Les Miserables featuring Nick Jonas

I went to see Les Mis this evening at the Queen's Theatre. Les Mis is an incredibly beautiful show, and this evenings performance did not disappoint. The show was directed by Trevor Nunn, who was the artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford for almost twenty years and directed the very famous Ian McKellen-Judi Dench Macbeth. He has currently been directing Les Mis for 25 years.

Nick Jonas (one of the Jonas Brothers) played Maurice and delivered a surprisingly good performance, despite the large number of teeny boppers there to see him. Eponine, played by Samantha Barks, stole the show in my opinion. She sings "On My Own" which is my favorite song from Les Mis and delivered a very breathtaking performance. Barks is set to play the leading role in a Disney TV series set to be released in 2011 (quite a Disney Channel heavy cast). The only issue I had with the show was Cosette: Camilla Kerslake, who is relatively famous English singer played the role, and I thought her performance was rather vain. And she was a blonde-Cosette is almost always played by a brunette! Fortunately, after July 12, she is being replaced with Lucie Jones from the X Factor, who will hopefully much better. The tech for the show was great, and included slow motion movements for many of the battle scenes.

Nick Jonas came to sign autographs after the show. The younger brother-the bonus Jonas-was there with him.

Overall, I loved the performance (cried a little). Definitely one of my top five favorite musicals.