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  • That does actually look like a Bourbon dandy. Guess the costume designer read the book.

  • This song gives me chills :)

  • ... Never happened in the book .:P

  • fantine sings like a ssaucepan

  • This is amazing for a high school production. The girl playing Fantina's voice is just great.

    Also, screw all you prudes.

  • The girl playing Fantine has a perfect voice for the part.

  • Oh My! Shall the director limit the number of chorus girls is they are doing" Les Mis" ? (should have choosen another show) This looks plain scary with 30 girls pretending they work at a strip club. 

  • They're only TEENS! WHY!?

  • it was good but i thought the pole was a bit...much....

  • This is a heck of a lot better than some of the other Lovely Ladies videos I've watched today.. my theater group would still give you a run for your money though ;)

  • great job guys!!!Huge well done!I'm so so impressed-great vocals,very strong characterization :)

    Love it!xx

  • Hard to believe this is a group of high schoolers - well done!

  • my high school is doing this for its next production! im sooooo pumped !

  • Not fair! I wish my school was allowed to do this

  • Not fair! I wish my school was allowed to do this.

  • A HIGH SCHOOL GOT TO DO THIS?! *throws fit* you guys were awesome dude!

  • more like the brothel school

  • I can't get over the girl on the right side humping the pole... O_O'

  • Ps/ did someone actually say to tell Javert? Did you not listen at all to the story...he was born inside a jail himself and had zero tolerance of breaking any crime or even those hinting at it....his background made him instantaneously hate Valjean and Fantine...and eventually led to his suicide. Fantine is my favorite ever character and to play her was an honor.

  • I am literally shocked at the comments below about Fantine "calling" for help...are you serious??? This is set in the 1700s in the depths of poverty. There were NO options. She was lucky to sell her hair, teeth (in novel) etc and eventually herself, thinking it may 'save' her daughter. In the end the prostitution killed her rather than starvation but people please, there were NO PHONES or organizations like today. Excellent job to this cast. Pls watch ours on my channel! <3 Kate, NJ

  • Wow. The naivety posted here is quite surprising. During those times Fantine would not have had many options. There were no social services or child welfare programs during those times. Find herself a benefactor your say! Ha! that only happened in romance novels. If you study european history you find, particularly in france during this time, that prostitution was one if only carreer options readily available to women.

  • the hats are a bit much. it's supposed to be night and i'm pretty sure its not that many girls. lol it looks like half of france are whores. but it is very good.

  • This is by far the best school production I have found on youtube!! We're currently rehearsing for this for our school production in march and I just hope we are as good as this! This is awesome and this is the only version from a school of youth theatre I have seen on youtube where the whores are actually slutty and brash!

  • Awesome! And this was a school production? Even if there was a chance that we could do this at my school, my dad wouldn't let me in a million years....

  • @iDreamOfJulia I agree that the choreography sucks and there shouldn't be any but there is no "everybody is suppsed to freeze." a stage production you might have done or seen could have done that but each director chooses to do something different. I've seen loads of different productions of les mis and none have frozen there so.....just sayin.

  • I thought the poles were a bit much

  • Lovely ladies? lol

    We doing this play at school, When the teacher says we need to act more vicious, I know what she maens!

  • Really good. But I think the pole dancing was a bit much :P

  • I did this with a age group of like 9-19 :D School version of course. God I miss it(:

  • This ensemble is REALLY good for a high school.

  • this is SOOOOOOOO gooooooooood!!!!! some schools try to sugar coat it but this is what it was like back then! (without the singing. but who knows)

  • Do you notice though... none of those boys are getting to touch those girls.... like they do in the real productions.... I think alot of fathers would be like.. Um.... ya, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER!

  • Good god, do I see a girl on a pole?

  • My school is doing this play as well and i get to be Eponine, the sad, neglected, "lost puppy" that doesnt end up with a man. =(

    But i get to lay in the hands of a really hot guy in the "A Little Fall of Rain" scene. =D

    And then i die. =(

  • @xx1musicluver2xx dude she like... the main roll

  • Wow my school did Les Miserables for the play. This was the best scene. And It was really good.

  • Oh, man. I wish our school was bigger and we had more people! This is really good...a bit fast, but what the heck.

    Haha...my school is doing this right now and I am a lovely lady. It's so fun!

  • good job!!

  • i really want to see your guys one day more if you have that recorded i would aprecciate if you put that up hahah

  • Definitely the best high school version of lovely ladies ive seen. =)

  • @callmegalante word. this is really spectacular!

