Alfie Boe to Reprise Valjean in LES MIZ; Film Version?

According to a report by Baz Bamigboye in UK Daily Mail, Alfie Boe is now set to reprise the role of Valjean in the West End next year in June for a six month run. Camera Mackintosh is also hinting that the star might also play the role in the long-anticipated film version of the musical. 

Boe won a Tony for his performance in the Broadway production of La Boheme, and has also appeared in Kismet, The Merry Widow and The Pearl Fishers. 

Boe, appeared in the 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables at the O2 last Sunday.  Cameron Mackintosh added on the possibility, 'Alfie comes from an opera world, but he's not a pop tenor  -  he's a great, strapping, manly operatic tenor. It's lovely to hear the score re-invented by a truly great artist. Of course, I would love to have him perform in the show. Watch this space!'

 The Les Miserables 25th Anniversary O2 concert, which played its last performance on October 2, 2010 starred Ramin Karmiloo, Samantha Barks, Alfie Boe, Nick Jonas,Norm Lewis, Matt Lucas, Lea Salonga, Jenny Galloway, and Camilla Kerslake. Click below to watch a new special video -- Les Miserables: 25 Years Young!

The magnificent score of "LES MISÉRABLES" includes the songs, "I Dreamed a Dream", "On My Own", "Stars", "Bring Him Home", "Do You Hear the People Sing?", "One Day More", "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables", "Master Of The House" and many more.

"LES MISÉRABLES" originally opened in London at the Barbican Theatre on 8 October 1985, transferred to the Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985 and moved to its current home at the Queen's Theatre on 3 April 2004. When "LES MISÉRABLES" celebrated its 21st London birthday on 8 October 2006, it became the World's Longest Running Musical, surpassing the record previously held by "Cats" in London's West End. In January 2010, the West End production broke another record by celebrating its historic 10,000th performances.

Seen by nearly 60 million people worldwide in 42 countries and in 21 languages, "LES MISÉRABLES" is undisputedly one of the world's most popular musicals ever written, with new productions continually opening around the globe, with seven more currently scheduled. There have been 36 cast recordings of "LES MISÉRABLES", including the multi-platinum London cast recording, the Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast and complete symphonic albums and the soon to be released live recording of the New 25th Anniversary Production. The video of the 10th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall Gala Concert has sold millions of copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling musical videos ever in the UK. There are over 2,500 productions of the Les Misérables School's Edition scheduled or being performed by over 125,000 school children in the UK, US and Australia, making it the most successful musical ever produced in schools. Cameron Mackintosh is currently developing a film of "LES MISÉRABLES" with Working Title and Universal.

Cameron Mackintosh's production of "LES MISÉRABLES" is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel and additional material by James Fenton. The original London 1985 production of "LES MISÉRABLES" was adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.