Les Miserables Tour Coming to Broadway?

I was thinking the other day that they should put the tour in the theatre at Madison Square Garden in January after Grinch closes to capitalize on the release of the film, but they probably have tour dates scheduled already.

I saw the tour this past Sunday night. It is a remarkable production with a standout cast. I hated the tour the first time when I saw it back in 2011 because of the cast I saw, but I LOVED it when I saw it the second time. This should be on Broadway, the quality and talent are there.

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Ms. Betsy Morgan is giving a 110% performance nightly as fantine!

Just bought front row tickets for when it comes through Philadelphia again this January.
I went into the show with such low expectations last winter, expecting to hate it because it was just another British 80’s megamusical, but WOW was I blown away. Gorgeously directed, performed, designed, and deeply moving. I absolutely adore this revival and hope it ends up on Broadway so I can get even more opportunities to see it.

Does "The Death of Gavroche" still get a laugh? When I first say LES MIZ back when I was a kid (in it original staging), the death of Gavroche was very powerful.
When I saw the tour, the death of Gavroche garnered snickers (not the candy bar) from the audience.
Have they changed the staging so his death happens on stage, where you can see it? Or do you still only HEAR him dying, followed by one of the revolutionaries screaming, "Nooooooo!" ?
(That's where the laugh came in.)

I was not the biggest fan of this production of Les Mis. The music felt sped-up to me, and I thought the use of the paintings (SPOILER: Especially in the scene when Jean Valjean enters the sewers) was tacky.

I saw the San Francisco stop of the tour this summer, and just felt that the production lacked the emotional depth that I've seen in previous LES MIS productions.

I liked the production overall when I saw the tour, but yes, the music was too sped up in parts. I especially missed the dramatic pause before "I Dreamed A Dream"; it was a bit jarring when the the song started immediately after "At the End of the Day".

Still, the story itself is moving and I enjoyed myself. I do hate those MIDI-like orchestrations, though.

Andrew Varela and Betsy Morgan gave two of the most remarkable performances I have seen in my life.

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^ I concur. Andrew Varela gave the second best performance I have ever seen by an actor... His Javert is second to his Phantom. Betsy Morgan is right behind Sutton Foster in Anything Goes for best performance I have seen from an actress. Their talent is astounding.

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Saw this tour months ago. It's Les Miserables so it's great, but I prefer the original version to the 25th anniversary. I want to see the death of Gavroche. I want to hear "Empty Chairs" without worrying that dead people are going to step on tiny little candles. Just saw the original in London to get my fix, amazing. I will see the tour again in the spring when it comes back to my area. It's Les Miserables so it's great!

I hope Daphne comes back...

Seriously.

This will do well on Broadway again, Brantley loves the show:

'is the best of the mega-musicals of its era'

Brantley didn't like the production as it was old and he felt he has seen it many times before:

'Imagine, for one drowsy second, that you are a child who has asked Daddy to recite a favorite bedtime story: the one about the kindly escaped convict who is chased around France by an evil policeman.

It’s still a good story, but Daddy has delivered it so many times before — night after night after night — that his heart just isn’t in it. In fact he seems kind of bored by even the most exciting parts. Lulled instead of stimulated by the familiar tale, you find yourself slipping into dreamland sooner than you ever planned.'

I would assume this re-imagined Les Miserables, will give Brantley, the freshness he is looking for.


2007 Les Miserables New York Times review.