  • i don't much like this version, but the 2 sailors in the beginning are the best i've found. iv'e watched like 20 you tube versions of les mis and these 2 sailors are the best! they crack me up everytime!

  • Your costumes are phenomenal!! I wish my school had this kind of budget.

  • great work! a little fast tho.

  • the guys in the beginning were soo funny!

  • I agree, but u have to think. She wasn't doing it for herself. The only reason she stayed alive at all was for Cosette.

  • It's so sad that many girls actually do this for a living. No matter how bad off I get, I resolve to never sink this low. I'd rather starve then sacrifice something that precious to someone who doesn't deserve it.

  • @Casey5693 I agree with you. Fantine was wrong to give in, even if it was for her daughter. She could always have called for help. If she had called for help, Javert- or any other policeman- would have arrested whoever was trying to make her abandon her morals, rather than her. And she could surely have found a benefactor like Valjean- there were lots of rich gentlemen in France.

  • @Casey5693 I totally agree with you! I don't think it was acceptable for Fantine to do it, whatever her motives. She could always have called for help. There were plenty of rich gentlemen in France- she could have found herself a benefactor like Valjean in the first place. And that wasn't the first time they'd met- why didn't she ask him for help when they met in the factory?

  • Wow....I've always been a huge fan of Nipomo High's drama program, and this video just reminds me why! Your Fantine has a lovely voice - would have loved to see how she pulled off "I Dreamed a Dream."

    If only I had grown up in Nipomo!!

  • Umm they didnt pole dance back then ....... Sorry but i competed in Drama in HS, this would not of won. They did an ok job .... Thats is a big production to take on.

  • Best highschool production on Youtube! Good job!

  • I must say, Fabulous job...but a bit inappropriate for a highschool....

  • Those sailors are creepy...

  • whoaa this is a high school production?! lol its too "inapropriate" for my school

  • yeah, same though I would LOVE to do this show!

  • same here, amazing show :)

  • @goldenslipper508 How the hell is 'Les Mis' too inappropriate? It's beautiful and has lots of important morals. Stupid government.

  • @HappyThoughtsToU He's talking about this song. If you understand the story you'll understand that this song is about whores.

  • @HappyThoughtsToU yeah, uh they definatly are referring to the song, not the play itself. you should've seen when my HS did this a few years back... my Christian HS..... and what the hell does government have to do with it?

  • @CantStayAwake They are the ones who decide this. And all though they are "whores" anyone who understands the story has a new respect for prostitutes. & High School students should know that... so I don't consider this inappropriate at all... My opinion of course!

  • @HappyThoughtsToU last time I checked parents have the most say in what their kids schools show as far as musicals and plays go. as much as the govt loves to micromanage, I doubt "they" had anything to do with choosing the show or changing it or whatever. I went to public school for 11 years and trust me, the govt doesnt give a damn about what schools show. it's the bratty parents who can't handle a little taste of real life, a.k.a. prostitutes.

  • @goldenslipper508 im in the one at our high school

  • @goldenslipper508 dude, my friends did an amatuer production of this when she was 14 (she was whore one :D)

  • @goldenslipper508 My high school has a bunch of Christian-raised teachers who are completely blind to simple scientific reasoning.

  • @goldenslipper508 lmao. this was my schools play!

  • funny but wrong icpuld be da perfect fantine

  • dang, whores everywhere! our school only had like 12.

  • bahahaha.. The sailors cracked me up!

  • AMAZING JOB!!!!

  • 1:42 cracked me up! LOL!

  • omg seriously people..pole dancing in the 1800s?

  • nipomo is like...kick ass...what the hell this could be on broadway

  • wow this is amazing!!! especially the sailors at the begenning

  • This is Nipomo High School. They have the most amazing drama teacher, Robyn Metchik, and the kids work very very hard. Every production they do is like this. Keep up the good work.

  • If you want to see an amazing drama department you should see Green Bay Preble High's version! Kevin Flogel is an amazing director!

  • Where do you find it?:D

  • my skool is doing les mis we only have 6 whores tho :( i like the hag and the sailors made me laugh XD i dont think our sailors wont be THAT crazed i loved it :)

  • im going to be a prostitute

    in a this show and i must say this gave me a idea on how lovely i should be thanks =]

  • Wow. I never saw a school get that into this scene.. hah.

    But the sailors at the beginning were hysterical. I was not expecting that.

  • the sailors at the beginning cracked me up! i love it!

  • perv but i m fatine

  • This kicks the crap out of Blacklick HS's Les Mis. Check it out if you want a laugh hahahaha. Keep whoring it up!!!! haha

  • i HIGH SCHOOL did this? wow that's great!

