Philip Quast - Stars (Les Misérables) Reaction

[@eunnice67]

Philip Quast hands down the best Javert.

[@ponfed]

No fucking doubt.. there my be one better in the future... but he is so... he is the Javert of the books....

[@brandonriggs1788]

100%! Completely agree! You should see his master class on singing the role of Javert.

[@mtrudo]

Yup!! I was able to see the original cast when I was young it was amazing

[@TorrentUK]

He absolutely is. I've seen the musical somewhere in the region of 10 or 11 times in both the West End and in New York and he's definitely the best Javert out of any I've seen (and most have been excellent)

[@ChrisBlackNYC]

@@TorrentUK This show was amazing on Broadway! I’ve seen it over 30 times since 1997. The last show I caught Alfie Beau was Val Jean.

[@MrZirkwitz]

One of the few stories where you truly feel empathy for the antagonist. A masterpiece of a musical.

[@anarchclown]

That's at least partially because Javert and Valjean are based on the same historical person. So they are two sides of the same coin and both highly sympathetic and flawed at the same time.

[@timothy1844]

Philip Quast is simply perfection.

[@naomigrace7538]

Phillip Quast is an Australian classically trained singer. He is hands down on the most brilliant performers. He plays Javert in les Mes this the 10th Anniversary special with the ultimate cast. You have to watch the entire show!

[@ChrisBlackNYC]

Another great Aussie who I felt should have been in this Dream Cast was Anthony Warlow as Enjolras

[@michaelfulton5438]

The 10th anniversary performance is the one and only ……. Pure perfection 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@sparkybish]

I always tell my friends this is the definitive version of Stars. I randomly bust out with this song in most inappropriate circumstances.

[@ChrisBlackNYC]

You aren’t wrong !

[@sheliatolar8295]

One of my favorites from the musical is "The Confrontation." It's where Javert, Quast's character, finally recognizes Jean Valjean, the man he swears by stars to catch.

[@katietam1812]

Yes. And Javert's suicide. Both classics.

[@kathrynwicklund5880]

You should react to “Bring him home” from this same concert. I get chills every time!

[@anastasiiapavlova7422]

Philip Quast is Javert and Colm Wilkinson is Valjean

[@cloudambient]

Phillip Quast as Javert, JOHN OWEN JONES is Val Jean. I'll fight you on it.

[@sparkybish]

He is technically a “bad guy” in the play, but gets a huge applause at the end when he takes his bow. Actually pretty common for musical antagonists. Jud from Oklahoma! often gets a similar reaction because his songs are so powerful. Would be worth a watch of the Oklahoma the original London cast “Lonely Room” and “Poor Jud is Dead”.

[@williamsapong81]

It’s funny that you mention Oklahoma! here, because Shuler Hensley has played both Jud Fry and Javert.

[@Grimmdus]

I think he is much more complex than being labeled either a good guy or a bad guy even technically. If you want true bad guys look no further than the Thénardier's.

[@claudiahaze]

He's not the villain :C

[@londonlady5520]

How lovely to see you react to the iconic Philip Quast. Les Mis on stage is something you should see AT LEAST once in your life. Quast will always be THE Javert 🖤

[@ChrisBlackNYC]

Philip Quast is amazing. The upper echelon when it comes to performance and vocal ability. He set the bar really high during this time.

[@cacvpc]

I hope you watched the whole 10th Anniversary Les Miserables Dream Cast after this. It's not called the "dream cast" for nothing!

[@bettysmith6035]

the 10th anniversary performance, with this dream cast, is still my favorite performance of this musical.

[@jndaley]

Me too. Phenomenal cast and performance.

[@Angelicwings1]

my first intro to Les Miserable

[@wilsonjonah]

@@Angelicwings1 Mine was the 25th Anniversary stage version, which is wonderful in its own right, but this one is just incredible 😭

[@lynntomaino2925]

@@wilsonjonah chills from this song and vocalist

[@mannyfran8024]

Agreed.

