen touring with the North American company of The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé u/s). Thanks to Bloc, Tara Rubin Casting, and her husband Kevin. Soli Deo Gloria. @jennanicoleburns

Swing

Ben Cherington

Swing

National tour debut. Credits include Pittsburgh CLO, ACT of Connecticut, and Clinton Showboat Theatre. Gratitude for all the places and people Ben calls home. BFA Carnegie Mellon University. @bencherington

Factory Foreman / Brujon

Steve Czarnecki

Factory Foreman / Brujon

Steve is thrilled to fight on the barricade once again. NYC/Tours: Les Misérables (U/S Valjean and Javert), Phantom (Swing), Paint Your Wagon (Ensemble). Regional: Sweeney Todd at the Muny (U/S Sweeney), as well as multiple shows at Papermill Playhouse, The Fulton and more. BFA Otterbein. Instagram @steveczar. Love to the circus.

Wigmaker

Kelsey Denae

Wigmaker

Kelsey is absolutely thrilled and honored to return to the barricades! National Tours: Les Misérables (Wig Maker/Fantine US) Regional: 9 to 5, Smokey Joe’s Café, Show Boat, Always Patsy Cline. Proud member of AEA. Huge thanks to TRC and my team at Hudson Artists; to my family and Jacob. @kk_denae

Ensemble

Arianne DiCerbo

Ensemble

Over the moon touring with the first musical she ever saw. Several national tours as crew, now enjoying the “change of scenery!” Film: Abe (featured), Cabaret: Fringe-Sight is 2020 at Don’t Tell Mama, NYC. Love to GDK. ariannedicerbo.com

Ensemble

Genevieve Ellis

Ensemble

National tour debut! Favorite credits include: Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast, Songs for a New World, Into the Woods, Something Rotten, and Noises Off. SUNY Fredonia BFA MT alum. So much love to my incredibly supportive friends and family. Beyond grateful for this experience. @genevieve.ellis

Jean Prouvaire

David Young Fernandez

Jean Prouvaire

An alumni of DePauw University and native of Houston, Texas. Previous credits: A Gentleman’s Guide (Monty), Bye Bye Birdie (Conrad Birdie), Penny (Martin Halstrom), Macbeth (Macbeth). Broadway National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof (Swing). Endless thanks to his teachers, family, friends, and Daniel Hoff Agency. @davidyoungfernandez

Ensemble

Michelle Beth Herman

Ensemble

Michelle is THRILLED to be swinging back onto the Barricade! Most recently seen as JoJo in the NY premiere of Mystic Pizza. Regional: The MUNY’s Sweeney Todd, Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Spamalot (Lady of The Lake), In The Heights (Nina), A Little Night Music (Petra). Hartt BFA. Proud member of AEA. Thanks to the Les Miz team and @themineagency! Ilyttmatsatcf. @themichellebethherman

Bishop of Digne / Lesgles

Randy Jeter

Bishop of Digne / Lesgles

Randy is elated to be joining the barricade with his Les Mis debut. Off-Broadway: Parable of the Sower (The Public Theater), International tour: Ivan Jacob’s The Phantom of the Opera (Maestro), Favorite Regional Credits: Man of La Mancha (Don Quixote), Jekyll & Hyde (Jekyll & Hyde), Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.). MSM alum! Love to A&K! @randy_jeter randymjeter.com

Claquesous

Cameron Loyal

Claquesous

Cameron is so grateful to be on the road with this iconic show! Broadway: Bad Cinderella (Prince Charming). National Tours: My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), An Officer and a Gentleman (Sid Worley). Regional: Legally Blonde, Aida, Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Huge thanks to his family, his mentor, Tara Rubin Casting, and his agents at The Collective. IG: @cameronloyal

Courfeyrac

Danny Martin

Courfeyrac

Danny is thrilled to be joining the barricade! National Tour: Anastasia (Ensemble, Dmitry u/s). Regional: Bright Star (Billy Cane). TV/Film: Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Hulu). BFA Musical Theatre, Shenandoah Conservatory. Special thanks to CTG and Tara Rubin Casting, and endless love to his friends, family, and his beautiful wife for their never-ending love and support. @dannyemartin_

Ensemble

Mikako Martin

Ensemble

National tour debut! Mikako is a Singapore-raised Japanese-American actress based in NYC. Recent Credits: Miss Saigon (Kim) and The King and I. BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan. Biggest thanks to my family, CTG, Tara Rubin Casting and friends! @mikakomartin mikakomartin.com

Ensemble

Eden Mau

Ensemble

National tour debut! Woohoo! Some of her favorite credits include: A Gentleman’s Guide (Sibella), Joseph (Narrator), and Kinky Boots (Lauren U/S). Eden is so grateful for all of her besties. A big old thank you to her role model parents, Nick, Sandy, Dustin, and Marc. I love you all endlessly. BWMT @edenelizabethmau Xoxo.

Combeferre

Andrew Marks Maughan

Combeferre

Andrew is very excited to be back on the barricade! Credits: A Little Night Music (Barrington Stage Company), Les Misérables (Nat’l Tour). Favorite roles include Freddy (My Fair Lady), Candide (Candide), Fredric (Pirates of Penzance), Rodolfo (La bohème), Alfredo (La traviata), Gabriel von Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), and Lensky (Eugene Onegin). Original cast member on the Grammy winning recording of (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. Special thanks to The Collective and Tara Rubin Casting! @andrewmarksmaughan

Swing

Nicole Morris

Swing

National Tour: An Officer and a Gentleman (Ensemble/Seeger u/s), Regional/Summer Stock: Hairspray (Dynamite), Mamma Mia! (Sophie), Footloose (Rusty). BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. @nicole_morris

Swing

Ashley Dawn Mortensen

Swing

Ashley is excited to be rejoining the barricade on the road. Broadway: Les Misérables (swing). National Tour: Wicked (Elphaba understudy), Les Misérables. Regional: Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), White Christmas (Betty Haynes), The Sound of Music (Maria), How to Succeed…(Rosemary). Graduate of NYU CAP21. Special thanks to Will and everyone at Nicolosi. @shebakesyoueat

Swing

Tim Quartier

Swing

Tim is thrilled to be returning to the barricade! He was most recently seen in the MUNY’s first-ever production of Sweeney Todd. Tour: Les Misérables, In the Mood. Regional: Titanic (Charles Clarke), Newsies (Jack Kelly), The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio), West Side Story (Tony), Les Misérables (Marius), Hairspray (Link Larkin) and Forever Plaid (Frankie). Ithaca College BFA Musical Theatre. @timquartier