  • wow... that's really intense, especially for a high school. you guys did a really good job. there are an awful lot of whores, though. i'm going to be a prostitute in my school's production- hope we are this good.

  • You're really good! I wish we make a musical or a play in our school! I love Les Mis! You are really lucky...

  • i wish my school did pole dancing.

  • lawl i know spanish girls ftw

  • this is GREAT!!

    my high school is doing les mis in about two weeks.

    i watched this video a while ago because i'm in the docks scene and it really gave me an idea of how...ehh..."lovely" we are supposed to be.

    awesome job!!

  • Whoo! I got Joly and i get to be a Sailor in my schools. Why does it sound so pitchy for the guy starting at about 1:23? is it supposed to be like that? And oh yeah, b/c our teacher wants it to be clean, he made the prostitutes 'beautiful, flirtatious pick-pockets!' haha

  • I'm one of the prostitute's in my school's production of Les Miserables, but it won't compare to this. Very good =]

  • Saint Kentigern Collage Are Doing It Next Week. My Sister Is In It ^_^ She Got A Call Back For Eponine ^_^

  • if fantine is that good, id love to see eponine and cosette

  • check out eponine - she is fantastic. Her name is Katie Boeck. Cosette was amazing also.

  • I love how animated the prostitutes are in this part. I did a community performace of Les Mis this summer, and some girls were too shy to be scandalis. Well done!

  • for a high school production this was really good

    except the girls who played the whore...

    they need more emotions and they needed to sound professional

  • I tried to convince my school to do this performance, but we don't have enough males to fill all of the lead roles. I'm disappointed. This high school is amazing.

  • for a high school production, wow! i thought it was a company!

  • The Fantine is very good!

  • this is great! especially for a high school production! wow!

  • Thats brilliant... ive watched so many... this is the best

  • Haha! This song is one of the more, shall we say interesting ones in the musical. I think this interpretation utterly rocks! Everything is down to nearly a T - the vocals, acting, costumes, make-up, sets and let's not forget the terrific orchestra!! Well done indeed.

  • This is reallyyyy really good!

  • i'm working back stage for les mis at my school right now! u guys sound realli gud! and dis def diff from how we settin up dis scene, but me like =]

  • The pole dance in the back is a tad distracting, but yes the singing is good!

  • wow this makes my school production look like rubbish

    and the vocals are great

  • Its A little Bit Too Fast . . but very good x

  • the sailors are kinda spazzy. I love it!

  • these are high schoolers?!!

  • really good for a high school. better than some professional ones i've seen

  • The Fantine ain't that great. But the ensemble is amazing!

  • I thought the sailors' parts were a little much, but the rest of the scene was done very well.

  • yeah fair play to you's. here in Eire I'd be proud if our like one and only musical theatre college did that.

  • who knew a school production could be this amazing?

  • I know! My HS is doing Les Mis this year, and this video makes me sad because I know it won't be near this good!

  • i have never known a school porduction to be so good, you could compare it to the west end show...very rare for a school! FANTASTIC!

  • it doesnt sound right.... its not an old lady asking her for ehre hair either but the lovelly ladies part is good =D

  • Fantastic!

  • I've just been looking through all your clips you have of the Les Mis production your school did, and all I can say is wow. Everyone was really talented. Hard to believe it was only a High School production.

  • this is a well good version !..x

    Les mis is well good ..:D

  • best one ive seen!!!

  • It's just pure wowness!!

    Brilliant for a High School.

    Bravo!

  • i think those sailors are the best ive seen so far they make me chuckle and i love the bass beat when it acutally gets into the song with the prozzies its brilliant

  • this is absolutley amazing for a high school

  • Great costumes and set! The number of lovely ladies is kind of... startling... guess everyone wanted to be in LM, huh?

  • lol..so0o true

  • Your Fantine is AMAZING. Holycow.

  • WAIT A MIN.... Fantine didnt sell her locket.... AND there is a solo chunk cut out. Before 1:21 aren't the lyrics from one of the whores, "God I'm weary, sick enough to drop! Belly is on fire, will the bleeding ever stop?"

    Then the pimp says "Cheer up, dearie, show a happy face! Plenty more like you, dear, if you can't keep up the pace!"

    what happend..?

  • It's LMSE...

  • yea i was wondering that myself

  • its a high school production so i think it either had to be cut for time of for appropiateness.

  • Smileyman457 you can do this at a high school cause were doing it and you can get a school adition. But its not any different. But you dont see anything so...

