Les Mis. That would be the musical, not the book. I don't know how a Broadway show that ran for sixteen years managed to sneak by me, but I know nothing about the plot or music. This is especially shocking since I can ramble off a list of famous musical theater composers in my sleep and name (and probably sing) at least one song from all the popular shows of the past forty years at the drop of Cabaret-style bowler hat. Since Les Mis is one of your favorite musicals, Jason, I am hoping you can school me a bit on what makes it so fantastic. My only reference point is Katie Holmes murdering "Castle on a Cloud" in an episode of "Dawson's Creek," and I imagine that song isn't supposed to make one's ears bleed as it's being sung in a warbling, off-key soprano by crazy Tom Cruise's future wife. Based on the poster for the show I'm thinking Les Mis is about a girl with atrocious hair who lives in France and desperately needs to eat something, which is why she's so miserable, but that doesn't quite sound like a storyline worthy of the Broadway treatment. Enlighten me, Jason, so we can belt out "The Confrontation" together, as you've done in interviews with Paul Rudd and Neil Patrick Harris. I don't know if I can hit the low notes that Doogie does, but I'll give certainly give it my best shot.Sunday, May 30, 2010
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Les Mis. That would be the musical, not the book. I don't know how a Broadway show that ran for sixteen years managed to sneak by me, but I know nothing about the plot or music. This is especially shocking since I can ramble off a list of famous musical theater composers in my sleep and name (and probably sing) at least one song from all the popular shows of the past forty years at the drop of Cabaret-style bowler hat. Since Les Mis is one of your favorite musicals, Jason, I am hoping you can school me a bit on what makes it so fantastic. My only reference point is Katie Holmes murdering "Castle on a Cloud" in an episode of "Dawson's Creek," and I imagine that song isn't supposed to make one's ears bleed as it's being sung in a warbling, off-key soprano by crazy Tom Cruise's future wife. Based on the poster for the show I'm thinking Les Mis is about a girl with atrocious hair who lives in France and desperately needs to eat something, which is why she's so miserable, but that doesn't quite sound like a storyline worthy of the Broadway treatment. Enlighten me, Jason, so we can belt out "The Confrontation" together, as you've done in interviews with Paul Rudd and Neil Patrick Harris. I don't know if I can hit the low notes that Doogie does, but I'll give certainly give it my best shot.
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