Les Misérables
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Les Misérables (pronounced enPR [lā mǐzʹər-äbʹ] in the United States; in French, ), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a musical composed in 1980 by the French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg with a libretto by Alain Boublil. Sung through, it is perhaps the most famous of all French musical and one of the most performed musicals worldwide. On October 8 2006, the show celebrated its 21st anniversary and became the longest-running West End musical in history and is still running (though it has changed venues).
Among the most famous songs of this Tony award-winning musical are "I Dreamed a Dream", "One Day More", "A Heart Full of Love", "Do You Hear the People Sing?", and "On My Own."
The musical is based on the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Set in early 19th Century France, it follows the intertwining stories of a cast of characters as they struggle for redemption and revolution. The characters include a paroled convict named Jean Valjean who, failing attempts...
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