  • yeah good!

  • wow this is very good for a high school. loved the chorus and vocals, brill dancing and fantastic harmonies!

  • one of my friends was that guy with the staff that grabs her at the end. - he was in this musical at a community theatre ^_^ it was soooo funny! lol

  • Great Fantine and your chorus vocals sound wonderful

  • This is really good! I can't believe you can do this at a high school (what with the whoreishness of it all).

  • Excellent, as is the rest of the cast in these videos, but please quit stoping the vids in the good spots (eg, like right here, you cut out Javert's part, COME ONE!)

  • I wish that many boys would try out for our school musicals.

    We have the boys at school who think theatre is for "fags". Oh, yay for open mindedness *rolls eyes*

    lol.

    I watch this often and it never fails to amaze me.

  • Wow! i cant believe this is only a high school! there all brilliant! the set and costumes are amazing too. and the girl who plays fantine will be in the west end/broadway one day. Can anyone put on the lovely ladies from the 20th anniversary celebration at the albert hall?? thanks x

  • This is great! I cant believe there are that many people.

  • This is ace, when i was in high school we had nothing compared to this, even now in 6th we're nothing compared to this

  • We Were As Gus as This! x

    This Is The Best Ive Seen Yet Well On YouTubee,,

    Anywaii x

    Well Dun! x

    Keep It Up x

  • OMFG!!!!! woa. they're amazing. only HIGH SCHOOL?!?

  • oh my god they're actually good! I wish our high school was like this... we suck.

  • This is incredibly well done, especially for a high school. If I didnt know better, I'd say its professional- it definatly looks it. Not to mention that the costumes are spot on, and what amazing set design and lighting. This is really good, congratulations, a lot of hard work went into this, I can tell.

  • Very well done!

  • really good well done!!!!

  • very well done!!

  • very well done..

  • OH, and this also REALLY well directed btw and you're set is works really well

  • Who are the guys playing the Sailors????? They could go to West End with that performance!!!!

  • I think the shear amount of "ladies of the night"(theres a point, do they have day jobs?) is to resemble the amount there where in the poorer parts of Paris, man that toff gave me nightmares

  • besides, I think that number was good for the highschool chorus girls. It made better harmonies and counterpoint vocals, especially the part right after Fantine sells her hair.

  • Wow, you guys were good. This is probably the bes Lovlely Ladies i've seen. I think there is enough lovely ladies mind you.

  • agreed in full! Loved fantine, the lovely ladies (I thought the number was good though!) and the creepy pimp!!!

  • he was actually a client

  • who was? The one who looks like Tom Hulce in Amadeus? Hold on, I'm looking up the definition of "pimp..." OK, you right!!!!! I had another GEORGE BUSH moment...lol.

  • thank u

  • Very very nice, but the scene gets a little too filled with so many lovely ladies, you ought to get ½ of them to sing back-stage instead

    - just my input :)

  • awesome!!!!!!!

  • do you have I dreamed a dream by any chance?

  • this was good. forreals. but i think our lovely ladies and our Fantine was better. :/

  • impressive

    this scene came out very well

  • u guys did an amazing job!

  • I liked the your play, but my school is doing this week, and I think our play & Fantine are better, and I'm in middle School. I liked the sailors though

  • This is amazing. I loved the whore that went COME ON DEARY WHY ALL THE FUSS? Good job!

  • We had to change "I smell women" to "I smell perfume". e.e;;;

    Good job!

  • wow its great!!!

  • You seem to have a larger cast than ours. It's still good though.

  • Dat was brill well done! we r doin it in March and we hav a class cast!

  • Wow. You ahve some really talented people.

  • this is definitely the best high school version, very beautiful!

  • I recently did Les mis and it was a fantastic show. As this looks like.. I played Whore one... and a nun... what a contrast!! This is fanstastic... it looks a bit too choreographed for my liking... but still amazing good job guys... If anyone saw "Reacts" version of Les mis performed in november and decemeber 2006 in brighton could they contact me and tell me what they thought.

    xxx Love to all Les Mis Obsessed poeple!!! (and all you other cool beans!)xxx

  • Thank God! You are the first high school that actually did a good Lovely Ladies! Every other school made their prostitutes look like beauty queens, you guys look like..well..you know. <3

    Matt

  • We're doing this play in March. I hope it comes out half as well. I'm the Pimp :-P

    Great Job to all!

  • wow a good high school verison of lovely ladies

    good job all cast!

  • wow.. that pole dancer seems pretty.. talented.