Les Mis to Be Revamped...

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:22 am Post subject:

(first post, long time lurker here. Very Happy

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I saw that on JOJ's twitter this morning, and my initial reaction was Shocked

. I could not for the life of me think of where they could start that made sense. However, an idea sprung.

Perhaps what they will do is open with Valjean walking through Digne, or already at the Bishop's house, maybe even already sleeping. It could be like it is in the book, where you're introduced to Valjean and then learn his back story...

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:28 am Post subject:

But... they're not changing the music, so that probably wouldn't work in context of "Look Down".

I am interested.

Gosh, it's going to be hard to avoid spoilers when the show actually starts and people have seen it. I usually like spoilers, but I think this time I'm going to try my best not to read anything about it until I've seen it.

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:21 am Post subject:

I have it on pretty good authority (good I love that intro) that they'll make them galley slaves Wink

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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:48 am Post subject:

^ They really are revamping it then aren't they Very Happy

That actually sounds pretty cool.
Do you know if they are making any other changes like that?

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:48 am Post subject:

But surely that makes it more inaccurate, I mean, hadn't they abolished the galleys by then?

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:06 am Post subject:

In the book, Hugo uses the terms "les galeres" and "galerien", so maybe they're taking those a bit too literally.

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject:

Like most of the old movies did.
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:18 am Post subject:

Sounds interesting but, really, they need to just lay off of further altering the music in any way. I know nothing is yet confirmed but I have a feeling they're going to not only use the gross revival orchestrations but they're probably going to add whole new intros/musical sequences in order to accommodate the new staging.

The only musical sequence that I feel might be a bit out of place in the new staging is the barricade music following "On My Own." It was clearly written for the barricade's (yes, folks, the barricade has its own song, lol) morphing crawl onto the stage. Of course, that's assuming they aren't going to feature mobile barricades in this new production.

Other than that, can't think of any other music that should be tampered with.

Well, maybe "Runaway Cart." Twisted Evil

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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:46 am Post subject:

Unless they've changed anything in the last few months, they will be using the new orchestrations, unfortunately.
I actually wouldn't mind that much if they altered the scene-change sequences, so to speak. (Well, as long as they're actually decent.) The show's written to fit the original staging, so it might reduce the restrictions on restaging it if some sequences were changed slightly. Nothing has to be permanent in this production, does it?

Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:05 am Post subject:

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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject:

Totally forgot about the oboe solo. As much as I hate to, I agree that it might seem out of place without the revolve. I know it was pretty awkward in the Hollywood Bowl concert. Even moreso when Gavroche moved when he was supposed to be dead, lol.
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