Memoir: Joe Vermeulen and Les Mis
Do you hear the people sing the songs of my childhood?How I grew up with Les Mis…by Joe Vermeulen@YYZatcboyIt's 1989, and I am at the Royal Alexandra Theatre with my parents. I am three years old. We are sitting in the follow spot booth looking down at the stage. This is my earliest memory. The barricades are just tracking onstage and the iconic "Red and Black" theme is playing. I asked my mother how the barricades…