Les Miserables at 40: from flop to phenomenon, why the West End’s longest-running musical endures

Once dismissed as ‘Victor Hugo on the garbage dump,’ Les Mis is now the world’s longest-running musical. As it marks 40 years ...
Yahoo

Forty years of Les Mis: ‘It fills a God-shaped hole in people’s lives’

The next day, October 9 1985, he gathered the Les Mis team for a lunchtime post-mortem ... even shaped the show’s final line: ...

‘Les Misérables’ at 40: The Unlikely Story of a Hit

Critics initially panned it, but public love for the musical with songs like “One Day More” and “On My Own” has kept it going ...

Alfie Boe admits its nearly time to "hang up the barricade jacket" and say goodbye to Les Misérables

While Hugh Jackman became the face of Les Misérables in 2012, it is Alfie Boe's velvety tones that have defined the musical's ...
Boston Herald

‘Les Mis’ goes big, brings it home

On the barricade, rebel students stand against a tyrannical French monarchy. Mixed among them are love-struck dreamers, heartbroken waifs, bawdy rogues and idealists, children and spies and fugitives.
WBUR

‘Les Misérables’ is 40 this year — and I’ve never loved it more

Since I was a teenager, I’ve jumped at any opportunity to watch Jean Valjean break parole, Fantine dream a dream and Javert ...