General Manager:
Brent Peek.
Casting:
Stephen DeAngelis
A sung reading of highlights from the show, with narration, took place November 11, 1996 at The Westside Theatres, Upstairs. Among the stellar cast assembled were:
Craig Shulman
(Jean Valjean for 7 years in the Broadway production of
Les Miserables),
Pamela
Winslow
(original Broadway cast, Stephen Sondheim's
Into the Woods,
starred at the time of the reading in
Beauty and
the Beast),
and
Sean McDermott
(then starring in
Grease,
he had created the role of Chris in
Miss Saigon
on Broadway).
There are currently no first options for any of the performers, the director or the choreographer from the previous productions.