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Have you seen Les Miserables?

Originally posted by: bmacd
Did you enjoy it?

-=bmacd=-
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The play or the movie? The Fiancee made me watch the movie...I actually ended up enjoying it. Have not seen it on stage, though.
 
My GF and I saw it a year and a half ago on stage at the 5th Ave Theater in Seattle. I enjoyed it, I guess, I'm not a huge play/musical person, but it was enjoyable and funnier than I expected.

Unfortunately the next musical I saw was Cats and I am forever ruined on the medium. :|
 
I have seen the musical -- absolutely fantastic stuff, but I saw it so long ago.

If you're wondering whether to see it, get one of the Cast Recordings available on CD to help make your decision. If you like rap music, though, this won't be your spot of tea. 😉
 
I think so.. can't remember. Can you give a breif outline of the story?
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Poor French SOB (Jean Valjean) steals a loaf of bread, goes to jail. Spends 19 years in the can. Gets out, and gets an alibi from the local bishop after robbing a little boy. Valjean repents, and manages to establish a new identity in a town, eventually becomes a wealthy businessman and the mayor of the town.

Introduce Fantine, a poor single mother. She gets hired by Valjean's company, and sends her daughter to live with another family, the Thenardiers, who abuse the young child. Fantine loses her job, and resorts to prostitution. Valjean takes her in as she's dying, and on her deathbed agrees to take care of her child (Cosette).

Next, a demented man gets caught by police, and is accused of being Jean Valjean, the wanted criminal. Valjean admits his identity in court, saving the demented man, and begs the policeman (Inspector Javert) to have the chance to rescue Cosine, fulfilling his promise. Valjean rescues Cosette from the Thenardiers, taking her as his daughter, and goes on the run from the law.

Several years pass, and Valjean and Cosette are still on the lam from Inspector Javert. Cosette grows up, meets a young man (Marius), and falls in love with him. Marius gets involved with a radical group, who plots a revolution. The radical group revolts, and gets put down by the army. Marius is almost killed by a bullet, but is saved by a poor girl (Eponine) who loves him and takes the bullet for him. Valjean dresses as a soldier and rescues Marius from certain death. Thenardier (the man who abused Cosette as a child) sees him carrying Marius, and thinks Valjean murdered him. Thenardier relays this to Inspector Javert, who is still hunting Valjean.

Valjean gets caught by Inspector Javert, who has discovered the truth that Valjean is an honest man. He cannot find the will to arrest Valjean, but his sense of duty as a policeman will not let him release him either. He throws himself into the river rather than arresting him, freeing Valjean from years of running from the law.

Marius gets back together with Cosette. Valjean blesses their love on his deathbed. Valjean dies, and is buried in an unmarked grave. The end.
 
I've never actually seen it, but I know the story. In high school, my marching band did some selections from Les Mis. Was pretty good. We did a lot of theatrical stuff. That was fun to play. Director gave the top trumpet part a lot of really cool parts.
 
Originally posted by: glenn1
I think so.. can't remember. Can you give a breif outline of the story?
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Poor French SOB (Jean Valjean) steals a loaf of bread, goes to jail. Spends 19 years in the can. Gets out, and gets an alibi from the local bishop after robbing a little boy. Valjean repents, and manages to establish a new identity in a town, eventually becomes a wealthy businessman and the mayor of the town.

Introduce Fantine, a poor single mother. She gets hired by Valjean's company, and sends her daughter to live with another family, the Thenardiers, who abuse the young child. Fantine loses her job, and resorts to prostitution. Valjean takes her in as she's dying, and on her deathbed agrees to take care of her child (Cosette).

Next, a demented man gets caught by police, and is accused of being Jean Valjean, the wanted criminal. Valjean admits his identity in court, saving the demented man, and begs the policeman (Inspector Javert) to have the chance to rescue Cosine, fulfilling his promise. Valjean rescues Cosette from the Thenardiers, taking her as his daughter, and goes on the run from the law.

Several years pass, and Valjean and Cosette are still on the lam from Inspector Javert. Cosette grows up, meets a young man (Marius), and falls in love with him. Marius gets involved with a radical group, who plots a revolution. The radical group revolts, and gets put down by the army. Marius is almost killed by a bullet, but is saved by a poor girl (Eponine) who loves him and takes the bullet for him. Valjean dresses as a soldier and rescues Marius from certain death. Thenardier (the man who abused Cosette as a child) sees him carrying Marius, and thinks Valjean murdered him. Thenardier relays this to Inspector Javert, who is still hunting Valjean.

Valjean gets caught by Inspector Javert, who has discovered the truth that Valjean is an honest man. He cannot find the will to arrest Valjean, but his sense of duty as a policeman will not let him release him either. He throws himself into the river rather than arresting him, freeing Valjean from years of running from the law.

Marius gets back together with Cosette. Valjean blesses their love on his deathbed. Valjean dies, and is buried in an unmarked grave. The end.
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You know you're in ATOT when you mistake Cossette for Cosine.
This is a good summary though - I really liked the show - one of my favorites.
 
You know you're in ATOT when you mistake Cossette for Cosine.
This is a good summary though - I really liked the show - one of my favorites.
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Did it by memory, so I hope you'll give me a bit of a break that I screwed up her name.
 
Originally posted by: glenn1
You know you're in ATOT when you mistake Cossette for Cosine.
This is a good summary though - I really liked the show - one of my favorites.
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Did it by memory, so I hope you'll give me a bit of a break that I screwed up her name.
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Just a joke man, just a joke. 😀
 
I saw Les Miserables on Broadway in the Imperial Theater... a really good show.

I actually saw it twice with two different girls... the first cried like a baby when Fantine died, and when Eponine bites it too.

The second just kind of sat there and didn't shed a tear. "You're as cold as ice..."

hehe

It was a really cool play. I'm not sure about other theater's productions, but the one at the Imperial theater had a stage that rotated and stuff. It was pretty damn amazing how they changed the sets so quickly.

-Matt
 
I saw it three times at the Imperial in NYC. I've never seen the overseas cast or the traveling cast, but I did see the original Broadway cast. It's my favorite broadway show, too bad it's over.
 
Wife conned me into watching the movie AND seeing the musical. I have to say, the musical was amazing. Pretty funny, too.
 
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