[@reneeg9406]

Even though they are not going through the motions acting, the anniversary edition are still extremely powerful. You really don't lose that much. The talent of the voices is enough

[@suzannelockhart8350]

Philip Quast and the 10th anniversary cast is the dream cast. No one in my opinion is better in each of the roles.

[@lisadavis8303]

Best bit is that I grew up with him on Playschool

[@YogaWithCriss]

No one ever have had a complain of Mr. Quast. Best Javert in the history of Les Misérables.

[@johnfq5046]

Saw Les Mis in London many years ago. Brilliant. Love Stars and Philip Quast rendition

[@MrJohnycomelately21]

In the story he's a policeman who's chased an escaped prisoner for decades in the pursuit of what he considers justice when in reality the man he's chasing isn't actually a villain. The realisation shatters his world and he can't cope with the new reality he's found himself in.

[@Angelicwings1]

this was my hero as a child. Not the character but this man and this song.

[@SunnyBlue77]

won travel voucher - booked London - booked Les Mis (with no idea about the musical) - one of the best experiences of my life

[@jeanninehochet]

Did you see the new revamped version at the Sondheim? I have seen the ‘old’ version but the new version just blew me away. It’s spectacular

[@SunnyBlue77]

@@jeanninehochet i have not. I think it will stay a 1x experience for me. what is the difference?

[@KevlarKoat]

I saw the movie first. If you do see the movie, go into it with the understanding that the main characters were played by actors who tried their best to match the original vocalists' performances, not professional singers who got into a Hollywood film. Many bash their inability to measure up but I praise their ability to get as close as they did, I loved it.

[@Fedorchik1536]

It wasn't actors's fault, the filming process itself was incredibly flawed and simply set to get bad performances. They did the same thing with "Cats" and made it even worse.

[@snr0n]

Well, Hugh Jackman at least does have a musical theatre background - I saw him perform live myself in The Boy From Oz, but he's done several other productions too. Honestly, apart from Russell Crowe dragging things down at every turn, I thought the cast did a great job considering the circumstances! Still, when I'm in a Les Mis mood, I'm almost always gonna come back to the 10th anniversary ❤

[@UnleashthePhury]

You couldn’t ask for a better first experience with Les Mis than Philip Quast’s ‘Stars’

[@RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards]

I want you to still see this production live sometime, it will change your life. I hate to say however, that you will never, ever hear again the genius & perfection that is Philip Quast in this same quality as you hear now. He is the best, and will ever be at that time the best that will ever be. Love it!

[@michaelfulton5438]

This is the very best cast ever. Philip Quest is fabulous …… the best there is. Love it.

[@arwena102]

- Is he a good guy or a bad guy? - Yes. (It's complicated :D)

[@josephclay7315]

heheheh

[@michaelfulton5438]

The best ever 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@JesseJOSmith]

I have never seen this 10th anniversary but this is my favorite Javert!!!! Now I need to see all of this!!!!

[@Rosiedoeslife]

Please please please see the 10th anniversary stage concert before the film!!! You will still get the whole story from the concert x

[@Parker8752]

Far as I'm concerned, the 10th anniversary concert is the best iterations of this musical (the 25th anniversary concert is a close second - it has a better Javert, imo, but not as good a Valjean, and I prefer some of the side characters in the 10th anniversary edition). Both concerts have basically every song in order, with a few bits of text to provide any missing context for the following song. The overwhelming majority of the story is told through the songs though, so you're really not missing anything by watching the anniversary editions. I would recommend either of those over the movie. Javert (the character singing this song) is the bad guy; a cop chasing down an ex-con named Jean Valjean, who broke parole in order to avoid the stigma of having been in prison. His crime? Stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving nephew. He got 5 years hard labour for the theft, and another 14 for multiple escape attempts.

