Have you ever played Jean Valjean before? I have not. I did a production of Les Misérables about 10 years ago where I played Marius and you could say it has come full circle now that I am playing ...

Jean-Baptiste was an ensemble member of the company and an understudy for Valjean, going onstage as ... since I was introduced to theatre, and I am forever grateful. I felt a huge amount of ...

1. Jean Valjean: I am Jean Valjean! Jean Valjean’s conscience wins—he admits before an astonished court that he is Jean Valjean, then provides unmistakable proof that verifies his identity.

the youngest actor to ever play the iconic lead role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and the first black actor to do so, died in a fall on Friday night. At just 21 years old, he was originally ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables ... to theatre, and I am forever grateful.

Boe succeeds Ramin Karimloo, who received a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the re-imagined Broadway revival; he played his final performance in the show Aug. 30.

Jean Valjean is basically a superhero already (he lifts a whole cart off a guy by himself at one point), and now he’s getting the requisite origin story to boot. Anyone who’s ever so much as ...

The origin story of Jean Valjean, the iconic protagonist of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece “Les Misérables,” is being brought to the bigscreen by Éric Besnard, the French director of 18th ...

The project is being teased by Federations Studios' sales label Ginger & Fed at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris this week The origin story of Jean Valjean, the iconic protagonist of Victor Hug ...