PlaySet in early 19th-century France, Les Miserables follows the intertwining stories of a cast of characters as they struggle for redemption and revolution.
History
On October 8, 1985 Les Misérables opened at the Barbican Theatre, London. It then moved to the Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985. On March 12, 1987, the American version opened at the Broadway Theatre.
Since then, Les Misérables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer has travelled the globe and won many major awards throughout the world, including eight Tony awards, including Best Musical. It is based on the Victor Hugo novel, Les Miserables.
Facts and figures
- The longest running production is in London where it played 7,602 performances at the Palace Theatre before transferring to the Queen's Theatre where it opened on 3 April 2004.
- Les Misérables has won over 50 major theatre awards, a Grammy for the Broadway cast album and a Triple Platinum Disc for the London cast album which has now sold over 1,030,000 copies in the U.K. The highlights album has gone gold in the UK and Australia and the Les Misérables in Concert album has gone gold in the UK.
- Productions have played in 38 countries and 223 cities.
- Each performance entails some 392 complete costumes consisting of some 1782 items of clothing and 31 wigs.
