Les Miserables, in its highly anticipated Broadway return, began previews at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Saturday, October 24th, and will open on Thursday, November 9th. The epic musical is set to play a limited six-month engagement.
The show stars Alexander Gemignani (Sweeney Todd, Assassins) as noble on-the-run convict Jean Valjean, Norm Lewis (Chicago, The Wild Party, Side Show) as his persistent adversary Javert, with Tony Award-winner Gary Beach (La Cage aux Folles, The Producers) as Thenardier, Celia Keenan-Bolger (Spelling Bee) as Eponine, Tony-nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega (Bernarda Alba, Anna in the Tropics, Rent) as Fantine, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thenardier, Aaron Lazar (The Light in the Piazza) as Enjolras, Adam Jacobs as Marius, and Ali Ewoldt as Cosette.
With music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by
Herbert Kretzmer, with original French text by
Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel and additional material by James Fenton,
Les Miserables is based on the sprawling novel by Victor Hugo.
Directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird, Les Miserables is designed by John Napier with lighting by David Hersey, costumes by Andreane Neofitou and sound by Andrew Bruce. The show originally ran on Broadway from 1987 through 2003.
Visit www.lesmis.com for more information.
Photos by Michael LePoer Trench
Adam Jacobs and Aaron Lazar
Celia Keenan-Bolger and Adam Jacobs
The cast waits "One Day More"
On the barricades
Alexander Gemignani
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Gary Beach
The students
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Alexander Gemignani and Norm Lewis
Norm Lewis
Jenny Galloway and
Gary Beach
Aaron Lazar
Alexander Gemignani
Adam Jacobs and Ali Ewoldt