‘Les Misérables’ at 40: The Unlikely Story of a Hit

Critics initially panned it, but public love for the musical with songs like “One Day More” and “On My Own” has kept it going ...
Boston Herald

A ‘Les Mis’ without song is a drama to behold

It’s “Les Miserables” just the way author Victor Hugo intended. With not a lick of singing. “Les Mis” is a Broadway phenomenon and most recently a 2012 Oscar-winning film that starred Hugh Jackman and ...

Les Miserables at 40: from flop to phenomenon, why the West End’s longest-running musical endures

Once dismissed as ‘Victor Hugo on the garbage dump,’ Les Mis is now the world’s longest-running musical. As it marks 40 years ...
Time

Les Misérables Director Tom Hooper on Choosing His Stars and Creating New Songs

Tom Hooper came to fame by adapting the past: first via a pair of HBO films (with Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I and Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney in the spellbinding John Adams), then with a royal ...

‘Les Mis’ opened 40 years ago. Here are 5 fun facts about the hit musical — and when you can see it next in Utah

From negative reviews to the show’s Christian themes, here are some things you may not have known about “Les Mis.” ...