Directed by Ladj Ly. The production closed on 2 February 2014. Marius, wounded but alive, despairs at the death of his friends and sees that their sacrifice was for nothing ("Empty Chairs at Empty Tables"). A voice from offstage, he demands the surrender of the student revolutionaries before the army attacks, telling them that the people of Paris have not answered their call for help. The leader of the student revolutionaries and a friend of Marius. Fantine reflects on her broken dreams and about Cosette's father, who abandoned them both ("I Dreamed a Dream"). Farago had been impressed by the work and asked Mackintosh to produce an English-language version of the show. "Beggars at the Feast", is shortened, with Thénardier losing a verse, and the song before it, "Wedding Chorale", is excluded entirely although the rest of the wedding remains in place. Thénardier, Frances Ruffelle as Éponine, Ian Tucker as Gavroche, Michael Ball as Marius, David Burt as Enjolras, Rebecca Caine as Cosette and Zoë Hart He tells Cosette that it's time once again for them to go on the run, and starts planning for them to flee France altogether. The newlyweds leave to find Valjean (in some productions, Marius pauses to give Thénardier a punch in the face). 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Suggestions Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Desperate and embittered, Valjean steals the Bishop's silver, angering a farmer and other merchants as he flees. Only three years after the original run closed, Les Misérables began a return to Broadway on 9 November 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre for a limited run that was subsequently made open-ended. [110] Rachelle Ann Go played the role of Fantine in the Manila production, and Patrice Tipoki returned the role in the Singapore production after her stint in the original London production. The album has sold 1,596,000 copies in the US. The musical's emblem is a picture of the waif Cosette sweeping the Thénardiers' inn (which occurs in the musical during "Castle on a Cloud"). Ron Sharpe later took over as Valjean until June 2011. [58] Andy Mientus and Samantha Hill also starred as Marius and Cosette respectively. [30][31] The new production is co-directed by James Powell and Laurence Connor with set and image design by Matt Kinley, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter and costumes by Andreane Neofitou and Christine Rowlands. Unknown to Fantine, the Thénardiers force Cosette to work, and they use Fantine's money for their own needs. Refusing to compromise his principles but no longer able to hold them sacred, he finds himself torn between his beliefs about God and his desire to adhere to the law. 1:03. The concept album includes Maurice Barrier as Jean Valjean, Jacques Mercier as Javert, Rose Laurens as Fantine, Yvan Dautin as Thénardier, Marie-France Roussel as Mme. Date of experience: March 2020. Featuring a cast and orchestra of over 65, the 16-week concert run starred Michael Ball as Javert, Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean, Carrie Hope Fletcher as Fantine and Matt Lucas as Thénardier. Former London Valjean Phil Cavill reprised his role alongside Les Misérables veteran Michael McCarthy as Javert. The 25th Anniversary Concert of the West End production was held at The O2 in North Greenwich, South East London, United Kingdom, on Sunday, 3 October 2010 at 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm. The tour had its opening on 19 November 2010 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, running until 19 December 2010. Valjean thanks God for letting him live long enough to see Cosette again, and Marius thanks him for saving his life ("Valjean's Death"). As he wonders who saved his own life, Cosette comforts him, and they reaffirm their blossoming romance. In the end he commits suicide, broken by the mercy he experiences from Valjean. Their plan is to spark a general uprising with their act of defiance, hoping that all the people of Paris will side with them and overwhelm the army. [27], The original show closed at the Queen's Theatre on 13 July 2019 to allow for theatre refurbishments, after which a staged concert was performed at the adjacent Gielgud Theatre for a four-month run before it returned to the Sondheim Theatre. At the end of the musical, he eventually dies and the spirit of Fantine thanks him for raising her child. Soon afterwards, Valjean rescues a man, Fauchelevent, who is pinned by a runaway cart ("The Runaway Cart"). At a convent, Valjean awaits his death, having nothing left to live for. He joins up with the revolutionaries, and later dies on the barricade attempting to recover ammunition from fallen soldiers. Principal cast members include Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert,[132] Anne Hathaway as Fantine,[133] Amanda Seyfried as Cosette,[134] Eddie Redmayne as Marius,[135] Samantha Barks as Éponine,[136] Aaron Tveit as Enjolras, and Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter as the Thénardiers. [61] On 30 August 2015, Karimloo ended his run of the show and was replaced by Alfie Boe. From 10 August to 2 December 2019, the musical was performed as a staged concert version at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End during the refurbishment of the adjacent Sondheim Theatre (where the original London production had been running and will be home to the new production from December 2019). 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Earl Carpenter also played the dual role of The Bishop/Bamatabois, while understudying Javert. as Young Cosette. Mistress to the Factory Foreman. The tour also did not use a revolving stage and the scenery was inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. No one will notice, perhaps, but for us, it will make us so happy if we can better this show. (The Czech Revival Recording is the only other album, in any language, to feature the entire score; on the other hand, the four 2003 Japanese recordings feature the entire score after the cuts first made on Broadway at the end of 2000.) Øystein Wiik went on to also star as Jean Valjean in the productions in Vienna and London in 1989–1990. The Second National Tour (called "The Fantine Company") opened at Los Angeles' Shubert Theatre on 1 June 1988. Clayton left the tour in April 2011. