Victor Hugo News

Now the star will join the West End production of Les Miserables as Marius for 3 weeks, beginning on June 21 according to the UK Daily Mail. The paper reports 'Cameron Mackintosh told me yesterday: 'I went up to him at the closing night party in New York and told him he was terrific and hoped that one day he would return to play Marius. We've been in touch a lot and, of course, since then he has become this world-famous star. 'He and his father and I agreed that it would be great if he came and played Marius here in London.'

La productora Stage Entertainment ha confirmado que su nuevo proyecto será el musical Los Miserables, cuyo estreno tendrá lugar el próximo 18 de Noviembre en el Teatro Lope De Vega de Madrid, donde se representará una única temporada. Las entradas se pondrán a la venta el 9 Junio en exclusiva en Entradas.com y Servicaixa.

Produced by Stage Entertainment Spain, Les Miserables will open in Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid on November 18th 2010, directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell. It will be the second time this classic musical by Boubil and Schönberg hits the city. It first arrived in 1992, produced by José Tamayo, Plácido Domingo and Cameron Mackintosh.

Previews will begin today at Virginia's Signature Theatre for the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees written by Ricky Ian Gordon, the award-winning composer of the opera The Grapes of Wrath and the musicals Dream True and My Life with Albertine. A starry Broadway cast portrays Gordon's own family story - complete with a tough Bronx-born father and former 'Borscht Belt' singer/comedian mother - in a tale of two generations' struggles and triumphs in the decades from World War II through the 1990s.

LES MISÉRABLES was written in 1862 by French author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815. The production will end its run at the Matthews Playhouse on May 2nd.

The Matthews Playhouse is seeking a Stage Manager for their upcoming production of LES MISERABLES (school edition).

Canadian Stage presents the Toronto premiere of Catalyst Theatre's Frankenstein, an award-winning adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel integrating poetic verse, song, original music, stylized movement and fantastical costumes and sets made entirely of paper.

LES MISÉRABLES was written in 1862 by French author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815.

The Matthews Playhouse is seeking a Stage Manager for their upcoming production of LES MISERABLES (school edition).

The 2010-2011 Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre season will include the world premiere of a new musical, 'Leap of Faith,' the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical 'Next to Normal,' the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Play 'God of Carnage,' the 25th Anniversary celebration of an international musical classic, 'Les Misérables,' and a brand-new Cirque du Soleil production at the Cirque's new home at the Kodak Theatre, it was announced today by CTG's Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.

Canadian Stage presents the Toronto premiere of Catalyst Theatre's Frankenstein, an award-winning adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel integrating poetic verse, song, original music, stylized movement and fantastical costumes and sets made entirely of paper.

Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America - Milwaukee invites you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2010-2011. This season we are thrilled to be bringing you the Mel Brooks classic movie to stage, Young Frankenstein, HAIR, the American tribal love-rock musical, Les Misérables, the classic Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Tony Award® winning musical and the much anticipated Milwaukee premiere of Jersey Boys. Mamma Mia! will run as a special addition to this season.

Nashville Opera will present the final production of the 2009-10 season, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, on Saturday, April 10 at 8 pm and Tuesday, April 13 at 7 pm in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall located at 505 Deaderick Street in Downtown Nashville.

Rife with corruption and intrigue, teeming with forbidden love and deception, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto is among the most often performed operas in America - and Nashville Opera closes out its 2009-2010 season with a beautifully designed and sumptuously mounted production of the Italian masterpiece in Andrew Jackson Hall at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Yet, as exquisite as its physical trappings are, Nashville Opera's Rigoletto may be even more impressive in its artful musicality: it is rapturously sung by a deft blending of talented newcomers to the Nashville stage.

Nashville Opera will present the final production of the 2009-10 season, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, on Saturday, April 10 at 8 pm and Tuesday, April 13 at 7 pm in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall located at 505 Deaderick Street in Downtown Nashville.

Confirming the news previously posted on BroadwayWorld, Cameron Mackintosh has formally announced that his hugely acclaimed new 25th anniversary production of the World's Longest-Running Musical, Les Misérables, will tour North America beginning in fall 2010, visiting many cities on a multi-year tour. The production will feature new staging and reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo and will make its United States premiere this November at the iconic Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ for a multi-week engagement.

Cameron Mackintosh's touring production of LES MISERABLES, which is currently making its way around the U.K., will begin a US tour early in 2011. The U.S. production, which is being developed by the Paper Mill Playhouse in conjunction with Cameron Mackintosh, will begin with an engagement at the Paper Mill, before embarking on a tour across the United States.

LES MISÉRABLES was written in 1862 by French author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815.

PlayhouseSquare announces today its entire seven-show line-up for the thrilling 2010 - 2011 KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare. The series entertains hundreds of thousands each season and is largely responsible for making the not-for-profit PlayhouseSquare a thriving destination and economic engine for downtown Cleveland.

Scholar and biographer Anka Muhlstein draws out themes from Marcel Proust's reading habits in his great work La Recherche du Temps Perdu. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at The New York Society Library.