Les Miserables at Ohio Theatre

Let’s be frank: LES MISÉRABLES is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.

It’s storytelling that hits home and profoundly affects anybody that would listen, even more than 150 years after Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name saw the light. It’s exquisite music - from orchestra down to the very last voice - and memorable melodies - from the the opening number ‘Work Song (Look Down)’ right to the final ‘Do You Hear The People Sing (Reprise)’; it’s a superb musical production that will sweep you off your feet, captivate you, and have you in the palm of its hand since the first notes fill the air.

An iconic story

Following the journey of French peasant Jean Valjean from despair to salvation, Victor Hugo’s iconic 1862 novel inspired writers Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Jean-Marc Natel to create a heavily moving oozing with passion, heart, and emotion. Victor Hugo’s iconic 1862 tale about French peasant Jean Valjean’s journey from despair, his redemption following an enormous act of mercy, love, and revolution made for the perfect foundation 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 incredible to create absolute theatrical magic with. The result was so much greater than they ever could have expected - not only did LES MISÉRABLES, since its English-version premiere in the West End in 1985, become the longest-running musical in the West End and the second-longest running musical on Broadway, but received 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 described as “an enormous, gorgeous bleeding heart” with every single production thereof a love-letter to the original. It is imbued with creativity, gravitas, and raw emotions, featuring soaring melodies that fall like magic on the ears, lyrics that stir and soothe at the same time, visuals that you won’t find anywhere else, music that oozes passion and operatic intensity, themes that hit on a different level, and fantastic stagecraft that capture the core of the iconic tale immaculately.

Apart from this, you’ll hear the musical theatre standards performed in powerful voices - from the most delicate ‘Bring Him Home’ you’ll ever hear to the insanely moving ‘I Dreamed A Dream’, from the most mournful ‘Empty Chairs At Empty Tables’ to the most longing ‘On My Own’ ever - something you’ll remember for the rest of your life.

Tickets and more info

If you are on the lookout for an unparalleled evening at the theatre, look no further - the Ohio Theatre ia right up that alley!

With its lengthy history of welcoming the best of the best in entertainment to its stage, the Ohio Theatre is known to be the place to be. Featuring to-the-minute sound and lighting, remarkable acoustics, wonderful amenities, ample parking, and plenty of comfortable seating spread across multiple levels ensuring those crystal-clear sight-lines, there is a seat suitable to every taste and budget.

For the love of Victor Hugo, get your tickets now - you owe it to yourself.