'Miz' alliance: Musical star Mahowald soldiers on by Rohan Preston
On the opening night of "Les Miserables" at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul a few weeks ago, there was a tsunami of feedback in the middle of a solo by Joseph Mahowald. The singer-actor who plays Javert did his character justice. He not only stayed calm during the dreadful noise problems; he rose up against the wave, his voice swelling as he delivered the aria. The room erupted in applause when he f…