| Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary | |
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| Directed by | Nick Morris Laurence Connor(stage direction) James Powell(stage direction) |
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| Produced by | Cameron Mackintosh Dionne Orrom Brett Sullivan |
| Starring | Alfie Boe Norm Lewis Nick Jonas Ramin Karimloo Katie Hall Samantha Barks Lea Salonga Matt Lucas Jenny Galloway Hadley Fraser Earl Carpenter |
| Edited by | Marko Keser Nick Morris Brett Sullivan |
| Music by | Claude-Michel Schönberg |
Production companies | Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. Steam Motion & Sound |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 186 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary was performed and filmed atThe O2 Arena in North Greenwich, London, England, on 3 October 2010 at 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm. It marked the 25th anniversary of the originalWest End production ofLes Misérables, which was based onVictor Hugo's1862 novel, and has been running since October 1985.
The 25th anniversary concert starsAlfie Boe asJean Valjean,Norm Lewis asJavert,Lea Salonga asFantine,Nick Jonas asMarius Pontmercy,Katie Hall asCosette,Ramin Karimloo asEnjolras,Samantha Barks asÉponine,Hadley Fraser asGrantaire,Mia Jenkins as Young Cosette,Robert Madge asGavroche,Matt Lucas andJenny Galloway as theThénardiers, andEarl Carpenter asThe Bishop of Digne. Originally,Camilla Kerslake had been selected to perform as Cosette; however, she was unable to attend the concert. Hall was selected to play Cosette in her place. She had previously acted as Cosette at the Queen's Theatre from 2009 and in the 25th Anniversary Tour production at theBarbican. Casts of the contemporary London, international tour, and original 1985 London productions took part, comprising an ensemble of three hundred performers and musicians. The orchestra was conducted byDavid Charles Abell, who also conducted the 10th Anniversary performance in Royal Albert Hall in 1995.
For the encore, four Jean Valjeans sang "Bring Him Home":Colm Wilkinson from the original London cast,John Owen-Jones from the 25th Anniversary touring production,Simon Bowman from the contemporary London cast, and Alfie Boe, who sang the role in the concert. Theoriginal 1985 cast (excludingDavid Burt, who had played Enjolras and states he can no longer sing the part, andPatti LuPone, who originated Fantine but was not in attendance) then led the ensemble in a performance of "One Day More". After speeches fromCameron Mackintosh,Alain Boublil andClaude-Michel Schönberg, the performance concluded with students from school productions ofLes Misérables entering the arena through the audience and joining the casts for"The Finale".
The evening concert was shown live in cinemas across the UK, Ireland and around the world. The end credits of the concert confirmeda film adaptation of the stage musical for 2012 release.
A Blu-ray and DVD version of the O2 broadcast was released on 29 November 2010 in the UK (PAL DVD (Region 2) and Blu-ray). It was released in North America on DVD and Blu-ray on 22 February 2011.
The concert first aired on U.S. television as aPBS special on 6 March 2011.[2]