Les Miz Running Time
Les Miz Running Time
Akitarent
Leading Actor Joined: 10/3/04
#1Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:03pmI am seeing Les Miz tomorrow and I'm so excited. The tickets were free. I just had a quesiton how long each act was. thanks
Luckydave14
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#2re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:25pmThe show is about 2 hours and 50 mins. If I remember correctly, the first act is closer to 1:30 and the second act is around 1:05ish
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 12:54amWhat have they cut? As I recollect when I first saw the show at the Broadway Theatre, it clocked in at 3 hours and 15 minutes.
#3re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 1:00am
Going over what was cut would take some time. 
But the overtime cuts happened in late 2000 and were finalized in spring 2001.
#4re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 1:11amand thank god it was cut. There is no need for that show to have such a long running time.
Scaulter
Chorus Member Joined: 3/14/07
#5re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 2:45amthey cut "One Day More" which doesn't have as much power as it once did. I was a bit disappointed, but then again it's my favorite musical.
#6re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 2:49am
...what?
For one, they certainly didn't cut One Day More. And for two...you can't cut something and then say it doesn't have as much power as it did if it wasn't there.
#7re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 5:03amAct One is about 1:28, Act Two is about 1:07. But I usually see the audience pour out right at the 3-hour mark so...
#8re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 9:45amI may be mistaken but I didn't think the cuts in the revival were the same cuts they made a few years ago. They didn't actually seem to cut songs or snippets of music as they did in the concert version, they seemed to just cut verses or lines within the songs. And a word of advice to anyone seeing Les Miz, get there on time...stage management and house management have to be real serious about starting promptly to get the cast and crew out by the 3 hour mark.
#9re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 9:50amOfficial running time is 2:55, I believe.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#10re: Les Miz Running Time
Posted: 3/20/07 at 11:13am
I may be mistaken but I didn't think the cuts in the revival were the same cuts they made a few years ago.
You're totally right. And they actually put back some of the stuff that was cut.
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