[@masteryoda4583]

Alfie boe in the 25th anniversary is too belty and has too powerful of a voice for valjean. This is why colm wilkinson is the definitive valjean. Valjean's voice is supposed to bring out the raw emotions of the character as much as possible and not just belt everything out. This is especially true in "bring him home". The whole point of the song is valjean is praying for a SLEEPING Marius. He practically should be whispering. The song should be gentle and soothing, and a booming voice like alfie boe's isn't gonna do it justice. Besides, the song was literally created for colm wilkinson. The creators of the show stumbled upon him practicing his falsetto and decided to write the song as his voice was perfect for it. Noone has even come close to colm's delivery of it. So although alfie boe is an excellent singer and a very good valjean in his own rights, he just doesn't portray valjean as well as the original valjean, colm wilkinson.

[@movieswithsammykitty]

The nice thing about the 25th Anniversary concert is it has all the songs.

[@Tom-eh7hj]

I saw him sing this live, hard to put into words how wonderful he was, even gave me tears.

[@annabellaepriestly3357]

This is a concert version of the musical, I would LOVE to see you react to it as a whole piece.

[@cosettefauchelevent5495]

Definitely, he's the Best Javert, Ever!

[@meaghan929]

What are you waiting for? Les Misérables is a bucket list item to cross off. Do it now.

[@schnaxxx]

The full 10th anniversary concert of les miserables is something i can highly recommend to everybody: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpSVpKtqbNVmZ68

[@abbyedsall6619]

This is what you want to watch getting into Les Miserables

[@HadassaMoon144]

@@abbyedsall6619 Yes. It's just magical. MAGICAL

[@jeanninehochet]

I was first introduced to Les Mis via the 10th anniversary concert and was blown away.

[@carolhess3481]

that last note!!!! I love this so much...goose bumps every time!!

[@johnm506]

My friend your not uncultured you’ve just discovered Les Miserables no matter what your musical tastes across any genre this is class

[@sheilasnyder3718]

There is also a clip of Philip Quast playing Juan Peron in Evita and he is every bit as brilliant in it. PQ is just so good in everything he does. Also, if you look into the darkness when he goes to his chair, his cast mates reach out to pat him after he held the last note around 18 seconds. Remarkable!

[@YTStorag3]

"Is he the Good Guy or the Bad Guy?" No, he is JUSTICE

[@lynneedwards4538]

This is a stage performance in a musical that travels the world. The film doesn't give me chills like the stage performance. Please see it live, you won't regret it!

[@lorrainechandler7864]

While a student at the National Institute of Dramatic art in Sydney,Australia Philip Quast was offered the chance to study opera in Germany.He attended some opera performances and decided it was not for him.Except for the training he received while a drama school student he has no formal vocal training. 💙

[@rickshaw8926]

This is the 10th Anniversary of the Musical. I read the book in high school, it was required reading, but had never paid much attention to the musical, but was flipping through the channels in October 1995 and came across the 10th Anniversary broadcast on PBS at the point where they sew singing “One Day More”. I was mesmerized, and had no clue what the heck I was watching, but wanted more. I saw it was going to replay in 2 hours so I recorded the rebroadcast of it and rewatched it. I bought the CD. And then went to NYC and saw it on Dec. 31, 1995 and walked to Time Square for the ball dropping. I’ve also seen this when they came to Dallas 5 years ago. As awesome as it is to see this live, this 10th Anniversary with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the choir, and the All-Star cast is enchanting. After seeing this and the second encore sang in 17 languages, I was disappointed on Broadway when they sang Auld Lang Syne but that’s the price you pay for going New Years Eve. It’s been a few months since you have done this but it is an excellent show. You can see the whole thing on line. Or you can just review “One Day More”. It sums up the entire first act in 2 minutes. You will be totally confused without knowing the story, but it will whet your appetite and be awesome so see your reaction.

[@brandonriggs1788]

Javert's Suicide was an especially moving piece. Crowe was so-so but, again, Quest did it best.

