Les Misérables (musical)

Les Misérables

Music	Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics	Alain Boublil (French lyrics) Jean-Marc Natel (French lyrics) Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics) James Fenton (English additional lyrics)
Book	Alain Boublil (French book) Herbert Kretzmer (English book) Trevor Nunn (English adaptation) John Caird (English adaptation)
Basis	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Premiere	24 September 1980: Palais des Sports, Paris
Productions	1980 Paris 1984 Tampere 1985 West End 1987 Broadway 1987 First US Tour 1987 Japan 1987 Tel Aviv 1988 Second US Tour 1988 Third US Tour 1989 Poland 1991 Paris 1991 Netherlands 1992 UK Tour 1992 Madrid 1995 10th Anniversary Concert 1996 Karlstad 1998 Melbourne 1999 Tel Aviv 1999 Helsinki 2000 Argentina 2000 Gothenburg 2001 São Paulo 2001 Malmö 2001 Estonia 2002 Mexico 2006 Broadway 2008 Netherlands 2008 Quebec 2009 25th Anniversary UK Tour 2010 25th Anniversary Concert 2010 Spain 2010 Poland 2010 Fourth US Tour 2011 Malmö 2011 Turku 2012 South Korea 2013 Toronto 2013 Spain 2013 Puerto Rico 2013 Tampere 2014 Broadway 2015 Seoul 2016 International Tour 2016 Tel Aviv 2017 São Paulo 2017 Estonia Multiple productions worldwide
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book Tony Award for Best Score Laurence Oliver Award for Most Popular Show (x2) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Helpmann Award for Best Musical

Les Misérables (English pronunciation: /leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb/; French pronunciation: [le mizeʁabl(ə)]), colloquially known in English-speaking countries as Les Mis or Les Miz (/leɪ ˈmɪz/), is a sung-through musical based on the novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. Premiering in Paris in 1980, it has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and original French-language lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, alongside an English-language libretto with accompanying English-language lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. The London production has run continuously since October 1985 – the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world after The Fantasticks original Off-Broadway run.