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Hugh Jackman and His 'Les Misérables' Experience The night before the cameras rolled on Les Misérables, Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe presented the BAFTA award for Best Film at a glittering ceremony in London. Although Jackman and Crowe, both Australians...

Opens Friday, March 7. by Will Stephenson Victor Hugo published his novel "Les Miserables" in 1862, and the reviews were mixed. Flaubert said it was "infantile," and Baudelaire is supposed to have called it "tasteless and inept." Since then, the book...

Dust off that playbill you saved. Les Misérables, arguably the most successful stage show ever produced, turns 30 this year. Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables opened in London’s West End in October 1985 after a two-year process of reworking...

Photo: Catherine Ashmore by: Miriam Spritzer The revival of Les Miserables, currently running on Broadway, has been a true treat for its fans when it comes to the casting of the lead character Jean Valjean. First Ramin Karimloo amazed audiences with...

The director talks about translating a sacred stage experience to the screen and the key decision that made his Les Mis (and his actors) really sing. Tom Hooper was an accomplished British film and television director back in 2010, and although largely...