Colm Wilkinson is having an exciting year. He's one of the founding artists of Theatre 20, he will be appearing in the much anticipated feature film version of Les Miserables and he's about to embark on a Christmas tour entitled Christmas, Broadway and Beyond. Featuring Christmas tunes as well as favourites from his solo albums, Colm will be dazzling audiences throughout Canada over the holiday season. BWW caught up with him recently to talk about the new show, as well as passing the Jean Valjean torch to Hugh Jackman.
Les Miserables film star Russell Crowe will make his Joe's Pub debut in a one-night-only 'Indoor Garden Party' concert on December 8, featuring Alan Doyle and Les Mis co-star Samantha Barks. The pair previously joined Crowe for his 'Indoor Garden Party' at the Gramercy Theatre last month.
The highly anticipated film adaptation of Les Misérables hits theaters on Christmas Day, and you can order the soundtrack on December 25 as well: according to Amazon.com, Universal Republic records will be releasing the recording, featuring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is pleased to announce that Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, co-chairmen of Working Title Films, will receive the 2013 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. The award recognizes a producer's, or a producing team's, outstanding body of work and is the PGA's highest honor for motion picture producers.
Les Misérables film star Anne Hathaway and the Saturday Night Live cast sing about Sundays to the tune of 'One Day More.' Watch Hathaway's opening monologue from last night's episode on NBC below!
LES MISERABLES is slated for a December 25 release, but in the meantime check out the official just-released theatrical trailer for the highly anticipated film below!
You'll have to wait until Christmas Day to see LES MISERABLES on the silver screen, but in the meantime check out the just-released theatrical trailer for the highly anticipated film below!
The producers of Roald Dahl's MATILDA THE MUSICAL announced today that Olivier Award-winner Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of Miss Trunchbull in the Broadway production of the Royal Shakespeare Company's eagerly anticipated musical which begins performances on March 4 and opens on April 11 at the Shubert Theatre (235 West 44th Street). Carvel received rave reviews for his iconic performance and won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival presents an evening of independent shorts and features, showcasing the faces of Young Hollywood, and created by the next wave of filmmakers and screenwriters sure to be on the tips of tongues during future award seasons.
Sarofin Hall welcomes the French bourgeois, presenting the national tour of LES MISERABLES for a week-long engagement from tonight, November 6th through the 11th.
With December fast approaching, it's the perfect time to take a look back at some memorable LES MISERABLES performances. See Aretha Franklin singing 'I Dreamed a Dream' in 1993, at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, below!
Betsy Morgan is heading to Houston for the first time in the touring production of LES MISERABLES. She tells me she has "pseudo-family" in town, and she is looking forward to seeing those family and friends in addition to everything that Houston has to offer. One of her first big parts was originating Leslie in the musical GIANT, which is all about Texas, so she is excited to see some of the Historic aspects of our city. Taking time out of her busy schedule, she chatted with me about her life in the theatre, LES MISERABLES, touring, and performing as Fantine.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the highly anticipated film adaptation of LES MISERABLES will be released in theatres on Christams Day, December 25, 2012. Check out a photo of some of the film's camera crew on the set, as featured on the movie's Facebook page, below!
On Twitter Watch, Michael Moses wrote 'Time for a little clarity. End credits aren't on yet but the running time of LES MISERABLES without them is 2:32.
According to Freedomtomarry.org, newly-wed actress, Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) will donate proceeds from the sale of photos from her wedding to Adam Shulman to nonprofit organizations that campaign for the equality of marraige for same-sex unions.
Samantha Barks, star of the upcoming film LES MISERABLES, is one of six young actors who will be honored with the 'Hollywood Spotlight Award' at this year's Hollywood Film Awards gala ceremony to be held October 22 at the Beverly Hilton. Barks is set to play Eponine in the film version of Les Miserables - the role she played at the 25th anniversary concert.
There has been much speculation about what the song might be, and the film's leading man Hugh Jackman sat down yesterday with The Telegraph to talk details on the addition of the new solo for Jean Valjean.
Click below to watch a clip of Les Misérables' Samantha Barks singing 'Too Far Gone' with Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle at their 'Indoor Garden Party' on October 13th at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City!
There has been much speculation about what the song might be, and the film's leading man Hugh Jackman sat down yesterday with The Telegraph to talk details on the addition of the new solo for Jean Valjean.
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