Swing

Juliette Redden

Swing

Juliette is an actor, French citizen, and pastry snob raised all over the U.S. She recently had the opportunity to play Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables at The Goodspeed. She can be heard on the cast album of the same name streaming anywhere you listen to music. Thank you to her family, Jake, DGRW, TXSTMT, and Tara Rubin Casting. @julietteredden

Factory Girl

Julia Ellen Richardson

Factory Girl

Julia is thrilled to be returning to the Les Misérables family! Pre-Covid Tour: Swing/Factory Girl u.s. Other credits: Hello Dolly (Irene Molloy), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Aquata), Christmas Carol (Belle). To my family & friends: “I love you more!” ig/tt: @missjuliarich

Swing

Matt Rosell

Swing

Matt is thrilled to be back on the Barricade! Broadway: Les Misérables. Natl Tours: Anastasia, Les Misérables. TV: Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Glee. Regional: South Pacific, Gentleman’s Guide, Hair…etc. Matt is so happy to be back in the show that started his career. Love to the Rosell Family & Bubbe, friends, Avalon Artists Group, and everyone who has supported him. @mattrosell

Swing

Christopher Robin Sapp

Swing

The Buddy Holly Story (Buddy Holly, Argyle Theatre), Pirates of Penzance (Frederic, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players), Tangled (Flynn Rider, Disney Cruise Line), Eileen 100th Anniversary (Dinny, VHRP LIVE!), Titanic (Thomas Andrews, College Light Opera Company). @ChristopherRobinSapp

Ensemble

Greta Schaefer

Ensemble

Greta is thrilled to make her North American Tour debut in Les Misérables! Greta is 9 and from Fishers, Indiana. Favorite past roles include Gretl von Trapp, Spot Conlon, and Charlie Bucket. Special thanks to the Les Mis team, Tara Rubin Casting, CESD Talent, Broadway Kids Auditions, and Greta’s instructors, former castmates and creative teams, and family for inspiring her love of musical theatre. @gretathemusical

Old Woman

Emily Somé

Old Woman

National tour debut! Emily is a recent graduate of Northwestern University where she studied theatre and psychology. She is beyond grateful to the Les Misérables team, Gray Talent Group, and her amazing family and friends for their endless love and support.

Ensemble

Veronica Stern

Ensemble

National Tour: Anastasia (Anya), Regional: The Muny (Sweeney Todd), Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Soloist) Special thanks to her team, Avalon Artists Group, and her family. BFA Musical Theatre, CCM. For more: veronicastern.com IG: @veronicastern

Ensemble

Kaitlyn Sumner

Ensemble

Kaitlyn is thrilled to be making their national tour debut! Recent graduate from Boston Conservatory, B.F.A. Big thanks to UIA Talent and Tara Rubin Casting. Endless love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, and Kylie. This is for you. IG: @kaitlynsumner

Montparnasse

Christopher James Tamayo

Montparnasse

Christopher is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan B.F.A. Musical Theatre program, holding a Minor in Musical Theatre Composition. A performer and multi-instrumentalist, he has performed across the country, most recently at the Cape Playhouse and their production of Grease (Sonny). In addition to live performance, Christopher also takes a keen interest in music production and voiceover work. All the love and gratitude goes out to his friends and family for allowing him the opportunity to sing, dance, and play every day. www.christopherjamestamayo.com @_cjtam

Swing, Dance Captain

Kyle Timson

Swing, Dance Captain

Kyle is thrilled to be returning to the barricade after spending 2 plus years on the previous US Tour! Previously seen as Shrek on the International Tour of Shrek The Musical. @kylertimson Love to friends, family, Rachel, and Lily! For Baba.

Joly

J.T. Wood

Joly

J.T. is thrilled to be joining the Les Misérables Tour! Previous credits include the Rent 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour (Mark) and the Rent 20th Anniversary Tour (Swing, Angel/Collins u/s). Special thanks to Michael and the Roster Agency family as well as Tara Rubin Casting. All the love to his family and friends.

Producer

Cameron Mackintosh

Producer

With the fully staged production of LES MISÉRABLES reopen in London alongside HAMILTON, MARY POPPINS and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA now lockdown restrictions have been lifted, and with LES MISÉRABLES and OLIVER! due to open in Tokyo over the next few months followed by MISS SAIGON in Austria and MARY POPPINS in Tokyo and Sydney next year, Cameron remains the world’s most prolific producer of musicals, with over 50 shows either on or in pre-production internationally.

Cameron’s Original productions include LES MISÉRABLES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and CATS – the three longest running musicals of all time, now in their 4^th decades – MISS SAIGON, MARY POPPINS (co-produced with Disney), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, SONG AND DANCE, TOMFOOLERY, MARTIN GUERRE, THE WITHCES OF EASTWICK, FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE and SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM. He also reinvented modern versions of OLIVER!, FOLLIES, HALF A SIXPENCE, BARNUM and MY FAIR LADY. His new versions of LES MISÉRABLES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MISS SAIGON and OLIVER! are now proving as successful as the original productions.

In 2013, alongside Working Title Films and Universal, Cameron produced the hugely successful Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning film adaptation of LES MISÉRABLES which is the most successful movie ever of an original stage musical.

The sold-out staged concert of LES MISÉRABLES at the Gielgud Theatre in 2019 was also broadcast live to over 600 cinemas and is now the highest grossing one-night live event performance of all time – a unique achievement in the history of Musical Theatre and has enjoyed another successful five month season at the Sondheim, despite having a five month hiatus due to Covid.

Cameron owns and operates eight historic London theatres which have all been spectacularly rebuilt and refurbished for the 21^st century. They house many of London’s successful hits. The Sondheim, formerly known as the Queen’s, has been rebuilt and renamed in honour of Cameron’s great friend, theatrical legend Stephen Sondheim.

Music Theatre International, the world’s largest owner of secondary rights of many of the greatest musicals ever written, is now one of Cameron’s companies.

Cameron was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre and he is the first British producer to be elected to Broadway’s Theater Hall of Fame. In 1990, Cameron inaugurated the Chair of Contemporary Theatre at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford University, with Stephen Sondheim as his visiting professor. He is also the president of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Concept, Book & Original French Lyrics

Alain Boublil

Concept, Book & Original French Lyrics

Alain Boublil is the author of the librettos and lyrics for the musicals La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen, all in collaboration with Claude-Michel Schönberg, as well as Marguerite with music by Michel Legrand. He co-wrote the screenplay of the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated film Les Misérables. He is the author/lyricist of ABBAcadabra, a fairy tale musical with songs by ABBA; of the stage adaptation of the Demy/Legrand film Les Demoiselles de Rochefort; as well as author of the plays The Diary of Adam and Eve and Manhattan Parisienne, a new work with classic and new songs, being rewritten and soon to reopen with a new title. He wrote a prize-winning French novel, Les Dessous de soi.

