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Tiny Stars, Big Dreams;Area Children Try Out for `Les Miserables' Area Children Try Out for `Les Miserables'

The Washington Post | March 30, 1988 | Copyright

All 50 inches of Christopher Thaiss, an 8-year-old from Vienna, seemed made to order for the role of Gavroche in the musical "Les Miserables"-a street-tough hero with a big voice and foul mouth. Spunky and urchinlike with wispy bangs and deep dimples, Christopher even acted like a hardened orphan from the slums of Paris.

But Christopher couldn't reach the high notes, to the dismay of Richard Jay Alexander, executive producer and associate director of the "Les Miserables" company that was auditioning local children yesterday for two roles in the Washington run of the…

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