Shows · Les Miserables
Les Miserables
Opened 1987
6,680 performances
Musical, Megamusical
In 19th-century France, the ex-convict Jean Valjean, released after 19 years on a chain gang for stealing a loaf of bread, breaks his parole and builds a new life as a factory owner and mayor. Relentlessly pursued by the fanatical Inspector Javert, Valjean rescues the orphaned Cosette and navigates the 1832 Paris student uprising, where young revolutionaries including the idealistic Marius fight and die at the barricades for a better future.
"'One Day More' of the revolution in Les Miserables": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Claude-Michel Schonberg
- Lyrics
- Herbert Kretzmer
- Book
- Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg
Productions6 productions: 3 on Broadway, 3 in the West End
Songs5 songs
I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, One Day More, Bring Him Home, Do You Hear the People Sing?
Recordings 69 recordings
Les Misérables ( lay MIZ-ə-RAHB(-əl), -RAH-blə, French: [le mizeʁabl]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz ( lay MIZ), is a sung-through musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Boublil and Schönberg, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Set in early 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells the story of Jean Valjean, a French convict, and his desire for redemption. After stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child, Valjean is imprisoned for 19 years and released in 1815. When a bishop inspires him with a tremendous act of mercy, Valjean breaks his parole and starts his life anew and in d…
Les Miserables (Broadway, CR, “Fan- tine”): Come to Me; I Dreamed a Dream/ W: Herbert Kretzmer, M: Claude-Michel Schonberg.
Who Sang What On Broadway 1866 1996 Volume 2 the Singers Ruth Benjamin and Arthu, p. 349Hap Erstein in the Washington Star found him “wooden” and said his vocal style was “disconcertingly reminiscent” of the Jean Valjean character in Les Miserables.
The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 54Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.