His many awards include two Tonys, two Grammys, two Victoire de la Musique and a Molière Award for Les Misérables, as well as an Evening Standard Drama Award for Miss Saigon, a Laurence Olivier Award for Martin Guerre and a New York Chapter Honors Grammy for his outstanding contribution to the creative community. Boublil and Schönberg’s 40-plus-year collaboration was celebrated in May 2016 at Carnegie Hall as honorees of the New York Pops’ 33rd birthday gala. Boublil was recently appointed to the board of directors of the New York Pops. He lives in New York with his wife, actress/singer Marie Zamora, and is the father of four sons.

Book & Music

Claude-Michel Schönberg

Book & Music

Born in 1944 of Hungarian parents, Claude-Michel Schönberg began his career in France as a singer, writer and producer of pop songs. In collaboration with Alain Boublil, he is the book co-writer and the composer of La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen. In 2008, his musical Marguerite, in collaboration with Alain Boublil, Michel Legrand and Herbert Kretzmer, opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Claude-Michel has supervised overseas productions and co-produced several international cast albums of his shows. In 2001, he composed his first ballet score, Wuthering Heights, which was created by the Northern Ballet in 2002. His ballet Cleopatra, which opened in 2011, was his second collaboration with David Nixon and his seventh complete score. In 2012, Claude-Michel co-wrote the screenplay and re-conceived the music for the Les Misérables musical movie. His shows have won many awards over the years, most recently the WhatsOnStage Audience Awards for Best West End Show and Best Musical Revival for the London production of Miss Saigon. Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee and Grammy Award winner for his outstanding contribution to the creative community, Mr Schönberg and Alain Boublil were honoured at a New York Pops gala concert in Carnegie Hall, celebrating their 40-year collaboration. Mr Schönberg was appointed visiting professor of contemporary theatre at St Catherine’s College, Oxford University – a position funded by the Mackintosh Foundation – and is now an emeritus fellow. He is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music where he is a guest professor. Mr Schönberg married the English ballerina Charlotte Talbot in 2003. He is the father of one son and two daughters

Lyricist

Herbert Kretzmer

Lyricist

Herbert Kretzmer was born in South Africa where he began a career in journalism, writing the commentary for a weekly cinema newsreel. He lived in London from 1954, pursuing twin careers as newspaperman and songwriter. He joined the Daily Express in 1960 and later became its senior drama critic, a post he held for 18 years. He later won two national press awards as the television critic for the Daily Mail. As a lyricist, he wrote weekly songs for 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 songs written with, and for, Charles Aznavour: ‘Yesterday When I Was Young’ and the chart-topping ‘She’. He wrote the book and lyrics for the West End musical Our Man Crichton, starring Kenneth More and Millicent Martin, and the lyrics for The Four Musketeers, starring Harry Secombe as D’Artagnan. He also collaborated with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (ABBA), Anthony Newley and Michel Legrand. Kretzmer was the recipient of two honorary doctorates and was appointed OBE in 2010.

Director

James Powell

Director

James co-directed the 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables, first staged in 2009. He has subsequently directed the production worldwide – including Japan, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Canada, Korea, Germany, Dubai, New York and the current UK and US tours. He directed the staged concert version of Les Misérables in Scandinavia in 2002 and the 25th anniversary concert at London’s O2 Arena in 2010.

James’ other directorial work includes Dirty Dancing in London, Australia, Toronto, Holland, Germany and both US tours. He was Associate Director on the original production of Mary Poppins (Bristol, West End and Broadway), and has since gone on to direct both UK tours as well as productions in Holland, Australia, Switzerland, Dubai, Germany and Japan. Other work includes Batman Live (UK tour), The Witches of Eastwick and Singin’ in the Rain (West Yorkshire Playhouse) where he was Staff Director.

James recently directed Les Misérables: The Staged Concert at the Gielgud Theatre and resumed his position of Associate Director for Mary Poppins in the West End.

Director

Laurence Connor

Director

Director: Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium); Chess (English National Opera); Unmasked (The Other Palace); Miss Saigon (Broadway, West End, US Tours, UK Tours, Australia, Japan and Korea); School of Rock (Broadway, West End, US Tour, Australia, China and Korea); Les Misérables (Broadway, US Tours, UK Tours, Australia, Japan, Korea and Spain); Jesus Christ Superstar (UK and Australian arena tour); The Phantom of the Opera (UK and US tours); Oliver! (UK tour).

He directed the 25th anniversary concert of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and the 25th anniversary concert of Les Misérables at the O2 in London, both of which were simultaneously broadcast in cinemas worldwide and subsequently released on DVD.

DVD credits: Jesus Christ Superstar (world arena tour); The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary concert (Royal Albert Hall), Les Misérables (O2 Arena) and Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre).

Awards: Miss Saigon on Broadway (Tony nomination for Best Revival); Miss Saigon (UK – Manchester Evening News Award for Best Touring Musical, Korea – Best New Foreign Production and Best Ensemble in a Musical, and Australia – the Green Room Award for Best Director of a Musical) and Les Misérables (UK – Best Musical at the Manchester Evening News Awards).

Set & Image Designer

Matt Kinley

Set & Image Designer

Matt graduated from the Motley Theatre design course in 1994 and spent the next decade working at the National Theatre in London as a designer, design associate and draughtsman. Matt left to work within commercial theatre, developing many large productions and adapting them for tour. As part of a long working partnership with Cameron Mackintosh, Matt initially adapted the original versions of My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins as well as co-designing the recent international productions of Miss Saigon.

In 2009, he was invited to redesign Les Misérables for its 25th anniversary production as a UK tour. The success of the new staging has seen subsequent productions and tours across the world, alongside presentations on Broadway and the new West End show at the Sondheim.
Matt also designed the 25th anniversary concerts of Les Misérables at the O2 Arena and The Phantom of the Opera at theRoyal Albert Hall, as well as the recent Les Mis concert at the Gielgud. Matt also designs a wide variety and scale of productions, both in the UK and internationally, with a long history of developing large-scale musical theatre in São Paulo, Brazil.

