Eight year-old LEA MICHELE (Broadway Debut) in "LES MISERABLES" 1996 Playbill

Description

This is a rare January 1996 playbill from the Original Broadway production of the groundbreaking ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG musical "LES MISERABLES" at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. (The production opened March 12th, 1987 at the Broadway Theatre, moved to the Imperial Theatre on October 17th, 1990 and ran for 6680 performances, becoming one of the five longest running Broadway musicals of all time.) ..... Based on the VICTOR HUGO classic, the cast included eight year-old LEA MICHELE (star of TV's "Glee") in her Broadway debut. She played "Young Cosette" on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday matinees
and "Young Eponine" on
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings
. Also in the cast were CRAIG SCHULMAN as "Jean Valjean", DAVID MASENHEIMER as "Javert", MELBA MOORE as "Fantine", JESSICA-SNOW WILSON as "Eponine", GINA FERRALL as "Madame Thenardier", RON BOHMER as "Enjolras" and TAMRA HAYDEN as "Cosette" ..... CREDITS: Book by ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG based on the VICTOR HUGO novel; Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG; Lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER; Original French Text by ALAIN BOUBLIL and JEAN-MARC NATEL; Additional Material by JAMES FENTON; Sets designed by JOHN NAPIER; Costumes designed by ANDREANE NEOFITOU; Directed and Adapted by TREVOR NUNN and JOHN CAIRD; Produced by CAMERON MACKINTOSH ..... DETAILS: The 52 page playbill measures 5 3/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team, but no cast photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.