Many took to attending the show more than once. Tickets were scalped for four times the face price. The show's success stunned many. After all, how many hit musicals have originated in France at all, let alone been adapted by Frenchmen from one of their nation's longer and more earnest 19th-century classics? How many have consisted of recitative and song only, but been presented by a troupe famous for its skill with the spoken word?
Indeed, how many have been given their British premieres by the Royal Shakespeare Company in its main Barbican Theater? How many have been cruelly trashed by leading critics? The show was nominated for 12 Tony Awards and won eight of those, including Best Musical.
But, when Mackintosh threatened not to open the show without Wilkinson, the union acquiesced to the casting. Like Cats before it and The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon after it, Les Miz strengthened its international currency as a brand by becoming known throughout the world by a symbol.
The original poster features a poignant drawing of wide-eyed Paris street waif Cosette, her uncombed long hair tossed by the wind. As new productions opened in other cities, designers had fun with this would-be heart-rending image, dressing the waif up in different hats and garb, depending on the place the show was opening in. The one-off production will see members of the original cast perform alongside stars like teen idol Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers and Little Britain's Matt Lucas.
And as if that's not enough, a touring production has taken up a date residency back where it all started - at the Barbican. To mark the Silver Jubilee, here are 25 facts about the world's longest-running musical:. The original French version of the show - by lyricist Alain Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schonberg - ran for performances in at the Palais des Sports in Paris.
That didn't stop the Mail on Sunday's Kenneth Hurren writing in his review: "Watching it is rather like eating an artichoke: you have to go through an awful lot to get a very little. Michael Ball, who played Marius, has told the BBC since: "We thought we'd be looking for new jobs after the first night. In the original London production, the role of Inspector Javert was played by Roger Allam - who can currently be seen in the film Tamara Drewe.
There are approximately cast and crew directly involved in every performance. Each performance requires complete costumes - and 31 wigs. There have been almost 40 cast recordings of Les Miserables.
On 22 January , the show celebrated its 10,th performance in London. The production has played over 45, professional performances worldwide to a total audience of more than 57 million people - that's almost the population of Italy.
The action begins in , and follows events over the next two decades including the Paris Uprising of An outdoor production played at The Muny, the nation's oldest and largest outdoor theatre, which seats 12, people. The theatre is located in Saint Louis, MO. Ivan Rutherford, who was a Valjean in the original Broadway production, reprised his role in the production.
The show featured a new set of original pictures painted by Victor Hugo himself. Robert Evan played Valjean, returning to the role he played in the mid-nineties on Broadway. Fred Hanson directed the production.
In , the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia staged a small venue "black box" version of the play. Having seen many shows brilliantly reimagined at Signature I have no doubt that Eric and his team will come up with a revolutionary new take on Les Miz unlike anything anyone has seen before.
The production officially opened on December 14, after previews from December 2 , and runs through February 22, extended from January 25, Northern Stage, a regional theatre company in White River Junction, VT, also staged a December production on a small stage; in their case, it was a three-quarter-thrust stage in a seat house.
The School Edition cuts a considerable amount of material from the original show. It is divided into thirty scenes and, although no "critical" scenes or songs have been removed, it runs twenty-five—thirty minutes shorter than the "official" version. A few subtle changes of vocal pitch have been made: "What Have I Done? The role of Marius is almost entirely intact, while the role of Javert is significantly smaller. After The King's Theatre, The King's School and Tara Anglican School for Girls, in Sydney, Australia, gained rights for the full production in late from Cameron Mackintosh to perform the show, Music Theatre International developed a school version, available only to productions with an entirely amateur cast aged under Hundreds of schools worldwide have purchased the rights and staged performances, and it was the best selling play for high schools in the year Erich Bergen, who currently stars in the hit t.
The album has recognition to hundreds of theatres housing the production worldwide. On October 8, , the show celebrated its tenth anniversary with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Originally, Camilla Kerslake had been selected to perform as Cosette, however she was unable to attend. Katie Hall was selected in her place. Hall had previously acted the role at the Queen's Theatre from and in the 25th Anniversary Tour production at the Barbican.
Casts of the current London, international tour and original London productions took part, comprising an ensemble of three hundred performers and musicians. The concert was staged by Ken Caswell who had been an original cast member in On October 8, the Queen's Theatre hosted the 30th anniversary gala, which included the current company, members of the original cast and special guests.
A film adaptation has been in development several times since the late s. Alan Parker was reported to be connected to an adaptation at an early stage.
In Mackintosh announced planning for a film to be directed by Bruce Beresford and co-produced by Tri-Star Pictures, but the project was later abandoned. Tom Hooper signed on in March to direct the Mackintosh-produced film from a screenplay by William Nicholson. In June Working Title and Mackintosh announced that the film would begin principal photography in early for a December release date. It was also nominated for eight Academy Awards.
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