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Les Misérables (/ l eɪ ˌ m ɪ z ə ˈ r ɑː b (əl),-b l ə / lay MIZ-ə-RAHB(-əl), - RAH-blə, French: [le mizeʁabl]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz (/ l eɪ ˈ m ɪ z / lay MIZ), is a sung-through musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Schönberg and Boublil, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by ...
Currently running at the Lyric Theatre (venue since opening) 37 Smokey Joe's Cafe: R 2,036 [37] March 2, 1995: January 16, 2000: Broadway's longest running original music revue. The longest running musical revue, Oh! Calcutta!, was a revival. 38 Pippin: M 1,944 [38] October 23, 1972: June 12, 1977: 5 Tony Awards in 1973; 5 Drama Desk Awards in 1973
The show is a cabaret revue sharply spoofing show tunes, characters and plots of contemporary and current Broadway musicals. Forbidden Broadway and its many sequels have mocked popular shows like The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Les Misérables, The Lion King, Spamalot, Annie, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Rent, and Newsies.
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Colm Wilkinson (born 5 June 1944), also known as C. T. Wilkinson, is an Irish singer and actor who is best known for originating the lead role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (in the West End and Broadway) and for creating the title role in The Phantom of the Opera (1985) preview at the Sydmonton Festival and the original Canadian production.
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Les Misérables: The Staged Concert is a 2019 British live stage recording of the 1980 musical Les Misérables, itself an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, filmed at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End on 2 December 2019, and broadcast live to UK and Irish cinemas.
The following is a list of the top 25 highest-grossing Broadway musicals since 1982, based on data collected by the Broadway League.These grosses do not take into account the effects of inflation and as such the list is heavily skewed in favor of more recent Broadway shows.