 The 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables will take place at the O2 Arena, London, on 3rd October 2010. The role of Javert will be played by Norm Lewis, who appeared in the Broadway production in 2006. Two of the original TAC cast members will perform again at the O2 concert: Jenny Galloway will be Madame Thénardier once more, while Lea Salonga will switch to the role of Fantine.
More details about casting and booking can be found on the O2 Arena website and you can watch the official trailer here.
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MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Prologue - Javert, Valjean & Company
On Parole / The Bishop - Javert, Valjean, Bishop & Company
Valjean's Soliloquy - Valjean
At the End of the Day - Choir, Company, Factoy Foreman, Factory Girl & Valjean
I Dreamed a Dream - Fantine
Lovely Ladies - Company
Fantine's Arrest - Javert, Fantine and Bamatabois
The Runaway Cart - Orchestra
Who Am I? - The Trial - Valjean
Fantine's Death - Fantine & Valjean
The Confrontation - Javert & Valjean
Castle on a Cloud - Young Cosette & Mme Thénardier
Master of the House - Thénardier, Mme Thénardier & Company
The Bargain - Waltz of Treachery - Valjean, Thénardier & Mme Thénardier
Look Down - Choir, Company, Gavroche, Marius & Enjolras
Stars - Javert
ABC Café / Red and Black - Enjolras, Marius, Grantaire & Students
Do You Hear The People Sing? - Enjolras, Students, Company and Choir
Rue Plumet - In My Life - Cosette, Marius & Eponine
A Heart Full of Love - Marius, Cosette & Eponine
The Attack on Rue Plumet - Thénardier, Gang, Eponine, Marius, Cosette & Valjean
One Day More! - Full Company and Choir
ACT TWO
Entr'acte - Orchestra
Building the Barricade / On My Own - Orchestra, Choir, Company & Eponine
Back at the Barricade - Enjolras, Marius & Students
Javert's Arrival / Little People - Javert, Enjolras, Company & Gavroche
A Little Fall of Rain - Eponine & Marius
Night of Anguish - Valjean & Students
First Attack - Orchestra
Drink With Me - Grantaire, Marius, Students, Company & Choir
Bring Him Home - Valjean
Second Attack / The Final Battle - Enjolras & Company
The Sewers - Orchestra
Dog Eats Dog - Thénardier
Javert's Suicide - Javert
Turning - Ladies of the Company
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius
Every Day / A Heart Full Of Love (reprise) - Cosette, Marius & Valjean
The Wedding Chorale / Beggars At The Feast - Choir, Thénardier & Mme Thénardier
Epilogue (Finale) - Valjean, Fantine, Cosette, Marius, Eponine, Full Company and Choir
Encore 1 - Speeches / Do You Hear The People Sing? - International Valjeans
Encore 2 - One Day More - Full Company
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We have been working for so many years on Les Misérables since the French concept album and its first stage incarnation in Paris in 1980 (...) We crossed the Channel in 1983 after meeting Cameron Mackintosh who took us through all the different stages of finalising our work, bringing us together with Trevor Nunn, John Caird and Herbert Kretzmer. We started to dream of being received well at the Barbican; then of a one or two year honourable run at the Palace Theatre and then - why not! - of a nice opening night on Broadway. Reality has gone far beyond any of these dreams. The show has conquered the world and broken every historic record.
And here we are tonight, 10 years after the London opening, for an evening of celebration among 250 artists from so many companies, of Les Misérables around the world, all these musicians, all gathering to join us in blowing out the candles of a Tenth anniversary cake - 10 years in London.
Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg
(Source: TAC Souvenir Brochure) |
From time to time, along comes a musical that makes history”, I wrote in Newsweek almost exactly 10 years ago - and it has, in more ways than I expected. Les Misérables not only continues to be a durable hit in North America, Europe and all over the musically sophisticated world, from Iceland to Japan, but is now reaching places where musicals aren't usually seen. (...) The show has had a unique emotional impact, far beyond the usual confines of the theatre. The universal 'message' implicit in Les Misérables has galvanised audiences during the momentous moments of the last 10 years... 'Empty Chairs at Empty Tables' is now a hymn commemorating people who have died from an AIDS defining illness...
But perhaps nothing illustrates the singular universal quality of Les Misérables more than the October 8th 1995 Royal Albert Hall Concert. There is a special significance in the huge, one-night-only assembly of so many Les Misérables veterans who have become stars in their own right - proof that this epochal oeuvre has had a special impact not only on audiences throughout the world, but also on its equally international cast.
Edward Behr
(Source: TAC Souvenir Brochure) |
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LES MISERABLES Tenth Anniversary Concert
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