A rave for a show I dislike
Haley Dortch hits the first home run in the current production of Les Mis playing at Fair Park Music Hall. The Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards outstanding performer has returned to Dallas in the featured role of Fantine.
Her “I Dreamed a Dream” is as good as I’ve ever heard it and the audience went wild for her. The tour is produced by Cameron Mackintosh, the original Broadway producer, and I mention that only because the tour isn’t always produced by the Broadway company.
Even the first tour. This is the sixth tour since the show premiered on Broadway in 1987. The staging has improved with age.
Gone is the turntable stage and bland colored settings. The show remains dark but in it’s place is bold new scenery with more contrast and movement.
