#patsy gallant

Full-length recording of a 20-year anniversary special aired on French television in 1998, in the presence of Luc Plamondon and Lewis Furey, with the Mogador 98 cast on set plus many stars singing more or less related songs (the original cast of Notre Dame de Paris, a bunch of previous Starmania cast members from a bunch of versions, also Celine Dion is there??)

This first version of the show created without Michel Berger …

Performed from 1993 to 2001 at the Théâtre Mogador, then at the Palais des Congrès to continue at the Palais des Sports and finish at the Casino de Paris, we can almost say that it is a traveling show !

This version will have a controversial success, part of the public will love it while the other will simply hate it

The costumes were considered ugly and the staging bordered on the psychedelic, some critics would even say that this version was a betrayal /a terrible parody of the original show

The album :

What made this version unique was the possibility of language choice

In English on Friday (probably to pay homage to the Tycoon project) and naturally in French the rest of the week

DISTRIBUTION :

Johnny Rockfort :

Bruno Pelletier ( 1993 - 1995 )

Norman Groulx ( 1995 - 1999 )

Frank Sherbourne ( 1999 - 2001 )

Cristal :

Judith Bérard ( 1993 - 1996 )

Edith Fortin ( 1996 - 2001 )

Marie-Jeanne :

Luce Dufault ( 1993 - 1995 )

Isabelle Boulay ( 1995 - 1997 )

Joane Labelle ( 1998 - 1999 )

Lulu Hugues ( 1999 - 2001 )

Zéro Janvier :

Michel Pascal ( 1993 - 1997 / 2000 - 2001 )

Richard Groulx ( 1997 - 1999 )

Martin Fontaine ( 1999 - 2000 )

Stella Spotlight : Patsy Gallant

Ziggy :

Frank Sherbourne ( 1993 - 1999 )

Andy Cocq ( 1999 - 2001 )

Sadia :

Jasmine Roy ( 1993 - 1996 )

Marie Carmen ( 1996 )

Véronique Béliveau ( 1997 )

Kwin ( 1997 - 2001 )

Liners :

Norman Groulx / Jean Ravel / Jasmine Roy / Sabrina Lory / Éric Melville

( I find it fascinating to rediscover these three members of the 1988 troop in completely different roles )

Clip :

Legally speaking there is only one official recording of the show with the troupe from 2000, but a recording of Tycoon, probably filmed discreetly by a spectator is available :

Tycoon 1993 :

Fanmade of the 1994 French version :

Starmania 2000 :

ANECDOTES :

For the first time Roger Roger is no longer a human character

He is now a robot with the voice of Muriel Robin in French and Tim Rice in English

For the tour across France the robot will not be used for budgetary reasons , his lines of dialogue will be distributed to other characters

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I don't talk about it in my other pages but Cristal's death has evolved a lot over time !!

1979 : She falls from the roof of Naziland

1988 : Zero's guards shoot her

1993 : Her bomb makes her explode

2000 : Zero strangles her with his bare hands

2022 : Sadia shoots her

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For the first time

The auditions for the role of Sadia were open to men !!

Unfortunately at the time of writing Sadia has still not been interpreted by a man ...

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Andy Cocq and Eric Melville were spotted by Plamondon when they both auditioned for Notre Dame de Paris !!

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Andy Cocq is one of the big names in the world of French musicals, having played in Emilie Jolie 2002, le Soldat Rose , Doty et le magicien d'Oz , the French adaptations of Spamlot and the Producers

Which I had the chance to see at the Paris theater in 2022

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Luce Dufault is the only performer in the history of Starmania to have performed on stage while she was 6 months pregnant

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Technical accident occurred at the Mogador when Bruno Pelletier's long hair was found stuck while he was suspended in the air and had to go down on stage roped up !

The show stopped and Plamondon himself came on stage to reassure the audience, in his own words :

A member of the black stars must be able to face any eventuality !

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In 1995, Stella Spotlight's slide dress hit the stage…

Without Patsy Gallant !

The singer had gone backstage to quench her thirst and had forgotten that she had to make a short appearance on stage

More Starmania ? Curious to discover other French musicals ?

My Masterlist is here :

Patsy Gallant - “From New York to L.A.”

Starmania (1993 Mogador cast) - Medley for French TV :

Mogador Lore from massmediapixels (Nov 2024)

In the 2000-2001 mini-version without Roger-Roger, a peculiar link is explored between Marie-Jeanne and Stella. During the whole show, Marie-Jeanne never misses an opportunity to throw shade at Stella, from the end of the Blues 'anything to be loved' to "Stella Spotlight was spotted in the VIP section" "Spotted is one word for it!"

But after the bomb alert at Naziland, where Marie-Jeanne was probably invited by Ziggy, while everyone is panicking, Marie-Jeanne crosses Stella's path before she leaves the stage and holds her hands for a few seconds.