LES MISERABLES
The World’s Most Popular Musical
The Legendary Award - Winning Musical
Returns to Jones Hall in Houston
October 24 - 29, 2000
Tickets on Sale Now!
LES MISERABLES, the legendary award - winning musical, makes a triumphant return engagement to Jones
Hall for one week only, Tuesday October 24 through Sunday, October 29, 2000. Presented by Cameron Mackintosh,
LES MISERABLES is a musical by Alain Boublil and Claude - Michel Schonberg. Tickets for the eight
performance run are on sale now!
Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, LES MISERABLES is an epic saga that sweeps through three turbulent
decades of 19th century France. It is also the story of one man, the fugitive Jean Valjean, who is pitted against the cruel and
self - righteous Inspector Javert in a lifelong struggle to evade capture. Now in its 15th year in London and 14th year on
Broadway, LES MISERABLES has won 50 major awards internationally, including the 1987 Tony Award for
Best Musical.
The 4.2 million production coming to Houston replicates the Broadway production in its entirety and has set numerous
attendance records across the country. Seen by over 40 million people worldwide, LES MISERABLES is one of the most
successful musicals in theatre history. The show’s global box office receipts now exceed $1.8 billion. There have been over
31,000 performances of LES MISERABLES throughout the world, in 38 productions, in 29 countries and 18
languages. There have been 31 cast recordings of the musical, including the multi - platinum original London cast album, the
Grammy Award - winning Broadway cast recording, the Grammy Award - winning complete symphonic version, and London
10th Anniversary Concert Recording.
On March 12, 1997 the Broadway production of LES MISERABLES celebrated its 10th Anniversary,
featuring a new company of actors, changes in staging, scenery refurbishment, lighting design modifications, a new state of the
art sound system and all new costumes and wigs. Houston audiences will see these same enhancements to the show, as they
were subsequently incorporated into the national company. The changes have also been added to the original London
production and the British national company.
Written by Boublil and Schonberg, LES MISERABLES was adapted from the French by Herbert Kretzmer,
and has additional material by James Fenton. It was first brought to life at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Barbican
Theatre in London by co - directors Trevor Nunn and John Caird, the team behind the RSC’s triumphant production of The
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
LES MISERABLES has been designed by John Napier (sets), Adreane Neofitou (costumes) and David Hersey
(lighting), the award - winning team collectively responsible for the look of such Broadway smashes as Miss Saigon, Cats,
Nicholas Nickleby and Starlight Express.
Tickets for the Houston Broadway Series engagement of LES MISERABLES may be purchased at all
Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 713-629-3700; for groups of 20 or more, call 713-693-2692 or toll free at
1-800-889-8457. Tickets are also available at www.Ticketmaster.com. Prices range from $16.25 to $66.25. Convenience
charges may apply. Performance times for Tuesday, October 24 - Saturday, October 28, evenings at 8:00pm. Saturday and
Sunday matinees are at 2:00pm with the Sunday evening performance, October 29 at 7:30pm. Please note, the 2:00 matinee
on Saturday, October 28 will be captioned for the hearing impaired. The TDD# for tickets is 1-800-755-6244. For more
information, visit the official LES MISERABLES internet web site at www.lesmis.com. The Houston Broadway Series is
presented by Society for the Performing Arts.