[NEohioPAL] Review of "Les Misérables" at Great Lakes Theater

[Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL]

GLT's 'Les Misérables' remains epic despite intimacy, inadequacies

 

Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News

Member, International Association of Theatre Critics 

 

This review will appear in the CJN on 10/17/14

 

 

Is there a person left on earth who has not yet heard the people sing, singing the song of angry men?  

 

"Les Misérables" has played over 48,000 professional performances and reached over 70 million people in over 40 countries, including two U.S. national tours that swept through Cleveland in 2011 and again in 2013. 

 

The inferior but star-studded film version of the musical opened world-wide and earned over $400 million at the box office.  Even the soundtrack - Russell Crowe included - was a hit, topping the Billboard chart for the first few weeks upon its release.

 

The question is not who has not yet heard the people sing; the question is whether it is worth hearing again in its current incarnation by Great Lakes Theater.  The answer is yes.  Yes it is.

 

For more of this review, go to: 

http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/article_9058044c-501d-11e4-abdd-e741bbb8ab0f.html
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