[@ambergrant1382]

Another great version is Michael Ball as Javert in the staged concert

[@karrenturner7837]

If you can find Phillip Quast and Anthony Warlow singing lily’s eyes from secret garden I was there opening night of the show secret garden in Sydney Australia the only time I’ve seen a show stopped due to the audience giving a standing ovation

[@affectivity]

Philip Quast also sings the part of Emile Lebeque in a great production of South Pacific. I have it on audio CD. He’s amazing.

[@scraggledy]

Quast is King!

[@Grimmdus]

The smile on your face says it all

[@Ryuu44]

The 25th anniversary concert (my favorite) is literally here on youtube to buy/rent (I even have it now in the propositions sections while watching this). If you don't want the entire one you could watch: I dreamed a dream, Confrontation, Lovely Ladies, One Day More....

[@sethfarnsworth8276]

"Is he the good guy or the bad guy". LOL, good question! And that is part of the genius of this book/play.

[@casperstaak6277]

I recomend a good stage production over the movie. If you don't shed a few tears of joy, you have no heart. If you don't shed a few tears of sorrow, you have no soul.

[@haroldwong4815]

Philip Quast=Platinum Voice

[@jessicacole9502]

For something completely different, react to Master of the House. The 10th anniversary version is great. Also not much context needed bc it's a character introduction song

[@jessicacole9502]

*master of the house from Les Miserables

[@meganmiller8232]

THE JOY ON YOUR FACE WAS BEAUTIFUL....SEE ALLOF THE MUSIC FROM THIS SHOW THAT YOU CAN...THE MOVIE ISN'T HORRIBLE FOR A MOVIE OF THEATRE!!! PEACE OUT MAN!!! HUGZZZZ

[@smithbrownjones]

For those of you that might not have seen it...there's a Behind the Red Curtain interview with Phillip Quast...well worth a watch. 👌🏼

[@spencershaw4419]

Les Miserables is the best Musical. We had the tape in the minivan playing over and over 25 years ago.

[@katietam1812]

The 10 Anniversary Concert is delightful, would be a true dream cast if they have managed to get Anthony Warlow as Enjolras. Warlow can be heard on the Complete Symphonic Recording, along side Philip Quast.

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

This must be one of the biggest musicals in the world. It is so big in every sense. Teh music, the story, everything. It is really worth seeing. I saw this live in theater in London in 1993. After the show I could simply not speak. The plan was to go out clubbing. I just had to back to my hotel room and get to bed.

[@ivanheffner2587]

This anniversary recording was great. I loved the international cast studio recording. Other songs specifically from the show “Bring Him Home”, “On My Own”, and the climatic showdown is a masterpiece of counterpoint.

[@MsPandacakes]

This was referred to as the "Dream Cast" because it brought together everyones favorite portrayers of each role.

[@bakersmileyface]

If you ever get the chance to watch this in the theatre; do it.

[@DeepDarkDweller]

This song is sung by a character who has basically devoted his life to finding this fugitive(who is one of the protagonists). He sees himself as the "good guy" but is one of the antagonists. No spoilers though, it is a very good book/movie/play. Definitely worth seeing.

[@Fedorchik1536]

Philip Quast is awesome as Javert. just watch 10th anniversary concert. i think it's on KZbin. Even if you watch it without context it has some text narration to fill the gaps and the songs are structured in a way that most of the story conveyed through singing. Movie is good for context (even if it loses some from the story itself), but it's filming process was, at best, unfortunate. The singing is just bad, even good singers sound bad.

[@RianMeier]

This plays off in the early 1800's. Javert is the police officer in persuit of the main protagonist Jean Valjean. The final act plays of during the June Rebellion of 1832. So after the French Revolution which ended in 1799. Some of the characters also took part in the napoleonic wars in the early 19th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Rebellion?wprov=sfla1

[@gregoryedwards8781]

Quast was amazing there. The perfect Javert .

[@JadedJada]

For the love of God, don't watch the movie if you like this song. At least don't watch it first, watch the 10th or the 25th anniversary concerts beforehand, so you know how the songs are SUPPOSED to sound. 25th - 10th - Movie would be my recommended watch order. Just my two cents.

