REV (NY 1993)

This was another overall weak performance by the Broadway Company. This was my first time seeing Craig Schulman as Valjean. He had a great voice with a lot of range. But I think his voice is a little too heavy- opera sounding. It could have been a little more theatrical. He acted his part very well but he tended to add a fake proper accent when he sang. This made Valjean sound too upper class and less like a common man. And my all time favorite Javert Chuck Wagner was still very good but not quite as impressive as I had seen before. Lawrence Anderson was strong as Enjolras. He had a very good voice. Sarah E. Litzinger as the Eponine understudy hit all of her notes very well. But she had a heavy-sounding belty voice instead of a more youthful one. She also could have stylized her singing more. Michael Sutherland Lynch as Marius was fair. He too came across as very upper class, adding a very fake sounding proper accent to his singing. It was hard for me to believe this characterization of Marius.


	Broadway (Imperial Theatre, July 1993) REVIEW Valjean (Craig Schulman) Javert (Chuck Wagner) Fantine (Donna Kane) Thenardier (Drew Eshelman) Mme. Thenardier (Evalyn Baron) Enjolras (Lawrence Anderson) Marius (Michael Sutherland Lynch) Eponine (Sarah E. Litzinger *--understudy) Cosette (Melissa Anne Davis) This was another overall weak performance by the Broadway Company. This was my first time seeing Craig Schulman as Valjean. He had a great voice with a lot of range. But I think his voice is a little too heavy- opera sounding. It could have been a little more theatrical. He acted his part very well but he tended to add a fake proper accent when he sang. This made Valjean sound too upper class and less like a common man. And my all time favorite Javert Chuck Wagner was still very good but not quite as impressive as I had seen before. Lawrence Anderson was strong as Enjolras. He had a very good voice. Sarah E. Litzinger as the Eponine understudy hit all of her notes very well. But she had a heavy-sounding belty voice instead of a more youthful one. She also could have stylized her singing more. Michael Sutherland Lynch as Marius was fair. He too came across as very upper class, adding a very fake sounding proper accent to his singing. It was hard for me to believe this characterization of Marius.