Ramin Karimloo Will Play Final Les Miz Show This Summer and Announces Vacation | Playbill

News Ramin Karimloo Will Play Final Les Miz Show This Summer and Announces Vacation Ramin Karimloo, who received a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the re-imagined Broadway revival of Les Misérables, announced that he will play his final performance this summer.

Karimloo took to his Facebook page to announce that he will take vacation from the show July 27-Aug. 3 and that his final performance will be Aug. 30. Representatives for the production confirmed the star's departure.

 

 

Update. I shall be going AWOL July 27-Aug 3. Back into civilization and Les Mis Aug 4. #Lesmizbway #2460gone

Posted by Ramin Karimloo on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

 

 
The cast also features Tony nominee Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins) as Thenardier, Erika Henningsen as Fantine, Rachel Izen as Madame Thenardier, Brennyn Lark as Eponine, Chris McCarrell as Marius, Wallace Smith as Enjolras, Will Swenson as Javert and Samantha Hill as Cosette.

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Les Misérables opened on Broadway March 23, 2014, at The Imperial Theatre.

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Ramin Karimloo Photo by Matthew Murphy

Les Miz is written by Boublil and Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, original adaption by Trevor Nunn and John Caird and additional material by James Fenton. The original orchestrations are by John Cameron with new orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke, Stephen Metcalfe and Stephen Brooker.

The new production is directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell, with set and image design by Matt Kinley inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo, costumes by Andreane Neofitou and Christine Rowland, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter and projections realized by Fifty-Nine Productions. Musical staging is by Michael Ashcroft and Geoffrey Garratt. Musical supervision is by Stephen Brooker, and musical direction is by James Lowe.

Visit LesMiz.com/Broadway.

 
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