Sierra Boggess to join 'Les Miz' as Fantine.

[beautywickedlover]

Sierra Boggess who played Christine Daae in 'Love Never Dies' and the 'Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall is joining the West End production of 'Les Miserables' as Fantine. Caroline Sheen is pregnant and will be leaving the show sometime this summer. I think Boggess will be wonderful as Fantine.


LOVE NEVER DIES' Sierra Boggess to Join LES MIS as Fantine

[Princeton Returns]

Congrats to Caroline, and it will be nice I'm sure for Sierra and her fiancé to be working together after Rebecca got cancelled, but I've never found Sierra to be the strongest of actresses, amazing voice though

[ClapYo'Hands]

Perfect role for her!

[The Scorpion]

Sierra's overrated, as is Karimloo. Acting isn't the strong point of either of them.

[Princeton Returns]

Id disagree on Karimloo, but each their own

[ClapYo'Hands]

I'm not a fan of Karimloo since Phantom, but Sierra I find to be a very passionate actress and she has a beautiful voice - I just hope she has better vowel shapes and intonation in Les Misèrables.

[philitalia]

I cannot judge Sierra's acting skills as I've only seen her in LND, but I agree with Clap on her absolutely beautiful voice.

[defyinggravity2]

Ugghhh. Just put her back in THE LITTLE MERMAID.

[ClapYo'Hands]

You don't HAVE to go and see her...

[246015]

Must admit I'm a little bit in love with Sierra. I adored her in "Love Never Dies" and thought she was wonderful in the 25th Anniversary "Phantom" - one of the best things about the production in my opinion. As I've said before, I'm not really a fan of Karimloo, whereas I think Sierra has a beautiful voice and actually has excellent acting skills as well. She is incredibly subtle and the nuance and passion she brings to a role are fantastic. I suppose it also helps that she's not bad to look at either! Both her and Tam are probably enough to get me back to see "Les Mis" yet again!

[ThankstoPhantom]

The new contract has a really interesting cast (Linzi Hatley is the new Mme Thenardier!). Looking forward to catching this lot later in the year.

[devonian.t]

Odd career move.

And Linzi is too too lovely to play Mme T!

[IdinaBellFoster]

Do we think she will step into the show on June 30th? I'm in town until July 1st and would LOVE to see Sierra in the role, but if not i'll just see it sooner!

[Theatrical Landladies]

Gosh Linzi played Eponine the first time I saw Les Miz! How time flies!

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Sierra understudied Cosette on the U.S. tour years ago, I'm curious to hear what she's like as Fantine!

As for the career move, after Rebecca was postponed, The Prince of Broadway (her next job) was also postponed. She's very lucky to have found work.

[Musical-Matt]

on the plus side congratulations to caroline and michael