Lighting Designer

Paule Constable

Lighting Designer

Paule is a multi-award-winning lighting designer for theatre, dance and opera.
She is an associate of the National, the Lyric Hammersmith and Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures. Recent theatre credits include: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Master Harold and the Boys, Pericles, Nine Night, Pinocchio, Follies (Olivier nominated, Knight of Illumination Award 2018), Angels in America (Olivier nominated, also Broadway, Tony Award nominated), Mosquitoes, Common, The Red Barn, The Threepenny Opera, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, (National/Apollo/Gielgud/ Ethel Barrymore, NY/ world tour) and War Horse (National/New London/ Vivian Beaumont, NY/world tour), Local Hero (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh), The Cherry Orchard (Toneelgroep, Amsterdam), The Moderate Soprano (West End), ear for eye, Clybourne Park (also West End), Posh, Krapps Last Tape, The Country, Dublin Carol and The Weir (Royal Court, also West End and Broadway), Luise Miller and Ivanov (Donmar at the Wyndham’s), The Chalk Garden, Othello, Proof, The Little Foxes and Bondagers (Donmar Warehouse), Happy Days, Feast, The Good Soul of Szechuan, Generations, Vernon God Little, Wolf Hall (also West End and Broadway), The Prince of Homburg, The Seagull and Tales From Ovid (RSC), Seventeen, Herons, Blasted and Three Sisters (Lyric). Her opera designs have been seen all over the world. In dance, she lit the new revival of Swan Lake, as well as Romeo and Juliet, The Red Shoes, Sleeping Beauty, Play without Words, Dorian Gray and Highland Fling for Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures.

Paule is a Royal Designer for Industry and has won the Oliver Award for Best Lighting Design a record four times (for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Chalk Garden, Don Carlos and His Dark Materials) and the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design twice (for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse). She has also won the Knight of Illuminations Award for Best Lighting Design for Follies, Saint Joan and for Barnum, the LA Drama Desk Award for Les Misérables, War Horse and Sleeping Beauty, the New York Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for both Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse and the Australian Helpmann Award for Les Misérables in Sydney. Paule was the first recipient of the Opera Award for Lighting and received the first Hospital Award for Contribution to Theatre.

Sound Designer

Mick Potter

Sound Designer

Mick has a BA Honours degree in Creative Design from the Central School of Art and Design London. Mick has designed the sound for numerous world premiere productions including: Saturday Night Fever (London/New York), Bombay Dreams (London/New York), The Woman in White (London and New York), The Phantom of the Opera (Las Vegas), Evita (London), Zorro: The Musical (London/Paris/worldwide), The Sound of Music (London/Toronto/UK tour/Asia/Australia), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London), Sister Act (London/Hamburg/Stuttgart/Barcelona/Berlin), Love Never Dies (London/Melbourne/Sydney/Tokyo/Hamburg/US tour), The Wizard of Oz (London/Toronto/US tour/Australia), Betty Blue Eyes (London), Les Misérables 25th anniversary celebration (O2 Arena, London), The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary celebration (Royal Albert Hall), The Phantom of the Opera (UK tour/US tour), Evita (New York/US tour/Australia/China), Barnum (Chichester/UK tour), From Here to Eternity (London), Miss Saigon (London/Tokyo/New York/UK tour/US tour/worldwide), School of Rock (New York/London/US tour/Australia/China), Sunset Boulevard (English National Opera, London/New York), Cats (New York/US tour), Half a Sixpence (Chichester/London), Carousel and Chess (English National Opera, London), The Phantom of the Opera 30th anniversary celebration (New York), The Phantom of the Opera (worldwide), Man of La Mancha (English National Opera, London), The Light in The Piazza (Royal Festival Hall/World tour) and Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (Gielgud Theatre, London).

Mick created all new sound designs for The Phantom of The Opera (London/New York/worldwide) and all new sound designs for Les Misérables international 25th anniversary production (London/New York/worldwide).

Awards include: Olivier Award in 2005 for The Woman in White (London), Parnelli Award in 2006 for The Phantom Of The Opera (Las Vegas), Green Room Award Australia in 2011 for Love Never Dies (Melbourne), Broadway World Audience Award in 2013 for Les Misérables (Toronto), Broadway World Audience Award in 2014 for Miss Saigon (London), Helpmann Award Australia in 2015 for Les Misérables (Melbourne), Broadway World Audience Award in 2016 for Les Misérables (Manila) and Green Room Award Australia in 2019 School of Rock (Melbourne). Nominations include: Helpmann Award in 2011 for Love Never Dies (Melbourne), Tony Award in 2014 for Les Misérables (New York), Green Room Australia in 2014 for Les Misérables (Sydney), Drama Desk Award in 2016 for School of Rock (New York) and Drama Desk Award in 2017 for Cats (New York).

Original Costume Designer

Andreane Neofitou

Original Costume Designer

Andy’s iconic costume designs for the huge hits Les Misérables and Miss Saigon have been seen in London and on Broadway (gaining her a Tony nomination for Les Misérables) with productions continuing to play worldwide. Les Misérables became the West End’s longest-running show at 32 years, and a major new production of
Miss Saigon is currently playing a US tour following successful runs in the West End and on Broadway. Among Andy’s other costume designs are Timon of Athens with David Suchet, The Baker’s Wife and Gone With the Wind – all three directed by Trevor Nunn, Peter Pan (Royal National Theatre) directed by John Caird, and Bizet’s Carmen at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as the musicals The Far Pavilions (West End), and the mega-hit Grease (Dominion Theatre/UK and European tours).

Other international credits include Nabucco directed by Elijah Moshinsky (The Met, New York), Miss Julie (Athens), Jane Eyre: The Musical directed by John Caird (Broadway; Outer Critics Circle Award nomination) and Cameron Mackintosh’s revised version of Martin Guerre (USA).

Andy’s costume designs for the Royal Shakespeare Company include The Changeling directed by Michael Attenborough, The Merchant of Venice with Antony Sher, The Fair Maid of the West directed by Trevor Nunn (inaugural production Swan Theatre), Hedda Gabler with Glenda Jackson, Once in a Lifetime, Peter Pan, and Nicholas Nickleby at Stratford and on Broadway, the latter winning Andy the Outer Circle Critics’ Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design.

Film credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with Richard Dreyfuss directed by Tom Stoppard and Still Life with Roger Daltrey.

Costume Design

Christine Rowland

Costume Design

Christine Rowland has worked in both subsidised and commercial theatre. She was resident Costume Supervisor at the National Theatre for several years and Head of Costume at the RSC. Work for Cameron Mackintosh includes: Carousel (London, New York and Japan), Oliver! (London, UK tour, Toronto and Sydney), The Witches of Eastwick (London and Melbourne), My Fair Lady (London and USA tour), Betty Blue Eyes (London), Mary Poppins (London, UK tour, New York, USA tour, Holland, Australia, Vienna and Stuttgart), Les Misérables 25th anniversary production (USA and UK tours, O2 concert, Spain, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, New York, Dubai, Brazil and Mexico).

Other musicals include: The Secret Garden (Royal Shakespeare Company, London), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London/New York) and Gypsy (New York).

