Alain Boublil News

Due to popular demand, South Bend Civic Theatre has extended Les Miserables for two extra performances, Friday August 2 at 8:00 PM and Saturday August 3 at 8:00 PM. Advance ticket sales for this blockbuster musical have resulted in sold-out shows throughout Les Miserables' opening weekend.

Happy Birthday Claude-Michel Schonberg! Schonberg is best known for his collaborations with the lyricist Alain Boublil. Thier stage musical version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, which opened at the Palais de Sports in Paris in 1980, opened to acclaim in London in 1985 and on Broadway in 1987. In 1989, their success continued with the musical Miss Saigon, which starred Lea Salonga and Jonathan Pryce. Schonberg's next project with Boublil was The Pirate Queen, a musical about the 16th century Irish pirate, chieftain and adventuress Grace O'Malley, which opened on Broadway on April 5 2007.

Cameron Mackintosh, who recently announced that a new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's legendary musical 'Miss Saigon' is set to open at Prince Edward Theatre in May 2014, is also holding auditions for East and Southeast Asian actors, singers and dancers today, July 1 and Tuesday, July 2.

On June 25th at the glamorous 583 Park Avenue in New York City, the Recording Academy celebrated 2013 honorees Ashford & Simpson, GRAMMY-winning violinist Joshua Bell, GRAMMY-winning artist Melissa Etheridge, GRAMMY-winning creators of 'LES MISERABLES' - Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer and Claude-Michel Schonberg - and R&B singer/songwriter Trey Songz. Below you can check out photos of the stars and honorees in the 'In The Spotlight' series by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

The Recording Academy Honors 2013 celebrated honorees Ashford & Simpson, GRAMMY-winning violinist Joshua Bell, GRAMMY-winning artist Melissa Etheridge, GRAMMY-winning creators of 'LES MISERABLES' - Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer and Claude-Michel Schonberg - and R&B singer/songwriter Trey Songz. The Recording Academy Honors was established to celebrate outstanding individuals whose work embodies excellence and integrity and who have improved the environment for the creative community. Check out photos from inside the event below!

Les Miserables, Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of the world's longest running musical, runs at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis for one week only, July 30-August 4, 2013.

Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.'s highly-anticipated 25th anniversary production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's beloved mega-musical 'Miss Saigon' has just released the show's first teaser.

Audiences will get their chance to see this explosive production live on stage at Maine State Music Theatre from today, June 26 through July 13 at the Pickard Theater on the campus of Bowdoin College, Brunswick.. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 207-725-8769 or by visiting the MSMT website at www.msmt.org.

According to an open audition notice posted last Thursday, June 20, on The Stage, Cameron Mackintosh, who recently announced that a new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's legendary musical 'Miss Saigon' is set to open at Prince Edward Theatre in May 2014, is also holding auditions for East and Southeast Asian actors, singers and dancers on Monday, July 1 and Tuesday, July 2.

Theatre Aspen's 30th summer season begins today. The summer repertory season includes the Tony Award-winning epic LES MISERABLES, opening today, June 25th, the one-man comedy Fully Committed, opening July 6th and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which opens July 12th. All shows run through late August.

Songwriters/performing artists Ashford & Simpson, GRAMMY-winning violinist Joshua Bell, GRAMMY-winning artist Melissa Etheridge, GRAMMY-winning creators of 'LES MISERABLES' - Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer and Claude-Michel Schonberg - and R&B singer/songwriter Trey Songz are recipients of the New York Chapter Recording Academy Honors 2013. The event, which will attract recording artists, key entertainment executives and community leaders, will be hosted tonight, June 25, 2013, at 6 p.m. at 583 Park Avenue. This gala will support the Chapter's ongoing advocacy, education and professional development programs.

Cameron Mackintosh has just announced that Boublil and Schonberg's legendary musical MISS SAIGON will return to the West End in May 2014 to the Prince Edward Theatre.

Audiences will get their chance to see this explosive production live on stage at Maine State Music Theatre from June 26 through July 13 at the Pickard Theater on the campus of Bowdoin College, Brunswick.. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 207-725-8769 or by visiting the MSMT website at www.msmt.org.

Putting together on one stage Lea Salonga, Ramin Karimloo, and Sierra Boggess sounds such a completely stellar idea; but, when examined closely, it is quite tricky. Given the varied theater credits under their names, one would have to carefully consider what type of show--in a concert form--would showcase their vocal abilities in a way that they need not upstage one another. To make things more interesting, or complicated, what if you would include Japan's very own TV and theater star Yu Shirota in the already mixed bag of performers? How will he fit in?

This gala will support the Chapter's ongoing advocacy, education and professional development programs.

Anyone familiar with the Atlanta theatre scene knows that there is as much talent here as in nearly anywhere else in the country, and this summer, Atlanta's 30+ professional theatre companies are putting that talent to use. While there are countless other great productions going on around the city this summer, BWW Atlanta has narrowed it down to six that will surely leave Hotlanta talking well into the winter months.