{"id":198514,"date":"2025-10-11T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/les-miserables-celebrates-40-years-on-the-west-end\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:31:53","slug":"les-miserables-celebrates-40-years-on-the-west-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/les-miserables-celebrates-40-years-on-the-west-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Mis\u00e9rables celebrates 40 years on the West End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1760194800%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262172333%26%26%26youtube%26WehiR53HxkI%3A495a15313c503513a86a5683e410d5a13f0b63a3&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=WehiR53HxkI&amp;moduleid=2172333&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2172333\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Les Mis\u00e9rables officially opened at the Sondheim Theatre on October 8, 1985. To celebrate the show&#8217;s 40th anniversary, a special gala performance was held earlier this week. Proceeds from the benefit were donated to The Felix Project and UKHarvest, who both work tirelessly to rescue fresh and healthy food and redistribute to those in need.<\/p>\n<p>The curtain call featured original cast members Michael Ball (Marius), Patti LuPone (Fantine), Frances Ruffelle (\u00c9ponine), and Susan Jane Tanner (Madame Th\u00e9rnadier). The curtain call included seven Javerts singing Stars (Michael Ball, Bradley Jaden, Nic Greenshields, Sam Oladeinde, Earl Carpenter, Jeremy Secomb), a mashup of I Dreamed a Dream\/On My Own featuring four Fantines (Patti LuPone, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Rachelle Ann Go, Katie Hall) and four \u00c9ponines (Frances Ruffelle, Samantha Barks, Nathania Ong, Shan Ako), Master of the House with Matt Lucas and seven Madame Th\u00e9rnadiers (including Susan Jane Tanner and Bonnie Langford), a quintet of Valjeans for Bring Him Home (Killian Donnelly, Ian McIntosh, Ger\u00f3nimo Rauch, Dean Chisnall, Alfie Boe), and One Day More.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1\"\/>producer Cameron Mackintosh, lyricist Alain Boubil, composer Claude-Michel Sch\u00f6nberg, and director Trevor Nunn and John Caird, and 2019 directors James Powell and talk about the development and opening of Les Mis<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1760194800%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262172334%26%26%26youtube%26H4N8p0Ss9eA%3A37b5298997cec1efb4e6887cb6cc70a00e65e8ee&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=H4N8p0Ss9eA&amp;moduleid=2172334&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2172334\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fantine\/\u00c9ponine rehearsal<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1760194800%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262172335%26%26%26youtube%26PXe0gQlSwfc%3Af6281d2f582b01350c2c313bf5370fc6d9a6f1b9&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=PXe0gQlSwfc&amp;moduleid=2172335&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2172335\"><\/iframe> <a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WehiR53HxkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H4N8p0Ss9eA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PXe0gQlSwfc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/131317777.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les Mis\u00e9rables officially opened at the Sondheim Theatre on October 8, 1985. To celebrate the show&#8217;s 40th anniversary, a special gala performance was held earlier this week. Proceeds from the benefit were donated to The Felix Project and UKHarvest, who both work tirelessly to rescue fresh and healthy food and redistribute to those in need. 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