Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
#1Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 1:05am
http://youtu.be/BrVo5fUa-V8 Surprised none of the major Broadway platforms have made note of this. On July 23, Kyle Jean-Baptiste made his debut as the youngest ever and first African-American to portray Jean Valjean on Broadway. He's amazing and only 21!
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Updated On: 7/25/15 at 01:05 AM
#2Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 1:08am
That wasn't his Broadway debut. He's been in the ensemble as Courfeyrac since Nathaniel Hackmann left.
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#3Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 1:09am
oh yea i saw Lin tweet about this! Congrats to Kyle!!
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#4Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 1:14am
Wow he is fantastic. I'd pay a ticket to see him.
#5Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 1:51am
It seems a lot more powerful when someone who is black is playing Jean valjean. Just like how at the beginning JVJ is like a slave.
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#6Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 2:49am
"That wasn't his Broadway debut. He's been in the ensemble as Courfeyrac since Nathaniel Hackmann left."
My bad, I'll fix it! I looked at his credits and just assumed :-/
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#7Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 9:29am
Hey, Zell. You might want to delete that link.
#8Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 10:21am
"Hey, Zell. You might want to delete that link."
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#9Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 1:14pm
Because it links to an unauthorized video. Watch and enjoy bootlegs all you want, but realize that the video is technically illegal and in light of all the phone issues in theaters lately, it's disrespectful to the actors.
#10Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/25/15 at 1:24pm
But give it enough time, and it'll be considered an "audience capture" and included in a documentary!
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#11Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/26/15 at 4:58pm
Our impact! https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/LES-MISERABLES-Welcomes-Youngest-and-First-African-American-Jean-Valjean-in-Broadway-History-20150726
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#12Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/26/15 at 11:16pm
http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2015/07/baldwin_wallace_alum_kyle_jean.html
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#13Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:04pm
FYI, Kyle Jean-Baptiste tweeted that he will be playing Jean Valjean on 29 July at 2PM, 1 August at 2PM, 13 August at 7PM, and 27 August at 7PM.
#14Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:07pm
Thanks! Awesome!
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#15Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:13pm
"FYI, Kyle Jean-Baptiste tweeted that he will be playing Jean Valjean on 29 July at 2PM, 1 August at 2PM, 13 August at 7PM, and 27 August at 7PM.
"
So basically he's taking for the rest of Ramin's run lol
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#16Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:14pm
When does Ramin finish?
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#17Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:19pm
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#18Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:19pm
while this is nice and all, how does this make any sense story wise?
#19Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:29pm
Right? I mean, black people have no idea what it's like to be chased by a cop for a rather long time for a petty reason.
Unless you're talking about him going to prison when he's two years old.
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Updated On: 7/28/15 at 03:29 PM
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#20Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:53pm
because Jean Valjean was a real person and this is still a production set in 1815. If it was contemporary sure go for it, but this just seems, odd.
#21Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 3:58pm
I looked more closely at the dates and I'm wondering if he's the alternate.
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#22Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 4:07pm
Lightsout, JVJ is a fictional character who was completely made-up. There are no references to his race in the show. There were black people in France in 1815. And even if there weren't, the audience could still suspend disbelief regardless of race.
I made an all-black cast of WSS work, and that show is full of specific references to the characters Polish and Puerto Rican backgrounds.
#23Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 4:08pm
because Jean Valjean was a real person
OK, you're not really getting off on the right foot here.
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#24Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 4:21pm
"while this is nice and all, how does this make any sense story wise?"
What sense does it make for people with British and American accents to do a musical set in France? I mean if we're talking technicalities here...
But in all seriousness, Les Mis transcends race, creed and nationality. You don't have to be a certain color or be from a certain place to play any of those parts. Les Mis has always about about diversity.
#25Kyle Jean-Baptiste in Les Mis
Posted: 7/28/15 at 4:26pm
Also, why is LightsOut90 acting like Lea Salonga/Joanna Ampil/Shanice/etc.'s Eponines never happened, Melba Moore's Fantine never happened, Edward Baruwa/Shaun Escoffery's Enjolras never happened, etc...? (Yes, I'm purposely naming people from productions well before this one.)
Call_me_jorge, Nathaniel Hackmann kind of was, so I'm guessing Kyle is too.
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Updated On: 7/28/15 at 04:26 PM
