Things That Have Happened At Rehearsals: Part 3

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• “Kill it in this scene, Javert! And by ‘it’ I mean yourself. Good luck, bud.”
• Javert was rehearsing “Stars” and Valjean started harmonizing with him, and he just cut off bitterly
• Grantaire drawing flowers all over Enjolras’s arm
• During “The Beggars,” Marius is SUPPOSED to bump into Cosette. Well. Something went wrong and he ran into Valjean instead. So naturally he continued as if he had fallen in love with Valjean instead.
• “Grantaire, what’s that?” “The barricade.” “It’s only one chair.” “It’s minimalistic.”
• Additionally: “Jehan, the barricade doesn’t have to be symmetrical!” “But aesthetic, Enjolras!”
• Courfeyrac filling in for Cosette during “A Heart Full of Love”
• Jean Valjean accidentally called the police on himself
• Joly: “Courfeyrac, every time you say something stupid, I’ll play another note of Chopsticks.” *gets through the entire song in one conversation*
• Valjean: *pretends to jump off the bridge into the crowd* wHAT IS THIS FIGHTING ALL ABOUT
• New favorite cast swears: “Holy mother of Marius!” “What in the name of Combeferre’s cravat-“ “Well, yeet me off a bridge and call me Javert!”
• We have to reuse Les Amis a LOT, so like. Jehan and Lesgles singing about their own deaths in “Turning” is a big mood
• Eponine shamelessly chugged a jar of pickle juice. An entire jar. Not even Courfeyrac could do that.
• Marius is as tall as Valjean, so carrying him through the sewers isn’t working out too hot. There have been times where they give up and skip offstage with linked arms.
• Everyone taking turns jumping off the bridge onto a giant mattress
• We haven’t really figured out a great way to transport the dead characters offstage? So like Eponine will die, wait a minute, then get up and flash the audience some peace signs as she walks offstage
• Gavroche has also done the worm offstage after her death scene.
• Also, Gavroche did one death scene where she collapsed against Grantaire when she died and Grantaire looked so unprepared to deal with that. Not sad or anything, just completely baffled and highkey panicking
• It’s really easy to annoy Courfeyrac and Enjolras by emphasizing the wrong syllables in their names- EnJOLras, CourFEYrac. Or by calling them “Oranges” and “Corey.”
• Anytime there’s any minor inconvenience, everyone responds with “That’s why the revolution failed!” So like… “This costume is really uncomfortable” “That’s why the revolution failed!” Or “Shoot, I forgot to bring dinner.” “That’s why why the revolution failed.”