Claude-Michel Schönberg
Birth Place: Vannes, FRANCE
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, HAIRSPRAY and More Set for La Mirada 2026/27 Season (Apr 15, 2026)
Alfie Boe, Samantha Barks, and More Will Lead LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA CONCERT SPECTACULAR in New York, London, Dublin, and Birmingham (Apr 14, 2026)
Review: MISS SAIGON at Short North Stage (Mar 23, 2026)
BIO
Born in 1944 of Hungarian parents, Claude-Michel Schönberg began his career as a singer, writer and producer of popular songs. He wrote the musical score of La Révolution Française (1973), Les Misérables (1980-85), Miss Saigon (1989) and Martin Guerre (1996). He has also supervised overseas productions of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon and co-produced several international cast albums of his three shows.
In 2001, he composed his first ballet score, Wuthering Heights, which was created by the Northern Ballet in 2002. The Pirate Queen, which opened on Broadway in 2007, is his sixth complete score. Marguerite, Claude-Michel’s collaboration with Alain Boublil, Michel Legrand and Herbert Kretzmer, opened in May 2008 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 2003, Claude-Michel Schönberg married the English ballerina Charlotte Talbot. He is the father of one son and two daughters.
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Awards and Nominations
Claude-Michel Schonberg, Miss Saigon
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News
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 15, 2026
La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts has unveiled its 2026/2027 season of shows! The season will feature a new productin of Little Shop of Horrors, Hairspray, and more.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2026
Principal casting has been announced for the forthcoming Grand Finale of Boublil and Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA CONCERT SPECTACULAR, in New York, London, Dublin, and Birmingham.
by Paul Batterson - Mar 23, 2026
Short North Stage is never one to back down from a challenge. At the end of every season, the Columbus theatre group asks its audience what shows it would like to see the following season.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 23, 2026
OFC Creations Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, will present its 2026-2027 Broadway in Brighton Series featuring shows like HAIRSPRAY, MISS SAIGON, and the regional premiere of THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK.
by Caryl Kristine Guillermo - Mar 23, 2026
Lea Salonga joins previously announced cast members as Madame Thénardier in the Singapore season of Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular, running from 24 March to 10 May 2026 at the Sands Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 20, 2026
Tickets for the forthcoming West End return of Miss Saigon are now on sale, and the production has released a new trailer. Check out the video and learn more here!
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2026
The Paramount Theatre in Seattle will present the acclaimed musical LES MISÉRABLES as part of its 2025-26 Broadway season. The show is scheduled to run from April 7 to April 19, 2026.
by Sarah Dussome - Mar 14, 2026
This epic musical features classic showtunes including I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, One Day More, and Do You Hear the People Sing?.
by Adela González Pérez - Mar 13, 2026
A las puertas de los Oscars 2026, revivimos las noches inolvidables en las que Broadway conquistó la gala.
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2026
MISS SAIGON, the acclaimed musical, will be performed at Milton Keynes Theatre from April 7 to 11, featuring powerful storytelling and a talented cast.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2026
The Wuthering Heights tour will open in March 2027 at Leeds Grand Theatre before performances at Sheffield Lyceum Theatre, Nottingham Theatre Royal, London's Sadler's Wells, Norwich Theatre Royal and The Lowry in Salford throughout spring 2027.
by - Feb 25, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 25, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 24, 2026
Broadway In Chicago has announced casting for the Chicago engagement of Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES.
by Adela González Pérez - Feb 20, 2026
La producción del Teatro Apolo alcanza esta cifra simbólica en una fecha que rinde homenaje al legado de su autor.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 17, 2026
The musical theatre production Les Misérables – The Arena Spectacular will be presented at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands from March 24 through April 19, 2026, as part of its international tour.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2026
Miss Saigon will play a strictly limited West End season in 2027, more than a decade since Miss Saigon last performed in London, at that same theatre.
by Paul Batterson - Jan 29, 2026
Reviewing the revered LES MISERABLES is always a mixed bag. The show, running Jan. 27–Feb. 1 at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State Street, downtown Columbus), is a towering piece of musical theater history. It has a cadre of powerful songs (“Do You Hear The People Sing?,” “I Dreamed a Dream,” and “One More Day” … that’s just in the first act), and characters that linger with you long after the curtain falls.
by Gilbert Kim Sancha - Jan 25, 2026
Since its 1980 debut in Paris, Les Misérables has transcended the medium of musical theatre to become a global cultural force.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2026
Lea Salonga and the cast of Les Misérables talk about the Manila stop of the world tour. Check out the event photos and insights!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2026
The American Theatre Guild will welcome Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Claude-Michel Schönberg has written 4 shows including Les Miserables (Bookwriter), Miss Saigon (Bookwriter), Martin Guerre (Bookwriter), The Pirate Queen (Bookwriter).
Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Miss Saigon, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Miss Saigon, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Miss Saigon, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Les Misérables, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Les Misérables and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Les Misérables.
Claude-Michel Schönberg has won several prestigious awards, including Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Les Misérables. He also received the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Les Misérables and the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, also for Les Misérables.
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