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25 Questions
Les Miserables' first production was in Paris in which year?
1980
Alan Boublil was inspired to turn Les Miserables into a musical while watching a performance of which musical?
Oliver!
In what year did Les Miserables debut in London?
1985
Which theatre was Les Miserables first home in London?
the Barbican Centre
At the time, the aforementioned theatre was the London home of which esteemed British theatre company?
the Royal Shakespeare Company
Who wrote the music for Les Miserables?
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Who wrote the original French lyrics for Les Miserables?
Alan Boublil
Who wrote the English lyrics for Les Miserables?
Herbert Kretzmer
Who directed the original London production of Les Miserables?
Trevor Nunn
In what year did Les Miserables open on Broadway?
1987
The original Broadway production of Les Miserables opened in which theatre?
The Broadway Theatre
Which Irish actor played Jean Valjean in the original London production of Les Miserables?
Colm Wilkinson
Which acclaimed British actor played Inspector Javert in the original London production of Les Miserables?
Roger Allam
Which legendary American actress originated the role of Fantine in the original London staging of Les Miserables?
Patti LuPone
Which British superstar was still a relative unknown when he played Marius in the original London production of Les Miserables?
Michael Ball
Which actress originated the Eponine role in the original London staging of Les Miserables?
Frances Ruffelle
Who played Thenardier in the original London production of Les Miserables?
Alun Armstrong
Which actor, who would go on to originate a major role in the world premiere of Miss Saigon, was the understudy for Marius in Les Miserables' original London production?
Keith Burns
Which two actors from the original London cast of Les Miserables reprised their roles in the original Broadway production?
Colm Wilkinson and Frances Ruffelle
Which actor played Inspector Javert in the original Broadway production of Les Miserables?
Terrence Mann
Which Broadway actress told the aforementioned actor that he had secured the role of Inspector Javert in the original Broadway production of Les Miserables?
Charlotte d’Amboise (Terrence Mann’s future wife)
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What famous American television show, turned into a movie, was loosely based on Les Miserables?
The Fugitive
Which actress was offered the role of Eponine in the original cast of Les Miserables but turned it down to do another musical?
Anne Marie Bobby
Which musical did the aforementioned actress do instead of Les Miserables?
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