Richard Vida Joins LES MIS Tour as 'Thenardier' in Denver Tonight, 8/30

Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables welcomes Richard Vida to the role of Monsieur Thénardier beginning in Denver, CO, at The Buell Theatre August 30 - September 10, 2011. The all new production of Les Misérables features glorious new staging and spectacular re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo.  

Richard Vida will portray the "Master of the House" Monsieur Thénardier. He joins a company that features J. Mark McVey as Jean Valjean, Andrew Varela as Javert, Betsy Morgan as Fantine, Shawna M. Hamic as Madame Thénardier, Jeremy Hays as Enjolras, Chasten Harmon as Éponine, Justin Scott Brown as Marius and Jenny Latimer as Cosette. Maya Jade Frank and Juliana Simone alternate in the role of Little Cosette/Young Éponine. Colin DePaula and Ethan Paul Khusidman alternate in the role of Gavroche.

The ensemble includes Richard Todd Adams, Richard Barth, Natalie Beck, Cole Burden, Casey Erin Clark, Jason Forbach, Lucia Giannetta, Ian Patrick Gibb, Ben Gunderson, Siri Howard, Beth Kirkpatrick, Cornelia Luna, Kylie McVey, Jason Ostrowski, Max Quinlan, John Rapson, Rachel Rincione, Sarah Shahinian, Hannah Shankman, Alan Shaw, Joseph Spieldenner, Joe Tokarz, Eric Van Tielen, Natalie Weiss and James Zannelli.

Tickets to the Denver engagement are available at www.denvercenter.org, by calling 303-893-4100 or by visiting the Denver Center Ticket Office. For more information on the production, and for a video preview, visit www.LesMis.com.

Richard Vida (Thénardier). Broadway: Les Misérables, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Play Ball (LCT). National Tours: The Drowsy Chaperone, Busker Alley, 42nd Street, Anything Goes, Singin' in the Rain. Off-Broadway: Langston Hughes's Little Ham. TV: "Sex and the City," "Law and Order," "Now and Again." Film: The Stepford Wives, Little Manhattan, Geppetto. One of the Emmy-winning production team that created: The Mole People: Life in the World Below (Discovery), The New Sideshow (TLC) and Repoman (USA).

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