Jorts Official I even told him how much I loved the way he played the role. At stage I told him how I never liked Marius(minus the book character) because I found him whiny. He automatically said in a whiny voice “whyyyyyy?!!!! All his friends just diiiieeeed!!!!” 😹 we couldn’t stop laughing and I was like “no! But like! The way you played it was just so real!”

​@Elizabethleaf that's actually such an andy thing to do oh my god

Look up les miserable movie with eddie redmayne he sings this song like andy with so mutch emotsie

Yup true

EXACTLY! Andy makes me like Marius

Yes!

I couldn't agree more! What an exciting period exhibiting pure control and range from his base at 0:54 the then the belt on "BeCAME" instantly hits you. A truly Masterful rendition.

And that's not to mention the scoop into belt on "friends" at 2:26 straight into vibrato on "don't". Chills, literal chills.

Lmao

I cannot stop thinking about it

mArIuS wHaT's WrOnG tOdAy?

I would pay a lot of money to see footage of that

Can someone tell me the story behind this thread?

I was obsessed with Eponine as a kid.. I read all the long books and even studied French, hoping I could read the original. I wrote my own books inspired by Les Mis, especially Eponine, when I was 10 years old!! And I started taking voice lessons - and wrote my own songs too. Les Mis was my everything! But I never related to songs like this until now. I'm 39 and I've survived through hell.. and some of my friends haven't. The song now hits me right where it hurts. And his voice is so powerful.. I agree with you, he really makes me love Marius, who I always hated for the same reason. I thought it was so fucking lame that he loved Cosette and not Eponine. Why? Because Cosette is rich enough to curl her hair and wear dresses? Eponine is a badass and she actually knew who he was, but he chose the barbie girl. Lame.

Marius is the most ‘real’ character in Les Mis. He is us, the reader, and by him surviving in the end Hugo reminds us that the future lies in the hands of him, aka us.

facts

4 weeks n im still fuckin rollin in my grave

Steph Piano I love this cast very much. Perhaps I do not accept only Nikki as Eponine. But she's amazing. But Valjean, Marius, Cosette, Fantina and Thenardiers, shown in this version of Les Mis are my favorites. The duet of Andy and Romin just...wow :3

I was lucky enough to see this and was struck by how pitch-perfectly he played the role, and I don't mean the songs. He inhabited Marius. The whole production was a joy but he was a standout.

leNolaBoy Does anyone know if there's a full boot?

Steph Piano this one isn’t well known kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7WGZa2HrJObc6c.html but there’s a more common one online if you just look up “les mis revival bootleg” it should be one of the first links

Ahhhhh THANK YOU

I see I'm not the only one who got here from that episode. All I can say is I regret nothing and now want Hartley to be part of the main cast

@@donttalktome6878 I really hope he comes back because there fighting Godspeed soon and the last time they did Hartley helped so I really hope he joins the cast

@@Caitlinmperry yes it would make so much sense and him to have a redemption arc where him and Cisco become friends. Also I low-key Stan Roderick

yup hes my dad

same

Same.

IKR

STOP I AM CRYING

let's not make everything about Hamilton

@@rideoutsean literally

Leaving comment as I'm also interested.

There isn't one of this performance that I know of, but stagedork has one with the same cast

don't remember if this performance is from this specific bootleg but here's a full bootleg I have saved

Noa K and this one is with Joshua volley! Bless

Brightskin_Beauty i was the opposite. I heard of him from Les Mis and DWSA and was like ‘so Marius is a gay villain?’

This comments section is my favourite thing because now Hartley to me is just an angsty gay theatre kid lol

Saul Parra andy is a proud baritenor

he couldn't hit the really low note i believe so they changed the key

thanks me

Becca Gemmell they never use them on broadway

Katie O'Connor is this just Les Mis because... Newsies... Very very heavy new York accent...

Aiya Gilliam I’m saying that because this show takes place in France, the artistic directors probably made the decision on the movie for the actors to use British accents. That’s just this show though, every show is different. In the case of Newsies, a New York accent is required and it provides no language barrier.

I mean if we want to be extremely critical, accent accuracy really flew out the window since they use British accents in the movie (I know that British accents are typically used as a substitute for most, but why?), which as you pointed out, takes place in France, so honestly, the accent thing shouldn't make a difference in the long run.

british are probably something that was used because the original english performance was first done on the west end (london). when they started doing it in america, they probably wanted to emphasize that the musical is supposed to take place in a different country, but french is harder for most to do, and the original english recordings probably all already had english accents. on top of that, because the english lyrics are written for british people, a lot of the rhymes work better with english accents

I like both, but I saw the movie first so that influences my opinion. Eddie Redmayne might be my favorite Marius (I'm sorry Andy), the acting and singing and stuff in the movie really made him the stand out performance (again, sorry but I personally think they should have cast stronger singers for the 2 lead male roles). But Andy also gets this song, and makes it amazing. (I'm a fan from DWSA, which if you haven't seen go watch, Andy's Hanschen is my favorite). However, they are performing for very different audiences and situations so I think that's what makes the comparison a bit unfair for the acting. Andy in multiple interviews has said Marius has the most on stage time between his character and being ensamble. And Les Mis is 3 hours long and dark and very hard to perform, so belting this 11 o'clock number really takes a lot of effort (which Andy has also said many times). And he did it 8 times a week. Eddie was in front of a camera in a much calmer and relaxed atmosphere, and I'm assuming he did multiple takes (and live too), which obviously takes a lot of effort. But probably it was on only a few days to get the whole scene and also spaced out with other scenes in the movie as well, but not a full on 2.5 hours of acting straight (since this song is close to the last 1/2 hour in the show). Being in front of the camera means he has to focus more on the acting and emotion since it's so close, but he can do multiple takes if he messes up and is more rested than Broadway performers would be at this point. So anyways I'm sorry that was really long, but that's my take on it

@@kl-1447 omg same,, i just got to watch this over again and i have a new appreciation for andy ;))

@@kl-1447 And also because there are restrictions in staging in musicals.

Probaby because this wasnt meant to be as emotional? I mean, i can feel his anger, but eddie's is more on sadness... But shit both versions are GOOOOD

This was good, but I think what would’ve been more effective is if when they blew out their candles, the light went out completely on them. That way it would’ve shown how quickly their lives were snuffed out and how they left Marius alone on the stage. How this is set up, you see everyone after they blew out their candles and you see them leaving the stage. Given how creative lighting has gotten on Broadway, I’m surprised it was so clunky and ineffective.

This was a very good performance imo. He portrayed Marius from a vision far more unique than most to all others. His voice was good enough, but the acting alone very much compensated for it. This is also a bootleg, not a recording.

This performance has arguably more emotion than literally all others. How do you look at his facial expressions and say 'devoid of all emotion'? He keeps a consistent angry/guilty tone & expression throughout the whole song. As for the choreography.. you may just be lost if you think it's stupid

who hurt you

I'll kindly disagree