les mis opened in the west end on october 1985.
les mis opened in the west end on october 1985.
when did les mis open in the west end?
october 1985
in 1985, kretzmer’s songs for aznavour came to the attention of producer cameron mackintosh, who invited him to write an english version of a french musical "les misérables" (by alain boublil and claude-michel schonberg). kretzmer’s lyrics extended the two-hour paris original into a three-hour show. the all-sung "“les mis”" opened at the barbican theatre on 8 october 1985 and is still running in the west end, the longest running west end musical in history. the score includes such well-covered ballads as "i dreamed a dream", "bring him home", "on my own" and "empty chairs at empty tables". for his work on the "les misérables" lyrics, kretzmer received tony and grammy awards.
herbert kretzmer
evan, a native of monticello, georgia, said in a personal interview""i grew up in monticello, georgia, and i was a football player at uga, and that's the first time i saw les mis — twenty years ago here at the fox. it just made me go, i want to do this for a living. i was just a business major, i had wanted to go to law school, but this show lit the fire... i ended up auditioning at a les mis open call 'a la american idol' two years later. i waited ten hours to sing sixteen bars of stars. he walked out with the proverbial gold ticket. 'i thought it was going to be instant stardom and cash, not knowing any better.""
rob evan