What is Les Misérables (musical)?
{{Infobox musical | name = Les Misérables | image = | image_size = | caption = | music = [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]] | lyrics = [[Alain Boublil]]<br />[[Jean-Marc Natel]] | book = [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]]<br />[[Alain Boublil]] | basis = ''Les Misérables'', [[Victor Hugo]]'s 1862 [[novel]] | productions = [[Paris]], 1980<br />[[West End theatre|West End]], 1985<br />[[Broadway]], 1987 | awards = [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]<br />[[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Musical }} '''''Les Misérables''''' is a [[musical]]. It is based on the 1862 [[Les Misérables|novel of the same name]] by [[Victor Hugo]]. The book of the musical was written by [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]] and [[Alain Boublil]]. The lyrics were written by [[Alain Boublil]] and Jean-Marc Natel. The music was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg. [[Herbert Kretzmer]] adapted the lyrics and text to English. The musical opened in 1980 in Paris. In 1985, it opened in [[London]]'s [[West End theatre|West End]]. In 1987, it opened on [[Broadway]]. It won a [[Tony Award for Best Musical]], and a [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Musical. In 2012, it was [[Les Misérables (movie)|adapted to a movie]] starring [[Hugh Jackman]], [[Russell Crowe]], and [[Anne Hathaway]]. {{performing-arts-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miserables, Les}} [[category:1980s musicals]] [[Category:Broadway musicals]] [[Category:Fiction set in the past]] [[Category:Musicals adapted to movies]] [[Category:Musicals based on books]] [[Category:Tony Award winning musicals]] [[Category:West End musicals]] [[Category:1980 works]]