[@dianethompson6816]

Definitely watch the 10th anniversary concert which this clip is from. Its amazing from start to finish.

[@jeanninehochet]

Absolutely agree. Another great one I discovered recently when I bought it at the Sondheim Theatre when I saw the new revamped staged concert last month, was the 2019 concert staged at the Gielgud Theatre just before they transferred to the new Sondheim. It’s excellent.

[@robertofont6069]

Philip Quast, hands down, without a doubt is the best Javer I have heard and watched. There is a film version of Les Miserables but Russel Crowe in this role delivers a very disappointing vocal performance.

[@lukasmarsha6843]

Javert is s policeman, he is seaching for the main character, Jean Valjean.

[@PFGNW]

You definitely should check out the entire Les Mis 10th anniversary concert. One of the greatest musical pieces ever.

[@adiarainfoster]

The entire 10th anniversary concert this came from is incredible. My favorite cast to perform this show

[@ajgrant1975]

I saw it (not this cast) live when I was about 17. Cried like a 6-year-old with ice cream on their shoes. The full version, the "Dream Cast" concert here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g56whH-goZ5rr6c

[@mariannevontrapp1063]

He was the one and only Javert!!

[@DystOptimist]

Javert chases Val Jean throughout the story. This is his lament when n his worldview is shattered.

[@Parker8752]

I think this is actually long before that - his lament has a rather more spoilery title.

[@Flavor639]

I would love to see you react to the entire 10th anniversary production!!! 😭

[@BitWrecker]

Nice that you went to les mis

[@diosdadolluna1034]

Stars was a song of mixed emotions felt by a miserable Javert (all the characters in Les Miserables were totally miserable ) . . . frustration, anger, determination (or obsession even), religiosity, heightened sense of duty and self-righteousness. Quast emoted all that. What a performance!

[@Projeckt]

One of the best musicals ever!💯 Forget the 2012 movie, watch the 1998 movie version for the best film version of the book!

[@JeanDumas24601]

I hope you have seen the play by now. I saw the play back in my first year of university around 30 yrs ago. I liked it so much I even bought the cassette and listen to it all the time. Stars, is my second favorite song, The confrontation is my favorite. My user handle should remove any doubt that I am a fan of Les Misérables, it's a bit subtle but I think a lot of Les Mis fan will get it.

[@ambergrant1382]

Les Miz is incredible watch the 10th and 25 anniversary concerts they are awesome

[@battlehymnoftheempath3610]

Javert is not technically the bad guy. He was born in a prison and has a lack of remorse for criminals. He chases the main criminal without seeing that he changed and has reformed himself into a God fearing man. He is a victim of his limited views. That is why I love les miserables. You feel sympathetic to everyone because there is no clear picture of who is in the wrong.

[@adiarainfoster]

My second time coming to this reaction. there are other reactors who have reacted to this whole show, the tenth anniversary, one song/section at a time. Any other takers?

[@annaquar]

If you haven't already sought out watching the musical, I would suggest starting with a synopsis to get an understanding of the subject matter. Les Miserables is technically a pop opera, so if you watch one of the anniversary concerts, it's basically the entire show without proper sets and props, etc.

[@BigMike246]

Wow. Chills every time I hear this performance. There is a road tour going around the US right now. It is really an experience. You can see the movie, then go see the play and you'll understand the story better. I saw this at the Ahmanson Theater when this first came out in Los Angeles. I had trouble following the story until one of the iconic moments happened and i grabbed my girlfriend and almost shouted to her that I read the book! I got a big shoosh from the lady behind me. I just had to let someone know. I had to read it in high school, but I guess the subtleties were lost on me.

[@BitWrecker]

The entire Les Mis soundtrack is awesome, every song

[@user-ub3tb9pv8l]

10th anniversary for sure the best

[@bessonnet]

He is Inspector Javert

[@russwells1825]

If you dont know the storyline, watch the movie, then watch the 10th anniversary performance. The best ever!!!