Costume Design

Paul Wills

Costume Design

Theatre Designer credits includes: King Lear (The Duke of York’s); Admissions (Trafalgar Studios); The Monstrous Child (Royal Opera House); Frozen (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Lady Windemere’s Fan, Di and Viv and Rose (The Vaudeville); American Buffalo (Wyndham’s Theatre); Mrs Henderson Presents (Noël Coward Theatre); Measure for Measure (Theatre For A New Audience, New York); Hamlet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (RSC and The Lincoln Centre, Washington); Running Wild (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre & UK Tour); Kinky Boots, Shakespeare in Love, King-Kong (The Fugard Theatre, Cape Town); The Snapper (Gate Theatre, Dublin); Making Noise Quietly, Anna Christie, The Man who had all the Luck, The Cut (Donmar Warehouse); The Four Seasons: A Reimagining (The Sam Wanamaker Theatre); Richard II, Doctor Faustus, Frontline, The Lightning Child (Shakespeare’s Globe); Occupational Hazards, A Human Being Died That Night(Hampstead Theatre); Routes, Breathing Corpses, The Acid Test (Royal Court); My Fair Lady (Sheffield Crucible); Drum Belly, Our Few and Evil Days (The Abbey); Howie the Rookie (The Project, The Barbican, BAM); Yerma (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Fortune (The Metropolitan Theatre, PARCO, Tokyo); An Enemy of the People (Theatre Cocoon, Bunkamura, Tokyo); Secret Theatre, Blasted, Saved (Lyric Hammersmith); The Hypochondriac, Home, A Steady Rain (Theatre Royal, Bath); A Number (The Chocolate Factory)

Musical Staging

Geoffrey Garratt

Musical Staging

Geoffrey trained at the Bird College of Performing Arts. As a performer, Geoffrey has appeared in Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, Matador, Mr Cinders, Martin Guerre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story and Oliver!

Geoff’s most recent work includes Associate Choreographer on the recently opened revival of Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward, additional choreography for the recent West End hit revival of Miss Saigon (Prince Edward), which transferred to Broadway (Landmark Theatre, New York), musical staging for the Broadway revival of Les Misérables (Imperial Theatre, New York) which opened in Toronto, and the UK and Ireland tour of Les Misérables. Geoff has subsequently worked on Les Misérables in Australia, Japan and Korea. He has worked as an associate choreographer on Mary Poppins since the original production in and subsequently in the USA, Holland, Australia, Mexico and in Brazil. He has worked as Associate Choreographer on Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the UK and USA national tours, Holland, Australia and Toronto, and as Additional Choreographer for productions of Miss Saigon in Japan, Holland, Australia, Korea, Brazil and the UK tour.

Other Associate Choreography credits include The Witches of Eastwick (West End and Australia) and Betty Blue Eyes (West End). Choreographic credits also include The Witches of Eastwick (UK tour), Jack and the Beanstalk (Barbican), Encore! Mr Producer and Hey! Mr Producer (Jean Ann Ryan Productions USA), Blues in the Night (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Fascinating Aïda (UK tour) and Little Shop of Horrors (West Yorkshire Playhouse).

Additional Musical Staging

Michael Ashcroft

Additional Musical Staging

Theatre includes: Movement Director: Alcina (Glyndebourne Festival Opera), The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep), Henry V (MGC), Les Misérables the 25th anniversary tour (Cameron Mackintosh), The Power of Yes (National Theatre), Resurrection Blues (Old Vic), Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse), Nakamitsu (Gate), The Blue Room (West End), Punk Rock (Hammersmith Lyric), Cosí Fan Tutte (ENO), The Lost Child Project (David Glass Ensemble, Cambodia), Orestes (Shared Experience) and The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne Festival Opera). Michael is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Film includes: Hamlet, Richard III and Henry IV. Michael shares with Geoffrey Garratt a 2015 Helpmann Award nomination for Best Choreography in a Musical – Les Misérables.

Projection Realization

Finn Ross

Projection Realization

Finn Ross has won two Oliviers, a Tony and three Drama Desk awards.
Recent work includes:
Theatre: Back to the Future (West End); Les Misérables (WestEnd); Sweet Charity (Donmar), (Broadway); Mean Girls (Broadway), Bat out of Hell (West end and International), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End & Broadway), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway/West End/Tour); Dusty (Touring); Jagged Little Pill, In the Body of the World & The Crossing (American Reparatory Theatre & Broadway); American Psycho (Broadway & Almedia); Betrayal (Broadway); Chimerica (Almeida & West End); The Tempest (The RSC & Barbican); Master and Margarita, All My Sons, Shunkin (Complicite)
Opera: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); Missa Solemnis (LA Phil); Benvenuto Cellini, Death of Klinghoffer, Death in Venice, Damnation of Faust, Don Giovanni, (ENO); Hänsel und Gretel, Zäuberflote, A Dog’s Heart (DNO, Amsterdam); La clemenza di Tito, Mr Brouček (Opera North); Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Béatrice et Bénédict, Turn of the Screw (Theatre an der Wien); Rinaldo, (Glyndebourne);
Dance: Anna Karenina (The Joffrey Ballet); The Nutcracker (Atlanta Ballet); Le Petit Prince (National Ballet of Canada); Frankenstein (Royal Ballet); The Feeling of Going (Skånes Dansteater and Malmö Opera)
Commercial: J Balvin Fornightmares (Fortnight), W Hotel Instillation (Guangzhou, China): Schlumberger AGM (Paris), Oracle (Las Vegas), Rolling Stones Exhibitionism (International)

Projection Realization

59 Productions

Projection Realization

59 Productions is a multi-award-winning design studio and production company with offices in London and New York. Recent works include: Invisible Cities (Manchester International Festival/Brisbane Festival), An American in Paris (Broadway/London/US tour), Junk (Lincoln Centre Theater), Oslo (Lincoln Center/National/Harold Pinter Theatre), The Shadow Factory (Nuffield Theatre), Five Telegrams, Bloom and Deep Time (Edinburgh International Festival), The Last Ship (Northern Stage/UK tour/US tour), Moments of Silence (Imperial War Museum), Reflections: Guggenheim Bilbao 20th Anniversary (Guggenheim Museum), A Perfect Harmony (Freer/Sackler galleries/Smithsonian Institution), Paul Auster’s City of Glass (Home/Manchester/Lyric Hammersmith) Wonder.land (Manchester International Festival/National), David Bowie (V&A), Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Big Fish (Broadway), The Forbidden Zone (Salzburg Festival/Schaubühne Berlin), War Horse (National/worldwide tours), Les Misérables (world tour) and the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Designs for opera include: Satyagraha (LA Opera), Marnie (Metropolitan Opera/ENO), Candide and The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Santa Fe Opera), Brigadoon (New York City Center), Pearl Fishers (LA Opera), Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary Gala, Two Boys and The Enchanted Island (Metropolitan Opera, New York), Sukanya, Morgen und Abend and Eugene Onegin (Royal Opera), The Shining (Minnesota Opera), Satyagraha (ENO) and Al gran sole carico d’amore (Berlin State Opera/Salzburg Festival).

