Les Misérables (1987 Broadway production)

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Les Misérables (1987 Broadway production) is the long-running, Tony Award–winning Broadway staging of the epic musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, renowned for its sweeping score and large ensemble cast.

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instanceOf Broadway musical production
awardReceived Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design NERFINISHED
basedOn Les Misérables NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Victor Hugo NERFINISHED
bookBy Alain Boublil NERFINISHED
Claude-Michel Schönberg NERFINISHED
choreographyBy Kate Flatt NERFINISHED
closingDate 2003-05-18
coDirectedBy John Caird NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedBy John Napier NERFINISHED
directedBy Trevor Nunn NERFINISHED
genre epic musical
mega-musical
sung-through musical
language English
locatedIn Manhattan
New York City
Theatre District NERFINISHED
lyricsBy Herbert Kretzmer NERFINISHED
musicBy Claude-Michel Schönberg NERFINISHED
notableFor large ensemble cast
long Broadway run
revolving stage design
sweeping symphonic score
notableOriginalCastMember Colm Wilkinson NERFINISHED
David Bryant NERFINISHED
Frances Ruffelle NERFINISHED
Jennifer Butt NERFINISHED
Judy Kuhn NERFINISHED
Leo Burmester NERFINISHED
Michael Maguire NERFINISHED
Norm Lewis NERFINISHED
Randy Graff NERFINISHED
Terrence Mann NERFINISHED
notableSong Bring Him Home NERFINISHED
Do You Hear the People Sing? NERFINISHED
I Dreamed a Dream NERFINISHED
On My Own NERFINISHED
One Day More NERFINISHED
numberOfPerformances 6680
openingDate 1987-03-12
orchestrationsBy John Cameron NERFINISHED
originalBroadwayTheatre Broadway Theatre NERFINISHED
originalFrenchLyricsBy Alain Boublil NERFINISHED
Jean-Marc Natel NERFINISHED
partOf Les Misérables (musical) NERFINISHED
previewsStartDate 1987-02-28
producedBy Cameron Mackintosh NERFINISHED
Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED
Schubert Organization NERFINISHED
setInPeriod early 19th-century France
subsequentBroadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre NERFINISHED

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Do You Hear the People Sing? associatedWork Les Misérables (1987 Broadway production)
On My Own associatedWork Les Misérables (1987 Broadway production)
Les Misérables (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recordingOf Les Misérables (1987 Broadway production)
this entity surface form: Les Misérables (Broadway production)