[@bessonnet]

More than 20 movies exist. The last movie, with songs of the musical is so good (Hugh Jackman, Ann Hathaway, Russell Crowe,...). The Musical is still played in London since more est 25 years. Story based upon Victor Hugo's big novel, taking place around 1815-1823 in France, ending with another révolution

[@bookwoman53]

This performance is from the 10th anniversary concert of Les Miserables and I highly recommend it. The whole play is sung so it’s essentially the play without sets or props. The 25th anniversary was not nearly as good as the 10th. Philip Quast portrayed Police Inspector Javert. He has been pursuing a convict for many years and will not rest until prisoner 24601 is imprisoned once and for all.

[@erkkiboy]

This though, amazing! Now compare between him and russel Crowe 😂 you should watch the anniversary edition concert from les miserables and especially the confrontation. Same actor singing

[@Spartansareawesome11]

I like Crow though!

[@erkkiboy]

@@Spartansareawesome11 he sings like one for sure with his autotune. Jackman on the other hand...amazing 👌

[@Spartansareawesome11]

@@erkkiboy but Russel didn't use autotune... but i get it, its fine. We can all agree that Hugh blew our socks off... and who knew Anne Hathaway could sing like that?

[@erkkiboy]

@@Spartansareawesome11 that i definitely agree with on 😊

[@BrianTaylorD]

Crow did not sing this well at all.

[@kerrywoodlock6646]

Beautiful performance.

[@mortisrat]

The 10th anniversary version is great, but is only the songs with no sets or joining parts. As someone who does not know the play please watch either the 25th anniversary version or the movie version so that you get the plot too. I'd love to see you react to this.

[@dylandickie2013]

My guy, I may be a year behind you here, but I can tell you that the 10th Anniversary performance of the musical (this performance being but a snippet from it) exists in full on KZbin in 4K.

[@SPORT2932]

I love this song. One of my favorites from Les Miz. I also love Empty Chairs. So poignant. You may chuckle at a meme I saw. It was a pic showing about eight of the insurrectionists posing in the Capitol Building on 1/6/21, including the guy with the bull horn hat. The text said "This is the worst rendition of Les Miz I've ever seen". 😆

[@irishgator]

Without giving too much away, this is Javert, who is chasing the main character for breaking parole. He is the antagonist but not a "bad guy". He believes in the rule of law and that justice is black and white. He believes that you should pay for your crimes, even if it is stealing a loaf of bread to feed your sister's starving children. To me, he is just as sympathetic of a character as the lead, Jean Valjean, and the play portrays him in a good light - especially with this song - even though he is hunting the protagonist.

[@stipegal]

I know I'm late to the party on this video, but move been watching these videos for a while now and o am appalled that I haven't seem this video untill now Les Miz is my absolute favorite musical of all time. After this on going to see of he has any other les miz videos.

[@peterlbaldwin511]

The story of "Les Miserables" from the book by Victor Hugo , of the same title, is set in Paris in the latter part of the 1800's, a time of great political unrest. As an aside, when I lived in London, my sister dragged me off to see the musical at least three times, I remained unimpressed by it at the time. This was the case for several years until I too became a "victim" of the "Susan Boyle" phenomenon, when she gave an incredible performance of "I Dreamed a Dream", from the show, in Britains Got Talent. The Video clip which went viral across the globe, enraptured me too and I began to research and evermore appreciate the show and the amazing music..!! Now it is a firm fravourite of mine...!

[@downtime86stars17]

See the play. The movie just doesn't quite cut it. If you can't see the play, watch the concert performance (the 10th anniversary is best, IMO) or find the complete soundtrack of the play. It is one of the most beautiful stories of love, faith, and redemption ever created.

[@brendanobrien8198]

Javier is my favorite character in Les Mis.

[@marczeitlin4165]

This is a concert of the Musical Les Misérables This character is is chasing the protagonist throughout there lives. His character is the Law. arguable the greatest musical of all time, the tenth anniversary concert (which this from is amazing so is the 25th anniversary concert) is available for free on line. I defiantly recomend it