Les Miserables at Morrison Center

Fact: LES MISÉRABLES is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.

It’s storytelling that functions on a hard-hitting, visceral level, addressing themes of love, sacrifice, mercy, and redemption. It’s intricate vocal arrangements and soaring melodies that you’ll remember long after the curtain has fallen; it’s an exquisite musical production that will overwhelm you, captivate you, and tear your heart apart, and stitch it back together - forever changed.

An iconic story

Following the journey of French peasant Jean Valjean from desperation to absolution, Victor Hugo’s iconic 1862 novel inspired writers Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Jean-Marc Natel to create a heavily moving imbued with tenderness and warmth. Victor Hugo’s iconic 1862 tale about French peasant Jean Valjean’s journey from desperation, his redemption following a tremendous act of mercy, love, and revolution made for the perfect premise for a theatrical masterpiece - and that is exactly what writers Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, alongside composer Claude-Michel Schönberg {had in mind for their celebrated sung-through musical|were looking for - something wonderful to create absolute theatrical magic with. The result was astounding - not only did LES MISÉRABLES, since its English-version premiere in the West End in 1985, earned the titles of the longest-running musical in the West End and the second-longest running musical on Broadway, but won numerous very well-deserved awards, including a Laurence Olivier Award, eight Tony Awards, five Drama Desk Awards, and a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award..

LES MISÉRABLES has been hailed by critics as a standout production, with “soaring solos, thunderous choruses, and symphonic swells and crashes of oceanic proportions raising the audience’s hearts and arm hairs” (CTX Live Theatre) with every single production thereof a marvellous nod to the original. It is packed with creativity, gravitas, and sincerity, featuring stunning harmonies that land like gifts among the stars, lyrics that inspire thought and personal reflection, visuals that you won’t find anywhere else, music that oozes with power and emotion, themes that move, and unbelievable portrayals that capture the core of the story perfectly.

On top of that, you’ll hear the much adored music delivered to perfection - from the most exquisite ‘Bring Him Home’ you’ve ever heard to the as-rousing-as-ever ‘I Dreamed A Dream’, from the most grief-stricken ‘Empty Chairs At Empty Tables’ to the most longing ‘On My Own’ ever - leaving an unparalleled and lasting impact on anyone and everyone that listens.

Tickets and more info

When it comes to musical theatre productions, the Morrison Center For The Performing Arts is the perfect fit.

With its lengthy history of welcoming the best of the best in entertainment to its stage, the Morrison Center For The Performing Arts is hailed as the place you’ll find world-class acts all year round. Featuring to-the-minute sound and lighting, remarkable acoustics, wonderful amenities, ample parking, and plenty of luxurious seats spread across multiple levels ensuring those superb, unobstructed sight-lines, every seat is a fantastic seat!

So hurry - get your tickets and get in on experiencing one of the world’s greatest musicals live, on stage!