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Press Release from Really
Useful Group
THE THIRD NATIONAL TOUR OF LES MISÉRABLES
RETURNS FROM SUMMER HIATUS
Tour Resumes at
The Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA on September 9, 2003.
LES MISÉRABLES,
the award-winning musical, returns to the road from its summer hiatus
as the fabulous Fox Theatre beginning Tuesday, September 9 through Sunday,
September 32, 2003. Presented by Cameron Mackintosh, LES MISÉRABLES
is a musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg.
Tickets for the two-week engaement are currently on sale. Click on http://www.lesmis.com/tickets
for information on this and future tour engagements.
The Broadway
production ended it's 16-year run on May 18, and is the second longest
running show in Broadway history. This National Tour is the only
production LES MISÉRABLES currently in the United States.
Broadway's final
"Jean Valjean," RANDAL KEITH makes a triumphant return to the
company with JAMES
CLOW as
"Inspector Javert," and TONYA DIXON as "Fantine."
Also featured will be MA-ANNE DIONISIO as "Eponine," JOSH YOUNG
and AMANDA HUDDLESTON as the lovers "Marius" and "Cosette,"
JOHN-ANDREW CLARK as the student revolutionary, "Enjolras," and
MICHAEL KOSTROFF and original Broadway Company member, CINDY BENSON as the
“Thénardiers.” NADINE JACOBSON and ERIKA KIYOMI JOHNSON
alternate in the roles of "Young Cosette" and "Young
Eponine," and BRANDEN STEINAGLE and DANIEL WRIGHT alternate in the
role of "Gavroche."
The $4.2 million production coming to
Atlanta replicates the Broadway production in its entirety and has set numerous attendance records across the country. This touring company of LES MISÉRABLES is a carbon copy of
the original production still running in London and is the
same production that has been seen in Los Angeles, Chicago and
Boston. It comes to town with the trademark 34-foot turntable, two barricades that weigh over 12,000 pounds, over 1,000
costumes, 5 fog machines, 422 lighting instruments, 18
orchestra members, and 36 cast members.
Seen by over 50 million people worldwide, LES
MISÉRABLES is one of the most successful musicals in
theatre history. The show's global box office receipts now exceed $1.8 billion.
Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, LES
MISÉRABLES is an epic saga that sweeps through
three turbulent decades of 19th century French
history. The show is also the sotry of one man,
the fugitive Jean Valjean, who is pitted agains the
self-righteous Inspector Javert, in a lifelong
struggle to evade capture.
Written by Boublil and
Schönberg, LES
MISÉRABLES 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 designers are John Napier (sets), Andreane Neofitou(costumes) and David Hersey (lighting).
For complete LES MISÉRABLES
information on the U.S. Tour and around the world,
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