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Anne Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. In September 2008, it was performed at the St John Loveridge Hall in Guernsey with a cast of West End performers—the first time that it had been professionally performed on the Island where Victor Hugo wrote the novel. [citation needed], Les Miserables Reviews Box Office Theatre Ltd. Retrieved 12 July 2016, This article is about the musical theatre production. [65], The first tour of the UK and Ireland opened at the Palace Theatre, Manchester 14 April 1992[66] with Jeff Leyton (Jean Valjean), Philip Quast (Javert, later replaced by Michael McCarthy)[67] Ria Jones (Fantine), Meredith Braun (Éponine), Mike Sterling (Marius, later replaced by Richard Burman),[67] Tony Timberlake (Thénardier), Louise Plowright (Mdme Thénardier), Sarah Ryan (Cosette) and Daniel Coll (Enjolras). Unbeknownst to Valjean, the factory foreman lusts after Fantine, and when she rejects his advances, he takes it out on the other workers, who resent her for it. [147] The cast includes Gary Morris as Valjean, Philip Quast as Javert, Debra Byrne as Fantine, Gay Soper as Mme. The cast includes Colm Wilkinson as Valjean, Philip Quast as Javert, Ruthie Henshall as Fantine, Alun Armstrong as Thénardier, Jenny Galloway as Mme. A concert version starring Jeff Leyton was also performed at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. '"[36] Two songs were deleted—the complete version of Gavroche's song "Little People" and the adult Cosette's "I Saw Him Once". The show was a success, with 100 performances seen by over 500,000 people. [107][108] It then had its GCC premiere at the Dubai Opera in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 2016. Nine years later, in 1832, Paris is in upheaval because of the impending death of General Lamarque, the only man in the government who shows mercy to the poor. Affectionately called "The Hair Hag" in many of the original US companies, the Old Woman is the character who talks Fantine into selling her hair before Fantine becomes a prostitute. While he is unconscious, Thénardier, who has been looting bodies, comes upon them and takes a ring from the unconscious Marius, but flees when Valjean (whom he again recognises) regains consciousness ("Dog Eats Dog"). Hot Animation. The stage show, which had changed so significantly since its Parisian conception as a stadium concert in 1980, was translated back into the language of Victor Hugo for its French world première in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1991. [26] At the hospital, a delirious Fantine dreams of Cosette. He orders Javert to release her and takes her to a hospital ("Fantine's Arrest"). Including singles and promos, there have been over seventy official recordings from worldwide productions.[115]. In August 2008, a concert version, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, was performed at the Hollywood Bowl. Humbled by the Bishop's kindness, Valjean resolves to redeem his sins ("Valjean's Soliloquy/What Have I Done?"). As dawn approaches, Enjolras realises that the people of Paris have not risen up with them, but resolves to fight on in spite of the impossible odds ("Dawn of Anguish"). When the New York production closed in 2003, the Third National Tour continued for another three years, and enjoyed the influx of many members from the original and subsequent New York companies. [citation needed]. A group of prisoners work at hard labor ("Prologue: Work Song"). Dominic West, David Oyewolo, Lily Collins and Olivia Colman star in an epic adaption of Les Misérables, premiering Sunday, April 14, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE. [24], The show celebrated its ten-thousandth performance on 5 January 2010[25] and its 30th anniversary in October 2015. [15][18] The cast included Maurice Barrier as Valjean, Jean Vallée as Javert, Rose Laurens as Fantine, Maryse Cédolin and Sylvie Camacho and Priscilla Patron as Young Cosette, Marie-France Roussel as Mme. Kretzmer's lyrics are not a direct translation of the French, a term that Kretzmer refused to use. Victor Hugo’s masterpiece comes to television in a six-part adaptation by multi- award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies. It's simple to buy tickets online for Les Misérables: The Staged Concert with Showcase Cinemas' streamlined booking process - making your visit to the cinema as smooth as possible. We would like this to be the final version. The tour ended 2 October 2010, at the Barbican. Peter Lockyer replaces him as Valjean. The score was recorded consecutively without pauses or multiple recordings. [69] The version of "Stars" is the same as that on the Complete Symphonic Recording. 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 Scandinavian concert tour, produced by Cameron Mackintosh in association with Noble Art, starred Danish musical icon Stig Rossen in the leading role and commemorated author Victor Hugo's 200th birthday. "[39] After 6,680 performances in sixteen years,[39] when it closed on 18 May 2003,[35] it was the second-longest-running Broadway musical after Cats. Javert returns to the barricade, searching for Valjean amongst the bodies, and finds the open sewer grating. A very unlucky man, but also a very happy one. Thénardier, Yvan Dautin as M. Thénardier, Florence Davis and Fabrice Ploquin and Cyrille Dupont as Gavroche, Marianne Mille as Éponine, Gilles Buhlmann as Marius, Christian Ratellin as Enjolras, Fabienne Guyon as Cosette, René-Louis Baron as Combeferre, Dominique Tirmont as M. Gillenormand, Anne Forrez as Mlle. Valjean gives Cosette a letter confessing his troubled past and the truth about her mother. The show was placed first in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of Britain's "Number One Essential Musicals" in 2005, receiving more than forty percent of the votes. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Based on the novel by VICTOR HUGO Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG Lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER Original French Text by ALAIN BOUBLIL and JEAN-MARC NATEL.Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, LES …