Montego Glover to Play Fantine in Les Miserables on Broadway

Tony nominee Montego Glover will join the cast of Les Miserables on Broadway as Fantine beginning September 1. Newcomer Alex Finke will step into the role of Cosette beginning that same date at the Imperial Theatre. As previously reported Les Miz alum Alfie Boe will assume the role of Jean Valjean.

Glover recently appeared on Broadway in It Shoulda Been You, which played its final performance on August 9. She earned a Tony nomination in 2010 for Memphis and made her Broadway debut in The Color Purple. She has appeared on screen in The Following, Hostages and Smash.

Finke makes her Broadway debut with Les Miserables. She played Hope Harcourt in the 2012 national tour of Anything Goes and has also performed regionally at the Denver Center, Pittsburgh CLO and Music Theatre Wichita.

Tony nominee Ramin Karimloo, Erika Henningsen and Samantha Hill will play their final performances as Valjean, Fantine and Cosette, respectively, on August 30.

Glover, Finke and Boe join a cast that includes Earl Carpenter as Javert, Gavin Lee as Thenardier, Rachel Izen as Madame Thenardier, Brynnyn Lark as Eponine, Chris McCarrell as Marius and Wallace Smith as Enjolras.