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In honor of Barricade Day, here’s a very rare Les Mis treasure. A highlights reel of a production from the musical’s early glory days: the 1991 Toronto production at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

The cast features Michael Burgess as Jean Valjean, Gordon McLaren as Javert, Susan Gilmour as Fantine, Graeme Campbell as Thénardier, Janelle Hutchinson as Mme. Thénardier, Vance Avery as Marius, Ian Simpson as Enjolras, Cara Hunter as Éponine, Cara Chisholm as Cosette, and an unknown Young Cosette and Gavroche.

The snippets of each musical number are too short for me to write a detailed review, but this cast definitely seems to have been an outstanding one! 

“Way Down Hadestown” excerpt by Hadestown cast @ Citadel Theatre

“Let the world we dream about be the one we live in now.”

“Livin' It Up On Top,” performed by the Edmonton cast of Hadestown, featuring Amber Gray as Persephone, Reeve Carney as Orpheus, and Kingsley Leggs as Hermes.

“Follow that dollar for a long way down, all the way to the poorhouse door. You either get to hell or to Hadestown. Ain’t no difference anymore.........

Way down Hadestown, way down under the ground.”

“Way Down Hadestown” performed by the Hadestown Edmonton Company.

“Lover, do you hear that sound? Now the wind is all around! Spinning every weathervane. You said it would never change....Orpheus, all the pretty songs you sing ain’t gonna shelter us from the wind, the wind, the wind.”

“Chant I” as performed by the Hadestown Edmonton Company.