The last time Philadelphia audiences saw playwrights Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical “Les Misérables” on a local stage, we lived in calmer socio-political times.

Victor Hugo's name has deservedly been attached to the cry for social justice. Indeed, with such socially charged books such as Les Misérables (1863) and The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829), the ...

To fans of “Les Misérables,” the announcement that its creators were going to tinker with one of musical theater’s most reliable crowd pleasers must have seemed like sacrilege. Sure, it’s appropriate ...

BBC's Les Miserables has just come to an end, adding to a long line of adaptations of Victor Hugo's book, from musicals to an Oscar-winning movie. The tale comes from Hugo's story of love and revenge, ...

Now touring North America, this updated version of the beloved musical has been crafted by producer Cameron MacIntosh. For ...

The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables. By David Bellos. Particular Books; 307 pages; £20. To be published in America by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in March; $27. “AS ...