There’s another Les Misérables currently playing in town — without music — and it comes at the 1862 Victor Hugo novel in about as different a way from the musical as can be imagined. Theatre Smith-Gilmour’s adaptation features six actors, and is played with only a few props and set pieces carried on and off by the performers. Few people in this city have closer ties to the musical than Louise Pitre, who played Fantine in the original 1989 Toronto production, in the early days of a storied musical theatre career that includes a Tony Award nomination for Mamma Mia! The answer is surprising: it turns out that doubling up roles happens in the musical version, too. At the Theatre With … is an occasional series in which theatre critic Karen Fricker brings people with specialist perspectives to performances.

Source: thestar March 25, 2018 10:52 UTC