Orchestrations

Stephen Metcalfe

Orchestrations

Stephen Metcalfe is a composer, orchestrator and record producer for ﬁlm and theatre. For the past 19 years he has worked as Head of Music at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, where he has developed, edited and contributed orchestrations to the scores for all of Cameron Mackintosh’s productions in the UK and worldwide.

Stephen produced the 2008 London cast album of Oliver!, the UK tour cast album of Les Misérables, the Australian cast album of Mary Poppins, the DVD release of the Les Misérables concert at the O2 Arena, the original London cast album of Betty Blue Eyes, the 2014 London cast album and the 25th anniversary film of Miss Saigon and the cast album of Half a Sixpence.

Other productions include Les Misérables (London/New York/the Netherlands/Spain/UK tour/US tour), Miss Saigon (London/New York the Netherlands/UK tour/US tour), The Witches of Eastwick (London/UK tour), Cats (London), Martin Guerre (Watermill), My Fair Lady (London/UK tour/US tour), Avenue Q (London), Mary Poppins (London/New York/UK tour/US tour, Oliver! (London/UK tour), Hair (London), Betty Blue Eyes (London), Barnum (Chichester/UK tour), Half a Sixpence (Chichester/London) and Hamilton (London).

Stephen orchestrated and produced the double-platinum award-winning soundtrack albums for the Universal Pictures ﬁlm of Les Misérables, for which he received a Grammy Award nomination.

Orchestrations

Christopher Jahnke

Orchestrations

Theatre includes: Orchestrator: Porgy and Bess (Broadway/London; Best Orchestrations Tony nomination), new orchestrations for Les Misérables (performed worldwide since 2006), Legally Blonde, Cry Baby and Grease (2007), Dessa Rose, A Man of No Importance and Wind in the Willows (Stiles & Drewe). Other orchestrations: Do You Hear the People Sing? (symphonic tour of Boublil/Schönberg), Tom Jones (Stiles & Leigh), Just So (Stiles & Drewe), Lady Gaga (The Sound of Music, 2015 Oscars, with Stephen Oremus), The Wiz Live!, Rufus Wainwright, Radio City Rockettes and Emily Bear. Music Supervisor: Escape to Margaritaville and Memphis. Apprentice to orchestrator William David Brohn: Sweet Smell of Success, Ragtime, Secret Garden, The Three Musketeers, The Witches of Eastwick, Mary Poppins and Wicked.

Musical Supervisor & Orchestrations

Stephen Brooker

Musical Supervisor & Orchestrations

Stephen Brooker is Executive Musical Supervisor for Cameron Mackintosh worldwide. He was musical director and conductor for Universal Pictures’ film of Les Misérables.

Musical Supervision: Old Friends – Stephen Sondheim Celebration (May 2022), Mary Poppins (Australia May 2022), Sister Act (2022) The Show Must Go On (Palace Theatre 2021), Les Misérables (Worldwide), Miss Saigon (Worldwide), White Christmas, Mary Poppins (Worldwide), Les Misérables – The Staged Concert, Sunset Boulevard, The Woman in White, Half A Sixpence, Les Misérables O2 Concert, The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Performance, Betty Blue Eyes, Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert, OLIVER!, My Fair Lady, Cats, Hair, Carmen Jones, The Phantom of the Opera, Grease, Fame, Saturday Night Fever, Barnum, Peter Pan, and Chess.

Musical Direction: The Woman in White, Sunset Boulevard, My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, The Show Must Go On, Lautrec, Betty Blue Eyes, Cats, Shall We Dance, Hair, Fame, The Secret Garden, Chess, Carmen Jones, Saturday Night Fever, and South Pacific.

Stephen conducted the Classical Brit Awards and was composer and conductor for the original production of Burn the Floor. For the Imagination group, he has written, produced and conducted music for: Jaguar/Range Rover, Coca-Cola, Walt Disney, Ford Motors, Toyota Cars, Volvo Cars, Sony Eriksson, BMW, British Airways, Holiday Inn and Canon. Orchestral conducting includes: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony, Haifa Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Hamburg Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London and Manchester Concert Orchestras and the Ukraine Opera and Symphony Orchestra. He conducted the Royal Choral Society in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen. Recordings include Disney Film Classics and Crazy for Gershwin (BBC Concert Orchestra), the studio recording of Hair, cast recordings of The Secret Garden, The Woman in White and South Pacific. He was orchestrator and conductor for Walt Disney’s award-winning Animator’s Palette and Cinderellabration (Disneyland Tokyo).

He produced the ‘live’ recording of OLIVER! Starring Rowan Atkinson, the 25th Anniversary recording of Les Misérables and the Dutch and Australian recordings of Mary Poppins. Stephen conducted the Oscars – The 85th Academy Awards and is an Australian Helpmann Award winner for Mary Poppins.

https://stephenbrooker.co.uk

Orchestrations

John Cameron

Orchestrations

Academy Award-nominated John Cameron created the orchestral score for every version of Les Misérables between 1979 and 2005, including the original Robert Hossein production in 1980 through the RSC, Broadway, tour and concert versions, winning the New York Drama Desk Award for Orchestration in 1986 and the National Broadway Theatre Award in 2002. The New York cast album won a Grammy. His movie scores include: the Academy Award-nominated A Touch of Class, the British classic Kes and the Emmy-nominated Path to 9/11. Other television and movie scores include: The Ruling Class, To End All Wars, Jack the Ripper, The Mirror Crack’d and ABC’s Little House on the Prairie. His songwriting hits include Agnetha Fältskog’s ‘If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind’. John’s concert works include the cantata Missa Celtica, recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra and the choir of New College, Oxford. He was nominated for an Olivier Award as co-composer of Zorro the Musical. Other shows he has arranged include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Adaptation

Trevor Nunn

Adaptation

Theatre includes: From 1968 to 1986, Trevor Nunn was the longest serving artistic director of the RSC, directing most of the Shakespeare canon, as well as Nicholas Nickleby and Les Misérables. From 1997 to 2003, he was director of the National Theatre, where his productions included The Merchant of Venice, Summerfolk and The Cherry Orchard, as well as Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady and Anything Goes. He has directed the world premieres of Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia and Rock ’n’ Roll by Tom Stoppard, and of Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Starlight Express by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Other theatre includes: Timon of Athens and Skellig (Young Vic), The Lady from the Sea (Almeida), Hamlet, Richard II and Inherit the Wind (Old Vic), King Lear and The Seagull (RSC), Scenes from a Marriage (Coventry and St James Theatre), A Little Night Music (London/New York), Cyrano de Bergerac, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Kiss Me, Kate (Chichester Festival Theatre), Birdsong, Flare Path, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Tempest and The Lion in Winter (Theatre Royal, Haymarket), A Chorus of Disapproval (West End), All That Fall (London/New York) and Relative Values (Bath Theatre Royal/West End).

