LES MISERABLES Plays the Times-Union Center, 5/1-6

Come celebrate French Week downtown with the hit Broadway musical, Les Misérables!  Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, Les Misérables plays Jacksonville's Times-Union Center from May 1^st - 6^th for eight performances only!

To purchase tickets, visit www.artistseriesjax.org or call (904) 632-3373.  Ticket prices start at $27.00.  For more information on the production, engagement dates, and locations, please visit www.LesMis.com.  For a video sneak peek of the New 25^th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables, please visitwww.LesMis.com/watch.

The Jacksonville performance schedule for Les Misérables is as follows:

Tuesday, May 1^st at 7:30PM

Wednesday, May 2^nd at 7:30PM

Thursday, May 3^rd at 7:30PM

Friday, May 4^th at 8:00PM

Saturday, May 5^th at 2:00PM and 8:00PM

Sunday, May 6^th at 1:30PM and 7:00PM 

"I'm delighted that 25 years after Les Miz originally opened in London, the audience for this marvelous show is bigger and younger than ever before," said producer Cameron Mackintosh.  "Over the years, I have seen many successful but visually different productions, so it has been exciting to draw inspiration from the brilliant drawings and paintings of Victor Hugo himself, integrated with spectacular projections.  The newLes Miz is a magnificent mix of dazzling images and epic staging, driving one of the greatest musical stories ever told." 

Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, Les Misérables is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit.  The magnificent score of Les Misérables includes the classic songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Stars," "Bring Him Home," "Do You Hear the People Sing?," "One Day More," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "Master Of The House" and many more. 

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Boublil and Schönberg's Les Misérables has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer from the original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton and original adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.  The original Les Misérables orchestrations are by John Cameron with new orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke and additional orchestrations by Stephen Metcalfe and Stephen Brooker.  The production is directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell, designed by Matt Kinley inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo with costumes by Andreane Neofitou and additional costumes by Christine Rowlands, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter, musical staging by Michael Ashcroft and projections by Fifty-Nine Productions.