Opera includes: Idomeneo, Porgy and Bess, Così fan tutte and Peter Grimes (Glyndebourne and Salzburg) and Katya Kabanova and Sophie’s Choice (Royal Opera House).

Television includes: Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Three Sisters, Othello and King Lear.

Film includes: Hedda, Lady Jane and Twelfth Night.

Adaptation

John Caird

Adaptation

John Caird is an honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, principal guest director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, and a freelance writer and director of plays, musicals and operas. His National Theatre productions include Hamlet, Money, Humbleboy, The Seagull, Stanley, Trelawney of the Wells, Peter Pan and his own new Olivier award-winning version of Bernstein’s Candide. His recent directorial credits include Knights’ Tale and Hamlet, both in Tokyo, Don Giovanni at WNO in Cardiff, McQueen at the Haymarket Theatre, Tosca in Chicago, Houston and LA, Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Stratford Festival in Canada, La Bohème in San Francisco and Toronto, Parsifal in Chicago, Twelfth Night in Tokyo, and his own musical Daddy Long Legs off-Broadway, in Tokyo and all across the US. His directorial work for the RSC has included more than 20 productions of Shakespeare as well as classic and new plays, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Beggar’s Opera, Twelfth Night, Peter Pan, Our Friends in the North, Nicholas Nickleby and Les Misérables – the last two productions winning numerous awards in the West End, Broadway and all around the world.

At Dramaten in Stockholm, he has directed Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dance of Death, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Gertrud and Merry Wives of Windsor. Other productions include Macbeth at the Almeida Theatre, Becket at the Haymarket and Song & Dance at the Palace Theatre. For BBC TV, he adapted and directed Henry IV Parts I and II. He wrote and directed the Siegfried and Roy Spectacular in Las Vegas. He wrote the libretti for André Previn’s opera Brief Encounter and for The Phoenix with music by Tarik O’Regan, both premiering at Houston Grand Opera. He also wrote and directed Children of Eden with music by Stephen Schwartz, as well as Jane Eyre, Daddy Long Legs and Knights’ Tale, all with music by Paul Gordon. Theatre Craft, his book about directing plays and musicals, is published by Faber and Faber.

Original French Text

Jean-Marc Natel 1942 – 2019

Original French Text

Jean-Marc Natel studied art at the Beaux Arts in Toulon before he turned to poetry and had two volumes of his poems published. In 1968 he moved to Paris, where he met Alain Boublil who introduced him to songwriting with the daunting task of co-writing the lyrics for Les Misérables. He wrote songs for a variety of artists and some of his poetry was set to music by Franck Pourcel.

Additional Material

James Fenton

Additional Material

James Fenton was educated at the Durham Choristers’ School, Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry. He has worked as a political and literary journalist on The New Statesman, was a freelance reporter in Indo-China, spent a year in Germany working for The Guardian, was theatre critic for The Sunday Times for five years, chief book reviewer for The Times from 1984 to 1986, South East Asian correspondent for The Independent from 1986 to 1988 and a columnist for them until 1995. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books.

James Fenton was Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1994 to 1999. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1983. He won the Whitbread Prize for Poetry and was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Poetry in 2007.

Recent work includes a new selection of poems, Yellow Tulips. It contains some of the most memorable lyric verse of the past decades, from the formal skill that marked his debut, Terminal Moraine, to the dramatic and political monologues of The Memory of War and Children in Exile, through to the unforgettable love poems of Out of Danger. He edited the New Faber Book of Love Poems in 2006. Further publications include School of Genius: A History of the Royal Academy of Arts, A Garden of a Hundred Packets of Seeds, Samuel T Coleridge Selected Poems, William Blake Selected Poems, his reportage as a war correspondent All the Wrong Places: Adrift in the Politics of South-East Asia, and the collection of essays The Strength of Poetry.

Plays and libretti include: The Orphan of Zhao and Tamar’s Revenge (RSC), Pictures from an Exhibition (Young Vic), The Tsunami Song Cycle (BBC), Rigoletto (ENO) and Haroun and the Sea of Stories (New York City Opera).

Associate Set Designer

David Harris

Associate Set Designer

Christine Peters

Associate Sound Designer

Nic Gray

Associate Projection Designer

Simon Harding

Associate Lighting Designer

Ben Jacobs

Associate Lighting Designer

Karen Spahn

Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Designer

Stefan Musch

Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Designer

Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera (London, 25th Anniversary, U.K. Tour, International), Les Misérables (London, Staged Concert, International), Miss Saigon, Shrek (London, International), King Lear (Chichester, London). London: An American in Paris, Frozen: The Play, Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Book of Mormon, Hairspray, Gone with the Wind, Wicked, Lord of the Rings. Germany: Disney’s Aida, Elisabeth, Tabaluga and Lili, Cats (also 1st national tour). Film: Young Woman and the Sea, Spencer, Maleficent, Cinderella, Flawless, The Merchant of Venice. Events: Royal Variety Show (2014, 2016), Her Majesty’s the Queen Platinum Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. U.K. Theatre Trust Award for Outstanding Achievement in Wigs and Make-Up.

Musical Coordinator

John Miller

Musical Coordinator

Over 100 Broadway shows. Recent: Once On This Island; Hello, Dolly!; Indecent; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; A Bronx Tale; The Great Comet of 1812; Waitress; Something Rotten!; Beautiful; Jersey Boys. Musician (bass): Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bette Midler, Peter, Paul and Mary, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra. johnmillerbass.com

Intimacy Director

Leigh Zimmerman

Intimacy Director

Leigh is an Olivier Award-winning entertainment industry professional with 30+ years of in-depth knowledge and experience in live theater, film, and television in the US and UK. Informed by her extensive and accomplished work as a professional actor, singer, dancer, and educator, Leigh specializes in consent-based, trauma-informed practices for staged theatrical intimacy and as an Artistic Mental Health Practitioner to support the wellbeing of all artists. leighzimmerman.com

Casting

Felicia Rudolph / Tara Rubin Casting

Casting

Selected Broadway and national tours: KPOP (upcoming), Mr. Saturday Night, Six, Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, Cats, Falsettos, School of Rock, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Big Fish, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera. Selected Off-Broadway: Sing Street, Trevor, Between the Lines, Clueless, Gloria: A Life, Smokey Joe’s Café, Here Lies Love. Regional: Yale Rep, Asolo Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe. Film: Here Today.

Casting

Merri Sugarman / Tara Rubin Casting

Casting

Exclusive Tour Booking, Press & Marketing

Bond Theatrical Group

Exclusive Tour Booking, Press & Marketing

Bond Theatrical Group is an independently-owned booking, marketing and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour booking and marketing shows include & Juliet, A Beautiful Noise, A Soldier’s Play, Annie, Blue Man Group, CATS, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, Clue, Clueless, Company, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Girl from the North Country, Harmony, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lempicka, Life Of Pi, Les Misérables, Peter Pan and The Lehman Trilogy. More at bondtheatrical.com

General Management

Gregory Vander Ploeg

Associate Director

Corey Agnew

Associate Director

Corey is happy to be back with Les Misérables. Favorite credits include: Les Misérables (Associate and Resident Director – Mexico, Toronto, Australia, U.S. Tours), Matilda (Deputy-Associate and Resident Director – South Korea, Toronto, U.S. national tour), Mary Poppins (Associate, Resident and Children’s Director – Broadway, Australian Premier, 1st and 2nd U.S. Tours), The Sunshine Boys (Soulpepper Theatre), Robin Hood (Ross Petty Productions). Corey is passionate about teaching acting and coaches many successful college applicants: agnewactingstudio.com

Musical Supervisor

James Moore

Musical Supervisor

Broadway: Miss Saigon, On the Town, Gigi, Follies, South Pacific, Ragtime, Steel Pier, Company. National tours: The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; Crazy for You; And the World Goes ‘Round – The Songs of Kander and Ebb. Regional: Signature Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Paper Mill, The Muny. Symphonic: Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, The Santa Barbara Symphony. Recordings: On the Town, Follies. Education: Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Musical Staging Associate

Jesse Robb

Musical Staging Associate

An honors graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Robb’s career covers a wide variety of work including Broadway, Cirque Du Soleil, Disney, Momix, Prime Video, RWS Entertainment Group, Opera Philadelphia, and Turner Classic Movies. Broadway: Associate Choreographer: Miss Saigon and The Cher Show. Additional Credits: Miss Saigon (co-staged Tony Awards Broadcast performance, North American Tour, Vienna); Stratford Festival of Canada, Theatre Calgary, Ogunquit Playhouse, The 5th Avenue Theatre, The Ordway, The Cape Playhouse, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, and the North Shore Playhouse among others. jesserobb.com

Resident Director

Brendan Stackhouse

Resident Director

Brendan is honored to work on this production. He has been fortunate to work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally as a Director/Choreographer, and is also a certified Special Education teacher. Love to his family and friends. For JM always.

Musical Director

Will Curry

Musical Director

On Broadway, Will has conducted Camelot and My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater and the recent revivals of Merrily We Roll Along, Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Misérables. Will was the music director and conductor of the national tours of My Fair Lady (2022) and Miss Saigon (2018). Additionally, as a violinist and violist, Will has played the Broadway productions of Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd, Spamalot, Moulin Rouge, Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, Company, Into the Woods, Camelot, My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Misérables and he regularly performs with the American Ballet Theater orchestra. Will is the artistic director and founder of the Broadway Strings, and has taught at Friends Seminary and the Elisabeth Morrow School.

Executive Producer

Seth Sklar-Heyn

Executive Producer

Broadway: Miss Saigon, Les Misérables (Executive Producer); The Phantom of the Opera (Production Supervisor); Miss Saigon, Evita, A Little Night Music, Finian’s Rainbow, Good Vibrations (Associate Director); Mary Stuart, Rock’n’Roll, Frost/Nixon (Assistant Director); The Coast of Utopia (Assistant to the Director). National tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Associate Director) and Billy Elliot (Resident Director). Seth directed the national tours of Frost/Nixon and Evita (2012 revival) and recently directed Ragtime at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Seth serves as Executive Producer for Cameron Mackintosh Inc. in N.Y. Graduate of Vassar College.

Executive Producer

Trinity Wheeler

Executive Producer

Broadway: 1776 (dirs. Diane Paulus and Jeffrey Page), Les Misérables. National tours: The Sound of Music (dir. Jack O’Brien), Finding Neverland, Once on This Island, Waitress, The SpongeBob Musical, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Elf the Musical, The Producers, The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma!, Funny Girl, The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein starring Roger Bart, and Rent starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. Current projects: Les Misérables, Hairspray, 1776, Peter Pan (dir. Lonny Price). Host of Rhapsody Radio (Apple Podcasts, Spotify). Love to Alan, Colin, Richard, Sawyer, Huck, Curry and Alfie. @trinityonbroadway

Executive Producer

NETworks Presentations

Executive Producer

Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, Blue Man Group, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Elf the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Misérables, Peter Pan, The Prom, and To Kill a Mockingbird. networkstours.com

Company Manager

Chris Danner

Company Manager

National tour: The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Disney’s The Lion King, Kinky Boots, Disney’s Newsies, Once, 50 Shades, The Addams Family, 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, My Fair Lady, Blue Man Group, The Light in the Piazza, Annie, Oliver!, Cover Girls, Blue’s Clues Live!, and the Magic of David Copperfield.

Associate Company Manager

Elle Aghabala

Associate Company Manager

Elle is thrilled to be back on the barricades. National tours: Annie (30th Anniversary) and To Kill A Mockingbird. Regional: Center Theatre Group and The Wallis.

Production Stage Manager

Ryan W. Gardner

Production Stage Manager

Broadway/NYC: Waitress, David Byrne’s American Utopia, When Playwrights Kill. National tour: Waitress (pre and post COVID). Regional: Multiple credits at Barrington Stage, SpeakEasy Stage, and Blumenthal Performing Arts. Proud graduate of Boston College. Thanks and love to Mom, Dad, Will, and SF. Glory to God. #keeppounding @ontheroad_rg

Stage Manager

Claire Farrokh

Stage Manager

Claire is thrilled to be on the road with Les Misérables! National tour: Fiddler on the Roof (PSM), The SpongeBob Musical (ASM). Regional Theatre: Geva Theatre Center, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre Center. BFA: Carnegie Mellon University (2019). @claire.farrokh

Assistant Stage Manager

Hollis Duggans-Queenss

Assistant Stage Manager

New York: Fairycakes, Space Dogs, 2021 Tony Awards. National Tour: To Kill A Mockingbird, A Chorus Line, Legally Blonde, Warriors Don’t Cry (TheaterWorks USA). Regional: The Producers, My Three Angels, and You Can’t Take It with You at Barnstormers Theater.